What is DMM.com? DMM.com Review, Features

DMM.com was founded in 1999 as a comprehensive website that provides various services such as online games, e-books, video distribution, current low-cost mobile phones (MVNO), 3D printing, and DMM.FX. DMM is headquartered in Japan.

About DMM.com

DMM is an e-commerce website operated by DMM Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Digital Media Mart). It started out as a sales and distribution of adult video products, and later gradually expanded its business to online games, VOD, e-books, and e-commerce. It is a comprehensive e-commerce website for adults that integrates video, games, e-book distribution, and online shopping. Product categories mainly include ACGN, idols, software, gambling, and rental services for various items such as home appliances and clothing. You can buy all kinds of digital copyright works on it, but you can only log in on Japanese IPs. Non-Japanese IPs are blocked.

Core Business

DMM's core business areas include online shopping, rental services, and video-on-demand services. Rental services cover rentals of CDs/DVDs, clothes, and household goods. Another key business of the company is video-on-demand services, which offer a variety of comics, movies, dramas, and other online streaming options. Other services provided include charity auctions, online games, online English education services, and 3D printing. Its subsidiary DMM.com Securities provides foreign exchange services to individual investors.

DMM Registration Steps

1. Go to the DMM homepage and click the yellow "Register" button on the right to start registering an account.

2. After entering the registration page, fill in your email address and password in the space on the left, and then click the color-changing button to send a verification email.

Note: If you have a Google, Facebook, or Twitter account, you can also log in using that account.

3. Check your mailbox for DMM's email. If you can't find it in your inbox, you can look for it in spam or spam. Open the email and click on the hyperlink inside.

4. When the following screen appears, it proves that you have successfully registered and can log in to DMM.

Login process of DMM

1. After completing the member registration, accessing the site using your email address and password is called "login".

2. You can use one DMM account to log in to DMM.com, DMM GAMES and FANZA sites.

3. Click the "Login" button in the "Welcome to DMM" box on the right side of the DMM site, or click the "Login" button in the upper right corner.

4. Enter your registered email address and password. The email address and password you enter when logging in are protected by SSL encrypted communication.

5. After logging in to DMM, you can view your DMM account information. You can log out by clicking the "Log out" button while logged in.

Development History

-On November 17, 1999, Digital Media Mart was established.

-In July 2002, DMM, an adult animation sales website, was established.

-In April 2003, DMM changed its name to DMM.com

-On July 4, 2003, DMM.com, a website for animation, games, and e-books, and DMM.R18, a website for selling adult products, were established.

-In July 2008, DMM.TV began operations.

-On June 29, 2009, Digital Media Mart acquired SVC Securities, and SVC Securities became a subsidiary of Digital Media Mart.

-On July 1, 2009, SVC Securities changed its name to "DMM.com Securities" and entered the foreign exchange business.

-On February 1, 2011, Digital Media Mart was renamed DMM.com.

-In April 2012, the mobile version of the online game began operation.

-In August 2012, the PC version of the online game began operation.

-On April 23, 2013, the number of members of the web game "Kantai Collection -KanColle-" developed, provided and operated by Kadokawa Games exceeded 1 million.

-In 2013, DMM.com became the world's second largest FX service provider, and since then DMM.com has successfully entered the financial industry.

-In January 2015, DMM.make ROBOTS started operation.

-On July 16, 2015, DMM.com officially took over and resumed operation of the Chinese online adult game platform Samurai-Games. The original agency DMM.com AP ceased operations.

-On December 6, 2016, founder and chairman Keiji Kameyama made a video announcement within the company and issued a press release to the public, announcing that pixiv founder Takanori Katagiri will take over as president on January 4, 2017.

-On November 21, 2017, DMM.com announced the acquisition of Japanese second-hand trading platform CASH.

-On August 1, 2018, DMM.R18 was renamed FANZA, and DMM removed the R18 business.