Aralie.com, a new digital music download service, has announced it has now launched into public Beta. The DRM-free music service gives independent artists a promotional platform that they can use to sell their music. Aralie.com's pay-what-you-want business model enables music download fans the freedom to purchase songs for what they think it's worth - even $0 is acceptable.

In the next few weeks, Aralie.com plan to add further features to its website such as photo/video support, artists blogs, iPhone application, a dynamic gig calendar, and more. For the artists selling their music on Aralie.com, they will get 85% of all sales, while 13% will be taken as a service fee, and 2% goes to charity.

The danger with a business model such as this, is that it could end up as a free download service rather than giving an independent music artist a fair marketplace to sell their work.