The Hammer Is About To Drop On .ME

September 24, 2008; 04:23 AM

24 Sept 2008. London, UK. For the first time in the history of domain registration there will be a live in-person public auction for the registration of a domain name extension. Tomorrow the general public will get the opportunity to bid on a very lucrative list of .ME domain names in at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference in New York City Thursday.

"This is the public's first shot at bidding on dot-ME's extraordinary list of names," said Predrag Lesic, the registry's executive director. "We are bracing for a lively bidding process, given dot-ME has proven to be the Internet's fastest debut seller ever, in terms of top-level domains available for registration."

Within the first minute of opening for live, real-time registrations in July, over 5,000 names were registered worldwide as both individuals and businesses alike rushed to secure their preferred .ME extension. Record-setting volumes were captured in a little more than two weeks with more than 100,000 domain names have been registered.

Mark Boost, Managing Director of leading UK domain Registration Company, www.LCN.com, notes: “We have seen the .ME domain launch to be one of the most successful in history of the domain registration industry”. ““Both businesses and individuals rushed to register their chosen .ME extension when open registration went live on July 17th and, I would envisage huge prices being paid for the premium .ME domains.”

During the recent Landrush auction of non-premium domain names, the domain Insure.Me sold for $68,000. And, with premium domain names such as Love.Me, Buy.Me, Date.Me, Ask.Me, and Marry.Me all up for grabs bidders can expect similar and higher figures being paid for such sought-after domain names.

If you don’t have the deep pockets to bid for the premium .ME domain names you can still register one for only £15 per year from LCN. Visit http://www.lcn.com/me_domain_registration for more information about the .ME and to register yours today!

For further information about .ME or www.lcn.com, interviews with Mark Boost and images, please contact:
Barry Fenning
Marketing Manager
LCN.COM Ltd.
Units H, J, K
Gateway 1000
Whittle Way
Stevenage
Hertfordshire SG1 2FP

Telephone: 004401438342452

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