Generating Revenue with MP3 Previews

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alexbaldwin07

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Hey guys I thought the WF community could help me brainstorm this out a bit, I am trying to create a list of songs with a preview next to them like so:

Artist - Song 1 (Preview)
Artist - would link to like an artist profile I was thinking about just linking to wikipedia if there is no way to monetize this

Song 1 - this would link to an affiliate to purchase the mp3

Preview - I want there to be a button to listen to a preview in a new window without leaving the page, my first thoughts would be to use Amazon.com's vast library but through their associate program I cannot create widgets or links that will work the way I want them to. So my question is; Is there a way to monetize a preview through an affiliate link? If not, what do y'all think is the best method. I own all the mp3s. I could create a batch file to process them all down to 30 seconds and upload them on my server but I am not sure if legally and monetarily that is the best idea. I am sure this technique could be honed to work with more mp3 and ringtone offers so please write back and feel free to PM me with questions. - Alex
 


Write code to grab and cache the preview(if possible) from Amazon when a preview is clicked to be played, and then next time serve it locally, as you need to?
 
that sounds really sloppy, I have all the mp3s couldn't I just write a batch file and even do the previews in-house, I guess I was just wondering if I could use amazon or another service to have the benefit of using their affiliate network to generate revenue in case the song was purchased through them as well
 
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