BandPage

{{Short description|Music startup based in San Francisco, California}}

{{Infobox dot-com company

|name = BandPage

|logo = BandPage Logo.jpg

|logo_size = 200px

|company_type =

|foundation = {{start date and age|2009|9}}

|location_city = San Francisco, California

|location_country = United States

|area_served =

|key_people =

|launch_date = March 2010

|current_status = Inactive

| owner = Google

|language =

|advertising =

|website_type = Tools & Application For Musicians

}}

BandPage was a music startup based in San Francisco, California that produced the application BandPage, which powered over 500,000 artists' Facebook Pages.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2012/03/12/bandpage-rocks-half-a-million/ |title="Half A Million Musicians Now Rock Facebook With BandPage". |date=12 March 2012 |publisher=techcrunch.com}} Artists could upload and share tracks, videos, photos, and their touring schedule within Facebook.{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2010/03/03/rootmusic-bandpage/ |title=RootMusic's BandPage Makes Better Facebook Fan Pages for Bands. March 3, 2010. |date=3 March 2010 |publisher=mashable.com}} In August 2010, Billboard named BandPage one of the "Top 10 Best Digital Media Startups".{{cite web|url=http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/08/billboard-names-10-best-digital-music-startups.html |title=Billboard Names 10 Best Digital Music Startups. August 15, 2010. |date=17 August 2010 |publisher=hypebot.com}}

On February 12, 2016, BandPage was acquired by Google via subsidiary YouTube for $8 million, which discontinued features on the band page editor and other website features.{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/12/youtube-acquires-bandpage/|title=YouTube Acquires BandPage For $8M To Attract Musicians With Money-Making Tools|work=TechCrunch|date=2016-02-12|access-date=2016-02-13}}