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Show HN: MP3 Gift, a site that lets you buy music for your friends

2 points by martey 15y ago

https://mp3gift.com I quietly launched this site a couple of weeks ago. I have gotten good feedback from friends, but a frustrating lack of actual use by people I do not know (who clicked on Facebook links or stumbled upon the site on Google). I am hoping that my fellow HNers can provide helpful feedback whether there is something horribly wrong with my UI or something else.

martey 15y ago
Clickable: https://mp3gift.com https://mp3gift.com
creativeone 15y ago
Pretty nifty. You can: Do a contest. Get people to twitter their favorite song and mention your store. ie. "My favorite song is Bob Marley - Is This Love, please @MP3Gift, GIFT ME ONE!" Or they can select an artist or album, and they must create a link to your site in order to be eligible to win. Then pick out 100 users over a month period and give them a gift. Thats a decent way to spread the word for only $100-$129. Another contest. Contact a musician, and try and do a contest with them. Give out 10-100 downloads of song (paid by you), the contest should be creative, like the user needs to make a youtube video, or maybe something the artist thiks of. Ask people to blog about your service, and in exchange, gift them a song. (Win a free song by blogging about us) These should bring direct users and also boost your SEO. (Btw, you appear on page 2 of google when i search 'mp3 gift') DO more SEO. Make your facebook/twitter/+1 buttons more prominent. Dont forget, when someone buys, they should be given the option to give the gift or a reminder via Twitter or Facebook. (I think you have the Facebook thing already) Advertise the site. "Give MP3s as gifts at mp3gift.com. Cheap and personal, great for birthdays." Adwords or facebook ads.
drtse4 15y ago
Just out of curiosity because i saw the logo at the bottom and i've read in the past how this works if you use amazon mp3 or itunes, how does revenue share works with medianet?
- martey 15y ago
  Medianet's pricing and revenue sharing is covered in part one of their API documentation (warning, PDF link): http://www.mndigital.com/MN_Open_API/MN_Open_API_Implementation_Guide_PartOne.pdf http://www.mndigital.com/MN_Open_API/MN_Open_API_Implementat...

2 points by martey 15y ago

martey 15y ago

Clickable: https://mp3gift.com https://mp3gift.com

creativeone 15y ago

Pretty nifty. You can: Do a contest. Get people to twitter their favorite song and mention your store. ie. "My favorite song is Bob Marley - Is This Love, please @MP3Gift, GIFT ME ONE!" Or they can select an artist or album, and they must create a link to your site in order to be eligible to win. Then pick out 100 users over a month period and give them a gift. Thats a decent way to spread the word for only $100-$129. Another contest. Contact a musician, and try and do a contest with them. Give out 10-100 downloads of song (paid by you), the contest should be creative, like the user needs to make a youtube video, or maybe something the artist thiks of. Ask people to blog about your service, and in exchange, gift them a song. (Win a free song by blogging about us) These should bring direct users and also boost your SEO. (Btw, you appear on page 2 of google when i search 'mp3 gift') DO more SEO. Make your facebook/twitter/+1 buttons more prominent. Dont forget, when someone buys, they should be given the option to give the gift or a reminder via Twitter or Facebook. (I think you have the Facebook thing already) Advertise the site. "Give MP3s as gifts at mp3gift.com. Cheap and personal, great for birthdays." Adwords or facebook ads.

drtse4 15y ago

Just out of curiosity because i saw the logo at the bottom and i've read in the past how this works if you use amazon mp3 or itunes, how does revenue share works with medianet?

martey 15y ago
Medianet's pricing and revenue sharing is covered in part one of their API documentation (warning, PDF link): http://www.mndigital.com/MN_Open_API/MN_Open_API_Implementation_Guide_PartOne.pdf http://www.mndigital.com/MN_Open_API/MN_Open_API_Implementat...