SpinCounts.com — A Modern Music Airplay Reporting Platform

SpinCounts.com was built for the music industry’s reporting side — giving artists, labels, promoters, DJs, and radio professionals a cleaner way to view song performance, track spins, and generate professional airplay reports.

The goal was not to build a simple WordPress website. The goal was to create a full reporting platform that could read real airplay data, organize it by artist and track, generate reports for paying members, and present that information in a way that feels polished, fast, and easy to use.

978host helped shape SpinCounts.com into a custom WordPress-based music reporting system with membership controls, report limits, database-driven analytics, and a foundation that can continue growing into a full Mediabase-style reporting service.

What was built

Airplay reporting system

• Custom track reporting tools for artists, songs, and airplay activity
• 14-day airplay reports showing current week, last week, total spins, and movement
• Artist and track selection powered by AJAX for a smoother user experience
• Report output designed for labels, promoters, artists, and music industry teams
• Clean reporting layout that can be used for client presentations and internal tracking

Membership-based report access

• Paid Memberships Pro integration for report limits
• Different usage levels based on membership plan
• Free, Premium, Premium Plus, and Unlimited Admin Group logic
• Report usage tracking so members can see how many reports they have remaining
• Member dashboard showing plan information, limits, and available report access

Custom WordPress plugin development

• Built as a separate custom plugin to avoid changing the existing database structure
• Designed to work alongside existing WordPress tools and shortcodes
• Custom shortcode support for report generation
• Admin-friendly settings area for future expansion
• Built with a future-proof structure so new reporting tools can be added later

Database-driven music intelligence

• Connected directly to the existing SpinCounts airplay database
• Uses the live music data already collected by the platform
• Maintains compatibility with the existing database schema
• Reads artist, track, ISRC, spin count, and reporting data without disrupting current operations
• Designed to support future automation, cleanup, and reporting workflows

Client-facing dashboard

• Member-friendly dashboard for report generation
• Remaining-report counter based on membership level
• Simple artist and track selection flow
• Clean front-end experience without sending users into the WordPress admin
• Built for subscribers who need quick access to professional music reports

Automation-ready foundation

• Structured for future weekly reports
• Ready for automated email delivery to clients
• Can support scheduled database cleanup and archived reporting
• Built to connect with tools like Make.com, n8n, Python scripts, and custom APIs
• Designed with long-term music reporting operations in mind

Notable engineering challenges solved

Working with an existing database

SpinCounts already had an active database powering real reporting workflows. Instead of forcing a rebuild or changing the schema, the system was designed to read from the existing structure and extend functionality around it. This helped protect the current data while allowing the platform to evolve.

Membership limits tied to real usage

The platform needed more than simple “members-only” access. Each membership level needed its own reporting limit, and the system needed to track how many reports a user had already generated. This created a more professional SaaS-style experience inside WordPress.

Making complex music data easy to use

Airplay data can be messy. Artist names, track names, ISRC codes, weekly movement, and spin totals all need to be handled carefully. The reporting interface was built to simplify this for the end user while keeping the data logic strong behind the scenes.

Building for future growth

The platform was built with expansion in mind. Future features can include automated PDF reports, label dashboards, promoter accounts, email delivery, chart rankings, API access, and AI-powered music insights without needing to restart the entire project.

Outcomes

• Custom WordPress-based airplay reporting system built around SpinCounts’ existing data
• Membership-controlled report access with usage limits
• Cleaner reporting workflow for artists, labels, promoters, and music professionals
• Database-driven reports without disrupting the current system
• Strong foundation for future SaaS-style music analytics features
• Built to scale into a more advanced music industry reporting platform