.me .me.... what's the deal?

[theparamount]

Can you buy... if so how. What are the rules etc?

I can't read whatever language www.nic.me is in so someone translate it into dumb engrish terms for me.

Much appreciated.

 

[michaeldotcom]

Here is the official rulebook for the .me extension in English :

http://www.nic.me/docs/Rules.pdf

 

[Jeff]

.ME
.YOU
.JEFF
.COOL ... where does it end, my friends? :blink:

Sorry for the aside, as well.
-Jeff

 

[theparamount]

So... no i can't...

 

[michaeldotcom]

To sum it up in plain English, the .me extension will be available worldwide and may be registered by anyone, without restrictions.

The release will take place in stages as it's usually the case (sunrise, landrush...)

It'll be supported by Afilias, the company which currently supports .info, .mobi, .asia and others.

 

[theparamount]

Thank ya... have there been any reliable sources with the approximate date?

 

[michaeldotcom]

Here is the official 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.

Official source : http://www.nic.me/eng/e_index.php

 

[hanny]

.ME
.YOU
.JEFF
.COOL ... where does it end, my friends? :blink:

Sorry for the aside, as well.
-Jeff

It ends when people stop dumping all of their money into these scams only to find out they don't have real value

 

[accent]

Owners of .yu domains are being migrated to .me domains. They really are.

All of yu domains become me domains.

 

[michaeldotcom]

Owners of .yu domains are being migrated to .me domains. They really are.

That's the funny part indeed. :D

All of yu domains become me domains.

Actually only the cg.yu domains become .me domains.
cg.yu used to be the extension for Montenegrin domains within the former Yugoslavia.

The Serbian domains actually become .rs domains, another new extension.

 

[accent]

"The Serbian domains actually become (ou).rs domains"
Oh, of course.

 

[michaeldotcom]

The .rs extension could be interesting for fans of domain hacks. It's open for registration but it's fairly expensive and probably not worth it for most people.

 

[htmlindex]

.ME
.YOU
.JEFF
.COOL ... where does it end, my friends? :blink:

I'm quite keen on getting a few .JEFF names when they come out

 

[livecrunch]

.RS - Republika Srpska ( Republic Serbia) So all of the co.yu now are .me? I don't get it how.. if I register .com and now after a while becomes .moc how is that fair?

 

[Slick Domains]

That schedule above is useful. I know once registration is open, you can get them through GoDaddy, but it looks like that is still a ways off.

 

[Coopey]

Seems to be a lot of .me questions today!
Encirca are already accepting applications for 'sunrise' and 'landrush' registrations

 

[BigSotong.com]

official .me site: www.registry.me
Forget about Sunrise, unless you have trademark, landrush on June 6 till 26 and actual go live on july 17.

Godaddy is one of the three partners to this extension

 

[lilpooh]

Dear all, you might wan to reconsider again as there is a long list of reserved & premium names http://www.domen.me/cms/site_files/dotME_Reserved_and_Premium_Names.pdf
I don't think it's fair for the registry to reserve all these names, they just want to earn big time money by selling all these names at high price. No opportunity for us anymore.

 

[tetrapak]

Owners of .yu domains are being migrated to .me domains. They really are.

All of yu domains become me domains.

I'd rather stay with f**k.yu than f**k.me! :D