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About a week ago, there was an announcement that there would be an auction in NYC, called the T.R.A.F.F.I.C auction,  auctioning off the rights to a few “.me” domains.  Right now, most domains end in .com, .org., or .edu.

I didn’t think that having .me at the end of a URL would fetch so much money at an auction.  However, there have been a lot of clever URL names incorporating .me. Take a look below to see which domains sold for the highest at the auction.
 
The highest-priced domain sold was “Date.Me” which sold for $70,000.  As you can imagine, this site will probably be another online dating service.  The next was “Love.Me” which sold for $32,500.  Again, this is probably another online dating service.  Next, we have “Kiss.Me” which sold for $20,000.  That’s right—another dating service.

“Buy.Me” came in at $17,500; expect an online store selling a variety of things.  The next few include “Loan.Me” for $15,000, “Marry.Me” for $12,000, “Show.Me” for $10,000, and “Watch.Me” and “Play.Me” sold for the same price - $7,500.  Last but not least, “Rent.Me” sold for $6,000.  All of these domains totaled about $218,000; people must really like their .Me.

Predrag Lesic, the registry’s executive director, was especially proud with the way the auction went:

“We are thrilled with the success of dot-ME. The buzz was tremendous during the auction. Clearly the TLD [Top Level Domain] is connecting with people in a big way.”

If you want to buy a “.Me” domain, then head here to purchase one.  If you do, let us know what domain you purchased. 

Read [Domain.Me] Via [Business Wire]