The .MUSIC extension is expected to offer a unique opportunity to the members of the global music community looking to enhance their virtual presence. The new domain will offer .MUSIC industry professionals, artists and companies an opportunity to register domain names that will authenticate their ties to music. This may include music education, promoting the art of music, innovating the global music scene or addressing the issues of piracy and trademark protection within the music industry.
.MUSIC is expected to become the global platform for all things related to music. The Digital Revolution has created new opportunities in the music industry, where branding is key. With the Internet becoming a powerful marketing tool, online presence has helped musicians, bands, industry professionals, artists and companies extend their global reach. The .MUSIC name-space will effectively enhance musical exchange among music professionals and their fans and it will clearly define global music community with memorable and trusted extension.
.MUSIC is a new generic Top-Level Domain (Music & Art gTLD) announced by ICANN, the Internet domain authority. The New gTLD Program`s goal is to enhance competition, innovation, and consumer choice. You can see it as your opportunity to get that perfect domain which has been taken by someone else. The introduction of .MUSIC domain extension is divided into three phases: Pre-registration, Sunrise and Landrush. After Landrush period, the .MUSIC domain will become public and registrations will be available to everyone (General availability).
If you are not a brand owner, before General availability you are allowed to take part only in the first phase and pre-register your desired domain names within .MUSIC. The use of our gTLD pre-registration module is free of charge and without any obligation to buy later on. We will keep you updated on future developments related to your preregistered domains, including information about pricing and regulations, once these have been announced by the registry responsible for a given gTLD. Please note that pre-registration of .MUSIC is not a queue. Although we will try our best, we cannot provide any kind of guarantee that pre-registration will eventually lead to successful registration of your chosen domain within the .MUSIC extension.
If you wish to secure your rights to a specific domain name, please choose our Managed TMCH Submission service which offers trademark owners a simple yet efficient way to monitor and protect their brands. It is also the only way by which trademark owners can participate in designated Sunrise periods.
For non-trademark holders Pre-registration of .MUSIC will be available until General availability.
Over the years, the Internet has become the biggest musical stage on a global scale. Online presence and distribution is the most effective channel of exchange for musicians and industry professionals and their audiences.
The new .MUSIC domain will clearly distinguish music entities among the crowd of .COMs, .NETs and .ORGs. This unique identity online will change the industry standard for music-related websites. Dedicated for the use of artists, music companies and industry professionals engaged in music dissemination and appreciation, .MUSIC is one of the most desirable new gTLDs.
The specialized .MUSIC domain can also be used to enhance a brand's visibility, to promote an artist, a band or a musical trend, or even just one song. With names such as BAND.MUSIC, NAME.MUSIC or SONG.MUSIC, the second-guessing will not be an option and direct navigation will help users locate the artist's official website. The .MUSIC extension offers a consistent, trusted and authenticated umbrella for legitimate music industry websites that will open the door to the next-generation Internet presence.
If you would like more information about the .MUSIC domain ending, have other questions about the Music & Art domains or our pre-registration service, please don't hesitate to contact us at relations@web-solutions.eu or via phone: +44 (0) 20 4571 1971