.ME Domains Hit Quarter-Million Milestone
PODGORICA, May 20 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --
The .ME Registry announced today its popular ccTLD extension has hit
250,000 domains registered. Montenegro's .ME Registry has seen
significant growth since it launched the domain extension worldwide just
over one year ago. In fact, .ME is the fastest growing new ccTLD.
JamesCrocker.Me, registered through GoDaddy.com, was the name which
pushed the Registry's portfolio to the quarter-million milestone.
The .ME domain extension has proven to be incredibly popular
worldwide. More than 48,000 applications were received to participate in
the current online auction of .ME domains, which ends in just a few days.
The next online auction, hosted by NameJet.com, is scheduled to begin
June 5.
Many in the online marketing community believe .ME's popularity
directly correlates to the domain's branding power. "Dot-ME is extremely
suitable for consumer brands," noted Mark Kychma of Brands-and-Jingles, a
marketing firm based in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Ukraine.
His company owns hundreds of .ME domains. "Try to forget brands like
Hotels4.Me, Pizza4.Me and Tickets4.Me... there is a 99 percent chance you
will not," added Kychma. "Tell your friends about Love.Me, Fancy.Me,
Unlock.Me and they will remember them for ages."
The power of the right domain name combined with a .ME extension is
astounding. YouAnd.Me, an explosively popular online dating service,
launched just three months ago. According to the site's founder, Steve
Sikes, YouAnd.Me already has close to 50,000 members and is currently
ranked among the top 90,000 Web sites in the world. Sikes is a big
proponent of .ME domains. "Dot-ME domain extensions just seem to mesh
with the direction of the Web," stated Sikes recently. "They are more
personalized and provide more user-generated content."
"This is the kind of reaction we always knew we would elicit with
dot-ME," stated Predrag Lesic, executive director of the .ME Registry.
"Dot-ME has become an Internet phenomenon."
To find out more about .ME domains and where you can register, visit
Contact:
Natasa Djukanovic
Email: Info@domain.me
Tel: +382-20-269-740
Fax: +1-866-941-5341
SOURCE: .ME Registry
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