Dot Me Roll Out Schedule

Here’s the real deal in the dot me domain registration. It’s funny I found this bit of information. I was checking my traffic to see where the traffic for this young blog is coming from. I was surprised to find other blogs actually publishing it’s contents already. Thanks to conceptualist.com who published my post. His blog led me to a comment providing more specific information about the .me rollout. There’s actually a few domains out there already for .me. One is domain.me where this info is published.

Here’s the deal:

March 24:
• Registration of Government second level domains
Migration from cg.yu to co.me/org.me/net.me/its.me – Montenegro only

March 25 to April 16:
•accepting requests for migration from cg.yu to co.me/org.me/net.me/its.me

April 18 to 21:
•requests processed and domains go live
May 1-May 6: Montenegrin Sunrise
• Only applications from Montenegrin entities are allowed and will be submitted directly.
• Applications from Montenegrin Sunrise will be evaluated in the Quiet Period, along with applications from the General Sunrise. If there were multiple applications for a domain, a Montenegrin Sunrise applicant will compete in auction with General Sunrise applicants.

May 6-May 20: General Sunrise
• All accredited registrars allowed into registry.
• Application info available to registrars (via EPP and Web Admin Tool) but not via WHOIS
• Ongoing registrar accreditations.

May 20-June 6: Quiet Period
• Registry closed to registrars; domain queries may be possible.
• 5-day or 7-day Sunrise auctions held for names that received multiple applications. Names for which there was only one application are allocated via batch job. Application info will not be available to registrars; names show up in WHOIS only after they are allocated.
• Domains are billed for at the time of allocation.
• Compliance checking will continue through the Quiet Period
• Newly accredited registrars can be set up in this period in preparation for Landrush.
June 6-June 26: Landrush
• Landrush application info available to registrars (via EPP and Web Admin Tool) but not via WHOIS
• Newly accredited registrars can be set up in this period.
• Sunrise Challenges begin

June 26-July 15: Quiet Period
• Registry closed to registrars; domain queries may be possible.
• 5-day or 7-day Landrush auctions held for names that received multiple applications. Names for which there was only one application are allocated. Application info may be available to registrars; names show up in WHOIS after they are allocated.
• Domains are billed for at the time of allocation.

July 17: Open Registration
• dot me domains names are registered on a first-come, first-served basis

“Premium Names” auctions
• Expected to begin in September 2008.

Thanks to domain.me

The Latest On Dot Me Domains

Here’s the next best thing while waiting for the soon to be most coveted domain name extensions since dot com. Well… what’s there left to do but wait…

Godaddy.com which won the bidding to provide and register dot me domains in behalf of the assigned country Montenegro says the sale of these Top-Level domains will most likely be this summer or early fall season but stopped short of identifying the exact date.

According to Godaddy Inc., the .ME domain extension may be registered by anyone. The registry, in consultation with Montenegro’s Government Council for the .ME domain, expects to begin selling .ME domains in the second or third quarter of 2008.

Here’s the rest of the answers Godaddy.com provided regarding the imminent sale of these next best things in domain names.
Will the release take place in stages?
Yes. Like most domain extensions, .ME will begin with a Sunrise Period, where individuals who have trademarks may apply for the .ME version of their domain name. A Landrush Period will follow, during which anyone may apply for a .ME.

Can I pre-register a .ME domain name and will any .ME domain names be auctioned?
Most likely, but the details are still being defined.
Will .ME work like other extensions?
Yes. .ME has been delegated by ICANN and has been added to the Domain Name System root servers just like .com, .net and other extensions. Afilias Global Registry Services will be providing the registry support for .ME. Afilias, the world’s second largest registry services provider, currently supports .INFO, .MOBI, .ASIA, and others.

Check back with this blog soon for the latest updates. Bookmark us!

Dot Me Domains Sold Here Soon!

Most of you will have a difficult time understanding what I’ve recently been hooked up with. Yet I’ll try my very best to explain it in the simplest way possible. In my most recent posts, I talked about Internet Domain Business and how lucrative this looks. A lot of people have made a fortune buying a valuable domain name at a very cheap price and sold it at ridiculously high prices because of the internet value of the domain. The more shorter, simple and straight-forward a domain name sounds, the more valuable it is on the domain market. For example, one domain currently on the auction block called www.Indian.com is selling for at least $200,000. It’s certified appraised value is $250,000. Nobody has bought that yet. Compared to for example www.indianbpo.com, www.indian.com is more valuable because it is shorter, easier to remember, scopes a bigger market and more popular on the internet. The domain www.indianbpo.com has a free domain appraisal value of $4,000 to $6,000.

Recently, I have been thinking of buying me some dot me domains. The ones like www.pimp.me or www.love.me and www.find.me. Unfortunately after a short net research I found out that the domain registrars haven’t released any official word when they will be opening the market for buyers of dot me domains. The latest news about this dot me market is that Godaddy.com along with its partners will be the ones opening it up for the market sometime next month.

The reason why I’m closely watching this development is because of the potential market appeal of having these domains. The real short simple 4 letter word along with the extension when combined is a sentence in itself and can easily be remember by other people. Making products and other businesses easier to remember which can mean more business for existing companies.

If I get lucky enough to snatch one of these premium domain names I just might be able to sell them for thousands of dollars! Quick money of minimal investment of $10. I’m currently piling up possible domain names I will buy when the .me domains open at the domain markets. Good thing I’ve got a godaddy.com account already and I have my Paypal account stored in there for easy buying. I can’t wait! I hope some of you readers get on this thing too! It’s potentially a very big money maker!

In line with these upcoming developments, I have bought myself a domain where I can potentially sell the dot me domains I will be able to buy next month. By marketing the domains own my own, I will be able to throw away the middle-men and maximize my earnings. I just bought www.buymedomains.com and later this month I will set up a free hosted blog where I can publish those domains. Pretty neat I should say.