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GoDaddy Offers .Me Domain Names. It’s a Big FAIL So Far.

mashable.com — A few hours ago at 11am,Since then, chaos has ensued, as purchases are either not going through, or going through but the domain name remains available for others to buy. As an illustration of the problem this creates, according to the Twitter message below, at least 8 or 9 people are claiming to have receipts for the domain name "aweso.me"

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  • crxvfr, on 07/17/2008, -11/+173wonder who got f_ck.me
    • OKeric, on 07/18/2008, -2/+67Probably someone, or some company, who won't even be using it. Just waiting for someone to offer them tons of money.
    • aresef, on 07/18/2008, -6/+9Somebody very insecure in their sexual prowess?
    • dofkex, on 07/18/2008, -6/+92YOUR MOM
    • pensivewombat, on 07/18/2008, -2/+193you can swear on the internet.
      • santaliqueur, on 07/18/2008, -1/+59Bender: Aw, Hell. I mean heck!
        Robot Devil: It's alright, you can say that here.
      • badjoke, on 07/18/2008, -1/+5It'll only hurt the first time.
    • darkane, on 07/18/2008, -2/+98Nobody got it. Almost all of the domains that make phrases or words (*****.me, call.me, etc.) were already marked as 'premium' and will be auctioned at some point. All of the domains that domain.me didn't mark as 'premium' are going to auction anyways because multiple people tried to register them in the first 24 hours.

      The whole thing is a ***** scam.
      • Spuy767, on 07/18/2008, -0/+27What do you expect from a company that specializes in domain parking and extortion.
      • MScrip, on 07/18/2008, -0/+12When can we register *****.scam?

        I think the .scam TLD will be great for identifying spam!
      • Backstab, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2The ones going to auction are the ones registered in the land rush period (June 6-26).
    • ibeetle, on 07/18/2008, -5/+47Nobody has f_ck.me (That is as lame as a faux hawk). It is still available. However, *****.me is gone.
      We are all adults here (more or less) you can say *****.
    • reformation, on 07/18/2008, -2/+41***** you
    • SSUK, on 07/18/2008, -0/+43The real victory is for the guy who got *****.me. Can you imagine the email addresses? you@*****.me, yourgf@*****.me the possibilities are endless!
    • umbrellainabin, on 07/18/2008, -2/+14you know you CAN swear on the internet. your mom probably isn't reading this
    • simpleid, on 07/18/2008, -3/+11yourela.me
      • Backstab, on 07/18/2008, -1/+5contractions in domains don't work too well.
    • DestroyFascism, on 07/18/2008, -0/+24www.screw.me/now/
      www.bigpenisinside.me
      www.itsallabout.me/teenage_depression/

      www.comeandget.me/horny/
      • KarateMedia, on 07/18/2008, -5/+7Big pen is inside me? Did you sit on a desk or something?


        Ba-dum-dum...

      • mangasm, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1KarateMedia, it's a domain for the new Batman movie.
    • techdever, on 07/18/2008, -1/+12OGC.me
    • arcticsoft, on 07/18/2008, -5/+3Just got crazy.me. Any takers?
    • d1g1, on 07/18/2008, -0/+13You can't register domains that are on these lists.

      Reserved names:
      http://www.domen.me/cms/site_files/dotME_Reserved_ ...

      Premium names:
      http://www.domen.me/cms/site_files/dotME_Premium_N ...

      I'm the proud owner of rickrolled.me. ^_^
    • themastersb, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2As soon as I saw the title I ordered aweso.me it should be up soon.
    • feliphe, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2i can't believe MEMEMEMEMEME.ME is already taken ;)
    • Dominicc2003, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Well Jeremy (shoemoney.com) tried to order it, I think it was unsuccessful though :(
    • picpak, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1fu.me/ck: the internet's best anagram solver!
    • humanerror, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1*****.me
  • mvanhorn, on 07/17/2008, -2/+27So many people on twitter were so happy with the .me domains they paid for.. then we all got emails saying they were all canceled =(
    • feliphe, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2GoDaddy frequently "fines" customers accused of spamming or other policy violations — without giving customers any recourse to dispute the allegations against them. When accused of a policy violation customers are given the option of paying a US $199 fine and staying with GoDaddy, or paying a US$75 administrative fee and initiate a transfer within 24 hours to another web host & registrar, or having their domain names suspended and made nontransferable until they expire if they do not pay
  • kanabal, on 07/17/2008, -3/+96Godaddy being rather *****? shocker.
  • CaptainRant, on 07/17/2008, -12/+713so.me
  • MelanieSchmitt, on 07/17/2008, -6/+34We knew the .ME Open Registration response would be tremendous, but it went beyond even what we had expected. As a result, we experienced some system issues in our communication with the registry.

    As soon as we became aware of the issue we began taking steps to correct it. It is now resolved.

    For our customers, if we did not successfully register the domain name requested they will receive a full refund.

    -Nick Fuller
    Go Daddy Communications Manager
    • TheNeptune, on 07/18/2008, -16/+11This is a correct response! It's unfortunate that a lot of people couldn't get the domain they wanted, but GoDaddy was still honoring first come first serve... it's unfortunate if due to an error someone thought they bought a domain that had been previously registered but in the end everyone received a fair outcome; the first got their domain and those after got a refund and apology.

      Perhaps GoDaddy incorrectly forecasted the demand - but remember that these companies are run by PEOPLE and people can't be perfect! They do well in customer service, their support are all American workers located in America, you're not dealing with outsourced support. It's unfortunate but it's unfair to blame GoDaddy when they go the extra mile and the expense to try and secure the best support for their customers.

      Buy from a foreign registrar or someone who outsources support, but at the end of the day GoDaddy does have the best customer support and all their "controversies" have always been due to their diligent work to insure fairness (copyright) and enforce American laws.

      People hold companies like Apple and Google as proxy-gods... all the while Google is monitoring your every move and Apple is charging you a large premium on imported Chinese electronics.

      Try to think rationally folks.
    • Myonosken, on 07/18/2008, -2/+17Except GoDaddy are now flogging on some of the popular domains themselves- even the first person in some cases is now without a domain.
      • Backstab, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3The first people are the ones who registered the domain during the land rush, which if they were the only one requesting it, they got it. If not, they are going up for auction.
    • macdaddy357, on 07/18/2008, -12/+44The .me domains are totally unreliable, crashing most of the time. The .xp domains that will replace them will work great and everyone will want to keep them, but will be forced to "upgrade" to .vista domains that can slow down a T3 line to the speed of a 28.8 kbps modem.
  • humperdeath, on 07/17/2008, -22/+11*****.me
    • Magnut, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6What you don't realize is that the company that ICANN authorized to sell these piece of ***** tlds preregistered all domains like that that you can think of, and are going to be selling them for like 50 grand a pop

      Thanks ICANN!
    • airwalkery2k, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I'll be holding out to register a similar name until they come out with ".you"
  • dieselburner, on 07/17/2008, -4/+137So it seems like godaddy used their site to find out what the popular urls would by tricking you into registering them.

    THEN they moved them over to an auction site so they could reap the rewards.

    They basically registered all the .me domain names for themselves and are going to make tons of money selling them off.

    I guess they were tired of selling things for $10 and seeing others sell them for $50K. Oh yeah, and they were tired of being an ethical company. Has anyone started the lawsuits yet? I want my damn domain!
    • TheNeptune, on 07/18/2008, -27/+6This is a correct response! It's unfortunate that a lot of people couldn't get the domain they wanted, but GoDaddy was still honoring first come first serve... it's unfortunate if due to an error someone thought they bought a domain that had been previously registered but in the end everyone received a fair outcome; the first got their domain and those after got a refund and apology.

      Perhaps GoDaddy incorrectly forecasted the demand - but remember that these companies are run by PEOPLE and people can't be perfect! They do well in customer service, their support are all American workers located in America, you're not dealing with outsourced support. It's unfortunate but it's unfair to blame GoDaddy when they go the extra mile and the expense to try and secure the best support for their customers.

      Buy from a foreign registrar or someone who outsources support, but at the end of the day GoDaddy does have the best customer support and all their "controversies" have always been due to their diligent work to insure fairness (copyright) and enforce American laws.

      People hold companies like Apple and Google as proxy-gods... all the while Google is monitoring your every move and Apple is charging you a large premium on imported Chinese electronics.

      Try to think rationally folks.
      • Lythium, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Wow! You know how to cut-and-paste! Well done!
        Now we can have the satisfaction of burying you more than once.
    • TWiThead, on 07/18/2008, -1/+19Was GoDaddy ever an ethical company? Years ago, I tried to register a domain name with them, and I was greeted with page after page of attempts to sell me extra services that I didn't want. When I realized that they also tacked on a hidden fee (to deceptively lower their advertised price), I rushed back to my usual registrar (which charges roughly the same and doesn't engage in these sleazy tactics) and never returned.
      • Lst01, on 07/18/2008, -0/+17TheNeptune=Godaddy's PR Firm
      • NikkiA, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Nope, they've never been ethical.

        Back in about 2000, I received a letter from GoDaddy, telling me that my domain (with netsol) was about to expire (it wasn't), and if I didn't fill out the form and return it to them, then I would lose my domain.

        The form was, of course, a 'transfer to godaddy' authorization.
      • ho0ber, on 07/18/2008, -0/+15@NikkiA

        Or someone was phishing you.
      • Andrwmorph, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1GoDaddy is a giant scam
      • WhatInThe42o, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Who's the other registrar, though? I only use GoDaddy because they're the only one I know; I hate them with a white hot passion.
      • ggacid, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1WhatInThe42o, try www.networksolutions.com
      • TWiThead, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1I've used MyDomain.com for years without a single problem. They also provide free URL/e-mail forwarding to customers and non-customers alike.
    • Magnut, on 07/18/2008, -2/+0Its not godaddy that is doing it, they're a meager registar. Its the actual people behind .me who registered these domains.
    • SSUK, on 07/18/2008, -5/+2I have hosting through GoDaddy, but wouldn't for the life of me, ever buy a domain name through them...
      • ArchieAndrews, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Is that supposed to make you sound discriminating? It didn't work.
    • grinndaddy, on 07/18/2008, -2/+4Can that be substantiated or is this all the usual "stating a theory as a fact" ***** you find so often in digg comments?
      • arjie, on 07/18/2008, -1/+4For what it's worth, here's my story: GoDaddy once stole a domain name that I was foolish enough to keep searching for repeatedly on their website search-for-domains thing. I was really young, and damn excited to have a domain name so I kept searching for it and then it got parked. Bloody hell! It got parked courtesy of GoDaddy.com. It's since got another legit owner who also parks it, but still man, it sucked.

        So I got another one instead. But still, no fair.
    • toxicityj, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3you say that is if godaddy was ever an ethical company...
    • AlienMushroom, on 07/18/2008, -1/+3Since when was GoDaddy ethical?
      ***** Bob Parsons!
    • mjfarina, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Your comment is horribly inaccurate.
      • dieselburner, on 07/19/2008, -0/+0i have since found out it was inaccurate.....I don't know about horribly. godaddy was still used to find out what the popular domain names were. they still charged people for the domains, and multiple people for the same domains. and it's still a ***** way to do things. and if you're just an average person and not an in-the-know domain squatter it looks pretty damn fishy. for something like this i still believe in first come first served. oh well, i'm moving my domain names somewhere else because how they handled it, but at least i know what landrush is now.
    • Backstab, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Good job at knowing how the system works.
    • microchp, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2No matter either way. I have already blocked *@*.me on all the corporate email servers I manage. It is obvious that the spammers have grabbed most of them. The same patterns they grabbed for .info and .biz are already taken.
  • AssJuice, on 07/17/2008, -2/+117Just to have their VP outbid you...
  • dieselburner, on 07/17/2008, -7/+6Go see your domain that "someone else" already registered. https://auction.domain.me

    if you have any questions just call - 480-366-3505 or godaddy's tech support at 480-505-8877. either way you're taken to the same place.

    godaddy, make this right and give me the domain i registered.
    • amba, on 07/17/2008, -3/+3I registered a .me domain during landrush a couple of months ago. It will go to auction in the next couple of days, as will any landrush application that had more than one applicant.

      So you're right- "someone else" already registered, there's a chance that somebody was me, and I got in before you so I have more of a right to it. So there ;)
    • dieselburner, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2So you're saying they only had a couple months to prepare for this? Well then they're excused. *rolleyes*

      IF that was was case they should have FIRST OF ALL NOT LET YOU REGISTER IT!!!! or second mailed something out saying this was landrush time and not that sorry someone else registered it.
      • piwy, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1i'm pretty sure the rules of landrush where right there on the .me page.
        It said right there that if multiple people tried to register the same name it would go to auction.
      • dieselburner, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1What it comes down to is, like the article states, godaddy failed. They failed to warn people about the landrush period. Even just a link underneath when you try to register a .me domain saying "Understand landrush". I, like almost everyone else, just knew that .me was opening up. They failed to take names down after they went to auction. They failed to coach their customer service people on possible mad customers calling. Unless you count "play dumb and try to get them to reregister their other domains". I felt sorry for them yesterday.

        The only thing they didn't fail at was taking and holding your money (and the other 9+ people of each domain who tried to register) and collecting interest while we wait for our refund.

        Whatever, I'm moving my domain names to another registrar. This was just handled way to *****
    • slapded, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2these are LANDRUSH auctions jackass
  • lemcoe9, on 07/17/2008, -8/+2I used GoDaddy once and hated the service. My preference is gkg.net.

    As for the .me thing, it opens up more opportunities for things like is.gd (tinyurl.com clone) and the like. If the price wasn't so high I would be tempted to get one.
  • Djupblue, on 07/17/2008, -10/+1I just bought mailed.me, Im gonna be rich! Hahaha
    Who wants mail from djupblue@mailed.me?
    • OKeric, on 07/18/2008, -0/+10I'll give you $5.
    • darkane, on 07/18/2008, -1/+13I've got some bad news for you. mailed.me is a worthless domain name.
  • callingshots, on 07/18/2008, -2/+12there were so many problems with the .me registration, but if you did your research before the registration period you would know why.

    when a new tld launches, eeeeeeeeeeeveryone is going for all of the best domains. taking an hour to register them should come as no surprise. there were plenty of companies with resources better than a single computer on a cable connection to try and reg those good ones, plus individuals.

    it was really stupid of godaddy to allow people to register domains that where already registered in the "landrush" period. that made no sense. if you got your hopes up over one domain, well, you dont know how to play the game. i regged many at a time and was happy when only a few did not get errors.

    overall though, doubt .me was a .fail. yes, plenty of problems, but it seems like many thousands of the .me domains were registered today.
  • MAGZine, on 07/18/2008, -3/+3Only missing that .you tld now...
    • iFrikkenR, on 07/19/2008, -0/+1.me is an Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) that has been assigned to Montenegro.

      This follows Montenegro's June 3, 2006 declaration of independence from Serbia and Montenegro, which used the code YU.

      In addition to declaring .me independent of .yu, a new .rs domain is to be deployed for Serbian use.

      LULZ
  • TheWindBlows, on 07/18/2008, -4/+86windows.me
    • mattlohkamp, on 07/18/2008, -1/+54I'm sure no one wants that one.
    • zyklon, on 07/18/2008, -0/+34I only wish I could unremember that OS.
      • Elranzer, on 07/18/2008, -0/+11Once you learn it, you can't unlearn it.
      • UrlorJkron, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Sure you can. Just take a nine pound hammer and apply directly to the forehead.
      • Psytherium, on 07/18/2008, -1/+8HammerOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HammerOn. Apply directly to the forehead. HammerOn. Apply directly to the forehead.
    • alefox, on 07/18/2008, -0/+5microsoft owns it
    • techdever, on 07/18/2008, -2/+2more like windows.eww
    • BlackJackJester, on 07/18/2008, -2/+2Wouldn't that just be a permanent "CGI error" or "page cannot be displayed"?
  • Protoss, on 07/18/2008, -3/+13Anyone registered Mobile.me? Or does Apple already own it?
  • e2superman, on 07/18/2008, -1/+19I welco.me our overloads. I hate puns.
  • SHUUTOBI, on 07/18/2008, -0/+11Couldn't buy la.me

    $40 for 2 years though... Ug.
    • TheNeptune, on 07/18/2008, -1/+10Remember the premium price is actually in your best interest, a slightly higher but still reasonable price will help protect quality domains from domain farmers that will try to buy up ever 2 and 3 letter domain / dictionary word and then sell them off at thousands of dollars.
      • Karmavs, on 07/18/2008, -0/+5two letter .me domain names aren’t valid. So good luck with that.
    • blackdude, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4Bud, you can't buy 2 letter domains from godaddy anyway.
  • jamauss, on 07/18/2008, -5/+39Anybody got http://www.clownpenis.fart yet?

    /misses SNL when it was funny.
  • cuevas4711, on 07/18/2008, -11/+17digg.me here i come!
  • stupidStan, on 07/18/2008, -3/+46godaddy is the aol of hosting companies...
    • Karmavs, on 07/18/2008, -2/+8For domain names they aren’t so bad.
      But yeah… don’t host with them. Ever.
      • MScrip, on 07/18/2008, -0/+7Wait... aren't half these comments about how ***** they are as a registrar? That they are unethical and other *****?
  • nocturnalmonkey, on 07/18/2008, -0/+21It's a shame hammerti.me has been snatched : )
  • sockpuppets, on 07/18/2008, -0/+14getitoff.me!
  • sockpuppets, on 07/18/2008, -1/+39ALWAYSSOMETHINGTHERETOREMIND
    .ME is available!
  • toecutter169, on 07/18/2008, -2/+13So waiting a few hours for something to not happen constitutes a 'fail'?

    Someone needs to stop using 'fail', it's getting 'old' as an internet 'meme'.
    • abcda, on 07/18/2008, -0/+14you mean me.me?
    • JudgeMonkey, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6trying to do something and having it not succeed is actually the very dictionary definition of fail.
      • toecutter169, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1I meant that in the context of the internet, merely waiting a few hours isn't long enough to see if something is a success or not.
  • bonjourmr, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6damnit, threeso.me is taken
  • tastynuggets, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2screw.me
  • arjie, on 07/18/2008, -0/+20Okay, who got mini.me? That's really la.me
  • steveoco, on 07/18/2008, -4/+9me.me
  • Totz83, on 07/18/2008, -2/+3sesa.me
  • davman99, on 07/18/2008, -3/+73hammerti.me
  • RcHer, on 07/18/2008, -10/+2me.me
    • Karmavs, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2invalid domain. Too short


      And I’m taking oldme.me. $40 is more than a little steep though.
  • mattlohkamp, on 07/18/2008, -1/+10domain parking / squatting is pretty dumb. Should people be allowed to do that?
    • BinderGang, on 07/18/2008, -2/+3So people buying real estate and let the house sit there empty as they try to sell it for a profit are dumb to? Should people be allowed to do that?
      • psevium, on 07/18/2008, -0/+11If people are living on the street because they can't afford the markup? Sure
      • grinndaddy, on 07/18/2008, -1/+6The failure of our economy from it says no, they shouldn't.

        Besides, as psevium pointed out, that's apples and oranges. Domain squatting only lends to hindering progress and is in no way beneficial to society. Hindering progress = bad.
      • bubbadoo989, on 07/18/2008, -2/+3Based on your real estate analogy, most of the good homes would be owned by a couple of cybersquaters from China. Right, dumb-ass?

        To answer your question, no they should not.
      • atcrawford, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2If they make improvements to the real estate then they can sell it for more than they paid. Otherwise they would only get the value they paid plus inflation.
      • mattlohkamp, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1real estate is a decent analogy... hmmm... supply and demand, I guess... and you could always make the argument that the domain name isn't important, it's the way you market your brand. On the other hand, what about issues of ip-infringement? If you owned nike.com, you'd have a case if you were making a site about nike, or even something about the greek (or roman?) goddess, but if you're just sitting there with a page of ads, you're basically soaking up nike's traffic. I don't know. Bears more thought.
  • stupidStan, on 07/18/2008, -6/+32GoDaddy just got caught bidding against their own customers to drive up prices in their auctions...
    http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=08 ...
    I don't trust these guys as far as I can kick them.
    • grinndaddy, on 07/18/2008, -6/+2To be fair, the "to drive up prices on their auctions" is hearsay. But this is digg, so NM. Hearsay-away - no one's counting.
    • clharlem149, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2just got caught? this is old news. it was on digg. they covered it on diggnation. it came, we saw, we ranted. not news, anymore.
  • dragapply, on 07/18/2008, -0/+9.me is the new .cc !
  • raisedinhell, on 07/18/2008, -0/+6my god

    everything u can think of is taken...
    • renesisx, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Hehe, I have the domains:

      oh.gd & ohmy.gd

      I don't have my.gd though - someone else thought of that!
  • travis6690, on 07/18/2008, -0/+19*****.me
  • TexasMd91, on 07/18/2008, -0/+16OGC.ME is available.

    EDIT: so is FartOn.Me
  • ibeetle, on 07/18/2008, -14/+1Of course there is dont_throw_monkey_poo@me
    stop_looking_@me
    make_him_stop_looking@me
    mom_he_is_still_looking@me
  • schallis, on 07/18/2008, -5/+7#!/usr/bin/env python

    dict = open('/usr/share/dict/words', 'r')
    words = [line.lower().rstrip('n') for line in dict]
    print [word for word in words if word[-2:] == 'me']
    • kenb, on 07/18/2008, -2/+18Python? Overkill...

      cat /usr/share/dict/words | grep me$

      • inio, on 07/18/2008, -0/+4cat? Overkill...

        grep me$ /usr/share/dict/words
      • farTart, on 07/18/2008, -4/+3cat? overkill.

        grep "me$" /usr/share/dict/words

        And besides, you're matching all words containing "me", not ending in "me".

        Fail - yours matches menstruate.
      • simonbp, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Even better because it doesn't involve a needless cat:

        grep me$ /usr/share/dict/words
      • kr3mliyn, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1What the hell is this? Refactormycode?!
      • jstanden, on 07/18/2008, -0/+3grep me$ /usr/share/dict/words | sed -e 's/(.*)(..)$/1.2/' | awk -F. '{if (length($1)>=3) print $1"."$2}'

        chro.me
        chromoso.me
        consu.me
        costu.me
        ...
    • renesisx, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1Heh, I used this formula for a few domains.

      I put in for sli.me and perfu.me and a couple of other "hacked" domains like that.

      Auctions start next week for those...
  • derevirn, on 07/18/2008, -8/+2la.me
  • lopla, on 07/18/2008, -10/+12*****.me
  • Tripper44, on 07/18/2008, -10/+2If only they had done this 8 years ago i would of baught windows.me :P
  • neowolfwitch, on 07/18/2008, -2/+6I'm sure bite.me is already taken.
  • exhume, on 07/18/2008, -3/+19What about A-HA's new fan site, www.takeon.me?
    • WiretapStudios, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Ok, I laughed. Dugg.
    • picpak, on 07/18/2008, -1/+1Or AC/DC's two new fansites, haveadrinkon.me and youshook.me/allnightlong?
  • eltardo, on 07/18/2008, -5/+17meet.me
    date.me
    sex.me
    marry.me
    fightwith.me
    divorce.me

    yeah, this could work.
    • Awspire, on 07/18/2008, -1/+2fightwith.me
      >lawyerup.me
      divorce.me
      creditfor.me
      trailerpark.me
  • gkiltz, on 07/18/2008, -9/+3Why do we need this?
    I already keep the .tv domain blocked at my firewall! I have yet to see a .tv domain name that contains anything that is both useful and unavailable at any other site! I could count on my fingers the number of .tv domains that I actually have found information formatted in a more useful, or better-organized way than the same info on another domain!
    There needs to be a market. There is none. at most it will add confusion for those vain enough to use .name!
    Just be creative with .com, .net and don't fear such domains as .us .ca, .uk, .au etc.
    • Dylan16807, on 07/18/2008, -0/+1twit.tv? Completely unrivaled in the digg podcast area except by diggnation itself?
  • umbrellainabin, on 07/18/2008, -15/+6seriously who buys any other domain extension than .com or .org
    • mdurwin, on 07/18/2008, -2/+2Del.icio.us ring a bell? Besides, in the web2.0 world .me is perfect. You'll see a ton of new social startups or add-ons to old ones using .me. I got mine a month ago.
  • lnxfi, on 07/18/2008, -13/+0I don't get it... What's the big deal?

    I pay like $30 a year for my domain name and I went through a local company.

    I am confused
  • fribhey, on 07/18/2008, -9/+3mini.me
    sexyti.me
    la.me
  • Zordar, on 07/18/2008, -1/+12GoDaddy is a waste of space. A friend lost her domain because GoDaddy sells lists of "about to expire" domains to spammers and porn sites. She went to renew her subscription two days before the deadline and was told someone else already paid for it in advance. She fought it, but two days later her domain name resolved to a porn page. She had to wait until it expired the following year, as GoDaddy ignored all of her attempts to get it back. She promptly moved to another registrar and never had issues since.
    • ahawks, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Fantastic, i have my domain hosted there and now you have me worried.
    • cawpin, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2Zordar - *****, there is a grace period even after your domain expires where ONLY you can get it back.
      • linuxpenguin, on 07/18/2008, -0/+2I see some room for confusion. Your statement uses "is" which assumes the present, but his uses "was" which implies that this happened some time in the past (I can assume at least a year ago).

        I've heard of GoDaddy doing this sort of thing. Maybe now they've realized how gay it is, but that doesn't mean they never did it.
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