Mark you calendars. Registrations for .me personalized web domains will go live in the next few hours and the domain names will be issued on a first-come first-served basis.
If you are looking to create a personal website or blog, consider getting a .me domain instead of .com or .name because .me not just sounds better, the chances of getting a domain name of your choice are also relatively high.
GoDaddy will open registrations on Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 8:00:00 AM PDT - the registration fee for .me domains is around $20 per year with a minimum two year period.
This embed has a complete list of premium domains that are already reserved and may be available later as an auction but won’t be available tomorrow for regular registration (use F3 to search).
Related: Buying Web Domain Names (tips & precautions).
Domain names can be up to 63 characters, with a minimum of three characters, can contain only Latin alphabet letters (a to z), digits (0 to 9), and single hyphens. Domain names cannot begin or end with hyphens.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/register-me-web-domains-godaddy/3902/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
ga.me and ho.me are available
Written by prasun on 07.16.08
.me domains…hmmm wonder how the dotcom space is going to change in a few years to come.
Written by Avinash on 07.16.08
How about me.me : )
Written by K Kartik on 07.16.08
@prasun, But it mentions min 3 characters. Find other names!
Written by rohitblog on 07.16.08
I still prefer to use .com for my blog. But the only thing is that most of the .com domain (which are beautiful and effective)are already taken.. Anyway, its an expansion of business for GoDaddy.
Written by codeAries on 07.16.08
@ prasun : “with a minimum of three characters” :P
Written by rahulmax on 07.16.08
mini.me is better
Written by calvin on 07.17.08
@Amit,
What about a nice contest for the next 4 hours in which your each user can suggest good .me domain name and you will buy the best suggestion you can find and transfer it to the winner.
That would be great. :-)
Written by Oliver on 07.17.08
dotcom is the best domain till now.There are lots of confusion thesedays……
Written by Saroj on 07.17.08
Looking forward to get onlyme.me- ha
Written by Kabatology on 07.17.08
what about… labnol.me … he he!! hope Amit dont register it before me!!
Written by Bob Matharoo on 07.17.08
How about labnol.me ???
Written by V-Techo on 07.17.08
how about suck.me??
Written by Joyce on 07.17.08
I got you.me and google.com. I am not sure what I am going to do with it. Any idea? (I think, I will sell it off.)
Written by Sanjay on 07.17.08
how about i own myspace.me and google.me :)
Written by Bryan on 07.17.08
I went through the entire process to register bookmark.me (which it indicated was available) before I found out it was taken by some guy in Spain. Could have happened within minutes. I forgot to set my alarm…
The worst part is that it did not give me any sort of error. It let me input my Credit Card info and everything. Then, it took me to my account, which was empty. Furthermore, another search on GoDaddy indicated that it was still available.
Written by Nathan on 07.17.08
I was wondering that box that you embedded… is it some script or a part of your cms?
Written by Ankur Agarwal on 07.17.08
It sounds like Godaddy accepts multiple request if it is done in nearly same time frame. And after few hours, they are going to reject later request for the same domain name.
@Bryan, Do you see Google.me in your Domain list on Godaddy?
Written by Sanjay on 07.18.08
well, guess what? I just called Godaddy. they couldn’t capture ‘you.me’ and ‘google.me’- bummer!
Written by Sanjay on 07.18.08
POINT IS: GoDaddy wasn’t prepared and a lot of people missed out on good domains; domains they thought they owned. Domains that were taken were still showing as “available” 4 hours later on GoDaddy. Not to mention the refund processing time. It was ridiculous. Anyways, there is a class action lawsuit forming for all those who successfully registered a domain and then a few hours later got an email saying they didn’t get the domain. Email link with your details and I think they are also looking for legal aid.
Written by Suzie Kane on 07.20.08
no the bastards got my google.me and myspace.me took like 2 hours to reject.
Written by bryan on 07.20.08