.MUSIC (dotMusic) Domain Name Extension & Future of Web Music
News: .MUSIC is an ICANN sponsor at Seoul, South Korea annual meeting
News: .MUSIC becomes 2nd largest global petition: Surpasses 800,000 signatures
The .MUSIC domain name extension has received over 800,000 signatures from the at-large music community and fans for gathering support to release the .music generic top-level-domain (gTLD). The petition showcasing market demand for .MUSIC trails only to the 1.25 million signature "Free Tibet" petition. The public support petition will accompany the Music.us bid for .MUSIC to ICANN. Projected launch date is 2010. Help .MUSIC spread the word! The future of the music web is approaching. ".music" stands for MUSIC as ".com" stands for COMmercial.FREE MUSIC: Download .MUSIC Theme Song FREE MP3 - Read Lyrics & Share it!
Sign the Petition: Support the .MUSIC Domain Name Extension
.music is the web domain extension representing the global music community, giving music entities a unique identity online. Not only does it increase a brand's visibility on the net, .music removes second-guessing & confusion by immediately associating a brand’s line of business with a memorable identity: music.
Why .MUSIC?
• .music is self-explanatory, memorable and enhances brand recognition
• Increases brand visibility online
• Dedicated domain branding vs. subdomains e.g Nokia.music > music.nokia.com
• Enables market targeting & segmentation of your brand's music-related activities
• Improves search ranking (SEO), marketing campaigns & conversion rates
• Minimizes clicks to get to specific information
• Enables direct-to-browser search (as opposed to only relying on search engines)
• Protect and control your brand/intellectual capital/trademark/copyright
• Gives opportunity to offer customized domains to affiliates/vendors/partners
Who can use .MUSIC?
Musician/Composer: e.g MichaelJackson.music, EltonJohn.music, Madonna.music
Band/Group/Artist: e.g U2.music, LedZeppelin.music, TheBeatles.music
Industry Professional: e.g QuincyJones.music, SteveJobs.music, IrvingAzoff.music
Company: e.g Universal.music, Myspace.music, EMI.music, Disney.music
Org./Association: e.g ASCAP.music, RIAA.music, IFPI.music, Grammy.music
Club/Bar/Entertainment: e.g PrivilegeClub.music, MadisonSquareGarden.music
Song: e.g BohemianRhapsody.music, StairwayToHeaven.music, BillieJean.music
Album: e.g Thriller.music, ApetiteForDestruction.music, SgtPepper.music
Genre: e.g Rock.music, HipHop.music, Country.music, Pop.music
Geographic/Cultural: e.g Greek.music, Texas.music, French.music, London.music
Government/Education: e.g Juilliard.music, MENC.music, GovernmentOffice.music
Mood: e.g Love.music, Sad.music, Aggressive.music, Happy.music
Instrument: e.g Guitar.music, Drum.music, Piano.music
Keyword: e.g Download.music, Buy.music, License.music, Free.music, Sell.music
The .music generic top level domain (gTLD) is powered by the Music.us / Music.mobi 360-degree Solution Platform and Entertainment Commercial Marketplace, which will enable the music community to provide their music services/products to thieir target audience within minutes. Revenue streams will include downloads, ad revshare, donations, ticketing, sponsorships, merchandising, licensing, live PPV broadcasting, paid booking (gigs/private/session player hiring). For the first time, artists can bundle downloads, tickets and merchandising together without dealing with holding inventory, production or shipping.
Branding Advantage: Why choose .music over .com/.net/.org/other extensions?
Benefits & Features of .music: Powered by Music.us Platform
Revenue-generation applications exclusively for .music
Registration includes FREE mobile music.mobi subdomain with m-commerce
