.ME ccTLD

Alex · 06-17-2008, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by mrmacc

yes Alex, Time is Money...

Yes, but in Montenegro or Romania time is less money than in UK or USA. That is why I love the internet .. equality of chances.

***mwzd*** · 06-18-2008, 12:34 AM

Personally I had thought off ordering 3 hacks... but the price is too high for an unknown ccTLD.

I also don't like the fact that the registry is 'reserving' what seems to be a large percentage of good names. But then I guess they learnt from the other recent launches.

I'll stay away for now, but thatsjust.me

Alex · 06-18-2008, 03:06 AM

Submitted my application to 3 more .me's, and I think these are the last ones for the landrush. I will hunt for more hopefully on open registration, when they will be cheaper too.

yes, the registry is smart, but this attitude is not in our advantage.

I entered into domaining because of .me . I mean I knew about .eu in 2006, but I saw I had no chance, when I checked eurid's site.

Then I knew about the independence of Montenegro, and while typing the email address of a friend of mine from Beograd (it ended in .co.yu), I thought what will be the tld of Serbia and Montenegro now that they are independent.

This happened in December 2006, I know because the email was a Christmas greeting card.

So I went on, and checked Wikipedia .. and saw .me ... and I said ****.me (replace by a common dirty word). This is going to be huge. I will be a millionaire if only I will know about this.

So, I got passionate about domains, I started reading about them, on January I was a member of this wonderful forum, and started reading more and more. I realized I could not stand a chance against other cctld lovers as Sam (dammitsam at that time) or Kev, or even NameTrader. So I prayed that the registrations will be restricted and I will make a company in Montenegro and register the 217 domains I wanted (yes, I had such a list).
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/503896-the-me-discussion-and-showcase.html

But to have a company, you need money. I had no money. So I said to myself that I will start investing in domain names, at least to feel what sells and what not. So I put aside a $20 investment, and regged 2 names. And then from the profit of one (RFVO,com), I will buy other things. And I invested in cctld's, high risk investments, but for me they were high reward ones too. In 2 months I made $1500 out of my initial $20, and I started loving .com more and more.

And then I realised this launch will be very public. First RJ announced it on NP, then I heard Godaddy and Afilias will manage it ... ouch.

But .me is in my heart, and yes I am a bit sentimental about it. So I will invest in it. In fact out of the 217 names that I wanted 209 are on the reserved list. This just shows they did a great job selecting the names.

They even had a bilingual forum on their first site: http://89.188.44.88/nic/eng/e_index.php, but now I can't seem to find it. I was the first person to post in the English forum exactly on April the 1st 2007.

Will I invest a lot in .me? Not now, I will look for some niche's, but most probably I will not participate in high dollar auctions, as I still can't afford them.

But it was a nice dream ... And anyway when I first wanted to register a company there in case there will be restrictions, I looked up for real estate there and it seemed very attractive last year. Don't know, but it seems prices went up high, in Budva where I looked for property.

Ahh, good old memories when I started thinking about domaining .... and dreaming about moving to Montenegro (hey I can still do that)

***mwzd*** · 06-18-2008, 03:56 AM

Great story Alex, thanks for sharing.

I guess I know how you feel since I feel the same way about .in

Good luck with the others, hope you get all you want, seems apple is buying a lot of .me's too from the buzz doing the rounds... unverified though.

Makis.TV · 06-18-2008, 04:08 AM

i applied for .me that its going to get a website of mine redirected over there since its has the best keyword i can get while the .com version that i own whille great as keywords are not so great as the .me i chose plus the .me is so easy to promote.

lilpooh · 06-18-2008, 04:47 AM

It's a pleasure reading Alex's story. No wonder he still has the passion on .me

No doubt this extension is nice, but too expensive, I'll pass on it.

Hurley4540 · 06-18-2008, 04:57 AM

I will buy a .me if it goes down to 10 euros/$10 a year like that one NPer said..

WORDSWORTH · 06-18-2008, 05:58 AM

I ordered one about a month back. The $100 didn't put me off at all with this particular name. I hope it'll put a few others off from ordering it though as I'd love to snag it without an auction

All the other names I would have ordered were not available.

Matt.

ecigs.net · 06-18-2008, 06:35 AM

Originally Posted by testingyou

Are you sure its $99,98 to reg.? It must be for 2 years, otherwise use another registrar.

But back to your question. I did think alot over if I should get a .me, but the yearly fee. is too much for now, maybe if they get cheaper, but not for around $50 per year, which is the price in most registrars.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

If the yearly fee gets to the level .com is then I think hey will be extremely popular, and if the price get down to .info level, then I am sure it will be like a rocket and be more popular then .info, .cc and .ws. Just my opinion.

Best regards,

It is a mandatory two year registration @ $49.99/yr. Sorry, I should have been more exact in my word phrasing. In any case, if you want to buy, sell.me, buy.me, love.me, whatever, you have to come up with $99.98 per domain.

What you are saying is a really big investment problem. I have a twofold problem with this:

1) If I have to pay $99.98 (2 yr. reg), and the prices drop to $7.99. Then I have gotten two years of registration for the price of 14 years of registration fees. For most domains, that is really going to limit their resell value.

2) If the prices don't drop and a person invests a lot of money in these domains, they are going to find it more difficult to offload them. Hence, yearly renewal fees are going to be heavy.

Also, IMHO, if .ME drops to .info prices, sure they will be popular, but their value is going to drop too. The worst thing that ever happened to .INFO is the massive drop in price. Nobody takes the TLD seriously now.

I see both situations as horrible.

I'd pay that much for a cool verb, but the rest of regular domains are beyond my budget.

testingyou · 06-18-2008, 06:50 AM

imo, I dont think what has happened to .info's reputition will happen to .me if the prices got down.

.me has a more broad public market then .info. More private persons would reg. .me, because of the branding of the extension as a personal domain. (does this make sense, little hard to explain what I mean

)

Best regards,

dmday1 · 06-18-2008, 09:06 AM

Has anyone submitted a pre-registration request for a .me domain name?

Will any be worth registering?

Hurley4540 · 06-21-2008, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by testingyou

imo, I dont think what has happened to .info's reputition will happen to .me if the prices got down.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

.me has a more broad public market then .info. More private persons would reg. .me, because of the branding of the extension as a personal domain. (does this make sense, little hard to explain what I mean

)

Best regards,

You never know, .info gained the 'spam domain' rep and .me could also gain that if it goes down to 1 USD or so...which it probably won't but .info were probably used to for informational sites (hence .info) but now is just the 'cheap spam domain'

Alex · 06-22-2008, 02:57 AM

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

You never know, .info gained the 'spam domain' rep and .me could also gain that if it goes down to 1 USD or so...which it probably won't but .info were probably used to for informational sites (hence .info) but now is just the 'cheap spam domain'

.me won't get down to that amount. I don't see why it would. They will go down to the price of .in maybe.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

Well, anything can happen really, but I do not see this happening, at least not in the immediate future.

ecigs.net · 06-23-2008, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by testingyou

imo, I dont think what has happened to .info's reputition will happen to .me if the prices got down.

.me has a more broad public market then .info. More private persons would reg. .me, because of the branding of the extension as a personal domain. (does this make sense, little hard to explain what I mean

)

Best regards,

I don't know too many regular people (non-domainers) who would be willing to pay the current .ME price for a domain name. Most people are happy with theirname@yahoo.com/gmail/aol/hotmail.com. The only people who might be willing to pay this much are Real Estate Agents. And for me personally, the dot MOBI extension seems to be more designed for professionals than .ME.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

(P:S: I get 50 times more spam from free Yahoo accounts than .INFO domains.)

Jasonn · 06-23-2008, 04:43 PM

Will the price go down after the 26th when the pre-reg is done? I hope so.

testingyou · 06-23-2008, 04:49 PM

Maybe I was misunderstood.

My point was that .me is not interesting for regular people, with the high prices there is now.

If the prices get down to .info price it would be very appealing for regular people and imo be extremely popular.

And I dont think the low price would mean a reputition problem with .me as with .info, because .me is more appealing for regular people then .info. Imo.

ecigs.net · 06-23-2008, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by Jasonn

Will the price go down after the 26th when the pre-reg is done? I hope so.

The price is supposed to drop, but to what level, I am not sure. At GoDaddy, they put out this information: Open Registration begins on: 7/17/08 (Domains issued on a first-come first-served basis.) So, the price isn't going to drop on June 26th because you can't register any until July 17th.

testingyou · 06-23-2008, 06:29 PM

anybody want to share, what they go after primarily when the open registrations begin

Is it the first names, the last names or word(s) that fits to the extension you go after first?

Do anybody dare to tell.

Dean · 06-25-2008, 04:24 AM

It wont drop to 1$ or 7$ or 10$. Look at other similar ccTLDs like .tv and .cc they are like 18$ and 20$ each which is where I anticipate this to be once it is open registration. Someone earlier said 11 euros so they probably know something we dont and that might be the price which is like 18/19$ from a very rough guess I am making.

weblord · 06-25-2008, 04:29 AM

too expensive for me.

tucal · 06-25-2008, 09:34 AM

I have found a great one word .me that makes great sense. Do you think its worth the $100 for 2 years?

awal · 06-25-2008, 04:45 PM

Landrush Ends after 18 hours
Open Registration 7/17/08

abdulbasituae · 06-26-2008, 01:23 PM

Have you?

I submitted 2 domains in Landrush period. Bought from Godaddy each for $99.98

whitebark · 06-26-2008, 01:26 PM

With ICANN's latest announcement this tld is not so attractive anymore.

abdulbasituae · 06-26-2008, 01:33 PM

On Godaddy it is mentioned now that

"Estimated initial pricing will be $19.99/yr (Two year minimum registration required)"

06-18-2008, 12:34 AM	#127 (permalink)
*mwzd* Extension Agnostic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,933 Follow @mwzd	Personally I had thought off ordering 3 hacks... but the price is too high for an unknown ccTLD. I also don't like the fact that the registry is 'reserving' what seems to be a large percentage of good names. But then I guess they learnt from the other recent launches. I'll stay away for now, but thatsjust.me __________________ Domain Names for Sale \| High Value Domain Brokerage \| Domain Consulting \| Domain Blog Professional WebSite Development \| Bulk Pro MiniSite Development

06-18-2008, 03:06 AM	#128 (permalink)
Alex Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Oradea Posts: 3,132	Submitted my application to 3 more .me's, and I think these are the last ones for the landrush. I will hunt for more hopefully on open registration, when they will be cheaper too. yes, the registry is smart, but this attitude is not in our advantage. I entered into domaining because of .me . I mean I knew about .eu in 2006, but I saw I had no chance, when I checked eurid's site. Then I knew about the independence of Montenegro, and while typing the email address of a friend of mine from Beograd (it ended in .co.yu), I thought what will be the tld of Serbia and Montenegro now that they are independent. This happened in December 2006, I know because the email was a Christmas greeting card. So I went on, and checked Wikipedia .. and saw .me ... and I said ***.me (replace by a common dirty word). This is going to be huge. I will be a millionaire if only I will know about this. So, I got passionate about domains, I started reading about them, on January I was a member of this wonderful forum, and started reading more and more. I realized I could not stand a chance against other cctld lovers as Sam (dammitsam at that time) or Kev, or even NameTrader. So I prayed that the registrations will be restricted and I will make a company in Montenegro and register the 217 domains I wanted (yes, I had such a list). ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/cctld-discussion/503896-the-me-discussion-and-showcase.html But to have a company, you need money. I had no money. So I said to myself that I will start investing in domain names, at least to feel what sells and what not. So I put aside a $20 investment, and regged 2 names. And then from the profit of one (RFVO,com), I will buy other things. And I invested in cctld's, high risk investments, but for me they were high reward ones too. In 2 months I made $1500 out of my initial $20, and I started loving .com more and more. And then I realised this launch will be very public. First RJ announced it on NP, then I heard Godaddy and Afilias will manage it ... ouch. But .me is in my heart, and yes I am a bit sentimental about it. So I will invest in it. In fact out of the 217 names that I wanted 209 are on the reserved list. This just shows they did a great job selecting the names. They even had a bilingual forum on their first site: http://89.188.44.88/nic/eng/e_index.php, but now I can't seem to find it. I was the first person to post in the English forum exactly on April the 1st 2007. Will I invest a lot in .me? Not now, I will look for some niche's, but most probably I will not participate in high dollar auctions, as I still can't afford them. But it was a nice dream ... And anyway when I first wanted to register a company there in case there will be restrictions, I looked up for real estate there and it seemed very attractive last year. Don't know, but it seems prices went up high, in Budva where I looked for property. Ahh, good old memories when I started thinking about domaining .... and dreaming about moving to Montenegro (hey I can still do that) Last edited by mwzd; 08-24-2008 at 09:15 AM.*

06-18-2008, 03:56 AM	#129 (permalink)
*mwzd* Extension Agnostic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,933 Follow @mwzd	Great story Alex, thanks for sharing. I guess I know how you feel since I feel the same way about .in Good luck with the others, hope you get all you want, seems apple is buying a lot of .me's too from the buzz doing the rounds... unverified though. __________________ Domain Names for Sale \| High Value Domain Brokerage \| Domain Consulting \| Domain Blog Professional WebSite Development \| Bulk Pro MiniSite Development

06-18-2008, 04:08 AM	#130 (permalink)
Makis.TV Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Glyfada, Greece Posts: 2,823 Follow @makismour	i applied for .me that its going to get a website of mine redirected over there since its has the best keyword i can get while the .com version that i own whille great as keywords are not so great as the .me i chose plus the .me is so easy to promote. __________________ Check your Speed Test in just a few seconds Domain blogging, hosting tips, wordpress theme reviews and development

06-18-2008, 05:58 AM	#133 (permalink)
WORDSWORTH Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: DEFCOM1.COM Posts: 2,266	I ordered one about a month back. The $100 didn't put me off at all with this particular name. I hope it'll put a few others off from ordering it though as I'd love to snag it without an auction All the other names I would have ordered were not available. Matt. __________________ Domains for sale, free available to register domain lists and much more! LLLL.com domains from just $20! Long Expiry! New names added regularly! Good .com keywords, brandables and acronyms! Take a look!

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06-18-2008, 04:47 AM	#131 (permalink)
lilpooh NamePros Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 75	It's a pleasure reading Alex's story. No wonder he still has the passion on .me No doubt this extension is nice, but too expensive, I'll pass on it.

06-18-2008, 04:57 AM	#132 (permalink)
Hurley4540 Account Suspended Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,386	I will buy a .me if it goes down to 10 euros/$10 a year like that one NPer said..

06-18-2008, 06:50 AM	#135 (permalink)
testingyou Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Copenhagen - Denmark Posts: 1,789	imo, I dont think what has happened to .info's reputition will happen to .me if the prices got down. .me has a more broad public market then .info. More private persons would reg. .me, because of the branding of the extension as a personal domain. (does this make sense, little hard to explain what I mean ) Best regards, __________________ World Food Programme - No Children Should Go To Bed Hungry. It's simple, it's not rocket science, not political, not cultural, not religion, not complicated... It's this simple!. I have decided that I will donate 10% of what I make from selling domain names in 2012 to the above programme.

06-18-2008, 09:06 AM	#136 (permalink)
dmday1 NamePros Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 159	Have you registered a .me domain? Has anyone submitted a pre-registration request for a .me domain name? Will any be worth registering? __________________ Just so others know me ... my username on Digital Point Forums = MakeThatDollar Buy & Sell Domains, with PR \| Get Paid to Complete Offers \| URL Shortening Service \| Play Wii Flash Games

06-23-2008, 04:43 PM	#140 (permalink)
Jasonn NamePros Regular Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 321	Will the price go down after the 26th when the pre-reg is done? I hope so.

06-23-2008, 04:49 PM	#141 (permalink)
testingyou Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Copenhagen - Denmark Posts: 1,789	Maybe I was misunderstood. My point was that .me is not interesting for regular people, with the high prices there is now. If the prices get down to .info price it would be very appealing for regular people and imo be extremely popular. And I dont think the low price would mean a reputition problem with .me as with .info, because .me is more appealing for regular people then .info. Imo. __________________ World Food Programme - No Children Should Go To Bed Hungry. It's simple, it's not rocket science, not political, not cultural, not religion, not complicated... It's this simple!. I have decided that I will donate 10% of what I make from selling domain names in 2012 to the above programme.

06-23-2008, 06:29 PM	#143 (permalink)
testingyou Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Copenhagen - Denmark Posts: 1,789	anybody want to share, what they go after primarily when the open registrations begin Is it the first names, the last names or word(s) that fits to the extension you go after first? Do anybody dare to tell. __________________ World Food Programme - No Children Should Go To Bed Hungry. It's simple, it's not rocket science, not political, not cultural, not religion, not complicated... It's this simple!. I have decided that I will donate 10% of what I make from selling domain names in 2012 to the above programme.

06-25-2008, 04:24 AM	#144 (permalink)
Dean Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 1,714	It wont drop to 1$ or 7$ or 10$. Look at other similar ccTLDs like .tv and .cc they are like 18$ and 20$ each which is where I anticipate this to be once it is open registration. Someone earlier said 11 euros so they probably know something we dont and that might be the price which is like 18/19$ from a very rough guess I am making. __________________ Free Image Hosting Image uploading Application Random Generator

06-25-2008, 04:29 AM	#145 (permalink)
weblord NamePros Legend Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Philippines - www.Nabaza.com Posts: 19,785	too expensive for me. __________________ Nabaza.com - Amaia

06-25-2008, 09:34 AM	#146 (permalink)
tucal Account Closed Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 115	.ME What do you guys think? I have found a great one word .me that makes great sense. Do you think its worth the $100 for 2 years?

06-26-2008, 01:23 PM	#148 (permalink)
abdulbasituae Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Karachi, Pakistan Posts: 1,855	Have you? I submitted 2 domains in Landrush period. Bought from Godaddy each for $99.98 __________________ Buddy.CO Directories.CO Cloud-Computing.CO Juegos-Gratis.CO Loterie.CO ChinaTours.CO SydneyHotels.CO MPE.CO CEN.CO BPI.CO PDM.CO MLI.CO UVL.CO TJB.CO

06-25-2008, 04:45 PM	#147 (permalink)
awal NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 416	Landrush Ends after 18 hours Open Registration 7/17/08

06-26-2008, 01:26 PM	#149 (permalink)
whitebark Part-Time Zombie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,495	With ICANN's latest announcement this tld is not so attractive anymore. __________________ *DOT CA DOMAINS DEMYSTIFIED!* Coupon Code \| Green Business Directory \| Zombie Movies Download BONG OF THE DEAD Today!

06-26-2008, 01:33 PM	#150 (permalink)
abdulbasituae Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Karachi, Pakistan Posts: 1,855	On Godaddy it is mentioned now that "Estimated initial pricing will be $19.99/yr (Two year minimum registration required)" __________________ Buddy.CO Directories.CO Cloud-Computing.CO Juegos-Gratis.CO Loterie.CO ChinaTours.CO SydneyHotels.CO MPE.CO CEN.CO BPI.CO PDM.CO MLI.CO UVL.CO TJB.CO

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