Comments on: .me Domain Registration turns into fiasco for.me

By: The GoDaddy Presidents Office just called .me | Social Media Blend(er)

The GoDaddy Presidents Office just called .me | Social Media Blend(er) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:46:16 +0000

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By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:51:45 +0000

@M, Domains reserved during the land rush are put up to auction if there were more than 1 reservation.

By: M

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:51:34 +0000

Dude, the domain AWESO.ME is now available on https://auctions.domain.me - for $75. Godaddy runs the auctions.domain.me site so it seems like a scam of some kind.

By: lami

lami — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:30:30 +0000

Hi. I had the same problem. I’ve “registered” 5 nice domain names and after money transfer I got an e-mail that all these domains are already registered.
I have a bad feeling about this whole stuff. When I checked domain availability in the begining of the registration GoDaddy said it was available. After I had got these damn e-mails I spotted on auctions.domain.me, that some of these names are possible to buy on the auction.
I find it very disturbing and I have a few questions to ask.
1) In the “open” stage auction rules don’t apply, do they? (the first the better, right?)

2) Is it possible that GoDaddy could show that domain is available even it was bought in earlier stage and now it is available only by auctioning?

3) Maybe godaddy made this auction after many requests on the same domain?

Please answer…

By: Did you register and actually get your .me domain?

Did you register and actually get your .me domain? — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:57:53 +0000

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By: dizastor

dizastor — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:37:17 +0000

Several of us registered aweso.me during the “dot me” landrush period between may and june… I was notified yesterday that the official auction is August 5th.

We basically all paid 100 for a spot in an auction to buy aweso.me…

By: Mike D.

Mike D. — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:28:02 +0000

I actually reserved aweso.me in the “Landrush” period (I think that’s what it’s called) a month ago, so I can tell you that anyone who has been told they own this domain does not have it. The domain has been placed into an auction whereby the only people who can bid on it already put up their $99 a month ago.

I’m probably even more mad than you because I reserved 17 .me domains a month ago and my card was charged $1700 for that. I don’t mind the charge, but I was under the impression I would be told whether I got the domains within days and not weeks. It’s now been a full billing cycle on my credit card so I’ve physically paid the $1700 to GoDaddy at this point. And how many domains do I actually own? None. Good times.

By: rc6750

rc6750 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:16:47 +0000

fla.me those mfs

By: John

John — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:15:48 +0000

Same situation for me aswell….