You can now use the Bandcamp app to listen to the items in your collection when you’re offline. From the album or track view, just tap the download button below the play controls (you can also tap and hold on the cover art of any item in the collection grid view). And to see theContinue reading “Listen to your collection offline”
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Ticketed Live Streaming Comes to Bandcamp
Today we’re announcing Bandcamp Live, a new ticketed live streaming service that makes it easy for artists to perform for and connect with their fans, and for fans to directly support the artists they love. Bandcamp Live is simple to set up, even if you’ve never streamed before, and is fully integrated with the restContinue reading “Ticketed Live Streaming Comes to Bandcamp”
New messaging features up!
Wahay! We’ve just taken the messaging functionality from the Bandcamp Artist App, brought it to desktop, and added a few other goodies that make it easier than ever to keep in touch with your fans. Just head over to the new Community tab to compose and send your message. Your followers will receive it onContinue reading “New messaging features up!”
The new Artist Dashboard
We recently launched a new artist dashboard, which brings together data, tips, and tools to help you promote your music and achieve success on Bandcamp. Log in to your artist account to see your dashboard. You’ll see an activity feed, graphs of your latest plays and sales and, for the first time on desktop, howContinue reading “The new Artist Dashboard”
Create Vinyl with Bandcamp
Sales of vinyl records on Bandcamp have grown 600% in the last five years, and every month another 3,500 unique vinyl albums are added to the site. The format’s resurgence—once dismissed as a niche byproduct of hipster affectation—is now firmly established, and seen for what it truly represents: a mainstream desire to connect more deeplyContinue reading “Create Vinyl with Bandcamp”
Territory licensing comes to Bandcamp
We’re excited to introduce a new feature for label and Pro accounts: the ability to license albums to labels in specific territories. Here’s how territory licensing on Bandcamp works. Imagine you’re a label releasing an album, and you’ve partnered with another label to distribute it to fans in Iceland. In the album editor, you’ll seeContinue reading “Territory licensing comes to Bandcamp”
Introducing the Bandcamp App for Artists and Labels
The Bandcamp App for Artists and Labels is here! It gives you a real-time mobile view into your stats, helps you manage and fulfill your merch, and lets you directly message your fans, even targeting those messages by fan location and level of support. Check out the screencast above for more details, and grab itContinue reading “Introducing the Bandcamp App for Artists and Labels”
Announcing Bulk Edit
As discographies on Bandcamp continue to grow (we’re now home to over 22 million tracks and 4 million albums), we know that artists and labels need a faster and more efficient means of managing their catalog. That need was the motivation behind the recently launched bulk edit feature, a consolidated editor that allows you toContinue reading “Announcing Bulk Edit”
Big Improvements to Selling Merch on Bandcamp
Merch on Bandcamp had a good 2016. Vinyl sales grew 48%, cassettes were up 58%, even CD sales grew 14%. To date, fans have bought over four million physical items through the site, totaling $58 million USD, and merch sales continue to accelerate every year. But for as many great reasons to sell merch throughContinue reading “Big Improvements to Selling Merch on Bandcamp”
Credit Card Support!
Over the years, eight or nine (thousand) people have written to us asking for more ways to pay artists on Bandcamp. We’re pleased to announce that starting today, you have the option to use a credit card (or bank/debit card) to purchase digital albums and tracks, and also save your card with your fan accountContinue reading “Credit Card Support!”