band.place is a web-based site builder for musicians and music businesses, with pages and tools for presenting releases, videos, live dates, merchandise, newsletters, and press materials. Its discography can import releases and metadata from Spotify, Deezer, Bandcamp, Apple Music, and YouTube Music. A Bandsintown integration can publish upcoming concerts with venue and ticket details. Artists can run an online shop for merchandise and digital products, with payouts processed directly through Stripe. The electronic press kit supports downloadable high-resolution assets, technical documents, and password protection. Newsletter features include signup widgets, scheduled campaigns, engagement tracking, and contact export. Managed hosting is included across plans, and SSL certificates are provisioned and renewed automatically. The free plan provides a site on a band.place subdomain and requires no credit card. Paid plans offer different concert, newsletter, syncing, and shop-fee terms. The service is intended for bands, solo artists, DJs, producers, record labels, and publicists. It is operated by Mahdi Hezaveh IT Consulting as Empinet, based in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Who it is for
band.place suits bands, solo artists, DJs, and producers who want a single site for releases, videos, shows, merchandise, and press materials. It also serves record labels and publicists, with tools for newsletters and concert publishing.
What is good
- Imports release details from five music services.
- Publishes concert details through Bandsintown integration.
- Shop supports merchandise and digital products with direct Stripe payouts.
- EPK offers password protection and downloadable press assets.
- Managed hosting and automatically renewed SSL are included in all plans.
What to know first
- The free site uses a band.place subdomain.
- Garage limits upcoming concerts to five and charges a 10% shop fee.
- Studio limits newsletters to 500 subscribers and uses manual sync.
Verdict
Choose band.place if you need a music-focused site combining releases, concerts, a shop, newsletters, and an EPK. The free plan is a straightforward way to start on a band.place subdomain; look to Studio for unlimited upcoming concerts and 0% platform fees on shop sales, while noting its 500-subscriber newsletter limit and manual sync.
Get started with band.place
- Open https://band.place/.
- Start with the Free plan, which includes a band.place subdomain and does not require a credit card.
- Choose Garage or Studio for paid plan terms such as concert capacity and shop fees.
- Connect music services to import release information, or use Bandsintown to publish concert details.
What the free plan stops at
The Free plan provides a site on a band.place subdomain. Garage allows five upcoming concerts, manual sync, and a 10% platform fee on shop sales; Studio allows unlimited upcoming concerts, 500 newsletter subscribers, manual sync, and 0% platform fee on shop sales.
Questions about band.place
Is band.place free?
Yes. The Free plan costs 0.00 USD per free and includes a free site on a band.place subdomain. No credit card is required.
What platforms does band.place support?
The listed platform is web.
What does the shop support?
Artists can sell merchandise and digital products, with direct Stripe payouts. The privacy policy says full card details are not stored on band.place servers.
Can it publish concert dates?
Yes. Tour-date publishing is supported, and the Bandsintown integration can automatically publish upcoming concerts with venue and ticket details.
What are the Garage and Studio plan limits?
Garage includes five upcoming concerts, manual sync, and a 10% platform fee on shop sales. Studio includes unlimited upcoming concerts, 500 newsletter subscribers, manual sync, and a 0% platform fee on shop sales.
band.place plans and pricing
All plansCompared on music website builders
- Free plan
- Yes
- Custom domain
- Yes
- Tour-date publishing
- Yes
- Mailing-list forms
- Yes
- Video embedding
- Yes
- Merchandise links
- Yes
