“Would love to download the whole album…do I have to do it track by track, can’t I just grab all the tracks in one go?” “I was just wondering if there is a way to buy the whole EP instead one track at a time, I might just be missing it.” “I see the albumContinue reading “How Do I Download an Album? or Why’d the Layout Change?”
Author Archives: Ethan Diamond
Facilitating the Fan/Artist Rendezvous, Odds, Ends
In preparation for some larger changes that are coming shortly, we now provide your fans with easier ways to get in touch with both us and you. Over in your sidebar, there’s a new section, “contact/help.” The first link (“for help with downloads…”) sends an email to us here at Bandcamp. It works just likeContinue reading “Facilitating the Fan/Artist Rendezvous, Odds, Ends”
Now (Further) Hotting Up Your Music for the iPhonePodTouch
If you’ve ever had the extraordinary pleasure of reading through the Bandcamp FAQ, then a) thanks for your indulgence, and b) you already know the answer to this leading question: Did I know that Bandcamp automatically adds metadata to all of my downloadable tracks? No, you did not! And it’s totally bitchin’! We can’t tellContinue reading “Now (Further) Hotting Up Your Music for the iPhonePodTouch”
Bonus Download Items
Some recent highlights from the Bandcamp mailbag: “I’m selling a 10 track album with a 34 page PDF book. The album is the soundtrack to the photos. Is there a way I can package the two together?” “I’d like to be able to offer some ‘treats’ to those who make a purchase, like more art,Continue reading “Bonus Download Items”
Kickstarter
Congratulations to our friend and former colleague, Andy Baio, who announced today that he’s the new CTO of Kickstarter! For those not already apprised of its awesomeness, Kickstarter gives musicians (and filmmakers, artists, designers and every other kind of creator) a simple way to raise money. You think up a project, set your fundraising goal,Continue reading “Kickstarter”
Trent Reznor and Another Way of Thinking About Pay-What-You-Want
If there’s an equivalent in the music tech world to the Oprah Book Club Seal of Magnificence, it would have to be an endorsement from Trent Reznor. Woop: “Bandcamp: This looks excellent to me. I have not used it but it appears to be great. This would cover your digital distribution of files and theContinue reading “Trent Reznor and Another Way of Thinking About Pay-What-You-Want”
RSS and the Greatly Exaggerated Rumors of the Album’s Death
The album is dying! And it’s not just the bottomless supply of industry clairvoyants saying so either. Nope, there’s cold, hard evidence, too. Nielsen SoundScan reported that in 2008, sales of individual digital tracks trounced sales of digital albums by a whopping 16 to 1 (1.07 billion to 65 million). That’s actually a slightly narrowerContinue reading “RSS and the Greatly Exaggerated Rumors of the Album’s Death”
Now Accepting the Discover Card
And yes, Visa, MasterCard, and American Express too, PayPal account no longer required. We’ve already noticed a nice jump in the payment success rate (the percentage of fans entering the payment flow who complete it, a number we track obsessively), but optimizations are in the works, so please stay tuned.
Let Me Try Throwing an Exclamation Point on the End. Receipts!
When someone buys something from your Bandcamp site, we now email a receipt to both you and them. Sounds painfully obvious, we know, but it’s something we intentionally avoided up until today because both parties already get a receipt from PayPal, and adding any more mail into the mix struck us as unnecessary noise. AContinue reading “Let Me Try Throwing an Exclamation Point on the End. Receipts!”
Reporting to SoundScan (This Feature Dedicated to the Memory of Snuggles)
Sales on Bandcamp will soon be reported to Nielsen SoundScan, the company behind the Billboard charts. Before we can start submitting weekly stats, however, we need you to please add your UPC codes to your albums, and ISRC codes to your tracks. Just go to each album or track’s page, click Edit, and towards theContinue reading “Reporting to SoundScan (This Feature Dedicated to the Memory of Snuggles)”