If you jump on the waiting list you'll be first to know when Songwhip Pro is available for beta access :)

https://songwhip.com/pro

Great to hear you're using the PWA share intent. I really haven't promoted this enough :)

Keen to hear any feedback you have :)

For me, two key things with a product like this matter most (other than accuracy):

1. There is a good preview when the link is shared on networks such as Slack, Twitter etc.

2. It’s fast / low latency, the lower the barrier to sharing with others the better and the less something gets in my way the more likely I am to use it.

Keep up the great work!

Hey I'm Wilson,

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

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!

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.

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?

1. Yes I'm planning on releasing Songwhip 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 :)

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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

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.

You can convert any Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube link by pre-pending it with songwhip.com. For example:

https://songwhip.com/https://open.spotify.com/track/5SI6jYhK...