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Jul 30, 2023
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How Bands and Musicians Can Create a Website in 2025

Customization and Commerce: Essential Elements for Your Band's Website
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In the digital age, a professional website is a must-have for musicians, bands, and artists. It's your digital home, the place where fans can discover your music, learn about upcoming shows, buy your merch, and connect with you. 

A well-designed website also lends credibility to your music career. It shows that you're serious about your craft and gives industry professionals like record labels, booking agents, and music journalists a central place to find everything they need to know about your band.

But how do you create a free music website? And why should you even make a website as a musician? In this article, we review what you should look for in a band website and what's the best platform for musicians. 

What to Look for in a Website For Musicians?

While there are many general website builders out there (e.g., Wix, WordPress, and Squarespace), you want to ensure that you're using a platform that is tailored to the needs of bands and musicians. When building a music website, you should try to include most of the following:

  1. Custom Website Design Templates. Every band is unique. Your homepage should be too. When designing a website, there are many no-code tools and drag & drop editors platforms like Fourthwall that allow you to turn a website template into a site that belongs to you and your fanbase. 
  2. Digital Downloads. Selling digital downloads of your music and albums gives fans a way to support your work directly, and allows you to keep a larger portion of the revenue compared to streaming platforms.
  3. Merchandise. Tour merch has been a staple of in-person shows and online shops for bands for decades. We recommend launching your site with at least 1-2 product designs to allow fans to support your band. With tools like Fourthwall, you can design and sell 1000s of unique products on demand, meaning there's no inventory for you to manage.
  4. Custom Domain. A custom domain name adds professionalism to your band's online presence, making it easier for fans and industry professionals to find and remember your website.
  5. Spotify Embeds. Embedding your Spotify profile on your website allows fans to easily access and stream your music, increasing your plays and visibility on the platform.
  6. SoundCloud Embeds. By integrating SoundCloud into your website as an embed, you can showcase your tracks, mixes, and live sets directly to your audience, fostering a deeper connection with your fans.
  7. YouTube Embeds. Including YouTube videos on your website, whether they're music videos or behind-the-scenes footage, can boost engagement and keep fans on your site longer.
  8. Memberships. By offering memberships, you can create a steady stream of income and give your most dedicated fans access to exclusive content, early releases, and special events.
  9. Contact Us Page. A contact us page ensures fans, press, and industry professionals can easily get in touch with you, opening up opportunities for collaborations, bookings, and interviews.
  10. Tour Dates. Posting your tour dates on your website keeps your fans informed about upcoming events and gigs. Plus you can email fans that sign up on your mailing list about tour dates.

Combining most of these sections above into your home page (on your domain name) allows you to showcase your music in a professional way. While there are 1000s of musicians with amazing home pages, one of our favorite examples is that of artist and rapper Harry Mack:

A screenshot of Harry Mack's home page

For most bands, we recommend also looking at your artistic inspirations to see their "dot com" home pages as well to help inspire you to get started with fonts and themes that make sense for your band.

What's the Best Website Builder For Musicians?

Creating a website might seem like a daunting task if you don't have any coding knowledge, but with today's website builders, it's easier than ever. Here are a few popular tools that we recommend:

  • Fourthwall. Fourthwall is free for creators, bands, and musicians. There are no monthly fees and no upfront costs, which makes it an excellent way for musicians to build a website for free. Fourthwall also offers everything you need to showcase your music, sell your music on your website, and build your brand (Spotify Embeds, YouTube Music Videos, Merch, etc).
  • Bandzoogle. Bandzoogle is a website builder that is designed for musicians and bands. It's also a good tool that makes website design easy, but Bandzoggle costs between $9.95 and $19.95 per month ($19.95 if you want to offer print-on-demand merch). 

Both tools make band website design easy, allowing you to create a stunning website with many different templates. Both allow you to upload your band logo, choose your fonts, pick a color scheme, edit CSS, and take full control of your brand with a custom domain name. Both platforms also allow you to embed your SoundCloud tracks, sell digital downloads, and are natively optimized for SEO to help fans discover your music. 

We recommend that both aspiring and professional musicians try out both Fourthwall and Bandzoogle to decide which is the best musician website for you to build your home page. 

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Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to use Fourthwall?

There are no monthly fees, no upfront costs, and no contracts to use Fourthwall. You set your prices and choose your own margins. Here is how our pricing and splits work when you sell:

  • Products from our product catalog. All products in our product catalog have a publicly listed flat fee, which gets deducted from the selling price you set. There are no extra percentages/margins. You keep 100% of profits.
  • Products you ship yourself. No fee (0% fee)
  • Digital products. 3% flat fee
  • Subscription memberships. 5% flat fee

Additionally, all US-based credit card transactions have an added 2.9% + $0.30 payment processing fee (same as Shopify). Fees vary for PayPal and other providers. Learn more.

How much money do I make on sales from the Fourthwall catalog?

Product costs are listed directly in our product catalog.

If a t-shirt is listed in our catalog at a $10 cost, we will automatically deduct that amount from your profits whenever you make a sale. You can sell products for any price you want.

For example, if you sell the shirt for $22, you'll make $12 in profit on each unit sold. If you sell it for $50, then you'll make $40 in profit on each unit sold.

Does Fourthwall ship worldwide?

Yes! Fourthwall works with manufacturing & fulfillment partners around the globe in the US, UK, EU, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and Japan.

Shipping rates are dynamically determined by the size of package and destination. We work with most major carriers and pass through the true cost of shipping. That means that you can offer low-cost, fast shipping to your fans. Most items have a delivery window of 5-8 days.

Be sure to browse our product catalog to find products that are fulfilled out of your target regions to provide the fastest & cheapest shipping for your community.

Does Fourthwall handle sales tax?

Fourthwall operates as the "Merchant of Record", which means that we're responsible for handling all sales taxes. This includes nexus registration, collecting sales tax, and remitting this to US states & other countries.

That way you can focus on designing products and promoting your shop, not taxes.

Can I connect a custom domain to Fourthwall?

Yes. You can connect a custom domain or subdomain on Fourthwall. Learn More.

Does Fourthwall offer artwork & design support?

If you need help finding an artist or designer, check out our design community.

This is a vetted network of exceptional designers that can help you make great quality designs for your audience. We also recommend tools like Canva or Kittl.

Does Fourthwall provide customer support for my orders?

Yes. For any product from our product catalog, we'll handle all customer support for you.

From answering general order questions to making address changes, our team is there to ensure that your buyers are treated with the same level of care that you would personally give them. We have a 12-hour or less average reply time, including nights and weekends.

For any items that you source on your own and ship from home, however, you'll need to do customer support.

Can you show me examples of storefronts on Fourthwall?

Yes! Over 200,000 sellers use Fourthwall to power their storefronts. This includes creators, podcasters, artists, musicians, startups, non-profits, and more.

Get inspired and browse all examples sites.

What integrations does Fourthwall have?

Fourthwall supports many free integrations, including:

  • YouTube Product Shelf (Merch Shelf)
  • TikTok Shop
  • Facebook and Instagram Shopping
  • Twitch Product Gifting
  • StreamElements and Streamlabs stream alerts
  • Zapier
  • Klaviyo
  • Mailchimp
  • And many, many more

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