While the debate continues about how the good old digital pie is split between different stakeholders in the music industry, the spotlight fell on how another artist revenue stream is shared out last week, after Tim Burgess of The Charlatans commented on the commissions some venues charge on merch sales that take place at shows.In a tweet, Burgess wrote: “Big respect to those venues that don’t take a percentage of a band’s merch sales.
This isn’t about The Charlatans, it’s about those bands who need merch income to survive. Some places take 25% – a quarter of the full selling price.
Vinyl doesn’t even have that mark up to begin with”.It’s generally larger venues that expect to charge a commission on merchandise sales that take place on.
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