LL–03 / REVENUE/Do the math
What would direct look like?
Drops and direct sales first, memberships as a bonus. Move the sliders — this is your label’s money, if the middle layer stopped taking a cut.
LL / ROSTER
3 artists
LL / DATABASE
2,000
LL / DIRECT SALES
12%
LL / RELEASES
2×
LL / MEMBERSHIPS · OPTIONAL
2%
Subscriptions are softening industry-wide — treat this as a bonus, not the plan.
= 240 buyers × £8 × 2/yr · + 40 members
Your label · per year
£6,240
direct to your label, split across your roster.
Drops & direct sales£3,840
Memberships£2,400
Loyal League’s cut£0
Patreon would take£499
Bandcamp would take£936
Streaming equivalent
≈ 2,080,000 streams
est. £0.003 / stream · industry average