I got an invite to sign up to mflow, the other day – a service that allows you to recommend tunes to your friends and receive recommendations in return. It’s an interesting idea, and one that has the potential to give you free music for life. How? Read on and I’ll tell you.
The basic idea is simple: You search for a tune you like and post it to your “flow”. The people who are following your “flow” get to hear those tracks in full… but just once. After that the previews are limited to thirty seconds, but the real key to mflow is that you have the option to buy an mp3 of the track so you can listen to it to your heart’s content. If someone buys something you “flowed”, you get 20% commission in your mflow account. The tracks are 79p and 99p, so you’re not talking huge amounts of money, but with enough followers and good recommendations, you can see how the commission could build up.
The commission can’t be withdrawn from mflow, as far as I can see, but it can be used to buy mp3s from within the system. Are you seeing how this could work to your advantage yet?
mflow is UK only at the moment, but there’s a fantastic range of music on there and, assuming you have friends with good taste, you’ll get to listen to some great tunes in full. It’s definitely more of a recommendation engine than an online radio service, but I’m liking what I see.
If you want to hear the tunes I’m enjoying at the minute, check out my profile (can you believe I mis-spelled my own name!?). If you just want to sign up, visit http://www.mflow.com and register there… and have fun!
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