.ME Launch schedule posted!

[ssamriga]

NIC.ME

25.03.2008

Rollout Schedule

March 24:
- Registration of Government second level domains
Migration from cg.yu to co.me/org.me/net.me/its.me - Montenegro only

March 25 to April 16:
- accepting requests for migration from cg.yu to co.me/org.me/net.me/its.me

April 18 to 21:
- requests processed and domains go live

May 1-May 6: Montenegrin Sunrise
- Only applications from Montenegrin entities are allowed and will be submitted directly.
- Applications from Montenegrin Sunrise will be evaluated in the Quiet Period, along with applications
from the General Sunrise. If there were multiple applications for a domain, a Montenegrin Sunrise
applicant will compete in auction with General Sunrise applicants.

May 6-May 20: General Sunrise
- All accredited registrars allowed into registry.
- Application info available to registrars (via EPP and Web Admin Tool) but not via WHOIS
- Ongoing registrar accreditations.

May 20-June 6: Quiet Period
- Registry closed to registrars; domain queries may be possible.
- 5-day or 7-day Sunrise auctions held for names that received multiple applications. Names for which
there was only one application are allocated via batch job. Application info will not be available to
registrars; names show up in WHOIS only after they are allocated.
- Domains are billed for at the time of allocation.
- Compliance checking will continue through the Quiet Period
- Newly accredited registrars can be set up in this period in preparation for Landrush.

June 6-June 26: Landrush
- Landrush application info available to registrars (via EPP and Web Admin Tool) but not via WHOIS
- Newly accredited registrars can be set up in this period.
- Sunrise Challenges begin

June 26-July 15: Quiet Period
- Registry closed to registrars; domain queries may be possible.
- 5-day or 7-day Landrush auctions held for names that received multiple applications. Names for
which there was only one application are allocated. Application info may be available to registrars;
names show up in WHOIS after they are allocated.
- Domains are billed for at the time of allocation.

July 17: Open Registration
- Domain names are registered on a first-come, first-served basis

"Premium Names" auctions
- Expected to begin in September 2008.


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I don't like the 'quiet' periods and most of all I don't like 'premium names auctions' which means, that all good names won't be available to register

what are your thoughts?

 

[potatoe]

My first thought is what all these reserved domains are for that are listed on http://domen.me/index.php?page=14 ?

Are they going to be premium for auction domains or what, pretty much everything worth anything is in that list.

 

[.jd.]

hacks and more hacks they didn't really cover them.. So I guess there open to registration...

 

[ssamriga]

Potatoe- who owns domen.me?

 

[potatoe]

Potatoe- who owns domen.me?

domen.me is the official montenegrin registrar, partnered with GoDaddy.
I read the contract with GoDaddy a while ago, and it does indeed mention that there will be pre-selected premium domains which will be auctioned off to the highest bidder, so I imagine that this reserved list is precisely those domains, as well as domains reserved for use by the government of Montenegro.

 

[.jd.]

Eh, the .me extension is gonna be huge.. hacks are avail, can't wait to register