GoDaddy Offers .Me Domain Names. It’s a Big .Fail So Far.
Posted by Syberplanet on July 17th, 2008 - 26 views
A few hours ago at 11am ET one of the better domain extensions to debut in recent memory – .me – went on sale at GoDaddy for $19.99/yr. Since then, chaos has ensued, as apparently 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 Twitter, at least 7 or 8 people are claiming to have receipts for the domain name aweso.me.
It’s not surprising to see a huge rush to register highly desirable .me domain names, but it appears GoDaddy is buckling under the pressure and is about to have an ugly mess on its hands. We’ve contacted the company to see how they intend to deal with the issue and will update accordingly when we hear back.
Meanwhile, you can follow the drama on Summize Twitter Search.
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