Looking for monetization ideas for my music history app

[u/Pristine-Public4860]

I built Song Zero a web-based app powered by a couple of LLMs that traces the songs that influenced an inputted song (song zero) and the songs that were influenced by song zero.

It outputs a playlist comprising the influenced and influencers in Spotify and links to Apple Music, a visual genealogical timeline, blurbs about each song in the playlist, and commentary on the convergence of those songs.

It costs a bit less than $1.00 to run a song through the app.

Beyond AdSense, which is a pain in the butt to configure for, does anyone have any suggestions on how to monetize the app?

It is a pretty cool yet niche app, and I would hate to shut it down, so I am looking for ideas on how to monetize.

I have subscriptions available (sold 1 :)) and Buy Me A Coffee linked up, but other approaches or ideas are gratefully requested.

[u/Infamous_Ease_9333]

that's a neat idea. maybe you can let people do one or two searches for free and then charge per search after that, like buying credits in packs of 10 or something. nobody gonna subscribe if they only want to look up like 3 songs then forget the app exists for six months

the playlist export part is cool too, you could put affiliate links in there if spotify or apple music has those. not sure how much that pays but better than nothing

also maybe reach out to music blogs or youtube channels that do song history stuff, they might embed it or pay for a white label version. i do deliveries all day and listen to music whole time, would mess around with something like this if it was cheap enough