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 - artists keep 90%. 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 only
Minimum sale
£3.00
Payment processing
Stripe processing fees absorbed by Insound out of our 10% - no additional cost to artists
Masters
Artists retain 100%
Future features
Merch, pre-orders, download codes, collectives
Why Insound exists.
Bandcamp was sold to Epic Games in 2022. Sold again to Songtradr in 2023, who laid off most of the team within weeks. By Q1 2026, active Bandcamp stores had declined 50% quarter-over-quarter.
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. Artists keep exactly 90% - permanently.
We only allow independent artists. No labels. No aggregators. If you're signed to a label, Insound isn't for you - and we think that clarity matters.
Independent music is growing.
$14.3B
Independent music market, 2024
46.7%
Global market share, independents
16.1%
Revenue growth, 2024
40M+
Active independent artists