How much does Bandcamp take from a $10 album sale?

The revenue share is $1.50 and the credit-card processing fee is $0.52, so the fees come to $2.02 and you keep $7.98 — an effective 20.2%. Once the artist has passed $5,000 in sales the share falls to $1.00, the fees to $1.52, and the payout rises to $8.48.

When does Bandcamp's digital rate drop to 10%?

Once an artist reaches $5,000 in sales, at which point the digital fee drops from 15% to 10% and stays there. That is a running total for the artist rather than a bracket on the individual sale, which is why the calculator offers it as a third thing you can be selling rather than as a price tier.

Is Bandcamp's revenue share capped?

In effect, yes: it is charged on the first $100 of an item only, name-your-price payments included, so it never exceeds $15.00 on a digital item or $10.00 on a physical one. A $200 digital release pays $15.00 of revenue share and $4.70 of card processing, $19.70 in all, and leaves you $180.30 — an effective 9.85%.

What does Bandcamp charge on merch?

10% of the item price, with shipping and tax excluded from the calculation. On a $25 record the share is $2.50 and card processing is $0.85, so the fees are $3.35 and you keep $21.65, an effective 13.4%.

Why does a $1 name-your-price payment lose so much of itself?

Because the processor's fixed 30 cents does not shrink with the price. On $1.00 the revenue share is $0.15 and the card fee is $0.32, so $0.47 goes in fees and you keep $0.53. Bandcamp publishes a different rate for transactions under $8.07 which is not modelled here, so treat very small payments as indicative.

What do I charge to keep $10 on a digital album?

$12.43, of which $2.43 is fees. Adding 15% to your target is not enough, because both the revenue share and the card fee are charged on the higher price as well.

Bandcamp fee calculator

As of 4 September 2026, Bandcamp takes 15% of a digital sale, 10% once an artist has passed $5,000 in sales, and 10% on merch, plus a credit-card processing fee of 2.2% + $0.30.

Verified 4 September 2026 against Bandcamp’s official fee page. Effective from 10 June 2026. Changelog

Your country

What you sold

Bandcamp charges in USD; your bank’s conversion is not included.

Include the card processor's fee

Bandcamp's revenue share and the payment processor's fee are separate charges. This is the credit-card rate; PayPal, gift cards and very small payments are priced differently and are not modelled.

You keep

$7.98

You charge

$10.00

Bandcamp revenue share — digital: $1.50
Payment processor fee (credit card): $0.52
Total fees: $2.02
Effective rate: 20.2%

Bandcamp fees by country

Every rule on Bandcamp’s official schedule for United States, the market this calculator covers, as of 4 September 2026. The revenue share is charged on the first $100 of an item only, so it stops at $15.00 on a digital item and $10.00 on a physical one. The processing line is Bandcamp's credit-card rate: its separately published PayPal and gift-card rates, and the alternate rate for transactions under $8.07, are not modelled here.

United States

Bandcamp fees for United States, effective 10 June 2026. Amounts in USD.
Fee	Applies to	Rate
Bandcamp revenue share — digital15% on digital items until the artist reaches $5,000 in trailing-12-month sales. The revenue share applies to only the first $100 of an item's price on higher-priced items (name-your-price included).	Digital music	15%
Bandcamp revenue share — digital (after $5,000 in sales)Drops to 10% once the artist has made at least $5,000 in the past 12 months, and stays there while that holds. This is a lifetime/trailing-sales threshold, not a per-transaction tier — model as a toggle, not an amount-based tier.	Digital music, artist past $5,000 in trailing sales	10%
Bandcamp revenue share — physical/merch10% flat on physical goods; shipping and tax are excluded from the fee base. Same first-$100 cap as digital on higher-priced items.	Physical goods and merch	10%
Optional and sender-paid fees (not deducted unless selected)
Payment processor fee (credit card)Bandcamp's own summary calls this '4 to 6%'; the precise published rate is 1.9% + $0.30 for PayPal, 2.9% + $0.30 for gift card, and 2.2% + $0.30 for credit card (transactions ≥ $8.07). Transactions under $8.07 switch to an alternate rate of 5% + $0.05. Only the credit-card rate is modeled here; PayPal, gift-card and the small-transaction rate are on the source page but not modeled as separate rules. Applies identically to physical sales on Enhanced Payments accounts.	All payments	2.2% + $0.30

Source: get.bandcamp.help/en/articles/15263193-what-are-bandcamp-s-fees, verified 4 September 2026.

How much does Bandcamp take from a $10.00 sale?

For digital music in United States, Bandcamp charges 15% of the amount, at most $15.00 (bandcamp revenue share — digital) plus 2.2% of the amount plus a fixed $0.30 (payment processor fee (credit card)). Each fee line is rounded half-up to the nearest cent, as the platform bills it, and what you keep is the amount minus the sum of those lines.

A $10 digital album, card processing included: on $10.00 you pay $1.50 (bandcamp revenue share — digital) and $0.52 (payment processor fee (credit card)), $2.02 in total, and keep $7.98, an effective rate of 20.2%.

The same album once the artist has passed $5,000 in sales: on $10.00 you pay $1.00 (bandcamp revenue share — digital (after $5,000 in sales)) and $0.52 (payment processor fee (credit card)), $1.52 in total, and keep $8.48, an effective rate of 15.2%.

A $25 record, at the 10% physical rate: on $25.00 you pay $2.50 (bandcamp revenue share — physical/merch) and $0.85 (payment processor fee (credit card)), $3.35 in total, and keep $21.65, an effective rate of 13.4%.

A $200 digital release, where the share stops at the first $100: on $200.00 you pay $15.00 (bandcamp revenue share — digital) and $4.70 (payment processor fee (credit card)), $19.70 in total, and keep $180.30, an effective rate of 9.85%.

Frequently asked questions

How much does Bandcamp take from a $10 album sale?: The revenue share is $1.50 and the credit-card processing fee is $0.52, so the fees come to $2.02 and you keep $7.98 — an effective 20.2%. Once the artist has passed $5,000 in sales the share falls to $1.00, the fees to $1.52, and the payout rises to $8.48.
When does Bandcamp's digital rate drop to 10%?: Once an artist reaches $5,000 in sales, at which point the digital fee drops from 15% to 10% and stays there. That is a running total for the artist rather than a bracket on the individual sale, which is why the calculator offers it as a third thing you can be selling rather than as a price tier.
Is Bandcamp's revenue share capped?: In effect, yes: it is charged on the first $100 of an item only, name-your-price payments included, so it never exceeds $15.00 on a digital item or $10.00 on a physical one. A $200 digital release pays $15.00 of revenue share and $4.70 of card processing, $19.70 in all, and leaves you $180.30 — an effective 9.85%.
What does Bandcamp charge on merch?: 10% of the item price, with shipping and tax excluded from the calculation. On a $25 record the share is $2.50 and card processing is $0.85, so the fees are $3.35 and you keep $21.65, an effective 13.4%.
Why does a $1 name-your-price payment lose so much of itself?: Because the processor's fixed 30 cents does not shrink with the price. On $1.00 the revenue share is $0.15 and the card fee is $0.32, so $0.47 goes in fees and you keep $0.53. Bandcamp publishes a different rate for transactions under $8.07 which is not modelled here, so treat very small payments as indicative.
What do I charge to keep $10 on a digital album?: $12.43, of which $2.43 is fees. Adding 15% to your target is not enough, because both the revenue share and the card fee are charged on the higher price as well.

Sources and last verified

Every rate above is quoted from Bandcamp’s official fee page and checked by a person on 4 September 2026. Revenue-share rates (15% digital, 10% after $5,000 in trailing-12-month sales, 10% physical) are stated identically in the summary paragraph and the detailed per-type paragraphs of the primary page, dated 10 June 2026. Payment-processor rates are corroborated across two dedicated help-center pages: the primary page's vague '4 to 6%' range is consistent with the precise breakdown on the digital-sales processor-fees page (1.9%+$0.30 PayPal, 2.9%+$0.30 gift card, 2.2%+$0.30 credit card for transactions ≥ $8.07; 5%+$0.05 below that), and the physical-sales processor-fees page confirms the same rates apply to physical goods on Enhanced Payments accounts. No discrepancy found. Not modeled in this pass: the first-$100-of-an-item revenue-share base cap ('the revenue share applies to the first $100 of an item only') has no matching component kind in the current vocabulary (percent/percent_capped/tiered/per_unit cap the fee, not the taxable base) — the engine will need a new component kind or a rule flag; the PayPal/gift-card/sub-$8.07 processor rates; the Collection Society Share; and Bandcamp Fridays (monthly revenue-share waiver, mentioned only as a linked article title, not fetched). at get.bandcamp.help/en/articles/15263264-how-much-are-payment-processor-fees-for-physical-sales.

Standard published rates only. Your account may have negotiated, promotional or legacy pricing, and the platform can change fees at any time. Confirm figures that matter with Bandcamp before relying on them. See the methodology and disclaimer.

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