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Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Rogue — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:56:19 -0000

Million Dollar .ME Domain Fraudulently Registered...

HIRE.ME, likely to sell on the domain aftermarket for over a million dollars, was registered on June 13th, 2008 under questionable circumstances.

According to the public whois on domain.me, David Jedda registered the name by using a US Trademark Name "Hire.Me" that he had the foresight to apply for on 01/01/05 and received 01/01/06. Mr Jedda supplied Trademark Number 00000000 in his registration of the domain.

Interestingly enough, a search of http://www.uspto.gov/main/t... for the US Trademark "Hire.Me" returned no results. Likewise, there is no US Trademark Number 00000000.

Per doMEn Sunrise Period rules, however, an applicant must submit a current trademark registered in the applicant's name with identical textual or word elements on which the doman name is based.

Maybe Mr Jedda missed that part. It appears he also missed the ICANN requirement to provide accurate contact data. I don't know about you, but I have never had any luck calling 000-000-0000. That's the number he supplied for the registrant, admin and technical contact.

So, a highly valued domain name is currently in the hands of a creative individual, who may end up selling HIRE.ME to Monster.com, Jobbing.com or some other employment services giant.

Or will he? The .ME Registry states on its sites' FAQ's that "doMEn will engage the services of a trusted third party to audit the Sunrise applications to identify potential non-compliant applications." Will they spot this glaringly obvious one?

Only time will tell.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Freeman Hung — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:00:43 -0000

Sunrise4/28/08 - 5/20/08
(includes Pre-Registration)
Trademark holders may submit requests for .ME domains. After the sunrise period closes, domain names requested by multiple trademark-holders will be auctioned between the requesting parties.
Landrush5/6/08 - 6/26/08
(includes Pre-Registration)
Anyone may apply for a .ME domain name during this period. After Landrush closes, domain names requested by multiple parties will be auctioned between the requesting parties.
Open Registration 7/17/08
Domains issued on a first-come first-served basis.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Noe — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:35:39 -0000

Premium .me domain list :

www.dooot.com/it/premium-me...

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Dustin Boston — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:44:22 -0000

How do you register for a .ME domain during the Landrush period (in June)? I'd love to get a couple of domain names but I don't think they can wait until open registration.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Pencilite — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:17:50 -0000

Gus made a really good point.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Rave Clothing Store — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:54:46 -0000

I am also wondering about the SEO benefits of a .me domain, and if there are any.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

SEO web hosting — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:32:47 -0000

Unless you got something really special (love.me, visit.me etc.) I can't see the extension taking off to much. If you develop the domain it could work because its pretty easy to remember.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Barry — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:44:01 -0000

I think that this will be a very worthwhile extension. There's lots of potential and lots of things that can be done on the play with words. It will always be a .com world, but you never know what else can come out of this .me thing.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Faraz Ahmed — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:24:32 -0000

.me domain is just a waste of money, .com domains will always remain the best and most popular domains :)

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Jonathan — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:26:21 -0000

I think the .me names may be a bust. I thought for sure that .tv and .info would bring in a lot more power than they do. At the end of the day, people are still loving the dot coms.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Japanese Streetwear — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:35:55 -0000

I think it's hard to say whether a big purchasing campaign is worth it every time a new extension comes out. But .Me has some interesting potential as it's also an English word, which is more than what can be said about other ext.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Trends Depot — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 12:58:24 -0000

what a waste of money

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Forex Profiting — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:55:21 -0000

Sounds good but I've always wondered on what the search engines think of .me domains from a SEO perspective.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Gixar's Gadgets — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 12:01:46 -0000

Don't sleep through this one! This, visually, is a great extension. Personally, I think residents of Montenegro will be very happy :) The cheeky adult industry will be all over this one as well.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Kristian Liebrand — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:54:40 -0000

Everyone might be eagarly waiting for july 17th, the day of open registration. But I think its totally waste of time and money. Getting a domain name is not a great thing, but to keep it is very difficult thing. Either it may be ".ME" or ".com" or any thing else doesn't matter.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Richard — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:14:41 -0000

Sounds like another way domainers will waste their money, could be better than .mobi though.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Alex — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:14:58 -0000

Looking forward to this one. But how much is registration? As long as registration is reasonable, I think this will be a good extension.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Gus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:31:46 -0000

Don't forget all the simple sites like:
Mi.me
-Na.me (MyNa.me, BabyNa.me)
-Ho.me (GoHo.me, CheapHo.me)
-Ga.me (VideoGa.me)

I can see Me.me being huge.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

damir — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:47:35 -0000

Looking forward to that day - July 17: Open Registration. Domain names are registered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Re: “.ME” Domain Name Sunrise and Landrush Dates Announced!

Nick — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:09:35 -0000

Also a huge branding potential in the Spanish speaking countries, where "yo" means "I" but "me" means "me" as a direct object pronoun. So then a ton of the premium names would work in Spanish as well:

Love.me
Ama.me