What can be made out of a lyrics website?

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If I pull in all the lyrics on the internet and post it on a wordpress blog (drip feed), what is the best that can come out?

I believe these are the possible outcomes -
1. Money site generating revenue through ads.
2. Money site generating revenue through selling affiliate songs.
3. I've seen ringtone ads on most places. Seems there is money.

Is there anything bigger/more damaging I can do with this?

PS:

In case, someone is wondering how I plan to do this -
I'll get song list from discogs (it contains almost everything I presume), then look up the song for lyrics on Google and then post it on wordpress.
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  • Profile picture of the author aronprins
    Originally Posted by yoda2507 View Post

    If I pull in all the lyrics on the internet and post it on a wordpress blog (drip feed), what is the best that can come out?

    I believe these are the possible outcomes -
    1. Money site generating revenue through ads.
    2. Money site generating revenue through selling affiliate songs.
    3. I've seen ringtone ads on most places. Seems there is money.

    Is there anything bigger/more damaging I can do with this?

    PS:

    In case, someone is wondering how I plan to do this -
    I'll get song list from discogs (it contains almost everything I presume), then look up the song for lyrics on Google and then post it on wordpress.
    Hey Yoda,

    First off welcome to the forums!
    The best guess is to do Ads, and maybe get an iTunes affiliate account to link the songs to

    Hope this helps!
    Cheers,
    Aron Prins
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  • Profile picture of the author Kevin Maguire
    Originally Posted by yoda2507 View Post

    If I pull in all the lyrics on the internet and post it on a wordpress blog (drip feed), what is the best that can come out?

    I believe these are the possible outcomes -
    1. Money site generating revenue through ads.
    2. Money site generating revenue through selling affiliate songs.
    3. I've seen ringtone ads on most places. Seems there is money.

    Is there anything bigger/more damaging I can do with this?

    PS:

    In case, someone is wondering how I plan to do this -
    I'll get song list from discogs (it contains almost everything I presume), then look up the song for lyrics on Google and then post it on wordpress.
    You could make a mix tape for a girlfriend.
    Or some killer new beats.
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    • Profile picture of the author yoda2507
      Originally Posted by Kevin Maguire View Post

      You could make a mix tape for a girlfriend.
      Or some killer new beats.
      I'm the Yoda. My girlfriend and I share different sort of romanticism.

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      • Profile picture of the author SunilTanna
        The music industry will probably regard it as copyright infringement, and you know how much they like litigating against people they classify as infringers...
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        • Profile picture of the author yoda2507
          Originally Posted by SunilTanna View Post

          The music industry will probably regard it as copyright infringement, and you know how much they like litigating against people they classify as infringers...
          That will bring all the current lyrics site under scanner, isn't it?
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          • Profile picture of the author IvoryPulse
            Originally Posted by yoda2507 View Post

            That will bring all the current lyrics site under scanner, isn't it?
            Aren't they already?
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            • Profile picture of the author yoda2507
              Originally Posted by IvoryPulse View Post

              Aren't they already?
              I didn't hear of any lyrics site shutting down. Hence asked.
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              • Profile picture of the author yoda2507
                While I collect content for my website, I would like to know a few more things.

                I want to take my website this route -
                https://flippa.com/74570-lyrics-webs...00-uniques-day

                On the surface, it looks like

                I. these parameters played a major role -
                1. Avg. unique views - 3,600,000
                2. Gross revenue - $6200
                3. Site running cost - 64 euro
                4. Alexa rank - 8116

                II. And these did not -
                1. Sites established date - It seems to have been only an year old when he sold it.

                Can someone list the elements which made it sell for $160,000?
                Or pick the most important ones from the above?
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              • Profile picture of the author IvoryPulse
                Originally Posted by yoda2507 View Post

                I didn't hear of any lyrics site shutting down. Hence asked.
                Have no idea. That's why I've asked. As an end user of lyric pages, I've come across quite a lot of pages with problems and lyrics missing/deleted due to the copyright infringements.
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  • Profile picture of the author RogueOne
    There has got to be a less pit-fall strewn path, don't you think?
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  • Profile picture of the author DarioMontesdeOca
    Hey Yoda what's your update on this, did you ever start up the site?
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