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Hey I'm Wilson, I designed and built Songwhip (solo) and continue to work on it fulltime. Happy to answer any questions :)

marmshallow 6y ago
Awesome product. Are there any worries that platforms may restrict the APIs that you depend on?
- shivpatelssp 6y ago
  I'm also curious how you're doing this. One of my apps heavily uses the Spotify API and Spotify has started to get very strict on who uses their API and if/how they are allowed to monetize.
  - wilsonpage 6y ago
    I haven't had any issues from Spotify API yet. I've had days where it's been slammed pretty hard. YouTube has the most strict quotas, but you can apply to have them increased which I've done several times.
tiborsaas 6y ago
If you work on this full time, how do you plan to monetize it?
- wilsonpage 6y ago
  I make a small amount of commission through traffic I send to Apple and Amazon. ATM this just about covers my costs. I'm hoping with scale will come some partnership opportunities and I'm also working on a Pro offering (songwhip.com/pro).
maheart 6y ago
Very cool, well done. Two questions: 1. Do you plan to monetize it to aid in the sustainability of this product? 2. Any thoughts on implementing this functionality for playlists?
- wilsonpage 6y ago
  1. Yes I'm planning on releasing Songwhip Pro (https://songwhip.com/pro https://songwhip.com/pro) which will be a customizable version of the free product targeted at artists, labels and marketers. It'll allow an artist name to be 'claimed' unlocking write access and pro-only features. 2. I don't have the bandwidth to take on playlist functionality at this time. I'm trying to focus the offering and really nail the original problem before taking on new challenges. I've seen competitors try to spread themselves too thin and end up not doing anything exceptionally. Hope that makes sense :)
libraryatnight 6y ago
Hi Wilson, this is neat. Thanks for the work. This is a way nicer page than the one Distrokid generates for sharing releases!
- wilsonpage 6y ago
  Thanks so much, I really hope I can keep up. As a one-man-band I feel a little vulnerable to being trampled by the big boys.
psnatch 6y ago
I love the use of human-readable URL's. The ability to cut the song title out and go to the Artist page (for example) is really neat. Nice work Wilson - I'll be using it!
- wilsonpage 6y ago
  Great, thanks for the kind words! :) I've been working on the project for almost 3 years, so it hasn't been a quick hack by any means. I came from a front-end background and have had to learn the whole stack.

marmshallow 6y ago

Awesome product. Are there any worries that platforms may restrict the APIs that you depend on?

shivpatelssp 6y ago
I'm also curious how you're doing this. One of my apps heavily uses the Spotify API and Spotify has started to get very strict on who uses their API and if/how they are allowed to monetize.
- wilsonpage 6y ago
  I haven't had any issues from Spotify API yet. I've had days where it's been slammed pretty hard. YouTube has the most strict quotas, but you can apply to have them increased which I've done several times.

tiborsaas 6y ago

If you work on this full time, how do you plan to monetize it?

wilsonpage 6y ago
I make a small amount of commission through traffic I send to Apple and Amazon. ATM this just about covers my costs. I'm hoping with scale will come some partnership opportunities and I'm also working on a Pro offering (songwhip.com/pro).

maheart 6y ago

Very cool, well done. Two questions: 1. Do you plan to monetize it to aid in the sustainability of this product? 2. Any thoughts on implementing this functionality for playlists?

wilsonpage 6y ago
1. Yes I'm planning on releasing Songwhip Pro (https://songwhip.com/pro https://songwhip.com/pro) which will be a customizable version of the free product targeted at artists, labels and marketers. It'll allow an artist name to be 'claimed' unlocking write access and pro-only features. 2. I don't have the bandwidth to take on playlist functionality at this time. I'm trying to focus the offering and really nail the original problem before taking on new challenges. I've seen competitors try to spread themselves too thin and end up not doing anything exceptionally. Hope that makes sense :)

libraryatnight 6y ago

Hi Wilson, this is neat. Thanks for the work. This is a way nicer page than the one Distrokid generates for sharing releases!

wilsonpage 6y ago
Thanks so much, I really hope I can keep up. As a one-man-band I feel a little vulnerable to being trampled by the big boys.

psnatch 6y ago

I love the use of human-readable URL's. The ability to cut the song title out and go to the Artist page (for example) is really neat. Nice work Wilson - I'll be using it!

wilsonpage 6y ago
Great, thanks for the kind words! :) I've been working on the project for almost 3 years, so it hasn't been a quick hack by any means. I came from a front-end background and have had to learn the whole stack.