Hi @TRAINTRACS Thanks for your interest, yes you are right on all points!
It’s tricky to get the balance between a short summary to give flavour or providing a long list of features/differences! Sometimes it’s simpler just to answer questions, so I’ll give that a go.
Beatport and Bandcamp are very different services with very different selling points. What are you doing better than them, and why should people use this instead?
As a user (buyer) of both sites I’ve found both lacking in terms of discovering the music I like, navigating, filtering, previewing, purchasing. I felt I could do something better and this is the start of that. I feel both have stagnated and I have lots of ideas to improve on it, some are already implemented.
For example, despite buying mainly techno on bandcamp, it constantly shows me folk music and other things I have no interest in and there are no controls to manage it. Artcore has filters that can tailor the site to what you like.
I also find it hard to preview back catalogs and buy music on bandcamp and find myself opening hundreds of tabs. Artcore UI is designed to help you preview and navigate much quicker. It also has DJ friendly features like multiple carts.
From the artist/label point of view, Artcore is a marketplace similar to Bandcamp. Artists and labels set their own prices and have full control of their profile and releasing. Artcore takes between 1% and 20% depending on discounts applied. The artist/seller gets the rest minus any paypal fees.
Artcore also supports optional payment splits between labels and artists (and remixers) and also between members of a group/band. You just allocate a % to the artist and it will be directed to them.
Is this just aimed at artists and labels? What’s in it for fans and listeners?
Not at all - I’m just promoting it to artists/labels at this point to get people on board before full public launch.
The site also has this comparison chart to give more specific details.
Please feel free to ask about anything else or if you would like me to elaborate on any point.
Thanks!