my first ever public project: marketing, landing-page, business model

Hey Indie Hackers,

It's been almost exactly 6 months since I shared here that I'm working on my first ever public project.

Well, this project is now live: MusicButler.

I only kinda soft-launched with a random comment on HN that got me 34 new users, and I feel it's 1-2 weeks from being ready for a "real" launch.

My first and most important goal with this project is kind of accomplished: I've shipped a public project written in Python. Yes, I'm like 5 months behind on my initial MVP deadline, but I always wanted to create a service that is "front-facing" and that people use.

I'd like your opinions on the landing page: it's a bit plain, yes, but I think it conveys the message shortly and nicely.

As for marketing, besides the usual suspect Product Hunt, I'm not sure which channels are relevant for this kind of product.

And...the biggest dilemma is the business model: $/month, $/x-notifications package? none at all? Here are the main pros and cons that I thought of for each one:

$x/month

Pros:

• Even if I charge $2/month for a 6 month period, it will probably make more than the other business models.

Cons:

• Indiscriminating/unfair: a user who follows 10 artists will pay the same as a user following 500 artists. The latter is likely to receive many more notifications each month.

$x/y-notifications

Pros:

• It's a fair proposition - you buy 50 notifications for say $10. These will last you as long as they may. The more emails you get, the more you will pay. This will attract users who don't follow hundreds of artists.

Cons:

• Most artists don't really release that many works often. I haven't really figured out a formula (which I should), but for each 100 artists followed, you can anticipate between 0-3 emails sent for a user. If we take the upper limit, then a user following 200 artists will finish his email package in more than 8 months.

no business model

Yes, I'm actually considering this. Introducing billing and selective-feature availability is a huge "feature" in and of itself. Then you also have to deal with getting people's personal details and securing them (right now all I need is a username and email), refunds, chargebacks, etc..

There's also this negative thought that keeps lingering: people barely pay for music streaming services nowadays, why would they pay for a music notification service

What I mean is, introducing a business model, any business model, may drive potential users away, and may not be worth the hassle anyway. I'm not sure.

What say you, Indie Hackers?