“.ME” Domain Landrush: 3 Weeks Left to Pre-Register!
The .ME domain name landrush is on! Anyone may apply for a .ME domain name during this period. After Landrush closes, domain names requested by multiple parties will be auctioned between the requesting parties.
Promising Poll Answers
In a recent poll featured for several weeks on DotSauce.com over half of participating readers responded that they would in-fact register a .ME domain name!
Pricing and the Future of .ME
The cost of pre-registration (landrush) for .ME domain names is $49/year and a two-year minimum registration requirement. So, to pre-register a .ME domain it will cost you roughly $100.
Seems pricey… but consider that you will have first pick from the best .ME domains, so choose which names you pre-register wisely! You will have two full years for the .ME extension to emerge and grow in popularity. Plenty of time to develop a branded business or generate some revenue.
Premium .ME domains such as Fly.ME, Drive.ME, Contact.ME will be auctioned off by GoDaddy with expected impressive sales numbers that will surely draw attention and raise the market value of all .ME domains.
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.ME Domains Managed by GoDaddy
Here are some key points of value pointed out in a previous announcement that GoDaddy will be managing .ME with Affilias.
- Will not be restricted, anyone in the world can claim one.
- GoDaddy will use its marketing muscle to globally promote it.
- Many languages contain the word “me” with various catchy meanings.
- Huge branding potential for English speaking countries.
- All registrars will be invited to resell the .ME extension.
Pre-Order Your .ME Domain @ GoDaddy Now
We’d love to hear your feedback, please leave a comment below with any thoughts and ideas for the .ME domain extension.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 11:40 pm
.me sounds like a ‘fun’ extension that ‘individuals’ would want to use, but first the registration fee will have to drop significantly before the average person can justify registering/developing a .me over a .com
I plan on going after a few but I wouldn’t expect everyone with a MySpace page to run out and pay $100 bucks for one anytime soon…
.me is going to be a tough sale unless lots of marketing (beyond godaddy) goes into it. And quite frankly, I can’t see the extension going too far (or too fast) with such high barriers to entry.
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June 4th, 2008 at 6:19 am
If the landrush price is $49 per year… can I assume it’s going to be cheaper starting mid July?
I can see a few catchy words to use, but I have to agree with Jamie, I don’t see this one really taking off, even if the price comes down.
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June 4th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I can see it working for web 2.0 applications.
I just registered Favorites.me and Bookmarks.me :)
Score!
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June 10th, 2008 at 7:25 am
.me sounds like another .tv . dot com has turned into the brick and mortar of the internet.
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June 12th, 2008 at 3:45 am
I think .me would be appropriate merely for personal use, not for corporate world. Anyways, nice update.
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June 17th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
.me will be good for personal use only …
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