Will Dot ME Take Center Stage?

May 6, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Filed Under Blog News, News

Kiss.me. Call.me. Love.me.

Starting today, domain names with a dot me extension will be sold for the first time to the general public. Dot me was originally assigned to the small nation of Montenegro in Southeastern Europe. In order to cash in, they’ve decided to remove geographic
restrictions on domain name ownership.

Will this become a way for people to take ownership of their name? Do big time bloggers need to run out and secure their own name? (Perhaps that’s a question Jonathan Bailey can address).

Given the social networking boom, the nation has teamed up with
EnCirca to facilitate the sale process.

If you have a current trademark or service mark, that was registered in your name BEFORE June 28, 2006, dot me is available to you now.
Everyone else can get in on the self-centered action later in June ‘08.

Do you think dot me domains will become mainstays or fly under the radar as a brief trend?

Digg it

About the author: Andrew G.R. is the owner of Jobacle, a career advice and employment news blog and podcast designed to make work better.

Comments

3 Responses to “Will Dot ME Take Center Stage?”

Sean O on May 6th, 2008 7:49 am

I think that these are going to be the most popular with the porn industry at the outset. The cost is much higher than most other extensions and I think this is reflective of the massive rush in the porn industry. Put just about any verb or action phrase in front of .ME and it almost instantly turns erotic. The tame ones that you mention in your article only begin to tempt the imagination.

Because of this, I would not be a bit surprised if the firewalls and corporate filters of the future block .ME from getting through.
Ryan Williams on May 6th, 2008 8:43 am

I think they’ll go the way of every single other domain that stories like this have been printed about, which is to make no particularly significant impact whatsoever. I doubt any domain will ever be as favoured as .com and .net for serious use.
Andrew G.R. on May 6th, 2008 10:41 am

Great point, Sean! I’m sure the bidding has already reached 4-digits for blow.me!

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