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)”
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Minimum Name-Your-Price Minimum Now Zero
When we implemented name-your-price downloads, we decided to limit the price bands could specify as the let-fan-name-price minimum to no lower than $0.50 USD. That approach made perfect sense to us at the time, since if you went much below fifty cents, all of a fan’s payment would be eaten up by transaction fees. TroubleContinue reading “Minimum Name-Your-Price Minimum Now Zero”
If We Had an Icelandic Króna for Every Juan, Diederik and Henri Requesting This Feature…
…then uh, we still couldn’t buy a kleina and a cup of coffee. Global financial crisis hilarity aside, you can now sell on Bandcamp in Pounds Sterling, Canadian Dollars, Euros, Australian Dollars, Israeli New Sheqels, or any of 13 other currencies. You set this up from your Profile page, like so: To make migrating toContinue reading “If We Had an Icelandic Króna for Every Juan, Diederik and Henri Requesting This Feature…”
The Motherflippin’ Stats Party, Part Deux
Reassessing Your Definition of Illmatic
We’re declaring ourselves 1.0 today! This is the third of three posts regarding the release. The other two are here and here. UPDATE Dec 12, 2009: Moo has decided to shut down their API, so the cards mentioned in the video below are unfortunately no longer available. You can, however, print up codes yourself byContinue reading “Reassessing Your Definition of Illmatic”
SOY EGGNOG NO WHIP MUSIC PLAYER FOR MEL
We’re declaring ourselves 1.0 today! This is the second of three posts regarding the release. The others are here and here. One of Bandcamp’s core services is providing you and your fans with the tools to share your music as far and wide as possible, and in a way that drives traffic back to you.Continue reading “SOY EGGNOG NO WHIP MUSIC PLAYER FOR MEL”
Custom Domains. Custom Domains!
Our aspiration here at Bandcamp has always been to power the site that you consider yours. It’s a fine objective, and limiting our branding to the small logo you see in your site’s footer was a swell first step, but as long as “bandcamp.mu” was all up in your URL, the vision did not quiteContinue reading “Custom Domains. Custom Domains!”
On the Expansion of Creativity in The Commons
From the Bandcamp mailbag: Yo bandcamp dude and dudettes, I freaking love the site from what I’ve seen so far. But…please find some cool way to support creative commons. I’d like to be able to offer my free mp3 downloads in a way that my audience knows they’re OK to share with their friends. FromContinue reading “On the Expansion of Creativity in The Commons”
Free Download Email Capture Thingy™
By crushingly popular demand, you can now collect a fan’s email address when they download a free track or album. Simply tick the “require email address” checkbox on the Edit Track or Album page, and when a fan downloads your music, Bandcamp will ask them for their vitals and email them a link to theContinue reading “Free Download Email Capture Thingy™”
Design Customization
Log into your account, click “edit design” in the upper right corner, and have at it. If you come up with something interesting, please let us know about it in the comments. If you come up with something not interesting, remember we reserve the right to close your account without notice for any reason (j/k,Continue reading “Design Customization”