Get Your .Me Domain Today
Open registration for .Me domains starts to today. The domains, which were previously reserved for entities based in the country of Montenegro, are now available for anyone to purchase.
(Amusingly, .Me was assigned to Montenegro after is declared independence from the former Serbia and Montenegro which used the TLD .Yu… so .Me split from .Yu)
Uses for a .Me domain?
Realtors using their own names as their main branding element would be wise to snag that URL. Using joerealtor.me might be a unique marketing angle (…for a short while anyway) but in any case, it would be good to stake your claim on it, even if you don’t end up using it.
Also, if you’re planning on using Apple’s MobileMe push contact and calendaring service with your hot new 3G iphone – you can assign your .Me URL to your MobileMe account (by adding it as your personal domain under the account settings). Update: MobileMe won’t let you use a .Me domain as your personal domain, hopefully this is just temporary.
Anyway, I snagged burslem.me – if you want to as well, go get ‘em.
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mike | Jul 17, 2008 | Reply
Mashable.com is reporting 8-9 people with receipts showing that they have registered aweso.me
Mike Stewart | Jul 17, 2008 | Reply
Hi,
I am a realtor in Vancouver Canada and my concern would be that potential clients would not think that such a url would be associated with a different country at best and rank narcissism at worst?
realtor in Vancouver Canada
GundyGroup | Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
FORECLOSE.ME is already taken. Who would want that!
jay | Jul 18, 2008 | Reply
barakobama.me is already taken.. Oh well–that could have been fun.
j
CrystalCoastBlog | Jul 26, 2008 | Reply
Joel – I totally agree. For those agents who leverage the personal brand marketing angle, they may want to consider buying their .me extension.
In preparation for the Inman Conference, I purchased a .me URL for those who might want to add me as a Twitter friend. The URLI purchased is YouCanFollow.me.
BTW- it was great meeting you at Inman Connect!