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| Available in | Japanese, English, simplified Chinese, traditional Chinese, Korean, Spanish, German, French, Indonesian, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Thai, Vietnamese[1] |
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| Owner | EISYS, Inc. (株式会社エイシス) |
| Founder(s) | Aoki System Co. Ltd. (有限会社アオキシステム) |
| URL | https://www.dlsite.com/ |
| Launched | July 1996 |
DLsite (ディーエルサイト), operated by the Japanese company EISYS, Inc. (株式会社エイシス), is an ecommerce storefront website and digital distribution service for downloading and selling a mixture of all-ages and adults-only doujinshi, doujin games, digital manga, light novel e-books, software, computer games, Android apps, and similar goods. As of 2022, DLsite had reached over 9 million global users.[2]
The service was known as DLsite.com (ディーエルサイトコム) until December 2018.
After selecting a display language, the site presents categories divided by audience and product type in order to wall off adults-only material.
In July 1996, DLsite was established by Aoki System Co., Ltd. under the name "Soft Island" (ソフトアイランド). Aoki System Co., Ltd. reorganized as EISYS, Inc. and the site name was changed to DLsite.com in January 2001. In March 2003, DLsite partnered with Digital Media Mart (currently DMM.com) to create the doujin section of DMM.ADULT (predecessor of FANZA). In January 2004, the website was refreshed and an English language version of the site was released.
In January 2005, EISYS became a subsidiary of livedoor Co., Ltd. (株式会社ライブドア, Kabushiki-gaisha Raibudoa). In August, the partnership with DMM ended. By April 2010, the number of registered circles exceeded 10,000.[citation needed]
In May 2010, Livedoor spun off EISYS and in turn DLsite, which became a subsidiary of Geo Corporation. In May 2011, the website was refreshed again, and some categories were removed or reorganized. In February 2018, DLSite announced that it would start publishing games on Steam and would start a translation service business. The name changed from "DLsite.com" to "DLsite" in January 2019.[3]
On 11 May 2023, DLsite issued a temporary restriction on publishing AI-generated content.[4][5][6] On 15 February 2024, DLsite announced the platform renewed the guideline of selling AI-generated content, opened a new space for selling AI contents, and lifted the restriction issued before.[6]
In March 2024, some creators reported that DLsite ordered them to change the description of their works to comply with policies from credit card companies. For example, altering the word loli (ロリ, Loli) into hiyoko (ひよこ, Hiyoko, lit. 'chick').[7] In April 2024, EISYS announced that all their platforms have suspended credit card payments from Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.[5][7]
In November 2021, EISYS and DLSite announced a service called Translators Unite.[8] This service aims to allow DLsite to crowd-source translations for its materials in a way that directly supports creators in exchange for residualsorcommission.[9] This is also intended to redirect the enthusiasm for online scanlation towards legal distribution. Manga translation work is accomplished through a tool called the MANTRA Engine, which is also partnering with Pixiv-FANBOX.[10]
In 2023, DLsite added support for nine more languages, adding up to fourteen supported languages.[1]
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