New Eircom Music Store Launches
1st of November 2007 by conor
Eircom has launched a new online music store which impresses with its mix of local/global and combination of unique and aggregated content.
As the incumbent telco and by far the biggest ISP, the Eircom.net site has always been well trafficked but has never impressed. However the latest owners are showing an entirely different and very refreshing attitude which is reflected perfectly in this totally revamped music site.
They could easily have taken some off-the-shelf white-label globo-solution to building an Irish online music store. Instead they have synthesised a unique Irish offering which I expect to do extremely well. The core features are all there with song and album downloads, streaming, charts, reviews, news, events, RSS feeds and videos but the execution is particularly good.
Their willingness to work with local operations like Entertainment.ie and start-ups like DownloadMusic.ie rather than trying to out-muscle them should be applauded and I've love to see it replicated across all the Eircom properties. Leopards really can change their spots!
Comment posted by pete
at 11/3/2007 11:01:14 AM
Orange..boringand full of ads does it get that much traffic anyhow?
Comment posted by Conor O’Neill
at 11/2/2007 3:24:36 AM
Should work just fine on my Nokia then 
Comment posted by Storagezilla
at 11/1/2007 8:52:31 PM
Ugh! They're a Plays For Sure store which means you're out of luck if you're using an iPod or a Zune.
SanDisk Sansa it is then.. -puke-