Is Bandcamp a good site to buy from?

Bandcamp has a consumer rating of 2.87 stars from 23 reviews indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Bandcamp ranks 38th among Music Promotion sites.

Does Bandcamp resolve issues with musicians?

BandCamp does not resolve issues but refers you to the musician’s label. For the most part requests to resolve problems are met with total silence. Another side to this is it is rather difficult to contact the record label or musician through the BandCamp website or app. As they say Caveat Emptor.

Does Bandcamp do legal fraud now?

Bandcamp do legal fraud now. And nobody can’t do anything. They send several payments to your paypal account then stopped to pay you anything. Stay away from this site. Order placed march 2.3 weeks later not arrived so complained to be told that due to VAT new rules they dont know when said package could be Delivered.

Why do people download music from Bandcamp?

I’ve had a few artists pull their music from the website for one reason or another, but Bandcamp still gives you the ability to download that music since you paid for. Bandcamp let’s composers and musicians get to a lot of audience and give them good money for every payment.

Is SoundCloud better than Bandcamp for music production?

SoundCloud only allows you to share a certain number of free uploads before you have to purchase SoundCloud Pro Unlimited, and you can’t set your own pricing on music. However, SoundCloud does include some features that Bandcamp lacks, such as audio mastering. You certainly shouldn’t limit your musical career to just Bandcamp.

What is Bandcamp and how does it work?

Bandcamp is a well-rounded tool for independent musicians to sell and advertise their music. Artists retain full control over decisions that concert music sales, and Bandcamp only collects a 10-15% revenue share for all sales made through the service. Any independent musician can benefit from a Bandcamp account, if willing to put in the work.

How does Bandcamp report sales to the music charts?

Bandcamp reports sales to music charts such as SoundScan/Billboard in North America and Official Charts in the UK by automatically registering your music with these organizations. The benefit of reporting your sales to music charts: it puts your music on the map, so to speak.

What are the downsides of Bandcamp?

The only major downside of Bandcamp is that it offers so many tools for artists that you can go for months without discovering all of them—we’ve done our best to cover the most important ones here. If you don’t like the idea of using PayPal to handle most of your transactions, you might be frustrated with Bandcamp.