diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampChannelInfoItemExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampChannelInfoItemExtractor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5d851eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampChannelInfoItemExtractor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.extractors;
+
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.channel.ChannelInfoItemExtractor;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ParsingException;
+
+public class BandcampChannelInfoItemExtractor implements ChannelInfoItemExtractor {
+
+    private String name, url, image, location;
+
+    public BandcampChannelInfoItemExtractor(String name, String url, String image, String location) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.url = url;
+        this.image = image;
+        this.location = location;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getName() throws ParsingException {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getUrl() throws ParsingException {
+        return url;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getThumbnailUrl() throws ParsingException {
+        return image;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return location;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getSubscriberCount() {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public long getStreamCount() {
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampSearchExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampSearchExtractor.java
index 34f52af1e..fc89002fc 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampSearchExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampSearchExtractor.java
@@ -69,16 +69,7 @@ public class BandcampSearchExtractor extends SearchExtractor {
                     break;
 
                 case "ARTIST":
-                    String id = resultInfo.getElementsByClass("itemurl").first()
-                            .getElementsByTag("a").first()
-                            .attr("href") // the link contains the id
-                            .split("search_item_id=")
-                            [1] // the number is behind its name
-                            .split("&") // there is another attribute behind the name
-                            [0]; // get the number
-
-                    //searchResults.add(new Artist(heading, Long.parseLong(id), image, subhead));
-                    //collector.commit Channel with heading, id, image, subhead
+                    collector.commit(new BandcampChannelInfoItemExtractor(heading, url, image, subhead));
                     break;
 
                 case "ALBUM":
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampSearchExtractorTest.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampSearchExtractorTest.java
index 11ce3d0d3..5780e1612 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampSearchExtractorTest.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampSearchExtractorTest.java
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ package org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.DownloaderTestImpl;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.Extractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.InfoItem;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.ListExtractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.NewPipe;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.exceptions.ExtractionException;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.search.SearchExtractor;
+import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.extractors.BandcampChannelInfoItemExtractor;
 import org.schabi.newpipe.extractor.services.bandcamp.extractors.BandcampSearchExtractor;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -36,8 +39,7 @@ public class BandcampSearchExtractorTest {
      */
     @Test
     public void testBestFriendsBasement() throws ExtractionException, IOException {
-        extractor = (BandcampSearchExtractor) bandcamp
-                .getSearchExtractor("best friend's basement");
+        SearchExtractor extractor = bandcamp.getSearchExtractor("best friend's basement");
 
         ListExtractor.InfoItemsPage<InfoItem> page = extractor.getInitialPage();
         InfoItem bestFriendsBasement = page.getItems().get(0);
@@ -47,9 +49,22 @@ public class BandcampSearchExtractorTest {
         assertTrue(bestFriendsBasement.getThumbnailUrl().endsWith(".jpg"));
         assertTrue(bestFriendsBasement.getThumbnailUrl().contains("f4.bcbits.com/img/"));
         assertEquals(InfoItem.InfoType.STREAM, bestFriendsBasement.getInfoType());
+    }
 
+    /**
+     * Tests whether searching bandcamp for "C418" returns the artist's profile
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testC418() throws ExtractionException, IOException {
+        SearchExtractor extractor = bandcamp.getSearchExtractor("C418");
+        InfoItem c418 = extractor.getInitialPage()
+                .getItems().get(0);
 
-
+        // C418's artist profile should be the first result, no?
+        assertEquals("C418", c418.getName());
+        assertTrue(c418.getThumbnailUrl().endsWith(".jpg"));
+        assertTrue(c418.getThumbnailUrl().contains("f4.bcbits.com/img/"));
+        assertEquals("https://c418.bandcamp.com", c418.getUrl());
 
     }
 }