Update July 23rd, 2010: Another nice example from Gerry Loves Records: One of the cool things about the new index page and image map features is how they can be used in conjunction with one another to power a label’s music store. Icelandic record label Bedroom Community’s forthcoming site redesign does exactly that: They’ve customizedContinue reading “Label Integration Using the Index, Image Maps and Custom Artist Field”
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The Index Page
…could not be a less enticing title, so let’s cut right to the awesome it enables: Those are all just standard Bandcamp-powered sites. The second two use the new image map feature to add site navigation to the custom header. But all three use the new index page feature to display a selection of releasesContinue reading “The Index Page”
Integrating Bandcamp into Your Existing Site (SPOILER ALERT: Image Maps)
Once again to the Bandcamp mailbag: “Is it possible to add html links to the custom header? Right now the whole thing links back to the home page, but wouldn’t it be cool if we could put a few tabs on that bad boy linking to say our blog, or our true home page? ThisContinue reading “Integrating Bandcamp into Your Existing Site (SPOILER ALERT: Image Maps)”
How to Make More Money from Bandcamp
We also considered The Dos and Don’ts of Selling from Bandcamp and Bandcamp Best Practices, but eventually settled on… (reveal, enjoy)
Oh No, Not Another Music Community!
Back when we first started working on Bandcamp, we had no desire to create another online music community. Like many fans, we were turned off by the way the noise in those communities often drowned out the thing that matters most: the music. So we decided instead to focus on being the best possible homeContinue reading “Oh No, Not Another Music Community!”
Music as Artifact: Introducing BCWax
As I sit here reading over the specs of the new iPhone Jumbo, and look at the guy next to me gazing deeply into his Kindle, I can’t help but wonder whether Steve and Jeff’s ultimate vision for my living room isn’t a padded white cell filled with clear goo, with me suspended in theContinue reading “Music as Artifact: Introducing BCWax”
Discount Codes
You can now create codes (like “ukulele” or “snooki”) that your fans enter at checkout to receive a discount on your music. Discount codes can be valid for anything on your site, or just a specific track, album or package. You can make a code expire on a certain date, or let it remain validContinue reading “Discount Codes”
Merch Management Table & Fulfillment Partner Accounts
As promised when we first launched physical goods support, we’ve just introduced a simple table where you can see all your merch orders at a glance, mark orders as shipped, search for orders, or filter orders by date and shipped status. Head over to your Tools page and click the Physical Orders > Manage linkContinue reading “Merch Management Table & Fulfillment Partner Accounts”
Physical Goods Update
It’s just too cool seeing all the success you guys are having selling physical/digital bundles through Bandcamp. We expected the feature to catch on gradually, but here we are a little over a month since its launch, and the quantity and variety of goods being sold (and we do mean sold, not simply listed) throughContinue reading “Physical Goods Update”
Physical & Digital, Together at Last!
Once more into the Bandcamp mailbag: “I like your service but want to add some physical copies, and it would be really nice to use your interface to sell these items so I don’t have two different payment UIs (I worry my customers may be nervous about that). Obviously I would ship the items myself.”Continue reading “Physical & Digital, Together at Last!”