There are several different ways to use the LimeWire Music Store. You can browse our selections and purchase songs and albums individually, or sign up for a monthly subscription. You can listen to previews of our selections, read music reviews, and check out our LimeWire Music Blog, which covers musical happenings around New York City and beyond.

No, you can purchase individual songs and albums without signing up for a monthly subscription. If you're using our store frequently, however, it's a good idea to sign up for a subscription. It's a far better value!

Yes. Use the “Quick Search” box found on the header of most pages or go to the “Advanced Search” page.

You can improve the recommendations we're giving you by rating music in the Store. On your personal recommendations page, you'll see a variety of options for rating the songs we've recommended to you. You can give each album a rating of 0-5 stars. Our staff will take note of your activity and tailor our future recommendations to your preferences. Please keep in mind that if your music tastes change dramatically overnight, it may take our team of monkeys a day or two to adapt.

No. In the future, LimeWire will be releasing a version of our file-sharing software optimized for integration with the Music Store. Stay tuned!

Unfortunately, the LimeWire Store is only licensed to sell content to US-based users currently. We're working to secure international clearances and hope to open our doors in additional territories in the coming months. In the meantime, we thank you for visiting and look forward to welcoming you as customers in the future!

If you are connected to the LimeWire Client and you want to log out of the LimeWire Store while you have downloads processing, wait until the downloads begin and then click "Log Out." You will be asked if you want the downloads to continue after you've logged out.

LimeWire's music is encoded in 256 kbps ABR MP3 format (variable bitrate).

The song may not have downloaded completely. Check your download page in your LimeWire Store account. The song will remain queued there until the download is completed. If you have completely downloaded the song and it still won't play, contact .

The LimeWire Music Store is compatible with Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux computers running the following web browsers: Internet Explorer 6 & 7, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.

Our music should work with all mp3 players. If you are experiencing technical difficulties playing your music, contact .

Nope.

Your queued downloads will be listed on your account's download page until they are fully downloaded, so you can always keep track of what you've downloaded. If your download page says you've downloaded a song, but the download was unsuccessful, please contact .

Your music files will be downloaded the same way as other files you download from the internet. When you download a song, your download manager will ask you where you'd like the file to be saved.

Did you see an error message telling you your transaction was declined? If so, please read the following section to find out more about declined transactions and the holds that may look like charges on your credit card.

Otherwise, please contact .

Even when a purchase is declined, cardholders will still see the charge on their credit card statements, for a few business days, in the form of a "hold" or "pending transaction."

This is because making a purchase with a credit card - online or otherwise - is actually a two-step process.

Once your credit card information is filled in on our order form and "submitted," Step 1 of the credit card purchase process verifies that the account in use is valid and that sufficient funds are available to cover the transaction's cost. At this step, the funds are "held" by the bank and deducted from the cardholder's available balance, but are not yet transferred to Lime Wire.

We aim to stop unauthorized purchases at this step. To protect against fraud and identity theft, The Lime Wire Store declines purchase attempts if the additional information (name, street address, etc) filled in on the order form does not match up with what is on file for the card. This is what has happened when you see a "Declined" error message.

As mentioned before, declined purchases still result in a temporary "hold" on the card in the amount of the purchase price. This hold will expire on its own within a few business days (typically 3-5), and the money will then be returned to your card's available balance - it will *not* become a permanent charge. If you were in front of the computer at the time of the declined purchase and know that this is what has happened, please understand that the purchases were indeed "declined," and check your account balance again in a few business days to verify that the holds have expired.

Please note that the exact amount of time this process takes is determined by individual banks and credit card companies. We apologize for this inconvenience, but the Lime Wire Store cannot assist you with this process, or speed it up in any way. Please contact the issuer of your card to find out more about your bank's policies."

This is probably because you don't have the correct version of Adobe Flash Player installed. You can download it for free here.

LimeWire sorts and searches albums by the Original Release Date of that album. In some cases, an older album is re-released for general distribution at a later date, in which case the distributor may re-assign a release date associated with their new edition of the album. LimeWire uses the Original Release Date to sort and search in order to preserve the context of the artist's catalog.

Unfortunately, due to licensing restrictions we are unable to apply previous single-track purchases toward the purchase of a full-album. This is a situation we are working in partnership with the various copyright holders to resolve. We apologize for any inconvenience!

Your music is subject to copyright laws as well as our Terms of Use.

No. Since your music is DRM-free, you can play it on any computer or mp3 player, and burn it onto as many CD's as you want. You can read more about DRM here.

Yes, you can. Go to the Purchased Library page and click on the “Re-enable Download” for an album or song. With that, the entire album or song will show up in your Downloads Page and be available again for downloading.

Song credits are used to buy songs. When you decide to buy a song or album from the Store with a monthly subscription, you will use your credits for the purchase. If you do not have enough credits for the purchase, you will have the option of using a credit card for the balance not covered by your credits.

When you log in to your Store account, the number of credits you have remaining will appear in the upper-right corner of the screen.

When you log in to your Store account, the number of credits you have remaining will appear in the upper-right corner of the screen.

Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.

At this time, a credit card is the only way to purchase music from the LimeWire Music store.

Please contact immediately.

We do not currently offer Gift Cards, but soon will! Check back with us for details.

The LimeWire Music Store has a strict no-refund policy, as MP3's are intangible digital goods which cannot be returned. Make sure to take advantage of our preview feature, so you can listen to songs before you buy. If you are experiencing technical difficulties with your purchases, please .