The platform started charging a 10% fee last year. It also features a virtual merch table where artists can display their merchandise and sell directly to fans. The direct-to-fan platform also offers a ticketed live streaming service called Bandcamp Live that automatically notifies fans when artists hold shows. The settlement of Epic and Google’s legal dispute over the Bandcamp app allowed Bandcamp to continue using its own payment system on its app (at least for now).Įstablished in late 2007, Bandcamp lets artists and labels set the prices for their music and physical merchandise, unlike Spotify’s royalties-paying model.

It followed another lawsuit that Epic took against Google and Apple for alleged anti-competitive practices after Fortnite was removed from their app stores due to alleged violations of policies on in-app payments. The two parties subsequently filed a Joint Stipulation in a Californian court on May 20, with Google agreeing to not remove Bandcamp from its app store. It came as Google threatened to kick Bandcamp out of its app store if it didn’t adopt Google’s payment system for in-app purchases. Every day is a good day to support artists on Bandcamp,” the executive added.īandcamp stopped providing updates on the next Bandcamp Friday after the most recent one that took place on May 6.Īround the same time, at the end of April, Epic Games filed a motion against Google, requesting a preliminary injunction to block the tech giant from removing the Bandcamp app from the Google Play store. “When you make a purchase on any other day (as millions of you have, with close to $1 billion now paid directly to artists), an average of 82% reaches the artist/label. “If you’ve started to feel guilty about buying music on any other day of the month, here’s something to keep in mind: on Bandcamp Fridays, an average of 93% of your money reaches the artist/label (after payment processor fees).” “If you’ve started to feel guilty about buying music on any other day of the month, here’s something to keep in mind: on Bandcamp Fridays, an average of 93% of your money reaches the artist/label (after payment processor fees),” Diamond wrote.

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