TuneFreq vs Faircamp
Faircamp static toolkit vs TuneFreq: checkout, payouts, radio, and digital goods in one product.
Section 01
Faircamp is a free and open-source toolkit for building static, self-hosted artist sites and music catalog pages—you control hosting, deployment, and how fans pay (e.g. by linking payment or file delivery you operate). TuneFreq is a hosted marketplace: we run checkout, payouts, fraud and tax plumbing, community radio, subscriptions, digital goods, and physical products in one logged-in product. The right choice depends on whether you want a DIY static site or a managed store.
Section 02
TuneFreq: You keep 95% of every sale after our 5% platform fee (0% on your first $5,000 in revenue), plus payment processing—typically around 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction. Fans check out on TuneFreq; you get payouts through our payment provider.
Faircamp: There is no TuneFreq-style central platform fee because Faircamp is not a hosted cart—costs are whatever you pay for hosting, domains, and any payment stack you wire up yourself. See faircamp.net for documentation and philosophy.
Takeaway: Faircamp optimises for control and minimal vendor surface; TuneFreq optimises for turnkey commerce, discovery, and operations.
Section 03
| Dimension | TuneFreq | Faircamp |
|---|---|---|
| Hosting | Fully hosted by TuneFreq | You self-host generated static assets |
| Checkout and payouts | Integrated marketplace checkout | You arrange payments and delivery |
| Community radio | 24/7 human-curated | Not part of Faircamp |
| Digital goods + subscriptions | Built-in storefront | Out of scope for a static generator unless you extend it |
| Bulk catalog upload | First-class in Console | Your build and deploy pipeline |
| Discovery | Radio, stories, marketplace browse | SEO, your links, fediverse where you opt in—per Faircamp docs |
| Ops burden | Low—product handles scale | Higher—you operate infrastructure |
Section 04
Some artists use Faircamp (or another static site) as a brochure and TuneFreq as the place where purchases happen. Others want everything in one hosted system. If TuneFreq fits, sign up, connect payouts, bulk upload, and publish—no server administration required.
Section 05
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