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| industry        = Domain Registry
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| founders        = BRS Media Inc.
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| headquarters    = San Francisco, California, USA
| headquarters    = 55 New Montgomery St Ste 622<br/>San Francisco, CA
| country        = USA
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| website        = http://dot.fm/
| website        = [http://dot.fm/ dot.fm]
| blog            =  
| blog            =  
| facebook        = [http://www.facebook.com/pages/dotFM-FM-AM-Domain-Name-Service/46675928716 DotFM Facebook]
| facebook        = [http://www.facebook.com/pages/dotFM-FM-AM-Domain-Name-Service/46675928716 DotFM Facebook]
| linkedin        =  
| linkedin        =  
| twitter        = dotfm
| twitter        = dotfm
| keypeople      = [[George Bundy ]], Chairman and CEO
| keypeople      = [[George Bundy]], Chairman and CEO
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'''DotFM''' is a company based in San Francisco, CA that was launched in 1998. The company provides registry services for two [[ccTLD]]s; .am (Armenia) and .fm (Federated States of Micronesia).<ref>[https://dot.fm/about.cfm Dot.fm - About Us]</ref> These TLDs are popular [[Domain hack|domain hacks]] for streaming media, internet and over-air radio stations, and podcasting, as well as for companies offering apps or services in support of broadcasting or recording audio.<ref>see e.g. [https://get.fm/2020Top100/ Get.fm's Top 100 .fm domains of 2020]</ref> DotFM also provides registry services


'''DotFM''' is a company based in San Francisco, CA which was launched in the year 1998 as the first domain registry of its kind in the world offering premium multimedia domains via .AM and .FM TLDs.<ref>[http://twitter.com/#!/dotfm Twitter]</ref> The founder of the company is [[BRS Media Inc.]] dotFM provides Top Level Domains (ccTLD). The chairman and CEO of the company is [[George Bundy]].
==.am and .fm==
==Services==
The [[ccTLD]]s .am and .fm are early examples of "repurposed" or "open" ccTLDs.<ref>See [[Country_code_top-level_domain#Open_ccTLDs|Open ccTLDs]], [[Open Use ccTLDs]]</ref> DotFM has partnered with FSM Telecommunications Corporation to market .fm outside of the Federated States of Micronesia.<ref>[https://brsmedia.com/brs-media-and-fsmtc-sign-extended-agreement-for-top-level-domain-fm/ BRSMedia.com - BRS Media and FSMTC Extend Agreement for .fm TLD]</ref>.
The .FM domain helps in the marketing of popular Social Media, Music and Radio sites online.<ref>[http://www.facebook.com/pages/dotFM-FM-AM-Domain-Name-Service/ Facebook]</ref>
 
Some of the domain names using .FM include –
* www.last.fm<ref>[http://www.last.fm/ Last.fm]</ref> – Site for listening to songs on the PC
* www.radiolicious.fm<ref>[http://www.radiolicious.com/ Radiolicious]</ref> – Listening to music on the go.
* www.blip.fm<ref>[http://blip.fm/ BLIP.fm]</ref> – music sharing site
* www.extension.fm<ref>[http://ex.fm/ exfm]</ref> – online music library
* www.ping.fm<ref>[http://www.ping.fm/ Ping.fm]</ref> - social networking
* www.jobradio.fm<ref>[http://jobradio.fm/ JobRadio.FM]</ref> – career
* www.vegan.fm<ref>[http://vegan.fm/ VEGANFM]</ref> – cooking
* www.astronomy.fm<ref>[http://www.astronomy.fm/ Astronomy.FM]</ref> – astronomy
 
==Website==
* http://www.dot.fm
* http://www.dot.fm/search
* http://www.dot.fm/registrars
* http://www.dot.fm/support
* http://www.dot.fm/whois


==References==
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Latest revision as of 17:31, 12 March 2021

Industry: Domain Registry
Founded: San Francisco, USA, 1998
Founder(s): BRS Media Inc.
Headquarters: 55 New Montgomery St Ste 622
San Francisco, CA
Country: USA
Website: dot.fm
Facebook: DotFM Facebook
Twitter: @dotfm
Key People
George Bundy, Chairman and CEO

DotFM is a company based in San Francisco, CA that was launched in 1998. The company provides registry services for two ccTLDs; .am (Armenia) and .fm (Federated States of Micronesia).[1] These TLDs are popular domain hacks for streaming media, internet and over-air radio stations, and podcasting, as well as for companies offering apps or services in support of broadcasting or recording audio.[2] DotFM also provides registry services

.am and .fm

The ccTLDs .am and .fm are early examples of "repurposed" or "open" ccTLDs.[3] DotFM has partnered with FSM Telecommunications Corporation to market .fm outside of the Federated States of Micronesia.[4].

References