Get ready for .ME

[RJ]

Montenegro, the country that declared independence from Yugoslavia last year, was just assigned .ME as their official country code top level domain.

If I were them, I'd be very thankful that Macau already had .MO taken because I really like .ME much better. Hopefully in time they end up with reasonable registration rates and a solid registration platform, unlike .YU. This should be a popular TLD with registrants.

Story here,

http://www.birn.eu.com/en/103/15/4362/

 

[Smiler]

So when is the launch date and how much? Anyone?

 

[Mike]

I think i'll be in on this one, provided that the reg.fee isn't completely unacceptable.

IB

 

[Steven]

Count .me in

 

[RajanUrs]

So when is the launch date and how much? Anyone?

It will be OnTi.me


Looks like they are working on it.

http://89.188.44.88/nic/eng/e_index.php

 

[biohammer]

what registrar will sell these first?

 

[mis_chiff]

Sorry, have to....

Bite.me (my favorite saying )
:hehe:
it's gonna be an expensive one!

 

[SimpleDomaining]

i see premiums are going to be find.me, love.me, call.me, talkto.me, eat.me (spicy one ), and.... ItsAllAbout.me nice. can't wait.

 

[TOXX]

I contacted the NIC and they said they're not taking pre-orders/reservations for .ME domains

 

[Frikkle]

I am guessing that the reg and renewal fees will be outrageous

 

[briman1970]

I contacted the NIC and they said they're not taking pre-orders/reservations for .ME domains

Good. I hope they never do. It'd be so nice to see a true landrush on a new extension. They should make these puppies $100 each and restrict registrations to 5 names per IP, per day. :tu:

 

[Alex]

There is a forum about the .me tld launch here: http://lisica.cg.ac.yu/~me_forum/fo...ID=a48ccb56313a8db0811a0630a20661f0&board=2.0

My irst post was on April there, but there was no one in the english section writing. so we can ask questions there.

 

[Kate]

Personally I am wondering why people think ccTLDs are only good for domain hacks

 

[Alex]

very good point Kate

 

[bricio]

i read ur post and their answers and they said it would be launched in the first half of the current year... of course it wasnt

so alexsimon, do u know or read anything about the launch?

best regards,
bricio

 

[Alex]

They did not launch it in the first half of the year because ICANN delegated them the .me tld on September 11th. So I think they will need some preparation.

From their site:
As we have previously stated, this approval ICANN has to forward to the Ministry of Commerce of the USA for consideration.
The following step is to forward request for registration of our domain to DNS root zones. This process usually takes several weeks!

So I guess it will not be that soon.

 

[bricio]

thanks for the quick answer!!!
rep added!!! :tu:

 

[sashas]

did anyone think of the possibility of first names?

John.me? That has to be killer...any John would like to have a .me with his name on it...

 

[Sam]

Thanks RJ for letting the cap out of the bottle

It will be a battle for the good names :talk:

 

[estibot.com]

here's all the hacks

http://www.morewords.com/ends-with/me

.me be off topic, but thanks for that list, I regged Seadrome.com

rep+
Josh

 

[FPForum]

when exactly will registration open up for the .me? I'd like to get some if the reg. fees aren't too outragous :\