Godaddy and the .ME Domain Clusterfuck

This morning the new .ME top level domain (TLD) became available via Godaddy for registration. Apparently Godaddy was ill prepared for the rush of domain name speculators. I tried to register fla.me at about 10:15 this morning, the first try timed out but I was able to register it successfully about 40 minutes later. I was a little surprised the name was available but figured I just got lucky.

Then the bad news started showing up in forums, Twitter, and various blogs. Multiple people were allowed to register the same domain names, over on Mashable Adam Ostrow reports that the aweso.me domains is proving to be especially popular.

Considering that .COM domains can sell anywhere from hundreds to literally millions of dollars there are bound to be lawsuits flying when the dust settles and a single owner per domain is crowned, there’s no cutting these babies in half.

Personally I’m not big on domaining, I have a small collection of domains and have a hard time parting with any of them so I wasn’t going to do much speculation with the .me TLD. But it will be interesting to watch the feathers fly from the sidelines

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