Tag Archives: .me

Wed 17th February 2016
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.Me Passes 1 Million Domain Name Registrations +28% in 2015 - The .Me registry announced today that for the 1st time, the number of .Me domain registrations passed 1 Million domains. .Me is the country code or ccTLD for Montenegro. According to the Ministry for the Information Society and Telecommunications, the total number of registered domains amounted to 1,014,867, representing a whopping 28.36% annual growth in 2015. For the country Montenegro it’s a special that they passed 1 million domain registrations, of in the year in which the country is celebrating ... read more ...
Wed 6th January 2016
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Sedo Transactions for Two Weeks Total Just $2 Million; 56% are BIN - Sedo reported 648 transactions for the past two weeks totaling $2 Million Dollars 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Going forward  Sedo is following Namejet.com and only reporting sales of 2K or more in any currency. The highest sale of the two weeks goes to Need.me which sold for $25,000 Highlights of public sales were: · Top .com: niuguanjia.com at 10,000 USD · Top ccTLD: need.me at 25,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: fdp.org at 9,888 USD Domain name Price Currency .COMs niuguanjia.com ... read more ...
Sun 6th September 2015
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Unlock.me with a $20,000 Bid On Go Daddy Auctions - The public auction closes today for Unlock.me, the name received a $20,000 bid and is closing on Sunday. The domain was registered back in 2008 and is owned by the owner of DNPric.ES and BrandsAndJingles.com. The domain does have a website up which lets visitors know the domain is available for sale or lease, there is a link to the auction. This would not be the first time for Brands and Jingles to land a 5 figure .me sale, they sold Fine.me for $10,000 back in April. A succesful close at $20,000 ... read more ...
Wed 2nd September 2015
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Paypal Launches New Branded Site on Paypal.Me: Get Your Vanity Address Now - According to Gizmodo.co.uk, Paypal wants “Paypal.Me to Become a Catchphrase” Paypal has launched a site on Paypal.me to allows users to set up a vanity address on Paypal.me so instead of giving someone an email address to send you money you can tell them to send money to paypal.me/blogs (which is what I just set up before publishing this post). If you already have a Paypal account it’s all ready to go today. Clicking on the Paypal.me takes you to a signup page where you choose your username ... read more ...
Tue 24th February 2015
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The .Me Registry Declares Mar 16th As .Me Day At South by Southwest Festival - The .Me registry has decided that March 16th will be the first-ever “ME Day” in the U.S., as a day to celebrate and share what makes each of us unique and to indulge, nourish and develop our personal passions and skills. The Domain.ME community will celebrate the first-ever ME Day at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas on March 16th with a ME Day Party. ME Day ambassadors will be live tweeting the event. Anyone celebrating his or her own ME Day is invited to the conversation ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2014
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Why The Right Domain Name May Help In Landing You A Job - AfterCollege.com did an interview with Predrag Lesic the CEO of .ME. The interview talks about his own career path and why he believes in today’s current job market there is a need for a student to create a personal brand. From the article: Why do you feel a student’s personal brand is such an important part of the job search? The labor market is highly competitive, with rising numbers of graduates with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees and fewer job openings. Generally, when we are seeking ... read more ...
Sat 6th September 2014
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Namecheap Gets NC.Me & Giving Away Free .Me Domains & Email To College Students - Namecheap.com a top 10 domain name registrar, has just launched the “Namecheap for Education Program” through which it is giving away a free .Me domain name registration, 1 year of free email a premium About.me page,  a 1 click Github page as well as scholarships to college students Bike for them to use on Campus and for the Schools with the most signups will  “takeover” the Namecheap home page for a week where additional money will be raised for the school. Namecheap is also now the proud ... read more ...
Tue 5th August 2014
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Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To VisaCheckout.com - Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “a great deal” in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back in November that we told you, Visa was rolling out V.Me  a new service  that lets you shop without sharing your card account information with the seller when you pay.”” “V.ME allows you to “make payments without sharing your card account information ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2014
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MapsWithME.com With over 4 Million Users Re-Brands as Maps.Me - The .Me registry announced today in a blog post, that MapsWithME.com has rebranded as MAPS.ME The company is the creator of an App which boasts over 4 million users. The App is available for iOS, Android and BlackBerry. This startup uses OpenStreetMap data to provide access to highly detailed offline maps of, virtually, every country in the world. In addition to having the entire world at your fingertips the app offers plenty of other features that make your travel light (and carefree), like the ... read more ...
Wed 25th June 2014
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Forget.me Is Launched To Help European Citizens Enforce Their Right To Be Forgotten -   SearchEngineLand.com just covered the launch of another great .Me domain name, Forget.me which is an online service which acts  “as a middleman between an individual and Google…catering to individuals who want to exercise their right to be forgotten” A recent European Court ruling search engine must provide to its citizens the :right to be forgotten” and allow them to  demand that certain links be removed from search engine results. Forget.me says: “Exercise your Google “right to ... read more ...
Wed 18th June 2014
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Breaking: Facebook Acquires & Launches Sling.Me To Use As SnapChat Competitor -   Just two months ago the domain name Sling.me was acquired in a Sedo auction for $9,600 Today its become clear that Sling.me is going to become VERY big. The buyer was Facebook and Sling.me is going to be used for Facebooks new SlingShot  product which is Facebook’s answer to SnapChat. Engadget.com has already covered SlingShot, and TheVerge.com, who says that Slingshot is is much more than a “SnapChat Clone” You can check out the new Facebook service at Sling.me Facebook does not own the ... read more ...
Thu 5th June 2014
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ReturnMoi.com, a Largest Lost & Found Co In The World Switches To Return.Me - According to a press release out this morning by the .Me registry, the largest Lost Found Company in the World has switched their domain name from ReturnMoi.com to Return.Me “ReturnMoi was our original company name.” “Due to our international success and growth we decided this year to change our name to ReturnMe. “After looking at many domain name options and setting up a focus group we decided to get the .ME domain as it was a perfect fit with our new name”, says Suhail Niazi, the CEO ... read more ...
Tue 8th April 2014
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ID.me Raises Another $10 Million In Funding - According to a press release just out, “ID.me, Inc., a 2013 WSJ “Startup of the Year” finalist and leader in the digital identity space, completed a Series A fundraising round of $10 million led by USAA, Silicon Valley Bank, and notable angel investors including David Tisch’s Box Group, Kelly Perdew, K Street Capital, and Blu Venture Investors. The D.C.-based technology startup will use the capital – consisting of $7.5 million in equity and $2.5 million in venture debt – for marketing ... read more ...
Thu 13th March 2014
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Mercedes Benz Launches MB4.Me To Sell Cars & Mercedes.me As Its New Umbrella Brand - Under this new umbrella brand, the Stuttgart-based premium automotive manufacturer is bundling all existing and future service offers, making them easily accessible at any time on a digital platform that is scheduled to go online in Summer 2014. “Mercedes me” is broken down into five areas – “move me”, “connect me”, “assist me”, “finance me” and “inspire me” – and takes into account all product-relevant areas such as the purchasing, financing and servicing of vehicles, ... read more ...
Tue 25th February 2014
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Ga.Me Launches “Revolutionizing The Way People Play & Develop Games” - According to a press release out this morning by the .ME Registry the site  Ga.ME, a product that is revolutionizing the way people play and develop games launched today. Developed by Turbulenz Limited in Guildford, UK, Ga.ME is the first unified online game platform and social network capable of delivering console quality games across desktop, mobile and tablet devices. In addition to a catchy name and a new brand in the browser-based game market, Ga.ME brings a variety of new features for both ... read more ...
Mon 16th September 2013
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Another .Me Covered By TechCrunch: PushPage.me Raises $1.7M In Seed Funding & Launches W/ 5K Users - TechCrunch.com just covered another company built around a .Me domain name. According to the story  PushPage.me  is “launching its personal homepage and QA platform today, backed by $1.7 million in seed funding. ” “The product, live now on both web and mobile, offers users an online presence where they can publicize their likes and interests through a series of interview-like questions. “The company was founded in mid-2011 by Harvard grad (and former Facebook intern) Meir Lakhovsky and ... read more ...
Thu 2nd May 2013
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Secure.me Bought On Afternic For $7K Is Bought By Avast Software - According to a blog post, Secure.me a company that just started up in late November 2011 has been acquired by Avast. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to the company, Secure.me is the number 1 security app on Facebook with more than 90 Million Facebook profiles scanned to protect the privacy, security and reputation of users of the biggest social network worldwide Secure.me was purchase for just $7,000 on Afternic in August 2011. The company was covered by TechCrunch.com in December ... read more ...
 
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.Me Registry Releasing: Around.ME, Hire.ME, Fund.ME, Find.ME, For.ME - The .ME Registry, operator of the .ME Internet extension, is releasing five exclusive, previously unreleased premium domain names: Around.ME, Hire.ME, Fund.ME, Find.ME and For.ME. The .ME Premium Domain Program is open for applications starting May 10, 2013 and is set to close June 15, 2013. These memorable .ME domain names are ideal for any company that wishes to brand themselves as unique and personal or launch a new product using an exclusive name. All businesses, large or small, existing or start-up, ... read more ...
Mon 22nd April 2013
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CEO of a .Me Registry, Predrag Lešić, Interviewed In Branding Magazine - Brandingmagazine.com, published an interview with the CEO of the .Me Registry Predrag Lešić , which is worth a read. Frequent readers to TheDomains.com know we think that domains are all about branding and that Verb.me domains make a great brand. Here are the two questions and answers we found most interesting from the interview: Branding Magazine: In the broad spectrum of branding (including marketing and advertising), where do you place domain names in the architecture of brand image? At which ... read more ...
Sat 20th April 2013
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Fits.me Raises Another €2.5 Million & A Total of €5.5 Million - According to Arcticstartup.com, Fits.me which had previously raised €3 million announced a Series A round from an existing investor SmartCap and also new investors onboard: Conor Venture Partners, Fostergate Holdings Limited and The Entrepreneurs Fund bringing the total amount raised at  €5.5 million and Fits.me  offers a Virtual Fitting Room were you send “your fashion products to Fits.me, where they will put them on a robot and will take anywhere between 1000 and 2500 photos of all shapes ... read more ...
Mon 18th March 2013
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Will SXSW 2014 be famous as a year of a domain? - SXSW 2013 attracted a handful of domain companies, and I expect more next year. .Co founder Juan Diego Calle on stage with Steve Case.SXSW 2013 is over, and what an event it was. The Interactive portion drew over 30,000 official attendees. Add in the “shadow” (i.e. unpaid) attendance, and it probably topped 40,000 people. SXSW Interactive attracts developers, tech startups, app companies, graphic designers, and other people who like to wear thick rimmed glasses. It’s ... read more ...
Mon 18th February 2013
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.Me Registry Publishes Infographic Highlighting The Success of .Me - The .Me Registry published an infographic highlighting the success of the registry today. According to the .Me registry: 53% of .Me domains are registered in the US; 46% of .Me domains are registered by businesses; That .Me is the most popular domain choice for startups after .com; There are still 35% of three-character .me domain names available! You can find all the details in the detailed infographic we’ve created for you reading and viewing pleasure:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 30th January 2013
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Just In Time For Valentine’s Day .The Giftof.Me: Gift Cards For .Me Domains - The .ME Registry, operator of the .ME domain extension, has launched TheGiftOf.ME, to offer “the perfect present for Valentine’s Day – personalized gift cards for the purchase of .ME domain names”. This is another great example of new and creative ways that registries will sell domain names and increase the usage of the extension. In addition to the Giftcard site, the registry will host a three-day, “cheesy” Valentine Twitter contest. Ten participants will win a free .ME domain and the ... read more ...
Mon 17th December 2012
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VentureBeat Covers See.Me A Online Community Of Over 580,000 Artists - VentureBeat.com just covered another site built around a great .me domain name this time, See.me “See.me is online community of 580,247 artists. ” “After a strong showing at the prestigious Art Basel show in Miami Beach, See.me unveiled $1.5 million in backing to expand its platform to all types of creatives.” See.me was founded under the name ArtistsWanted in 2008 by a group of Brooklyn artists. The team is now 14 strong and based in Queens. With this seed funding from Founder Collective, ... read more ...
Wed 28th November 2012
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Everything.Me Gets Another $25 Million In Funding - TechCrunch.com is reporting on another startup .Me site, Everything.Me just got $25 Million in additional funding: “”Everything.me, a slick mobile app that lets users search for specific content across both native and mobile apps. (A full review of it is here.) Today, the company is announcing that it has picked up an investment of $25 million led Telefonica Digital, with participation from Mozilla, Singtel and existing investors, which include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, BRM Group, Horizon Ventures. ... read more ...