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How does pay-what-you-want pricing work, and who sets the minimum?

You set the floor, fans choose what to pay above it. How the pricing options compare and where chart floors apply.

Written by Andrea Torres

You set the minimum and optionally a suggested price, and fans choose what to pay at or above it. Roughly one in five fans pays above the minimum.

The pricing options

Pay what you want sets a floor and lets fans go higher. Minimum price is the least a fan can pay to get access. Suggested price is what appears at checkout as the default. Fixed price is non-negotiable.

Most campaigns run pay-what-you-want with a suggested price, because it captures the fans who want to give more without pricing out the ones who can't.

Chart floors

On chart-eligible campaigns the minimum can't drop below the reporting floor: $7.99 for US digital albums reporting to Luminate, and £5.49 for UK chart-reported campaigns. EVEN applies the right floor during setup so nothing slips below eligibility by accident.

Changing price mid-campaign

Price changes are possible, but on a chart campaign they route through your EVEN team so chart bodies are notified and the floor is re-checked. The tracklist and track count, by contrast, lock when pre-orders open and can't change.

Access content pricing

Exclusives attached to the release carry their own minimum prices, and a fan paying a higher amount unlocks everything priced at or below it. On chart campaigns only the initial album checkout reports, so add-on pricing doesn't affect eligibility.

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