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CD Universe

Logo: Horcrux92, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

E-commerce website specializing in music, films and video games

CD Universe is an e-commerce site that sells adult toys, adult DVDs, lingerie, and sexual wellness items. The original CD Universe was an online store that sold music CDs, mp3 downloads, movies, and video games worldwide until June 2024. CD Universe also offered a wide selection of miscellaneous items such as stuffed animals, jigsaw puzzles, board games, etc.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Apr 1996Founded1

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CD Universe is an e-commerce site that sells adult toys, adult DVDs, lingerie, and sexual wellness items. The original CD Universe was an online store that sold music CDs, mp3 downloads, movies, and video games worldwide until June 2024. CD Universe also offered a wide selection of miscellaneous items such as stuffed animals, jigsaw puzzles, board games, etc.2

The story

CD Universe was created in 1996 by founder and CEO Charles Beilman in Wallingford, Connecticut, United States. CD Universe listed over 940,000 physical products and over 6 million downloadable songs.

In 1999, CD Universe was sold by Charles Beilman to eUniverse. Charles Beilman bought CD Universe back from eUniverse in October, 2000 after eUniverse decided they wanted to focus on their entertainment business (they eventually owned MySpace).

In 2009, CD Universe began selling digital music in the DRM-free mp3 format, through their relationship with Neurotic Media.

Beilman retired in January 2020.

CD Universe closed in June 2024. By 15 June the website was bought, the logo slightly changed and is used to sell sexual content.

From Wikipedia’s article on CD Universe, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. Apr 1996Founded Founded1

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