The .Me Registry published an infographic highlighting the success of the registry today. According to the .Me registry: 53% of .Me domains are registered in the US; 46% of .Me domains are registered by businesses; That .Me is the most popular domain choice for startups after .com; There are still 35% of three-character .me domain names available! You can find all the details in … [Read more...]
Just In Time For Valentine’s Day .The Giftof.Me: Gift Cards For .Me Domains
The .ME Registry, operator of the .ME domain extension, has launched TheGiftOf.ME, to offer "the perfect present for Valentine's Day - personalized gift cards for the purchase of .ME domain names". This is another great example of new and creative ways that registries will sell domain names and increase the usage of the extension. In addition to the Giftcard site, the registry will host a … [Read more...]
VentureBeat Covers See.Me A Online Community Of Over 580,000 Artists
VentureBeat.com just covered another site built around a great .me domain name this time, See.me "See.me is online community of 580,247 artists. " "After a strong showing at the prestigious Art Basel show in Miami Beach, See.me unveiled $1.5 million in backing to expand its platform to all types of creatives." See.me was founded under the name ArtistsWanted in 2008 by a group of Brooklyn … [Read more...]
Everything.Me Gets Another $25 Million In Funding
TechCrunch.com is reporting on another startup .Me site, Everything.Me just got $25 Million in additional funding: ""Everything.me, a slick mobile app that lets users search for specific content across both native and mobile apps. (A full review of it is here.) Today, the company is announcing that it has picked up an investment of $25 million led Telefonica Digital, with participation from … [Read more...]
TechCrunch Covers Offersby.Me & Yes They Own The .Com
TechCrunch just covered another .Me site, this time its Offersby.Me which is a group buying site. Interestingly the company also owns the .com version of the domain name, but is sticking with the branding of the site using the .Me extension. According to TechCrunch: ""Adam Goldberg did quite a bit of research before soft-launching OffersBy.me last spring. The ex-Oracle, ex-Google … [Read more...]
Forbes Shines The Light On .Me Domains Including Meet.me
Forbes.com just told the world about .Me domains and highlighted Meet.me as one of the top 10 sites using a .Me domain that people should keep an eye on. "After you’ve found the guts to start your own venture, have assembled the right team, and have an initial product, you start brainstorming company names. As you’re brainstorming company names, you cross them with available domain names. You … [Read more...]
Let’s Face It; Sedo.com Generic .Me Auction, It Was A Bust
The Sedo.com Generic .Me domain name auction that concluded yesterday was, well there is no other way to say it, a bust. Out of the 190 domain names for sale only 8 domain names sold and the vast majority never even got a bid. The auction was run in conjunction with Brands-and-Jingles whose principal Mark Kychma told had to say: "The result are very disappointing - Brands-and-Jingles is … [Read more...]