Your website is the home for your music but it’s also a music store. With our Store feature you can sell almost anything you’d like from your website - with no commission! (This option ia available on Standard and Pro plans.)

Note: Bandzoogle does not provide product distribution or order fulfillment. You can sell print-on-demand products, if you'd like. To learn more, please review our 'Integrating Printful into your Store' Help article.

This Help article includes:

  • What you can sell
  • How to set up a Store feature
  • Store product types
    • CD/vinyl/cassette
    • Product/Service
      • How to track inventory
    • File Download
    • Bundles
  • Adding product variations (size, color, price, etc.)
  • Store Preferences
    • Options
      • Display format
      • Share links
    • Discount codes
    • Payment settings
    • Shipping merch
    • Adding sales tax
    • Checkout settings
    • Transaction History
    • Email a download
  • Integrating Printful into your Store
  • How to edit from your ‘Selling Tools’ control panel
  • Adding external store widgets

What you can sell

The Bandzoogle ‘Store’ allows you to sell anything that follows our Terms of Service. Here’s a short list of what many Bandzoogle members use the Store feature to sell:

  • Clothing - branded t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, hats, and bandanas
  • Stickers, decals, and posters
  • Guitar picks, flash drives with music on them, shot glasses
  • Digital files (Pro plan only): Video lessons, PDFs, and sheet music
  • Plus much more!

    Note: Digital music downloads should always be sold using a specific music feature.

Warning: It is against Bandzoogle’s terms of service to sell anything that promotes pornographic material, violence, hatred, or discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age. It is also prohibited to sell animals from your account.

To learn more about where to collect the income from sales, please view the 'Getting Paid through Paypal and Stripe' Help article.

Setting up the ‘Store’ feature

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’ and open the page on which you’ll be working
  2. Click ‘Add feature’
  3. Select the ‘Store’ feature and use the placement arrows to set the feature’s location
  4. Click ‘Add Product’
  5. In the 'Add new product' area, select the 'Product Type' from the drop-down options

Product Types

Continuing from step 5, follow the instructions below depending on which product type you select.

CD, vinyl, or cassette

  • Choose an album you’ve already added or ‘Create a new album’
    • For more information on CD, vinyl, or cassette product types, please view the 'Adding Music' Help article.

Product/Service

  1. Enter the product information

    • Product name: Example - CD (without download), vinyl, T-shirt, sticker, poster, etc.
    • Description: Enter a thorough description of what the customer will receive should they buy this item
    • Images: Upload images of your product from your device. You can add multiple images here to show multiple aspects of the product
    • Status:
      • Available: Item will display for purchase on your website.
      • Not available: Item will display on your website but will include a ‘Not available’ note below the image.
      • Hidden: Allows you to add the product to your Bandzoogle account but won’t display the item on your website until you change the status to ‘available.’
      • Published in: Lists the ‘Store’ features in which this product is displayed, along with the page name and section title of the store’s location on your website.
    • Purchase type:
      • Free
      • Paid - fixed price: You set a purchase price for the item.
        • Optional: Select ‘Is on sale’ to set a sale price or a discount percentage.
      • Paid - fans set price: You allow your fans to set the price they want to pay for the item. A minimum amount can be set here.
    • Subscriber pricing: Toggle on and to set a special price for your site subscribers
    • Lowest applicable tier: set the lowest subscriber tier to which this pricing is available
    • Subscriber purchase type:
      • Free
      • Paid - fixed price: You set a purchase price for the item.
        • Optional: Select ‘Is on sale’ to set a sale price or a discount percentage.
      • Paid - fans set price: You allow your fans to set the price they want to pay for the item. A minimum amount can be set here.
    • Taxjar category: Select the tax category for your item.
    • Linking and sharing: Toggle on to allow the product to be shared on social media and to create a direct link to the item
    • Free download: Toggle on ‘Attach a free download.’ Select a ‘File or Track’ from the dropdown.
    • Track Inventory: (Pro plan only). Toggle on to track inventory.
      • Set the number of available units for this item. Once the last item has sold, the website will display a ‘Out of stock’ note.
    • Variations: Toggle on to offer variations, including size, color, and price.
      • See below under the ‘Adding product variations’ section of this Help article.
    • Shipping: Toggle on if the item requires shipping.
      • Choose your shipping options and costs.
      • For detailed information on shipping, please view the ‘Shipping Merch’ Help article.

        Note: If not toggled on, the transaction will not require a shipping address

  2. Click ‘Save’

File Download

This will deliver a file download to your customer by email. Only use this option for non-music files. For music files, use the ‘Music feature’ ('Single,''Album,''Track List,''Compact Player,' or 'Sitewide Player') instead.

  1. Enter the product information
    • Product name: Sheet music, video, eBook, etc.
    • Purchase type:
      • Free: Select if you’d like your fan to download the file at no cost.
      • Paid - fixed price: You set a purchase price for the item.
        • Optional: Select ‘Is on sale’ to set a sale price or a discount percentage.
      • Paid - fans set price: You allow your fans to set the price they want to pay for the item. A minimum amount can be set here.
    • Description: Enter a thorough description of what the customer will receive should they buy this item.
    • Images: Upload images from your computer or from dropbox.com. Show an example of the file that the customer will receive.
    • Status:
      • Available: Item will display for purchase on your website.
      • Not available: Item will display on your website but will include a ‘Not available’ note below the image.
      • Hidden: Allows you to add the product to your Bandzoogle account but won’t display the item on your website until you change status to ‘available.’
      • Published in: Lists the ‘Store’ feature(s) in which this product is displayed, along with the page name and section title of the store’s location on your website.
    • Files: Upload files from your computer or from dropbox.com. You can also select files from the drop-down that you’ve already uploaded in other Bandzoogle features.
      • Once uploaded, add a name or description of the file so it’s easily recognizable on the customer’s computer once they’ve received it.
    • Taxjar category: Select the tax category for your item.
  2. Click ‘Save’

Bundles

Bundles allow you to combine items you’ve already created in the Store or Music feature. You can use this option to combine print-on-demand items, digital music, CDs, vinyl, cassettes, tickets, and file downloads.

To learn more about bundles, read the Product Bundling Help article.

Adding product variations (e.g. size, color, price)

Please see the ‘Adding the Store feature’ section above for steps to add an item, then use the following steps to add variations such as size and color. You can add two variations per item with unlimited options per variation.

  1. Next to ‘Variations’, toggle on ‘This product has variations’
  2. Under ‘What options does this product have?’ select your first option from the dropdown
    • Color
    • Size
    • Style
    • Other: you will be prompted to add the name of your variation
  3. Click ‘Apply’
  4. Your first variation choice will appear at the top of the first column. In the rows below, add your variation option.
    • E.g, if you choose ‘Color,’ ‘Color’ will appear at the top of the first column. Enter the first color option in the first row and the next color option in the next row.
  5. Add a variation price in the furthest column.
    • The price will automatically be set at the original price of your item. You can increase the price for a variation. You can’t set the price lower than the original price.
  6. Click ‘Manage options’ and ‘Add another option’ to add a second variation.
  7. Finish adding your item options (shipping, tax, etc.), then click ‘Save.

    Note: It is important to add the combinations for all variations. You can also list each color and size once, but if so the two columns must list the same amount of items. For example, if you list 4 colors, you must list 4 sizes as well.

    • Black - Small
    • White - Medium
    • Red - Large
    • Blue - X-Large

    If you list 3 colors and 4 sizes, for example, you will receive an error message and will not be able to save the product in the Store setup.

Store Preferences

The following preferences can be selected by clicking the Store feature, then choosing the corresponding tab from the settings pane on the left:

Options

  • Display format:
    • List: Displays your store items in a vertical list view.
    • Grid: Displays your store items in a horizontal grid view.
  • Share links: Checked by default. Uncheck if you do not want site visitors to have the option to share your Store items to social media.

Discount codes (Pro plan)

  1. Click ‘Add a discount code’
  2. Enter your code and discount amount
  3. Check ‘Active’ and select your ‘expiry’ preference
  4. Click ‘Add code’

To learn more about putting items on sale, please view the ‘Adding Sales and Discounts’ Help article.

Payment settings

Anytime you sell an item, you’ll get paid. This payment will either go to Stripe or Paypal, depending on the payment options you have set up and which method of payment your customer chooses. Bandzoogle does not take any money from your sales.

Note: Settings selected in the Payment Settings tab affect all payments and donations on your website. It is currently not an option to have different Paypal accounts for different stores or pages on your website.

To learn more about collecting your sales money, view the 'Getting Paid through Paypal and Stripe' Help article.

Shipping merch

Bandzoogle offers several options for adding shipping costs to your items. In your store item set up, select your shipping option:

  • Don’t charge shipping: Item is sold with no shipping costs included.
  • Custom shipping price: You set the amounts you’d like to charge and Bandzoogle adds those to the total in your shopping cart.
  • Use my Paypal shipping settings: This will use the shipping settings you have set up in your Paypal account.
  • EasyPost: EasyPost is an external shipping management service that will let you set prices based on location and weight and print labels directly in Bandzoogle. Choose this option from the store set up shipping section or in the left-hand pane ‘Shipping’ tab.

To learn more about shipping options, please view the ‘Shipping Merch’ Help article.

Note: During the checkout process, your fans will be prompted to enter their shipping address and telephone number. These are required for most shipping services and will be included in your transaction details.

Adding sales tax

If you’d like to add sales tax to your store items you can either inflate the price of your item or use a service called Taxjar. The cost is $17 per month and payment is managed by Taxjar:

  1. Click the ‘Tax settings’ tab
  2. Click ‘Connect Taxjar’
  3. Sign up for a Taxjar account
  4. Paste your TaxJar API token into the API token field
  5. Click ‘Save Settings’

To learn more about adding sales tax, please view the ‘Adding Sales Tax’ Help article.

Checkout settings

When a customer makes a merch purchase, a thank you message displays on the page. You can edit this message in plain text, then click ‘Save’.

Note: This is the same Thank you message across all eCommerce features on your website. It’s not possible to have different messages per feature.

Transaction History

Here you can view all transactions made through all Bandzoogle sales features. You can also manage and ship your orders from here as well. You can see pending and shipped orders, and create printable packing slips.

The packing slip contains a summary of the order and break down of products/services, quantity, pricing and shipping fees, as well as the customer’s mailing address.

You can also navigate to your ‘Transaction History’ by clicking on the ‘View transactions & sales’ quick link in your Bandzoogle Dashboard.

You can export all of your sales in the transaction history area. Click the Export button to generate a .csv file of your orders.

To learn more about managing shipments, please view the ‘Shipping Merch’ Help article.

Email a download

Use this option to send one track or album to one person at a time. To learn how to add a Music feature, please view the ‘Adding Music’ Help article.

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click any ‘Music’ feature
  2. Click ‘Email a download’ from the settings pane on the left
  3. From the drop-down, choose the album or track you’d like to send for free
  4. Enter the email address of your recipient
  5. Enter a message to your recipient (optional)

Note: It is against our terms of service to send unsolicited email. Please only send email to people who have given permission to you to do so.

Integrating Printful into your Store

With the Bandzoogle Pro plan, you can integrate Printful products seamlessly into your ‘Store’ feature. To connect your ‘Store’ feature to the Printful store of your choice, follow these steps:

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’ and open the page on which you’ll be adding your items
  2. Click ‘Add feature’
  3. Select the ‘Store’ feature and use the placement arrows to set the feature’s location
  4. In the feature options on the left, click on the ‘Printful’ icon
  5. Open your Printful account in another window. In your Printful account, click on ‘Settings’
  6. Scroll down and click on the ‘API’ option in ‘Settings’
  7. Choose the Printful store you want to connect to Bandzoogle in the ‘Choose store’ dropdown
  8. Copy the ‘API Key’ generated from Printful
  9. In your Bandzoogle Store feature, in the ‘Printful’ tab, paste the ‘Printful API key’ in the Printful settings
  10. Click ‘Sync’

To learn more about adding, editing, and disabling your Printful products, please view the Integrating Printful into your Website Store Help article.

How to edit from your ‘Selling Tools’ control panel

In your ‘Selling Tools’ control panel, you’ll find options to edit and add inventory to your pages. To adjust your page-specific store features, follow these steps:

  1. In your Bandzoogle control panel, click on ‘Selling tools’
  2. In your ‘Selling tools’ dashboard, you’ll see a list of your store features, which page they are on, and the options to ‘Edit’ or ‘Add’ items as follows:
    • Edit: next to your listed store feature, click ‘Edit.’ This will take you to the page-specific store feature and allow you to click into the products on the page to make adjustments as needed.
    • Add: next to your listed store feature, click ‘Add.’ You will be able to create a new product, use an existing product, or use a printful product and add it directly to the page specific store feature.

To edit a specific merch item site-wide, you can use these steps:

  1. Click the ‘Selling Tools’ tab at the top of your control panel
  2. Click on ‘Products’ in the settings pane on the left
  3. Click the ‘...’ link in the ‘Actions’ column, next to the product you’d like to edit and then click ‘Edit’
  4. Make the desired changes and click the ‘Save Changes’ button at the bottom of the screen when done.

If you’re looking to delete a merch item from every store on your site, this can be done in the Products menu as well:

  1. Click the ‘Selling Ttools’ tab at the top of your control panel
  2. Click ‘Products’ on the left
  3. Click the ‘...’ link in the ‘Actions’ column, next to the product you’d like to delete
  4. Click ‘Delete’

Adding external store widgets

Because Bandzoogle's store features are integrated with PayPal and Stripe, it is not possible to link other gateways or credit card processors. You can use your own store widgets on your site, but they would not be integrated with Bandzoogle's selling tools.

If you’d like to add an external store widgets, such as Cafepress, Amazon, Big Cartel, etc. you can do so with these steps:

  1. From the ‘Edit Content’ tab, click ‘Pages’ and open the page on which you’ll be working
  2. Click ‘Add feature’
  3. Select the ‘HTML code’ feature
  4. Use the placement arrows on that page to set the feature’s location
  5. Paste the external store embed code into the text box
  6. Click ‘Save’

Note: We cannot modify or provide support for external HTML code. If you have questions or concerns about the embedded feature, or require support for the widget, you’ll need to contact the company that supplied the code.