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Bandcamp's fair trade payments model

Bandcamp's maintenance of a fair trade payments model, with artists keeping 80-85% of sales, and updated terms to ban AI training on user music

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Jan 25, 2026
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How do Bandcamp artist payouts from direct sales compare to streaming revenue models?

’s direct-sales model converts fan purchases into dollar payments that, in many documented cases, outpace what artists receive from services; Bandcamp has routed hundreds of millions to artists and ca...

Jan 27, 2026
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How do Bandcamp sales and merchandise revenue compare to streaming income for indie artists over a typical album cycle?

and typically deliver far higher dollars per transaction to indie artists than revenue, because Bandcamp lets artists set prices and keeps a single-digit-to-mid-teens cut of sales while streaming spli...