The platform built on what
Bandcamp forgot.
Insound is the simplest way for independent artists to sell music directly to fans. Keep £9 of every £10 - paid straight to your own Stripe account, from your very first sale.
At a glance.
Founded
2026, UK
Model
Bootstrapped - no investors
Platform fee
10% flat - 90% to the rights-holder. We absorb all Stripe processing fees
Monthly fee
None
Payouts
Daily auto-payout after ~7-day Stripe clearing. Instant withdrawal available (~1% Stripe fee)
Who can join
Independent artists and labels in the UK and US
Minimum sale
£3.00 (UK artists) / $5.00 (US artists)
Payment processing
Stripe processing fees absorbed by Insound out of our 10% - no additional cost to artists
Masters
Artists retain 100%
Live features
Pre-orders, download codes, pay-what-you-want, fan collections, artist profiles
In development
Merch, collectives
Why Insound exists.
Bandcamp was sold to Epic Games in 2022. Sold again to Songtradr in 2023, who laid off around half the team within weeks. Artists who had built a decade of direct fan relationships there found the ground moving under them twice in two years.
Insound was built because the model that Bandcamp proved - direct-to-fan, artist-first, pay-what-you-want - deserved a platform that wouldn't get sold out from under the artists who depend on it.
We're bootstrapped. No investors. No board. No pressure to raise our cut or change the deal. We take 10% and absorb all Stripe processing fees out of that cut. The rights-holder keeps exactly 90% - permanently.
Insound is open to independent artists and independent labels. Major labels, and artists signed to them, aren't eligible. It's a narrower door than most platforms, and we think that clarity matters.