A story published by BBCNews.com today, talks about the growing popularity of .Co domain names as .Co now approaches 600,000 registrations. The story quotes Juan Calle the CEO of .CO Internet S.A.S., the company which is operating the registry for the ccTLD. How big are .Co's plans: ""We are going for a global audience and in three to five years we hope to have three to five million … [Read more...]
GetPersonalWith.Me Lists Avaliable FirstName.Me For €4.99
Blacknight Solutions, has launched a site that features available first name .me domains that are available for registration and priced at only €4.99 for a year of registration. The site, GetPersonalwith.Me, list thousands of available first names all available at time of publication. You can search for your first name and last name and the site will check to see if they're available or and … [Read more...]
What If You Held A Domain Auction & No One Showed Up: What Happened To The .ME Geo Auction?
An auction of some really good Geo .Me domains concluded yesterday on NameJet.com You probably didn't know about it. Don't feel bad, your not alone. Personally I saw no press releases, blog coverage, or even one story on the auction. There was a small box of domains on NameJet.com' home page about it, but there was no way to click on any link to find out about all the domains in the … [Read more...]
Is “Google Me” In The Works as a Facebook Killer? Google Owns Both Versions
CNN is reporting that a new service called "Google Me" maybe in the works, The report also citing Tech Crunch says that Google Games is a definate go, in conjunction with the gaming company Zynga maker of the "FarmVille" game. Google owns the domain GoogleGames.com. However the report says that Google may have its eye on Facebook and may go with "Google Me" to launch a site that would … [Read more...]
Yahoo Acquires Me.Me
Sedo.com announced today that brokered the sale of the domain name Me.Me to Yahoo!. The domain name was previously owned by the .Me Registry. Yahoo! has acquired the domain name to enhance the brand of its social networking site, meme.yahoo.com, which allows users to connect and share their common interests. “Thanks to Sedo’s services and the consultation of Sedo broker, Jeff … [Read more...]
.Me First Names Start Picking Up Steam As James.Me Sells For $5K & 39 More Domains Are Added
On the 3rd day, of the 5 day Personal Name auction running on NameJet.com, one domain hit just short of $5K and the registry announced that they were adding 39 new domains to the auction. On today's front, here are results for the domains we were tracking: james.me $4,911 john.me $2,711 jack.me $2,200 madison.me $1,115 johnson.me $760 jose.me … [Read more...]
.Me First Name Auction Results Day One: Pretty Much Every Domain Sells For Under $1K
The first day of the five day .Me auctions for first and last name, Domains just closed with pretty much every domain selling for under $1K. There were a few exceptions. I saw Anthony.me at $1,600. Adam.me went for $1,300 Austin.me sold for $1,100 which is not only a first name but a name of a city. While the below is not a complete list of all the domains that sold it should give … [Read more...]