Dot "me" domain extension opened up for registration today on GoDaddy.com

gromicko · July 18, 2008, 5:28am

jmckenna1 · July 18, 2008, 6:15am

Problems… see article below

Registrar GoDaddy began offering the .me domains from registration, but the process overwhelmed the company with issues. Failed registrations and multiple registrations of the same .me domain name cast a pall over GoDaddy’s .me debut. The new domain, being sold for $19.99 per year with a required two-year purchase (privacy option extra), should end up a profitable venture for the company.

However it will be a bit of a joyless slog getting there. Mashable cited the problems with .me registrations, and one account arriving by Twitter looks like it won’t be fun to resolve.

Several posts on Twitter report multiple registrations for the domain aweso.me. At least eight people may possess receipts for the desired domain.

“It appears GoDaddy is buckling under the pressure and is about to have an ugly mess on its hands,” Adam Ostrow wrote of the .me problems. Meanwhile, the GoDaddy complaints from frustrated would-be registrants continue to hit Twitter.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/07/17/domain-me-dotted-with-problems