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.me Landrush Starts 8am PST Tomorrow

Posted July 16th, 2008 by Jeremy Schoemaker

New Top Level Domain extension opening tomorrow .me.   The .me TLD was intended to make more money be the new “hip” space for you…  I guess .name was not cool enough.

Anyway there is no wonky requirements and with a “me” ending people should be able to come up with some fun sounding (and hard to type) domains.

So hit me with your best/funniest  .me idea!  I wont register them…  trust.me

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154 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    bizidei

    typo – the free-for-all-like period, not the sunrise period.
    Shoe, you need an edit feature :p

  2. Good Comment?
    Magnetic Sponsoring Review

    This could be fun…
    Here’s a few-
    take.me
    show.me
    who.me
    dontforget.me

    will be interesting what others come down the pike…

  3. Good Comment?
    Godaddy Coupons

    its but no one will know what it is

  4. Good Comment?
    underworld

    i like .me its short and sweet.

    I got a few killer ones ;)

  5. Good Comment?
    Godaddy Coupons and Promo Codes

    Yeah so many extensions. Some of them are so useless

  6. Good Comment?
    hd

    um… inco.me is a landrush auction. you waited too long to register. the auction starts tuesday.. godaddy simply did not put that list into their database

  7. Good Comment?
    Austin(Cowsgonemadd3)

    Just what we need more domains…haha

  8. Good Comment?
    Austin(Cowsgonemadd3)

    Copyright infringement?

  9. Good Comment?
    Austin(Cowsgonemadd3)

    Thats who I use. I like them a lot.

  10. Good Comment?
    Dick

    However, I think that the final version has already been selected.

  11. Good Comment?
    Dick

    I think that you can find a heap of pretty names.

  12. Good Comment?
    Godaddy Coupons and Promo Codes

    ah I see. Thats where you got the fuck.me idea from. Good old jonh chow

  13. Good Comment?
    ClickPimp

    I think it already broke. A lot of my attempts resulted in ‘The following domain name has failed to be registered…’ e-mails.

    :-)

  14. Good Comment?
    ClickPimp

    Not offensive at all. The way I see it, it is just another way to make money… for the registrar, Montenegro, and myself. Almost all of the good domains are taken on the .COM TLD, but the domain you mentioned is even longer than the one i registered. In addition, i believe that Web 2.0, and so on, are going to be more about the users’ personal experience and a .ME domain just ‘brings it all home’ for them. Everyone wants the world to revolve around them, so this is one way of appealing to and fulfilling that niche.

  15. Good Comment?
    RacerX

    You’re gonna break Go Daddy.com!

    (OK this was posted after the fact, and I just wanted to look psychic!)

  16. Good Comment?
    bharadwaj

    hi,

    sorry if i am offensive, but why would you want to book long names?
    i would rather book myspacelayoutsforme.com rather than myspacelayoutsfor.me

    i appreciate the effort, but i guess it is pointless

  17. Good Comment?
    bharadwaj

    I know that i ll be refunded, if the domain is not mine.
    I booked only single word domains like ship.me, ping.me, aim.me and so on.
    The point is i need the domains. If i get my money back, its bad.

  18. Good Comment?
    OnlineGodfahter

    Check this out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.me :)

  19. Good Comment?
    Lawrence

    .Com is the standard, by-far. there is no question.

    i wouldn’t build a site on .Me, even though it’s a prime keyword.
    the only people buying .me are domain speculators.

    (unless you’re able to get a high, good single word – it’s basically useless)
    and even then, it’s still a relative crapshoot

  20. Good Comment?
    Craig

    I had that for 2 of mine.
    got the already registered email for both. Checked back an hour later and one of them disappeared and the other got confirmed and registered.

    So for those ones they may be doing something to see who registered first….my best guess.

  21. Good Comment?
    Movies

    that means that someone else registered those domains before you…don’t worry as you will be refunded.

  22. Good Comment?
    Movies

    let me see if I understand this…you can register a domain, pay for it and if someone else also wants to register that domain both of you would have to bid on it ? it sucks if it is so.

  23. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    I would also like to know what this means:
    “Status: Reconcile (Refresh Page) “

  24. Good Comment?
    Rich Hill

    Ryan,
    Good report. I hope you get to keep them.
    I wonder how many millions of dollars that GoDaddy took in today, and even if they only have to refund most of it in a couple of days they have made the interest on our money.
    Dirty rassafrassers.

  25. Good Comment?
    ClickPimp

    Yeah, same thing happened to me. Their registration process for .ME domains seems to be different. I know thousands of people must’ve been fighting for a lot of the same domains at the same time. I struck out more on good domains than on not-so-good ones, but some of the ones I’m more proud are here…

    HOTLAYOUTSFOR.ME
    WORDPRESSTHEMESFOR.ME
    GREATBLOGABOUT.ME
    TEMPLATESFOR.ME
    FREE-STUFF-FOR.ME
    DOTHISFOR.ME
    MYSPACELAYOUTSFOR.ME
    BUYTHISFOR.ME

    What do you all think? I got lots of ideas to develop for these. They should keep me busy for a while.

    Hey, Shoe… how many of the ones that you wanted did you get?

    I think if everyone trying to register .ME domains was in the same room, there would’ve been bloodshed!

  26. Good Comment?
    bharadwaj

    godaddy just sucks!!
    godaddy is one of the resellers, the list of booked names is maintained by domain.me
    So, when godaddy books a domain, it has to look in to the BIG BOOK. Looks like, it is not the reality though.

    The second possibility is that there are some evil crooks, snatching off good names.

    I m inclined to think that the second one is true..

  27. Good Comment?
    bharadwaj

    Subject: cheated by godaddy???

    Thanks for the “.me” domain post. It gave me a head start. I was ready signed in and with the list of domains in my stickies.

    I was happy i got a lot of very good domains, The amount was deducted from my paypal. i even got an email saying order successful. But i do not see these domain names listed in my account.

    An hour later, i get an email from godaddy, stating that the domain could not be registered.

    Is godaddy cheating me?
    I booked ship.me , ping.me, ebook.me, joy.me and many others.

    Need your expert advice from you as well as your readers

  28. Good Comment?
    Ryan

    So at the end of the day, GoDaddy dropped the ball big time. Checkout how it went down.

    GoDaddy Drops the Ball on .Me

  29. Good Comment?
    wuttrain

    That’s what I thought, waiting for the email…

  30. Good Comment?
    wyche128

    You sure you got it? Just wait for the email from GoDaddy saying they could not register and you will be issued a refund.

  31. Good Comment?
    wuttrain

    I just bought google.me (got the receipt and email from godaddy).

    Am I going to be sued by google?

  32. Good Comment?
    Nikki

    PeeOn.me

  33. Good Comment?
    Joel

    All the domains I registered got snatched away as well – GoDaddy API FTL

  34. Good Comment?
    wyche128

    In my Godaddy account the status for one of my domain says RECONCILE. What the hell does that mean?

  35. Good Comment?
    Wes Wyatt

    I was there the moment it opened…but my rep told me they go by the millisecond – so someone was obviously there the moment BEFORE me!

  36. Good Comment?
    Derek

    Yea, i had receipts for:

    style.me , glamour.me , quote.me , rank.me , coach.me , tutor.me , china.me , investing.me , wallstreet.me , entrepreneur.me , insure.me , lucky.me , ani.me

    to name a few… i didn’t get any of them despite having it go through in the first minute or two

  37. Good Comment?
    DealDasher

    Same here. Picked up 5 and haven’t seen the show up either

  38. Good Comment?
    Rich Hill

    Waited an hour, actually forgot, but then bought 3 pretty cool ones. Got a receipt and a confirmation email and I don’t see anything about these going to the highest bidder.
    However when I sign in, the three new ones are not in my list of owned domains yet.
    Probably takes some time to get posted.

  39. Good Comment?
    Wes Wyatt

    I feel your pain Derek! I have a receipt for Inco.me – and the PSYCH! Email form GoDaddy as well!

    Wow does THAT ever suck!

  40. Good Comment?
    Derek

    which ones?

  41. Good Comment?
    Ashley

    I got 7 – some of which I’m very very surprised were still available so maybe I’ll get one of those “already registered” emails.

    I didn’t even try and grab any until 9am PST, either.

  42. Good Comment?
    Ryan

    GoDaddy NOOOOOOOOOOO…. please stop messing with me!

  43. Good Comment?
    Ryan

    Got 3 on the way. Damn Godaddy ( I know I know). I had please.me in the cart, then Godaddy 404′d all over the place. I was on that domain with 1 second left on the clock. Oh well.

  44. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    Well I had 3 go threw, and no email yet saying it isnt happening! I am still hoping!

  45. Good Comment?
    Craig

    Anyone actually getting their name registered? Everything I have tried is getting rejected…

  46. Good Comment?
    Derek

    Omg, they’re all getting taken from me!

  47. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    I did nt get that email yet… Waiting to see what happens! The domains are not in my domain manager yet!

  48. Good Comment?
    Geiger

    We’ll see what happens but I just registered “You.Me”. It’s still coming up as available though :(

    http://www.jaygeiger.com/index.php/2008/07/17/just-registered-youme/

  49. Good Comment?
    Derek

    I just got that stupid e-mail for one of mine too.

  50. Good Comment?
    Derek

    none of which are appearing in my domains folder, yet i have receipts and was billed for it.

  51. Good Comment?
    Joel

    Shoe, could you slow down your API calls just a little, I can’t get through!

  52. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    Well, it says I own the domains now. We will see what happens!

  53. Good Comment?
    Derek

    I got about 10 so far

  54. Good Comment?
    Mike

    I got a receipt for my domain….then an email shortly after stating: cannot register – already registered. We will evaluate this error and retry the registration if appropriate.
    If we are unable to successfully register the domain name, your account will be credited accordingly. Please allow one business day for the refund to be processed.

  55. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    I have a feeling there are going to be alot of refunds happening here! What domain did you get?

  56. Good Comment?
    Derek

    So, if i got a receipt for the domain and said i paid for it, that means im fine? right? haha.

  57. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    I clicked checkout about 10 minutes ago! Waiting to see what happens!

  58. Good Comment?
    Derek

    I sure hope that once you add to the cart and click “process payment” the domain is yours.

    Cause it has been trying to run my card through the cart for like 13 minutes now on my domains.

  59. Good Comment?
    Eric

    GoDaddy is getting roughed up a bit. Hopefully I can get through here.

  60. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    GoDaddy has died… It is sad… I had the 3 domains I wanted, and BLAH!

  61. Good Comment?
    Chris Bartow

    GoDaddy is choking hardcore.

  62. Good Comment?
    netmeg

    If I were still studying voice, I would have tried to get meme.me

  63. Good Comment?
    Web Hosting Rebates

    If people adapt to the .me extension and will actually type it in, values will increase on the clever domains, otherwise, I can’t imagine people paying a premium for domains people will remember, but likely struggle to type in.

  64. Good Comment?
    Web Hosting Rebates

    Everyone’s first thought, I’m sure. Honestly, this is one of the very FEW .me domains that makes any sense, as I’m sure it will get TONS of type in traffic (especially in the initial period when people are curious about .me domains)

  65. Good Comment?
    Web Hosting Rebates

    People who think .me will be massively successful are delusional. Sure, there will be some domains that have success, but overall, it will be another domain that struggles to draw type-in traffic. Even memorable domains (like your buy.me example) will be typed in by people as buyme.com – it’s just so natural for people to do.

  66. Good Comment?
    Geiger

    I’m afraid that I am. :)

  67. Good Comment?
    Dick

    And yet:

    listen.me
    Feel.me

  68. Good Comment?
    Patrick

    Here is the premium list that you cannot have too ! http://www.domen.me/cms/site_files/dotME_Premium_Names.txt

    I think most of what is discussed here are already taken.

  69. Good Comment?
    Asmaa

    why everyone is thinking of only dirty possibilities ?

  70. Good Comment?
    Mike Lau

    I’ll pay the $100,000 to start .YOU TLD extension.

    and fuck.you all

    j/k

  71. Good Comment?
    Movies

    are you gonna reveal some of them after they are yours ?

  72. Good Comment?
    Casino

    The imagination goes wild on the possible combinations..

  73. Good Comment?
    easterwolf

    do.me

  74. Good Comment?
    Matt

    It is a free for all. That phase already happened.

  75. Good Comment?
    Ash

    There are so many dirty possibilities :D
    I think they have all probably been commented already…:
    fuck.me
    shiton.me
    blow.me

    You get the point… dirty mind :D

  76. Good Comment?
    Dwarf Shrimp Blog

    Well I am going to try for a few… will see what happens!

  77. Good Comment?
    Popular Wealth

    typo – the free-for-all-like period, not the sunrise period.
    Shoe, you need an edit feature :p

  78. Good Comment?
    Popular Wealth

    To godaddy users – make sure to read the fine print. You don’t get the domain name just because you are the first to ask for it. The “sunrise” period which is about to start will simply be to collect the first batch of requests. If nobody else tries to grab the domain you want, it’s yours. If someone else DOES try to buy the same one… it gets auctioned off between all people who asked for it. Highest bidder gets it.
    Also, forget asking for “google.me” because all trademark terms will go to those who prove trademark… even if they aren’t first to ask for it.

    It’s not a free-for-all

  79. Good Comment?
    Jeff

    The play will be on. I think this one will be a lot more popular then the previous TLDs just because you can make so many different memorable phrases.
    YourdaughterLoves.me
    Shesdoing.me
    (hername)doing.me
    Youcanthave.me (a site with megan fox on it)
    MenWant.me (a site with Megan Fox on it)
    GuysWanttodo.me ( a site with Megan Fox on it)

    Did I tell you I have a site with Megan Fox on it.

  80. Good Comment?
    Popular Wealth

    P.S. Godaddy is going to make a killing at 40 bucks a pop (two years registration required).

  81. Good Comment?
    Popular Wealth

    areyoukidding.me ?

    No seriously… .me domain names are going to spank the .com marketing industry. Why? People love themselves far too much not to go for a .me if it’s available.
    You’ve been warned!

    buy.me – nice and subliminal baby!

  82. Good Comment?
    joe

    hmm 40 bucks a pop ay… have to be choosy.

  83. Good Comment?
    Joel

    Sweet! Now I can finally start my Def Leppard fan site:

    http://poursomesugaron.me

    (actually a decent keyword domain according to wordtracker :-)

  84. Good Comment?
    meethere

    lem.me sue you :D

  85. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    I’m sure that if you get a good name that it could be worth SOMETHING

  86. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    I think the homeless can now have their own domain at “feed.me”

  87. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    Yeah thats true, the domains that are 3 letters are also sold for premiums because of how short they are usually.

  88. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    hahaha, props on that!

  89. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    Thanks for the coupons Andrew, those will come in handy!

  90. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    I’m sure he will be compenstated though..maybe.. lol

  91. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    Im actually pretty positive that those names have always been “backordered” because I would doubt that companies like microsoft, google, yahoo would even want that happening.

  92. Good Comment?
    Enkay Blog

    hahaha, I’m surprised John was the first to post a comment but nevertheless, great concept there John.

  93. Good Comment?
    Action

    Guarantee these are gone but how about:
    review.me
    do.me
    yougottabeshitting.me
    areyoutalkingto.me

  94. Good Comment?
    Andy Crofford

    Probably not but there are some that could be fun to have.

  95. Good Comment?
    Amanda

    remember.me
    rescue.me
    kiss.me
    imagine.me
    who.me
    text.me
    ilove.me

    ok that’s all I got for now, wit takes time! :D

  96. Good Comment?
    Justin

    Sell subdomains on *.canblow.me

  97. Good Comment?
    Andrew

    Be sure to use a GoDaddy coupon code and save.

    cjc20off75 – $20 any order of $75 or more. Expiry unknown.

    cjctenoff – $10 off a $50 purchase. Expiry unknown.

    gdp0422v – Save 20% off $75 or more. Expiry unknown.

    dp0507 – Save 15% off $50 or more. Expiry unknown.

    BTPS7 – 20% any order of $50 or more. Expiry unknown.

    BTPS4 – 10% off anything. Expiry unknown.

    chill1 – 10% off. Expiry unknown.

    chill2 – $5 off $30. Expiry unknown.

    chill3 – $6.95 .com. Expiry unknown.

    hash1 – 10% off. Expiry unknown.

    hash2 – $5 off $30. Expiry unknown.

    gdd1101c – 10% off any order of $40 or more. Expiry unknown.

    OYH3 – $6.95 .COM domain names. Can be used on renewals too. No expiry that I know of.

    OYH2 – $5.00 off $30 order. No expiry that I know of.

    OYH1 – 10% off any order. No expiry that I know of.

  98. Good Comment?
    Brennan

    Go live begins in:
    00 DAYS 13 HOURS 00 MINUTES 00 SECONDS

    Two year minimum registration & $20/year from GoDaddy

    Does anyone think these are valuable?

  99. Good Comment?
    Artur Kim

    and what are the 25? “I wont register them… trust.me” (:

  100. Good Comment?
    Pedro Sttau

    Touche. ;)

  101. Good Comment?
    Daniel

    You could use this list and buy all the play on words.

    I personally like mini.me xD

  102. Good Comment?
    Daniel

    They have a page showing all the current registrars of .me here: http://www.nic.me/index.php?page=3

  103. Good Comment?
    Travis

    Hhaha…wow I’m an idiot.

  104. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    title of the post =P

  105. Good Comment?
    zk

    http://www.dontshoe.me

  106. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    actually only 3 out of the 25 I wanted were not available.

  107. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    I will be using GoDaddy’s API banging on it ;)

  108. Good Comment?
    amer1can paratrooper

    del.icio.us.me

    …the original ;>)P

  109. Good Comment?
    Travis

    Answered my own question earlier

    Do they go on sale at midnight or something? If so…midnight what time?

    11AM Eastern Time (15:00 UTC)

  110. Good Comment?
    Artur Kim

    call.me

  111. Good Comment?
    rich

    haha….good one

  112. Good Comment?
    big jason

    shoemoneyhates.me, shoemoneyloves.me

  113. Good Comment?
    Bryn Youngblut

    I remember seeing this a few moments after it was released on godaddy and i started furiously registering all the best domain names I could come up with, after I had about 50 or so I went to pay and found out it wasn’t even open for a month plus you had to pay for two years for each domain and you weren’t even guaranteed the domain. If someone else pre-registers the same domain then it goes into a bidding war. I don’t think the .me domain will be that popular, just like all the other barely used ones out there unless you have a name ending in “me” it might be good, other than that .com is the way to go. There’s going to be many more domain suffixes coming out in the not too distant future.

  114. Good Comment?
    Craig

    What sucks about this release is that this the the third phase in the TLD name. First is the Sunrise phase where trademarks can claim their names first. Second is the Landrush period open to the public which was back in June. According to MarketWatch over 30,000 names have already been registered including the ones I am sure that will be listed here.

  115. Good Comment?
    Eric Nagel

    July 17 15:00 UTC: Open Registration
    http://www.domain.me/index.php?page=15#1

  116. Good Comment?
    Tom

    Cumon.me

  117. Good Comment?
    Eric Nagel

    Trademarks are already registered, as are many of the .me domains which are now up for auction for those who tried to get them during the “land rush” period. If 2 people tried to register the same .me domain, its now up for auction between those people. The auction for the domain I tried to get starts on August 3rd, so I’m stuck waiting.

  118. Good Comment?
    Lucas Conley

    whatabout.me?

  119. Good Comment?
    Travis

    Do they go on sale at midnight or something? If so…midnight what time?

  120. Good Comment?
    shamess

    Meh. A year ago I would have snapped up shamess.me in a second, since it’s more personalised, and I’ve never reallyed liked .name extentions. But, I’m happy using shamess.info now; I’ve kind of gotten over the requirement to have a “cool” TLD.

  121. Good Comment?
    shamess

    I think there’s a three letter minimum limit on domains these days.

  122. Good Comment?
    shamess

    I’m betting Google and Yahoo will have a number of employees all submitting for that name as soon as they can. No point in getting it though, they’re both trademarks and you’ll likely lose them.

  123. Good Comment?
    Melvin

    im gonna guess i will take a i.me domain ;-)

  124. Good Comment?
    Trizzo

    Any decent word is already being held back as “premium”. Check out http://www.domen.me/cms/site_files/dotME_Premium_Names.txt for more details.

  125. Good Comment?
    wuttrain

    Most of the popular names were bought months ago, what about shoe.me?

  126. Good Comment?
    jim

    eat.me :)

  127. Good Comment?
    Kevin L

    buy.me

  128. Good Comment?
    Kevin L

    woeis.me

  129. Good Comment?
    jim

    be prepared to lose it if you take a trademark like digg.me :)

  130. Good Comment?
    Craig

    do.me, youwant.me, hate.me
    me.me, i.me, you.me

    endless possibilities

  131. Good Comment?
    Greenovni

    Since we are all internet marketer, how about

    PAY.ME

  132. Good Comment?
    Ben

    Yeah, this will be one of the first to be registered I’m sure!

  133. Good Comment?
    Dom

    Actually, the .me TLD was intended to be neither of those things. It was intended – and *is* – nothing more than the country specific TLD for Montenegro.

  134. Good Comment?
    Mike1115

    How about consumersonlytrustdotcom.me? Unless you’re making something very original that could use a fun domain name, like del.icio.us, I don’t see the need.

  135. Good Comment?
    Tim

    f***.me

  136. Good Comment?
    Ashley

    Shoe

    Are their high volume domain name buyers who have automated tools to go in and swoop up all the good names in the first few seconds?

    Do you just use the normal GoDaddy interface or is there some sort of API for quick high volume purchasing?

  137. Good Comment?
    Ralph

    Yeah, I heard .me’s were coming. Seems kinda redundant with that new thing coming around where there can be any domain suffix.

  138. Good Comment?
    Rekzai

    sue.me

  139. Good Comment?
    Kevin Boss

    ani.me

    words that end with me

  140. Good Comment?
    Diorex

    La.me is best URL that describes this TLD.

  141. Good Comment?
    EntreBlast

    I need to pay attention to these things, I wouldn’t have realized it was happening tomorrow if you hadn’t posted!

  142. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    BTW
    Estimated initial pricing will be $19.99/yr (Two year minimum registration required)

  143. Good Comment?
    Taylor

    Kevin, you beat me to it – ok then byte.me for the geeks
    Oh, and someone will have to get F#$%.me
    do we have justshoot.me?

  144. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    I am wondering who will register Google.me or Yahoo.me !

  145. Good Comment?
    Kevin Boss

    bite.me

  146. Good Comment?
    Zak Show

    haha.me it will.me be.me great.me and.me it will bring.me a lot.me of money to the.me domain.me names. market.me ( Sounds great, isn’t it? lol )
    Maybe I’ll register shoemoney.me :p

  147. Good Comment?
    Movies

    iLike.me
    hate.me
    love.me
    smoke.me
    digg.me
    add.me
    discover.me
    trade.me
    beer.me
    feed.me

    there can be made some nice combination with .me. Anyway, I don’t believe that any new TLD’s will have success.

  148. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    godaddy is where I will be registering.

  149. Good Comment?
    Rich Hill

    Do you know who the registrar will be?

  150. Good Comment?
    John Chow

    How about Fuck.me ? :P

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