Bandcamp vs Shoprocket

Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where fans discover artists, follow their work, and support them directly. Artists can run customizable stores selling digital music and physical merchandise. Free fan accounts include playlists, wishlists, artist following, a music feed, a customizable collection page, and high-quality downloads of purchases. The free iOS and Android apps stream purchased music and support queues, playlists, and offline listening. Artists can also set monthly or annual subscriptions that offer releases, catalog items, subscriber-only music or merchandise, or community access. Bandcamp charges 15% on digital items and 10% on physical goods. The digital fee drops to 10% after $5,000 in sales if the artist maintains at least $5,000 in sales over the past 12 months. Pro for Artists costs $10 a month and includes Shopify inventory integration, batch uploads, private streams via links, and uploads up to 2 GB per track. Label Accounts start at $20 a month. Playlists are in beta and require a fan account; sampling unowned tracks is limited by artist settings, three plays by default.

Shoprocket is an ecommerce platform for adding store and checkout functions to an existing website, blog, landing page or social channel. Sellers can embed a store, product widgets and buy buttons, or use a hosted storefront if they do not yet have a website. Its dashboard supports creating or importing products and variations and synchronising stock across sales channels. Sellers can also offer digital files with optional download attempt limits, expiry dates and IP restrictions. Shoprocket lists 45+ payment methods through providers including Stripe, PayPal, PayU, Verifone, Tranzila and Authorize.net, as well as crypto and offline payments. Integrations include webhooks, an open API, Zapier and accounting software connections. Plans are listed at $29 a month for Starter, $79 a month for Business and $199 a month for Plus, billed monthly. All list unlimited annual sales volume, products and team members; the pricing page also lists unlimited storage and bandwidth. Shoprocket charges 0% transaction fees, while payment gateway fees are separate. A 14-day trial is available, but there is no free plan. It offers Windows and Mac desktop applications; its website and dashboard are mobile-friendly, but it has no dedicated mobile app.