How to Add Bandcamp to Your Facebook Page
The Bandcamp Facebook app puts all the functionality and content of your Bandcamp site into a tab within Facebook. This page will walk you through its installation, cover some common questions, and help you troubleshoot any problems you may run into along the way.
How do I make Bandcamp the default tab?
How do I change the name of the Bandcamp tab?
I use a custom header graphic on Bandcamp, how do I add one to Facebook?
Installation
Before we begin, please make sure you’re logged in to Facebook, and that you have a Facebook Page (not a Profile). More information about Pages and how to create one can be found right here.
Ready? Click here to begin the installation process, then follow along with the instructions below.
- Select the Facebook Page where you want to install Bandcamp, then click the blue “Add Bandcamp” button:
- In the left sidebar of the next page, click the new tab that says “Music”:
- Log in to the Bandcamp account that you want to install:
- Click OK to confirm. A shaft of light envelops you as a gentle shower dampens your hair, teardrops from the angels above weeping at the beauty of your Bandcamp site, right inside of Facebook.
If you see no such light or feel no such shower, please skip to Troubleshooting.
How do I make Bandcamp the tab my fans see by default when they visit my Facebook page?
- Click “Edit info” at the top of your Facebook page:
- Click “Manage Permissions” in the left column, and in the pop-up menu next to “Default Landing Tab”, choose Music:
Note that you won’t see Bandcamp as the default tab as long as you’re logged in as the page’s admin. To view your page as fans sees it (with Bandcamp as the default), simply log out.
How do I change the name of the Bandcamp tab?
The Bandcamp tab is named “Music” by default, but you can easily change that to “Store”, “Bandcamp”, or anything else.
- Click “Edit info” at the top of your Facebook page:
- Click “Apps” in the left column, and “Edit Settings” next to Bandcamp:
- Enter the new tab name next to “Custom Tab Name”, click “Save”, and then click “Okay”:
I have a custom header graphic on my Bandcamp site, how do I add one to Facebook?
The Facebook tab is significantly narrower than your Bandcamp site, so rather than scaling your existing Bandcamp header down (which would look lousy), we allow you to upload another header specially sized for Facebook. You do this from the Facebook section of your Profile page on Bandcamp.
Now that I’ve got Bandcamp inside of Facebook, should I stop sending fans to my standalone Bandcamp site and instead just send them all straight to Facebook?
We think that’s a bad idea. Whereas Bandcamp provides a focused music listening and purchasing experience, the average Facebook page has between 50 and 60 things for your fans to click on other than your music. Why let an ad for Bonobos pants vie for your fans’ attention unless you have absolutely no other choice? In addition, it’s entirely possible that Facebook may one day require fans to use Facebook Credits to purchase your music (from which they take a 30% cut). They did that for all game apps earlier this summer, so why wouldn’t other app types follow? Do you really want to condition your fans to the idea that this is your only store on the web?
We prefer to think of Facebook as just another part of a good overall distribution strategy. There will always be people for whom the greater Internet outside of AOL Facebook is a terrifying place, and their money is just as green as anyone else’s, but the rest of your fans are plenty comfortable being sent elsewhere. And we of course think the best elsewhere is your standalone Bandcamp-powered site.
Troubleshooting
I clicked the above link to start the installation process, but it’s just taking me back to my Facebook page.
The Bandcamp app can’t be installed on Facebook profiles, only Facebook Pages.
I’ve customized the design of my Bandcamp site, but I don’t see those customizations on Facebook. Why?
Custom designs are great when they’re able to really define the look of your entire page, but with all the controls and advertising surrounding the already compact Facebook tab, we felt it was important to keep it as simple and clean as possible (it's tough enough ignoring those distractions without the look of the Buy links shifting on every Bandcamp page). Note, however, that you can still add a custom header graphic.
Where’s my index page?
We don’t support index pages in Facebook just yet -- the tab will instead always default to your latest release (but your full discography is still included on each page).
How do I switch the Bandcamp Facebook app to display a different Bandcamp account?
Go to the Facebook section of your Profile page on Bandcamp and click “remove”. Save the page, switch back to your Facebook page, and refresh. You’ll then have the opportunity to log in to a different Bandcamp account.
Can I power more than one Facebook Page with the same Bandcamp account?
No, not currently. Maybe some day, but for now, a Bandcamp account can only be associated with a single Facebook Page, and vice versa.
Facebook, like every other website in the world, occasionally moves things around or changes their wording. We do our best to keep these instructions error-free, but if you discover an inaccuracy please tell us about it. Thanks!
