Music Industry Trends and Music Merchandise Insights

2024 Artist Merchandise Trends

A first look at the top selling merch items in 2024 and the $/head trends by genre

How To Order An atVenu Card Reader

Need to order an atVenu card reader? If you are an artist/touring act and need one or need more, you can quickly purchase them through your account. For other accounts, our team will help get you loaner gear for your pos rental event needs

atVenu Tutorial: How To Get Set Up & Start Selling With atVenu Register

The New Normal For Fan Interest In Concert Merchandise

October 26, 2022

Are More Fans Buying Merchandise in 2022?

August 30, 2022

As summer comes to an end and tours start to wind down we want to share insights into fan behavior around concert merchandise. With live events having fully returned there has been more shows in all genres

The Top Selling Items of 2022 By Genre

From what are the newest and most popular accessory items to what apparel is no longer popular and what replaced it.

An Updated Look At Venue Merchandise Sales Trends in 2024

It has been a while since we shared merchandise trends for venues so we are sharing and some of the most notable insights by venue capacity including top selling markets, average $/head, and hourly sales trends for 2024. Let's get into it!

A Larger Product Line Doesn't Make You More Money

January 14, 2022

A lot of changes happened in 2021 for live events. With material shortages and shipping constraints, artists reduced the size of their product lines when going on tour. We take a deeper look into how it impacted their Gross Sales.

More Fans Are Buying Merchandise in 2021

October 6, 2021

With the industry finally coming back, we wanted to share a look into the last three months for concert merchandise, and help answer some of your most asked questions.

Which Package Is Right for Me?

We’ve broken down the different package options to help simplify what to select based on what you need.

The Best Selling Band Merchandise

February 25, 2020

Taking a look at all the tours in 2019, we put together the most common item combinations that totalled majority of sales.

How Venues Make More Money with atVenu

December 12, 2019

A big question we are frequently asked by venues unfamiliar with atVenu is, ‘will we make more money using atVenu and atVenu Register than our current solution?’.

Why Merchandise Is So Important For Artists

November 8, 2019

Merchandise hasn’t been the most glamorized aspect of touring, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a crucial part of touring revenue.

2019 Music Industry Trends: The Venue Edition

October 17, 2019

This month we want to share insights focused on the venue side of merchandise, centering a lot of the information around capacity breakdowns,

2019 Music Merch Industry Trends

October 17, 2019

With over 60,000 shows and $350+ million in merchandise sales through atVenu so far for 2019, what does the data show for music industry trends?

Multiple New Feature Enhancements!

September 10, 2019

We’re excited to share the launch of three new feature enhancements that’ll make your lives even easier.

Automatically Submit Concert Sales to SoundScan

August 30, 2019

Learn how to digitally submit and track your SoundScan sales through atVenu, no additional work or time.