Is MerchVice trying to replace Bandcamp?

No. Bandcamp is where you buy from the band. MerchVice is where the merch lives afterwards: your closet, the design's page with every fan's copy, and trades between fans.

Can a band link its Bandcamp store from MerchVice?

Yes. A band claims its page for free and puts its official merch and store links on top, so fans buy new from the band.

Can I bring my Bandcamp collection over?

Post the physical items you own from your own photos and tag the band. Bandcamp's collection page has no export we can read, and we never copy another site's pages.

Does MerchVice take a cut when I trade?

No. Trading is free, and no money passes through MerchVice in a trade.

All comparisons

MerchVice vs Bandcamp

Buy it on Bandcamp, so the band gets paid. Then post it here, where the shirt gets a page beside everyone else's copy and your closet keeps the story.

Checked October 2026. Every fact about Bandcamp here comes from its own help, fees and terms pages, each with its source and the day we read it.

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The short answer

Bandcamp is the best place to buy new merch straight from a band: the band sets the price and keeps most of it.
MerchVice picks up after the parcel arrives: your shirt gets a page beside every other fan's copy, your closet records what you own, you can trade with other fans, and the band's page links back to its store.
Use both. Keep buying there; post what arrives here and tag the band.

Side by side

What matters	MerchVice	Bandcamp
Built for band merch	MerchViceYes Every page is about band merch: shirts, posters, records, pins and patches.	BandcampPartly Built as an online record store and music community. Merch rides along with the music, sold by the band. Source
Find by band, tour and year	MerchViceYes Band pages, design pages, decade filters and shows, so a shirt finds its tour and its year.	BandcampPartly Merch lives on each artist's own page, typed as a shirt, apparel and so on. No tour or year fields. Source
A closet for what you keep, and a Top 8	MerchViceYes Post what you own to show it off, not only to sell, and pick a Top 8 for your profile.	BandcampPartly Your collection is the music you bought on Bandcamp plus your wishlist. A shirt you own has no place on it. Source
Trading, item for item	MerchVicePartly Mark an item Open to trade today. The trade itself, with the item moving to its new owner, is coming.	BandcampNo No swap tool. You keep a wishlist of the things you want instead. Source
Date your shirt's tag	MerchViceYes Free: photograph the tag and get its era, with the sources, whether you join or not.	Bandcamp Nothing on its own pages says either way.
Free to show off and trade	MerchViceYes Free to show off and trade. Selling is coming, with one flat fee shown before you list.	BandcampPartly Free for fans. Bands pay Bandcamp 15% on digital items and 10% on physical items, shipping and tax left out. Source
Newest first, nothing ranked	MerchViceYes Newest first, for everyone who follows you. Nothing is ranked and nothing is paid to rank.	BandcampPartly Your music feed shows the activity of the artists and fans you follow. Discover is browsed by genre and tags. Source
No ads in the feed	MerchViceYes Nothing in the feed. Anything promoted sits beside it and says so.	BandcampPartly Your feed is the artists and fans you follow; releases and merch reach Discover by genre and tags, not by payment. Source
Buying new from the band	MerchViceYes Bands claim their page free and put their official merch and store links on top.	BandcampYes Yes: bands and labels sell new shirts, vinyl, CDs and cassettes straight from their own page. Source
Following bands	MerchViceYes Follow bands, members and tags, and hear when they add new merch.	BandcampYes Follow an artist and you're first to hear when they put out new music; it shows in your feed. Source
Taking your data with you	MerchViceYes Download everything you posted from Settings, any time, as files you can open.	BandcampPartly Every purchase has a high-quality download. There's no one-click export of the collection list itself. Source

Where Bandcamp is better

Music and merch sold together, with most of the money going to the artist or label. Source
Pay what you want: fans pay more than the minimum a good share of the time. Source
Bandcamp Fridays waive Bandcamp's share for a day, so more goes to the artist. Source
A music feed of the artists and fans you follow, and a high-quality download of everything you bought. Source

Use both

Nobody is asking you to leave Bandcamp. Bring your items here as well, so they have a home that is about the music.

Keep buying there: that's where the band gets paid. When a shirt or a record arrives, post it here from your own photo and tag the band. Its page joins every other fan's copy of the same design. Source

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Keep your closet here

MerchVice is where people show off the band merch they own and trade it with other fans. Your closet, your bands, your people.

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Questions

Is MerchVice trying to replace Bandcamp?: No. Bandcamp is where you buy from the band. MerchVice is where the merch lives afterwards: your closet, the design's page with every fan's copy, and trades between fans.
Can a band link its Bandcamp store from MerchVice?: Yes. A band claims its page for free and puts its official merch and store links on top, so fans buy new from the band.
Can I bring my Bandcamp collection over?: Post the physical items you own from your own photos and tag the band. Bandcamp's collection page has no export we can read, and we never copy another site's pages.
Does MerchVice take a cut when I trade?: No. Trading is free, and no money passes through MerchVice in a trade.