Please note : Starting summer 2025 Bandcamp will begin transitioning to a new payment system powered by Stripe. This new system is set to roll out in phases, but at the end of this transition PayPal will be removed completely and will no longer be a payout option. To ensure a smooth transition and avoid any interruptions to your payouts, we recommend updating to thenew payment systemas soon as possible.
this has been pretty shady. there’s not been any announcement, no emails*, no blog posts from bandcamp. i imagine most bandcamp users still aren’t aware of this. it’s a very significant change.
* apparently some people have gotten emails, but i certainly haven’t gotten a fucking thing and i have two bandcamps
Apparently the email that some people have gotten said:
"For years, we’ve heard feedback from our community about payments on Bandcamp. Today, we’re excited to share that we’re moving to a more flexible and modern payment system that better meets the needs of artists and labels globally.
Starting summer 2025, we’ll begin transitioning to a new payment system that improves payout capabilities worldwide and supports increased sales, powered by Stripe."
your guess is as good as mine. i’ve just posted everything official i’m aware of. there’s no info on this because bandcamp hasn’t provided any. if you didn’t get an email, how were you even supposed to know these random pages had been updated? this is hyper-shady shit
I’m hearing you must be registered as a business to use it? I suppose it’s nice to avoid tax evasion from people who bandcamp as a full time job, but fuck if I’m going to get my welfare docked for pocket change bb
that does not appear to be the case. you might have to register if you go over 600 USD income per year but there’s a way to sign up as an individual rather than a business
personally, i’m primarily concerned about the fact that if you are in a country where stripe isn’t supported, you won’t be able to receive any money from them at all. this means many bandcamps will be deleted as they will no longer be able to receive any money from the platform
I think that depends on the country. Also whatever the fuck that means:
Platforms in France can’t create connected accounts in the Dashboard. Due to French regulations, you can only create connected accounts using Stripe-hosted onboarding.
I’ve been using Stripe for various things the past year. it’s mostly fine I think? if a little confusing at first. I wouldn’t worry too much. if there are people in other countries getting shafted though then that’s F’ed up. but just yet another use case for peer-to-peer currency…
yes, that’s part of why the thread you are currently posting in exists
anyone who has any investment in distribution via bandcamp should absolutely take note and have appropriate concern about this. the consequences are foreseeable, significant, and imminent.
many artists will be deleted, countless recordings removed. some privated because the artists can no longer be paid through bandcamp as stripe is not available, but everything that’s wholesale removed will no longer be available for download even if you’ve already paid for it. these are only some of many predictable consequences of the proposed (intentionally clandestine) actions
do you have any investment in distribution via bandcamp? do you have any stake in this whatsoever? do you know anything about this other than what you’ve copy-pasted from links i’ve provided in this thread?
