Now my time has come. The poll will run forever, but it is likely to fall into oblivion eventually, unless the topic is resurrected.
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The ratio you are talking about sounds like Spotify, where indeed you receive about a penny a play...42low wrote:No experience myself as i give away my music for free. But experience with other busines.
On another forum i've read the story of a guy who sold nice amounts (10s of thousends songs) but earned about $100 or so (share minus setup costs and contribution or something?).
From another guy who sold nice but earned below the yearly pay-out limits so earned nithing (i'm not sure if it was bandcamp).
It seems like it's mostly the sites getting rich.
If i wanted to sell to get rich i would look for a more serious party or sell myself. I guess that if my music is that popular that i sell 10.000 songs there for $0,02 (?) share, it must be possible to sell at least a 1.000 myself for $0,30 and have 1,5x more profit already.
I wil never talk bad about bandcamp itself as it is a nice site. Earn serious money with it as a musician seems to be a challange though.
But... this thread/poll is about BANDCAMP.42low wrote: i totally agree. This is what i was talking from.
While the conditions on Bandcamp sound really good, I'm afraid Bandcamp is just not popular enough.ufug wrote:But... this thread/poll is about BANDCAMP.
They take much less than making a CD costs, they pay you instantly, and they host your music for free, and they way you do it is totally flexible. They are pretty awesome.
Ouch. "A community of people who make experimental music" is bad news!lucidbeaming wrote:(...) Bandcamp is a more interesting experience and has a community of people who make experimental music.