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It is nicely done. If I may ask, what does it cost to run each month? What was your business plan for making money from the site?

I would try to sell it directly to a likely buyer. It seems like a music school, a foundation, or independent label might be interested in purchasing this as a platform.



On AWS it costs less than $200 a month to run.

Cherrypeel’s revenue was planned to come from a variety of sources;

-Selling music through iTunes,

-A for fee service to help bands get their songs listed on iTunes and other online music stores (Tunecore.com),

-Selling advertising space,

-Receiving sponsorship of specific events and competitions on Cherrypeel,

-Selling ‘sponsored artist’ spots to artist to help them self-promote,

-Future premium pay services for artists/record labels and content providers.




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