You may have caught wind of some of the .me buzz last week, as GoDaddy started taking registrations for them for $20 a year (and you have to sign up for two years, so that should really be $40). According to Mashable.com several people were claiming to have registered the same domain name, which is going to be a disappointment for some. If eight people say they registered it, that will leave seven people really unhappy about the whole ordeal.
GoDaddy has also released this response to the claims that there was some wacky stuff going on during the first day of .me domain name registrations:
We knew the .ME Open Registration response would be tremendous, but it went beyond even what we had expected. As a result, we experienced some system issues in our communication with the registry.
As soon as we became aware of the issue we began taking steps to correct it. It is now resolved. For our customers, if we did not successfully register the domain name requested they will receive a full refund.
Now that the first week’s hype is over, it might be a little easier to search around and see what .me domain names you can register from GoDaddy. Only problem your left with is, are all the good names taken already?
