Starting this Friday May 1 Bandcamp has announced they’ll be waiving their revenue share on the first Friday of the next three months – May 1, June 5 and July 3 – to support artists and labels affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
For 24 hours from 8am BST on each date, money spent on music and merch on the site will go directly to artists and labels. Bandcamp says that it will reach them within 24 to 48 hours.
The music distribution platform typically take a 15 per cent share of digital sales and 10 per cent from merchandise. To keep supporting musicians during the Covid-19 pandemic, we are waiving our revenue share on all sales this Friday, May 1, from midnight to midnight PDT.