Some recent .me sales !

Anatoly · 10-18-2008, 07:07 AM

Meeting.me $13,188 Oct 08 Sedo

KRO.me $10,000 Oct 08 Sedo

Very nice !

dax44 · 10-18-2008, 07:18 AM

http://fworld.net/nnn.me.php

its pretty if nothing else.

tata668 · 10-18-2008, 07:23 AM

Wow, impressive!

cobo · 10-18-2008, 07:48 AM

Read about this "buckypaper" stuff in the forum and also on internet and papers.
Just for curiosity, I checked to see if the .ME was taken.... but it wasn't!
So I regged it ... just in case! Who knows! Speculation is fun!

NameAffect · 10-18-2008, 08:45 AM

Oct 18 NewDelhi.me $170

BiddersUp · 10-18-2008, 10:52 AM

J73 I am also surprised that NewDelhi.me name only went for $170. Sorry, dude.
Great Prices for the others.

I just reg'ed

FloodInsure.me

I live in the South. We have experienced record flooding from seasonal rainfalls. This does not include the flood damage due to hurricanes. I believe the name sells its self and is .me relevant. Taking Offers and much success to all of you!

BiddersUp · 10-18-2008, 11:33 AM

Just reg'd

FloodInsure.me

Taking Offers via PM or www.DonnaSDomainS.com

titan2 · 10-18-2008, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by nametrekker

Excellent points. Rick is a dotcom guy; he's also an excellent person. A lot of people like him could be very cocky. He's always treated me with great respect -- and this guy does work hard and enjoy life. I commend him on his success. He shared his opinions with me per the .ME domain via email. But I prefer to keep this confidential. Indeed it's nice to see he sees value in the extension.
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I think even if the extension serves as just a secondary extension and as an extension for bloggers and microbloggers, forums, communities, etc, it will have enormous value. IMHO.

But I have to agree DOTCOM will always be the king of extensions -- and no other domain will come close.

Hi Nametrekker,
Its really a great news that you have an email from Domain King and I know it is stupid to ask what are his opinions about our DARLING extension (as you have mentioned that you prefer not to share it) , but Iam asking this out of anxiety, Did he say that plans to make any large sale for .me extensions in near future (perhaps to my photographs.me or albums. me lol .

) and A word from well-established presonalities will give a lot of encouragement to newbies like me.

nametrekker · 10-18-2008, 04:21 PM

All email correspondences are confidential. I'm sure you can appreciate that. I don't want to give the impression that he conveyed anything specific about the extension. It was related more to where he envisioned the initial valuation of ME. Let's leave it at that. I respect this person too much to disclose info exchanged between parties via email.

I also recognize Rick has the same kind of power in the domain world that Steve Jobs has in the tech world. When they talk, people listen.

All in all, we know Rick has made his name through his brilliant dotcom acquisitions and networking and negotiations. He's a very sagacious domain investor and industry leader.

hullswingerscom · 10-19-2008, 07:28 AM

still plenty of nnn.me to reg not a good sign

BiddersUp · 10-19-2008, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by hullswingerscom

still plenty of nnn.me to reg not a good sign

Hi,

I think everyone is trying to grab up the .me relevant names first....and then will pursue the 3L names later. IMPO I believe the more relevant and personal the name the more valuable it will be in the .me market. We have plenty of reason to be optimistic. Lets remain that way. Recent high dollar .me sales have been very encouraging.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896

Biddersup

visit www.DonnaSDomainS.com your no commission direct buyer seller connection.

nametrekker · 10-20-2008, 06:13 AM

More ME in the News

Affilias has laid out its own domain with the .me generation
Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Key Staff Writer

HORSHAM — For Afilias Ltd., the past five months have been all about “.me.”

The Irish company, which employs 40 at its administrative offices and network operations center here, is involved in promoting and providing technical support for the “.me” domain, which was launched in May.

Although “.me” is the country domain for Montenegro, just as “.us” is the country domain for the United States, it has attracted international attention because of its potential use in such punning domain names as “date.me” and “love.me.”

Those, in fact, were two of the domain names sold in an auction that began at a domain industry conference in New York on Sept. 23 and continued online afterwards. “Date.me” went for $70,000 and “love.me” fetched $32,500. Prior to the auction, “chatwith.me” sold for $15,035 and picture.me commanded $10,240.”
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“It’s not only an amazing domain to actually get into and have a site there, but even if you’re just investing in some names, this is the site to get into,” said Roland LaPlante, Afilias’ chief marketing officer.

Most of the proceeds from “.me” domain name sales go to the government of Montenegro. DoMEn, the company that operates the “.me” domain registry, won the right to do so by agreeing to pay the Montenegro government 70 percent of the proceeds it receives from all “.me” domain name sales.

Afilias gets a cut of the money that doMEn retains from the sales because it is one of three owners of the company. The other two are Scottsdale, Ariz.-based GoDaddy.com Inc., the world’s largest domain name registrar; and ME-net, a Montenegro-based company whose principals are leaders of the country’s information and communications technology sector.

Afilias also benefits from whatever success “.me” enjoys because it is contracted to provide doMEn with the technology services that allow Web browsers the world over to find Web sites with “.me” domain names.

Providing those types of services is Afilias’ main business. The company supports 15 domains, including “.org,” “.info” “.aero” and “.mobi,” with 14 million names among them.

Afilias doesn’t sell domain names directly to the public. Instead, it relies on registrars, such as GoDaddy to do that. The registrars usually also provide their customers with Web hosting and related services.

To sell “.me” domain names, doMEn has agreements with 105 registrars throughout the world.

“We want to be sure that there will be big marketing power that will be able to push ‘.me’ in a very short period of time globally,” said Predrag Lesic, doMEn’s CEO.

Afilias is helping doMEn work with registrars by providing some of them with ads for “.me” that include their name and contact information.

So far, 135,000 “.me” names have been registered. That’s nothing compared to the 70 million registered “.com” names, but Lesic said it makes “.me” the fastest-launching country domain ever.

“.Me” Web sites up and running include “furl.me,” a social bookmarking site; “wmw.me,” which shortens Web addresses to make it easier to link to sites on micro-blogs such as Twitter; and “ggl.me,” which provides Google searches with black screens, ostensibly reducing the consumption of carbon-based fuels in the process.

pkey@bizjournals.com | 215-238-5141

furl.me - pretty cool site

Anatoly · 10-20-2008, 07:22 AM

.me is picking up steam !

BiddersUp · 10-20-2008, 07:45 AM

Hebron.me

An Absolute JEWEL! A Geo that is relevant to the passion of Jews, Christians and Muslims. Politically hot topic and it is also the name of cities in at least 10 different US States. International TLD's such as .cn, .asia, .jp and even .ws are taken for this name. I am considering serious offers here via PM. You may also Visit www.DonnaSDomainS.com for direct no commission seller buyer contact for this and other names.
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sdsinc · 10-20-2008, 07:59 AM

As if 'me' was going to overtake 'us'

Anatoly · 10-20-2008, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by sdsinc

As if 'me' was going to overtake 'us'

i think it will overtake everything except .com

BiddersUp · 10-20-2008, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by Anatoly

i think it will overtake everything except .com

Exactly!

Jawed · 10-20-2008, 08:11 AM

Originally Posted by nametrekker

Although “.me” is the country domain for Montenegro, just as “.us” is the country domain for the United States, it has attracted international attention because of its potential use in such punning domain names as “date.me” and “love.me.”
furl.me - pretty cool site

It's really encouraging to read the article. However the above sentence in the artcle is misleading and requires some explanation.

Dot us is only for US citizens or businesses, whereas .me is for anybody and everybody. So .us is nowhere near .me. Some people tend to invest into straitjacketed extensions like .us and .pro hoping that one day all restrictions will be lifted; this cannot be a realistic approach in an ever-changing domains world. Dot me has already eroded dramatically the value of this kind of extensions and any further introduction of novel extensions will put the last nail in the coffin of restrained extensions.

***EG.domains*** · 10-20-2008, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Anatoly

i think it will overtake everything except .com

Do you mean that .ME will overtake everything everything (.net, .org, .info, etc...) ?!

Anatoly · 10-20-2008, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by EG.domains

Do you mean that .ME will overtake everything everything (.net, .org, .info, etc...) ?!

sure, why not

***EG.domains*** · 10-20-2008, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by Anatoly

sure, why not

For many reasons.
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Anyway, I don't think that any cctlds or any other new TLDs can overtake at least (.com, .net, .org, .info) IMO.

Anatoly · 10-20-2008, 08:34 AM

time will tell

***EG.domains*** · 10-20-2008, 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by Anatoly

time will tell

Sure.

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BTW, I'm not a .ME hater.

I own couple of .ME domains. Planning on develop two and sell the rest. I'm only after top generics So I have no problem buying/registering more whenever i have the opportunity.

nametrekker · 10-20-2008, 08:55 AM

I would wager that me will overtake info, us, biz by end of year - it may have already!

Not sure about net (I own several NET domains, but it's always been second fiddle to dotcom, and I've never been sold on its meaning "network")

The true value of ME lies in its branding potential and the personalization of the web.

Do I think me will one day overtake all extensions, except dotcom?

You betcha; and I'm not from Alaska or Fargo, Minnesota, and my last name's not Palin and I'm not that William Macey character or that police detective in the Coen Brother's film FARGO. Gosh, is Fargo.me taken?
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I spent 4 hours last night trying to hand register me domains -- even premium 2 word me domains are taken, and available in other extensions (TV, MOBI)

Dotcom (my favorite,as this is where most of my names are in my portfolio ) will RULE, but ME will not be far from the throne. It's a real prince of a name!

ME

You betcha!

BiddersUp · 10-20-2008, 09:10 AM

IMPO there are .info's and .me's that are more valuable and "relevant" than many .net's or org's. Relevancy and the relationship between the domain name or phrase and the word "me" is the key selling point and attractiveness of this extension.

We can use the word political as an example. We can all relate to politics. However, if I visit a site that is talking about politics I am wanting information as it relates to "ME". Therefore, Political.me should be a site that is geared to the masses but offers a personalized perspective to politics as it relates to each individual. By the way Political.me does just that. Check out www.Political.me.
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In my opinion this type of personalized attractiveness is not seen in .com names or any other ext. The only other thing to do is introduce www. _______.YOU. In the case of .you I am sure the obscenities and porn sites will be the first to sell.

Just MPO. We are enjoying the discussions. Visit DonnaSDomainS.com
Hebron.me, Gaithersburg.me, Rxd.me, FloodInsure.me just to name a few.

10-18-2008, 07:07 AM	#2076 (permalink)
Anatoly NamePros Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 91	Some recent .me sales ! Meeting.me $13,188 Oct 08 Sedo KRO.me $10,000 Oct 08 Sedo Very nice ! __________________ Range Hoods

10-18-2008, 07:18 AM	#2077 (permalink)
dax44 NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 351	available nnn.me matrix http://fworld.net/nnn.me.php its pretty if nothing else. __________________ cheapnames.com domain names .com .net from $8.01 801:VALIDATE

10-18-2008, 07:48 AM	#2079 (permalink)
cobo NamePros Regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 583	Read about this "buckypaper" stuff in the forum and also on internet and papers. Just for curiosity, I checked to see if the .ME was taken.... but it wasn't! So I regged it ... just in case! Who knows! Speculation is fun! __________________ Regards, cobo Be The Paradigm Shift

10-18-2008, 10:52 AM	#2081 (permalink)
BiddersUp NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Posts: 451	Surprised J73 I am also surprised that NewDelhi.me name only went for $170. Sorry, dude. Great Prices for the others. I just reg'ed FloodInsure.me I live in the South. We have experienced record flooding from seasonal rainfalls. This does not include the flood damage due to hurricanes. I believe the name sells its self and is .me relevant. Taking Offers and much success to all of you! __________________ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver & Gold. Proverbs 22:1 Last edited by BiddersUp; 10-18-2008 at 10:56 AM.

10-18-2008, 11:33 AM	#2082 (permalink)
BiddersUp NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Posts: 451	Just reg'd Just reg'd FloodInsure.me Taking Offers via PM or www.DonnaSDomainS.com __________________ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver & Gold. Proverbs 22:1

10-18-2008, 07:23 AM	#2078 (permalink)
tata668 NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 278	Wow, impressive!

10-18-2008, 08:45 AM	#2080 (permalink)
NameAffect NamePros Regular Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 438	Oct 18 NewDelhi.me $170

10-18-2008, 04:21 PM	#2084 (permalink)
nametrekker NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 262	All email correspondences are confidential. I'm sure you can appreciate that. I don't want to give the impression that he conveyed anything specific about the extension. It was related more to where he envisioned the initial valuation of ME. Let's leave it at that. I respect this person too much to disclose info exchanged between parties via email. I also recognize Rick has the same kind of power in the domain world that Steve Jobs has in the tech world. When they talk, people listen. All in all, we know Rick has made his name through his brilliant dotcom acquisitions and networking and negotiations. He's a very sagacious domain investor and industry leader.

10-19-2008, 07:28 AM	#2085 (permalink)
hullswingerscom Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: yorkshire Posts: 2,406	still plenty of nnn.me to reg not a good sign __________________ www.transport.tv

10-20-2008, 06:13 AM	#2087 (permalink)
nametrekker NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 262	More ME in the News Affilias has laid out its own domain with the .me generation Philadelphia Business Journal - by Peter Key Staff Writer HORSHAM — For Afilias Ltd., the past five months have been all about “.me.” The Irish company, which employs 40 at its administrative offices and network operations center here, is involved in promoting and providing technical support for the “.me” domain, which was launched in May. Although “.me” is the country domain for Montenegro, just as “.us” is the country domain for the United States, it has attracted international attention because of its potential use in such punning domain names as “date.me” and “love.me.” Those, in fact, were two of the domain names sold in an auction that began at a domain industry conference in New York on Sept. 23 and continued online afterwards. “Date.me” went for $70,000 and “love.me” fetched $32,500. Prior to the auction, “chatwith.me” sold for $15,035 and picture.me commanded $10,240.” ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896 “It’s not only an amazing domain to actually get into and have a site there, but even if you’re just investing in some names, this is the site to get into,” said Roland LaPlante, Afilias’ chief marketing officer. Most of the proceeds from “.me” domain name sales go to the government of Montenegro. DoMEn, the company that operates the “.me” domain registry, won the right to do so by agreeing to pay the Montenegro government 70 percent of the proceeds it receives from all “.me” domain name sales. Afilias gets a cut of the money that doMEn retains from the sales because it is one of three owners of the company. The other two are Scottsdale, Ariz.-based GoDaddy.com Inc., the world’s largest domain name registrar; and ME-net, a Montenegro-based company whose principals are leaders of the country’s information and communications technology sector. Afilias also benefits from whatever success “.me” enjoys because it is contracted to provide doMEn with the technology services that allow Web browsers the world over to find Web sites with “.me” domain names. Providing those types of services is Afilias’ main business. The company supports 15 domains, including “.org,” “.info” “.aero” and “.mobi,” with 14 million names among them. Afilias doesn’t sell domain names directly to the public. Instead, it relies on registrars, such as GoDaddy to do that. The registrars usually also provide their customers with Web hosting and related services. To sell “.me” domain names, doMEn has agreements with 105 registrars throughout the world. “We want to be sure that there will be big marketing power that will be able to push ‘.me’ in a very short period of time globally,” said Predrag Lesic, doMEn’s CEO. Afilias is helping doMEn work with registrars by providing some of them with ads for “.me” that include their name and contact information. So far, 135,000 “.me” names have been registered. That’s nothing compared to the 70 million registered “.com” names, but Lesic said it makes “.me” the fastest-launching country domain ever. “.Me” Web sites up and running include “furl.me,” a social bookmarking site; “wmw.me,” which shortens Web addresses to make it easier to link to sites on micro-blogs such as Twitter; and “ggl.me,” which provides Google searches with black screens, ostensibly reducing the consumption of carbon-based fuels in the process. pkey@bizjournals.com \| 215-238-5141 furl.me - pretty cool site

10-20-2008, 07:22 AM	#2088 (permalink)
Anatoly NamePros Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 91	.me is picking up steam ! __________________ Range Hoods

10-20-2008, 07:45 AM	#2089 (permalink)
BiddersUp NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Posts: 451	Hebron.me Hebron.me An Absolute JEWEL! A Geo that is relevant to the passion of Jews, Christians and Muslims. Politically hot topic and it is also the name of cities in at least 10 different US States. International TLD's such as .cn, .asia, .jp and even .ws are taken for this name. I am considering serious offers here via PM. You may also Visit www.DonnaSDomainS.com for direct no commission seller buyer contact for this and other names. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896 __________________ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver & Gold. Proverbs 22:1

10-20-2008, 07:59 AM	#2090 (permalink)
sdsinc Domains my Dominion Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Web 1.0 Posts: 9,943	As if 'me' was going to overtake 'us' __________________ NameNewsletter.com - free lists of available domain names ZoneFiles.net (beta) - ccTLD and gTLD droplists

10-20-2008, 08:34 AM	#2097 (permalink)
Anatoly NamePros Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 91	time will tell __________________ Range Hoods

10-20-2008, 08:55 AM	#2099 (permalink)
nametrekker NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 262	I would wager that me will overtake info, us, biz by end of year - it may have already! Not sure about net (I own several NET domains, but it's always been second fiddle to dotcom, and I've never been sold on its meaning "network") The true value of ME lies in its branding potential and the personalization of the web. Do I think me will one day overtake all extensions, except dotcom? You betcha; and I'm not from Alaska or Fargo, Minnesota, and my last name's not Palin and I'm not that William Macey character or that police detective in the Coen Brother's film FARGO. Gosh, is Fargo.me taken? ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896 I spent 4 hours last night trying to hand register me domains -- even premium 2 word me domains are taken, and available in other extensions (TV, MOBI) Dotcom (my favorite,as this is where most of my names are in my portfolio ) will RULE, but ME will not be far from the throne. It's a real prince of a name! ME You betcha! Last edited by nametrekker; 10-20-2008 at 09:03 AM. Reason: reasons

10-20-2008, 09:10 AM	#2100 (permalink)
BiddersUp NamePros Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: USA Posts: 451	IMPO there are .info's and .me's that are more valuable and "relevant" than many .net's or org's. Relevancy and the relationship between the domain name or phrase and the word "me" is the key selling point and attractiveness of this extension. We can use the word political as an example. We can all relate to politics. However, if I visit a site that is talking about politics I am wanting information as it relates to "ME". Therefore, Political.me should be a site that is geared to the masses but offers a personalized perspective to politics as it relates to each individual. By the way Political.me does just that. Check out www.Political.me. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=503896 In my opinion this type of personalized attractiveness is not seen in .com names or any other ext. The only other thing to do is introduce www. _______.YOU. In the case of .you I am sure the obscenities and porn sites will be the first to sell. Just MPO. We are enjoying the discussions. Visit DonnaSDomainS.com Hebron.me, Gaithersburg.me, Rxd.me, FloodInsure.me just to name a few. __________________ A good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, loving favor rather than silver & Gold. Proverbs 22:1 Last edited by BiddersUp; 10-20-2008 at 09:19 AM.

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Some recent .me sales !

available nnn.me matrix

Surprised

Just reg'd

Hebron.me

Exactly!