11 Good Reasons Why to DotMe

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1) After witnessing the success of .Me domain name online auctions, Mark Boost, managing director of leading U.K. domain registration company, LCN.com, said that the public has “seen the .ME domain launch to be one of the most successful in history of the domain registration industry. Both businesses and individuals rushed to register their chosen .ME extension when open registration went live on July 17, and I would envisage huge prices being paid for the premium .ME domains.”

2) Godaddy (the world largest domain registrar) had world record sales of .dot me names. They sold more than they did with .mobi, .al, .asia, .tv and all other new domains they have started sell previously.
http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stor … aily2.html

3) Over 80% of registered .Me domains are from English countries.
The main interest comes from English speaking countries, including the United States (71%), the United Kingdom (6%), Canada (4%), and Australia (2%).
http://www.domaininformer.com/news/edit … ation.html


4) Dot .Me was the darling of the New York traffic show, with all 11 .me domains selling for between $6,000 and $70,000.

5) Dot .Me sold for OVER $2 Million in the first .ME land rush auction where only few where allowed to actually bid: http://www.webhostdir.com/news/showNews.aspx?ID=27518

6) The Internet is all about YOU AND .ME like: youtube, myspace, facebook ect… that is also one of the reasons .Me has so great success, and will continue to grow in popularity exponentially.

7) September 2008 From Google news:

Presently .Me domains are gaining momentum as the hottest new destination for Web addresses that have hit the market. Due to their universal appeal and quality to be easily remembered they have become essential to brand yourself or a company in the online market

Click link for total article: http://www.domaininformer.com/news/edit … ation.html

8) Dot .Me means the same in English, Spanish, Italian – thats 100’s millions more that can use and buy dot .Me

9) It is one of the only 2 number domain extension out there, that you can use so many ways in a sentence for marketing and branding.


10) If you look at the WHOIS and the top, .Me names – based on the auction sales price – high-profile CEOs and business owners as well as domain investors are securing the names, which makes the .Me domains even more interesting.”

11) Already after only 4 month over 2,2 Million.Me web pages showing up in google
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=si … q=f&%20oq=

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