.me
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| Type: | Privately held |
| Industry: | Domain Industry |
| Founded: | 2010 |
| Founder(s): | Ryan Freitas Tony Conrad |
| Headquarters: | Džordža Vašingtona bb. (Zgrada tehničkih fakulteta), Podgorica, 81000 |
| Country: | Montenegro |
| Website: | www.domain.me |
| Blog: | .Me |
| Facebook: | .Me |
| Twitter: |  @dotme
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| Key People | |
| Predrag Lesic, CEO | |
.me is a country code top level domain name (ccTLD) delegated to the Government of Montenegro under ISO-3166 standard. Montenegro is a European country with an estimated population of 700,000. On September 11, 2007, ICANN Board approved the delegation of the .me ccTLD to Montenegro and the operations at the time was handled by the Center of Information Systems (CIS) of the University of Montenegro. [1] [2]
On November 2007, the government of Montenegro issued a Request for Proposal in search for a registry operator capable of transforming the ,me ccTLD as a world-class domain space. doMEn, d.o.o. doing business as .Me Registry with its partners Afilias Limited, GoDaddy.com, Inc., and ME-net won the contract. Predrag Lesic serves as CEO of the company.[3] The new .me domain name space was relaunched and the Sunrise registration was held on July 17, 2008.[4]
Policies edit
.Me Registry allows entities can only register domain names using the Latin alphabet letters from a-z including hyphens and digits, however domain names should not start or end with hyphens. Registrants are required to provide accurate and complete contact information including the administrative, technical and billing information. They can register a domain name for one year (minimum) up to 10 years and maybe renewed automatically when the expiration date is reached. A registrant can also transfer their domain names from one registrar to another.[5]
Entities anywhere around the world are allowed to register second level domain name ( example: domainname.me) without restrictions while third-level domain names (example:domainname.net.me) are restricted to entities located in Montenegro and Me-net is the only registrar allowed to register the domain names. Third-level .me domain names include:[6]
- net.me
- org.me
- co.me.
- its.me
- priv.me
The University of Montenegro Center of Information Systems (CIS) handles the registration for edu.me, ac.me and gov.me sub-domains.Registrars do not allow domain name abuse and immediately investigates complaints and to take appropriate actions. .Me Registry uses a Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) for domain name disputes and will be filed with the the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).[7]