Royalties
Direct-to-Fan Income
Direct-to-fan income is money fans pay you directly — Bandcamp sales, memberships, tips, subscriptions — rather than royalties collected through rights bodies.
Not all music income is a royalty. Direct-to-fan income — Bandcamp purchases, Patreon-style memberships, tip jars, paid subscriptions — is paid to you directly by your audience, with no collector or distributor in the middle, so you typically keep the largest share of any income type.
It complements your royalties rather than replacing them: your catalog still earns recording, publishing, and sync income everywhere else. Notes focuses on getting those royalties collected in full; direct-to-fan is the layer you own outright.
Good to know
Direct-to-Fan Income: common questions
- Is direct-to-fan income a royalty?
- Not exactly — it's paid directly by fans rather than collected through a rights body, so you typically keep more of it. It sits alongside the royalties your music earns elsewhere.