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"ME" words are used as topic headlines in Metro paper in London, United Kingdom:

Posted on November 26th, 2008 • Tags: music • Category: .ME, Examples, UK • Comments (2)

Another two examples of how "me" slogans are used in the advertisement. One from London Stansted airport, "set your watch to 'me' time":

And another from SIXT company, "follow me to competitive rates":

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Posted on November 12th, 2008 • Tags: transport • Category: .ME, Examples, Marketing, UK • Comments (1)

As noted on Wikipedia:

In November 2008 Libyan Spider, an official .ly registrar, has halved the registration fee down to $75 a year in hopes to boost its sale considering the great success of .me roll-out in Montenegro in the summer of 2008.

For those who are interested:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Libyan Spider <sales@libyanspider.com>
Date: 2008/11/5
Subject: 50% off for new .ly domains

Dear valued partner/customer

Harvest time for .LY will start now! 50% price slash for .LY new registration! Starting NOW, LY new registration will cost you ONLY $75.00. Further more, this special offer is eligible for either the first year new registration or multiple years (up to 10 years).

For local clients the discount reaches up to 60% and for international clients the discount is 50%.

The new price list is as follows:

.LY --> $75

.com.LY --> $25
.net.LY --> $25
.org.LY --> $25

Grab your new .LY domain today for more margins and boost your business with Libyan Spider Network!

Hurry up and register your new .LY domain NOW! By visiting this link…
https://libyanspider.com/lydomains.php

Sincerely yours,

Jumana Benlateef
LY Department Manager
Libyan Spider Network

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Posted on November 8th, 2008 • Tags: Libya, Libyan, Libyan Spider • Category: .COM, .LY, .ME, .MOBI • Comments (2)

One can tell that Georg Kohler of Brazil based Minas Invest Private Holding had a bad year. In 2008 he purchased during the land rush auctions several pricey domains, including toyota.me (acquired for the record price of $90,124.98 after 110 bids), skoda.me (acquired for $20,109.98 after 76 bids), porsche.me (acquired for $7,604.98 after 23 bids), mitsubishi.me (acquired for $6,624.98 after 115 bids), bentley.me (acquired for $174.98), and few others.

Mr. Porsche vs Mr. Kohler - because the size matters

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche, the owner of world famous car brand "Porsche", filed a case with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre on August 14, 2008.

On October 24, 2008, the sole panelist Alistair Payne took the decision: the domain name to be transferred to the complainant.

This has followed other two cases both ending with "transfer" decisions.

The first case was creditmutuel.me (registered by Epsilon Production Worldwide on the second day of Go Live phase, i.e., July 18, 2008 at nominal cost of $39.98) decided on October 1, 2008. The respondent did not reply to the complainant’s contentions and just let the domain vanish.

The other was exxonmobil.me (registered by Robert Christian from Florida during the land rush period for the nominal price of $99.98). Mr Christian confessed to "bad faith" intentions and the case was concluded on October 2, 2008.

Porsche.me is now with Mr. Porsche. The company has no plans to develop it for the moment, so the site is down. The fate of exxonmobil.me is similar. Only creditmutuel.me was "lucky" to be parked on a side server.

As to toyota.me, it is still with Georg Kohler, although he is now probably less entusiastic about it. He wished he bought legal.me but ended up with illegal.me as the matter of fact.

Posted on October 24th, 2008 • Tags: credit mutuel, exxonmobil, porsche, Toyota, trademark, WIPO • Category: .ME, Discussions, Legal • Comments (19)

Yet another product, this time a book: Alex & Me: How a Scientist and a Parrot Uncovered a Hidden World of Animal Intelligence—And Formed a Deep Bond in the Process by Irene M. Pepperberg.

[Source: The Economist]

Posted on October 23rd, 2008 • Tags: books • Category: .ME, Examples • Comments (2)

For those that still doubt in marketability of .ME domains, let's not go too far. Let's enter an average British shop New Look and pick up a black box. For only £6 you will get:

• pamper.me
• cleanse.me
• soothe.me
• revive.me

The biggest UK drug-store Boots sells Model.Me, another huge line of beauty products.

No wonder, there is practically no .ME domains left at the registry.

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Posted on October 21st, 2008 • Tags: Marketing, products, retail, trademark, UK • Category: .ME, Examples, Legal • Comments (1)

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is really considering to keep everyone busy in 2009 and flood the market with new Top-Level Domains (TLDs). A video from Rocket Boom is a good summary on the subject:

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Myself I think will go for .art - in the end of the day, it will certain.ly be much more popular jingle than .tel, tell me the opposite?

Posted on October 1st, 2008 • Tags: jingling, TLDs • Category: .newTLDs, Discussions, Legal • Comments (8)

Date.me for $70k and Love.me for $32k all went on the Moniker auction to Moniker itself in a blink of an eye and yet these domains are waiting for the proper buyer that will apparent.ly make a hit out of them and a billion dollar business too.

A good question is why did a winner of luv.me land rush auction did not pay for the domain and left it to the second highest bidder?

[Sources: Moniker, iluvdotme, thedomains]

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Posted on September 25th, 2008 • Tags: date, love, LUV • Category: .ME, Examples • Comments (3)

Special thanks for this video go to Dominik Mueller @ dmueller.com

Source: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/4da0611224/domain-name-dollar-store-from-quiet-library

Posted on September 4th, 2008 • Tags: video • Category: .COM • Comments Off on All those .com domains you can still buy