Bandcamp built indie music commerce. Artists deserve a home they actually own.
Bandcamp proved that fans will pay for music. That changed everything. But Bandcamp has changed hands twice now... it’s owned by a licensing company, not a music company. If you’re thinking about what happens next, Sleeve is a place to land: your whole artist home, on your domain, with zero rake.
Your whole home, on your domain
With Bandcamp, your music lives on bandcamp.com... not your domain, not your site. Fans follow you to someone else’s platform. Your email list, your sales, your releases... all on infrastructure you don’t control.
Sleeve gives you the whole thing in one place: a real artist website on your own domain, a built-in music player and release pages, email and newsletters, memberships, and a link-in-bio. Everything connects because it all lives together. Your fan relationships stay with you, portable and exportable, regardless of what happens to any platform.
That’s the difference between renting space on someone else’s platform and owning a home.
Credit where it’s due
Bandcamp built the standard for fair digital music sales. They proved artists deserved better than streaming royalties. They showed that fans will pay for music when given a good reason to.
We agree with all of that. Sleeve isn’t trying to replace what Bandcamp built... it’s trying to give artists even more. A real website. Email built in. Memberships. A link-in-bio. And 0% on every sale.
Side by side
| Bandcamp | Sleeve | |
|---|---|---|
| Platform fee on sales | 15% (10% on Bandcamp Fridays) | 0% |
| $1,000 in sales | You keep $850 | You keep $1,000 |
| $5,000 in sales | You keep $4,250 | You keep $5,000 |
| $10,000 in sales | You keep $8,500 | You keep $10,000 |
| Music player on your site | On Bandcamp’s site, not yours | Built in... fans listen on your page |
| Artist website | No | Yes, with custom domain |
| Email / newsletters | No | Built in |
| Memberships | Basic | Full tiers + exclusive content (paid plans) |
| Share before going public | Yes (hidden releases) | Yes (Pro)... on your page, alongside EPK and list |
| Link-in-bio | No | Built in |
| Own your fan data | Limited | Fully portable... export anytime |
The 0% difference, in numbers
Every dollar Bandcamp takes is a dollar that could go toward studio time, gear, rent, or your next release. Here’s what the math looks like.
| Annual sales | Bandcamp takes | Sleeve takes | You save |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1,000 | $150 | $0 | $150 |
| $5,000 | $750 | $0 | $750 |
| $10,000 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
| $25,000 | $3,750 | $0 | $3,750 |
| $50,000 | $7,500 | $0 | $7,500 |
Bandcamp fee calculated at 15%. Sleeve charges 0% platform fee... you pay standard Stripe processing only.
Get the Bandcamp importer
The Sleeve Bandcamp Importer is a desktop app that copies your Bandcamp catalog into Sleeve: releases, artwork, tracklists, lossless masters, barcodes, and your mailing list.
Every release arrives as a draft, and nothing on Bandcamp is changed.
Included with every Sleeve account. macOS only.
Sleeve drafts the rest of your page
The worst part of leaving Bandcamp isn’t the decision, it’s the afternoon of copying and pasting. Paste your Bandcamp link when you sign up and Sleeve reads what’s already there, then drafts your bio, about page, links, shows, and contacts. You review every field before it publishes. What took an afternoon takes a few minutes of reviewing.
Also compare
Start free. Build something you own.
Your site, your releases, your email list, your fans. Set it all up in one place and keep 100% of what fans pay you.
No credit card required. 0% platform fee on all sales.
Last updated: