Comments on: New Features Up!

By: jérémie

jérémie — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:26:10 +0000

hi folks,
first thanks again for your great work, bandcamp is great and still better
then here’s what i just think :
the bandcamp pro features are honestly exactly what was missing to regular version ; you see them, you think : amazing, this is gonna increase 50 per cent the quality and comfort of it

then, you make these features not free, that’s fair : bc is a deal between your work for our professional convenience, and us, musicians
now i have just * one * thing to say about the price :

mainly we are poor
and eventhough we have an account already, once the first year is done, we go to full price
so here is what we think, or let’s say, what I think and I’m sure we are many seeing it the same :

- 5 USD a month ? yes sure, this is cheap price, i will not even feel it and it’s so useful > I take it > Many of us take it

- 10 USD a month ? one more thing to pay and still no money, we’ll see later > Some take it > many don’t

in short words, i think eventhough it doesn’t look like changing much, keeping it 5 USD a month as the regular price would make it easier for US and much more lucrative for YOU cause many much more would subscribe it in a second

and then, why not make a pro + version for 10 USD, that would provide other services again, like “if you really want it better, you still can add some options” ; like, why not, allowing 192 or 320 kbps streaming, of bigger max size of files (291 is a lot but still can be a limit, i can tell you), this kind of things…

many thanks, much love
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By: kennycash

kennycash — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 13:28:00 +0000

I love bandcamp. I have a start up label that is in developmental stages and bandcamp and all its developments allows me to get a ton of music out there for little to no cost. In the next couple of months im definitely going to upgrade to pro but in the mean time all the upgrades they have done to their site have made my life a lot easier

By: Mitchel Hunt

Mitchel Hunt — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:17:05 +0000

Just wanted to say that I’m really excited for these improvements! I’ve been long hoping for a way to feature songs on albums, and have even e-mailed you guys about it. Thanks for the improvements! I may even do the pro option….

By: Jones

Jones — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:19:54 +0000

I would like to see and autoplay option on the music player sometime in the near future…

By: Cakes and Tapes

Cakes and Tapes — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:09:21 +0000

Just passed by to back up Méô’s suggestions, especially #3! Some sort of subscription – it could be some sort of mailing list, RSS feed integration or something along those lines.

I’d also suggest lowering the revenue share to 10% for those who pay for the subscription, but if that was financially appealing for you, you would’ve done that already :)

And thanks for the new stuff. Just got my subscription!

By: meatbreak

meatbreak — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 12:36:53 +0000

all the new browsing features are great, they make a massive difference.

I would still really like to see a subscribe function, like Soundcloud, so I get informed when artists upload new material. For me that is significant feature that would bring everyone benefits.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:00:45 +0000

These features look interesting and they also should reflect what most artists and labels need. Although like mentioned before by another user: I’m happy to pay a monthly fee when it affects the commission rate.
I personally feel that the rate is high already, comparable to the big digital stores – but minus the traffic stores like amazon or itunes have.

By: D_Droid

D_Droid — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:52:46 +0000

Nice!

To just about every website out there: Do what Bandcamp did, abandon Flash at all costs and just go HTML5.

By: Simon Fell

Simon Fell — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:11:21 +0000

Thanks for the reply (to #5) Ethan. I’m a huge Bandcamp fan, and have invested a lot of time in switching the vast majority of my music to BC. Like several commenters, I’m a little uneasy with this new two-tier idea – especially if it involves disabling features that were formerly part of free accounts (i.e. Custom Domains) in order to make them part of a subscription package. Also, I’m quite happy paying either a subscription or commission, but both?
I like the new album interface very much, but with this ‘Pro account’ idea, BC just got a little less special. [Nevertheless, I'll probably go Pro at some point because I like BC so much - but just a tiny bit less now than I did before...]

By: Rémi

Rémi — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 09:06:38 +0000

I tried the new integrated search, but if I type a few different tags, they don’t seem to be searched as “tag-x AND tag-y”, which would be great to narrow down some particular mix of styles that bands usually put in their tags.

Nevertheless, thanks for the great work on the update!