BUY ME DOMAINS

What the Premier Web Hosting Services offer?

2009-09-02T16:25:00.003+08:00

I just wrote a new blog post about web hosting on another blog I have about web hosting services. I was glad to write about how the web hosting services I've named were top of the line because I was affiliated with over half of them and I had received awesome feedback from people who have signed up through me. I was also specific about the importance of the website owner picking the right type of web hosting services for their unique needs. All of these are actually pretty basic and almost common sense.

What about the bonus features? In these days of highly competitive web hosting service market, most web hosting companies offer a different kind of something that appeal to most website owners and in turn make them more popular than the rest depending on the bonus features they offer. Quite a few offer free domain/s forever as long as you are signed up while some offer a substantial amount of marketing credit to get your website up and running and even some offer a dedicated server for a specific plan. Others will offer excellent top tier tech support and for those who plan to build a possible e-commerce website for domains like buy.me, advertise.me or loan.me, at least one web hosting service offer free SSL certificate along with the hosting service. If you are one of those domainers caught up with the dot me fever last august and bought a handful of these babies at the start of the open season, you might want to check out some of these web hosts who offer unlimited number of domain hosting.

All of these features including other reviews that tackle the best blog hosting service, forums or vps hosting, all of these the smart webmaster will be able to pick up at webhostinggeeks.com - by far the most comprehensive web hosting review page online. The minor towers next to the citizen.

.Me Domains are now only $14.99 at Godaddy!

2008-11-25T21:36:00.003+08:00

In just only four months, .me domains have become 25% cheaper at most domain registrars. The most popular domain registrar godaddy.com now sells them at a more reasonable $14.99.

History recalls that pre-registration of .me domains a few months back cost $99. Then came the open registration which allowed people to register multiple .me domains for only $38.99 for a mandatory 2-year registration. Now that the rush is over, people can now register .me domains for cheap, comparable to the usual going around price.

I checked out several other good sources for .me domains and below are their current rates:

1. Godaddy.com - $14.99/year

2. Moniker.com - $19.86/year

3. Dotster.com - $19.99/year

4. EuroDNS.com - $31.12/year

I got my own VIP .tel domains today!

2008-11-04T03:20:00.004+08:00

Telnic Communications Director Justin Hayward liked my buyteldomains.com blog (so much?), he gave me a trial .tel domain today! We emailed back and forth several times and found him to be a cool guy to connect with. I would have gone back and forth with him some more but I knew he has a busy guy so I had to lay off him... (for now...) LOL.

Anyways, check out my very vip.tel domain below and click on the image to see my actual jamarie.vip.tel page.
Whether you loved the .me domains or not, I assure you you'll like .tel domains. In fact, I would hate to say this but I now believe that the .tel will be more valuable/important domain to have than the .me domain. Why? Few reasons...

1. The .tel domain can facilitate your or your company's visibility online. A .tel domain user can store all his/her contact information on the page. The system in turn embeds these information to the DNS. Once indexed by the search engines, the user's information along with his "keywords" can be easily found online. No other domain extension gives users this opportunity. The user has the full control over which information he wishes to publicly publish of course!

2. Since keywords can be embedded in the DNS, search engine users will be able to find pertinent services and products the user offers and direct them to the .tel page. Talk about business edge! Virtually all internet users use search engines to find services, products and contact information online. With the top search engine ranking, a .tel domain page can virtually siphon all business for you through search engine results.

3. A published contact information on a .tel domain page will launch the corresponding application making it easy for anybody to contact the user in any application they wish to contact the user be it email, phone, I.M. or Skype.

4. Device integrations are coming. Blackberries, Iphones and Windows Mobile OS devices will soon be integrated with .tel capabilities making it easier for the mobile device owner to look-up information and easier for the .tel user to be found online.

A .tel domain may not be something a user can be aesthetically creative with but when it comes to functionality and user benefits, a .tel domain trumps a .me domain anytime!

Cheap .ME Domains Now Available

2008-11-02T00:52:00.003+08:00

While some domain registrars are dangling .me domains at full price around $20, Easyspace.com is now offering them at 50% off. Cheap .me domains are now available for around $10 till November 30, 2008 only.

The promo will allow people to register .me domains for half the price if they buy any one domain (.com, net, .org etc) at regular price. As long as they buy one domain extension, they get a 50% discount for any number of .me domains now.

This .me domains promo is as cheap as it will get especially during these times when people are putting off spending temporarily. Go head on to easyspace.com and register your .me domain now!

.Me Domains Now Available For Just 1 year registration

2008-10-07T00:56:00.003+08:00

This isn't such a big news actually but for those who have been holding out from buying .me domains because of the cost or if you guys think $39.99 was a little bit too much for an intial registration, Godaddy.com now offers .me domains for $19.99 per year for the initial registration.

Out of a dot com domain option? check out domain names ending in dot me and there may be still a chance that your domain name still isn't taken. Some have done so a long time ago and yet some have gone further and invested heavily in .me domains with some even paying in the high five figures for a single .me.

Godaddy.com is still the way to go for registering .me domains as far as I'm concerned.

Today Is The Premium .Me Domains Auction Day!

2008-09-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

3PM Today New York at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C Convention, domainers and domain investors will get a chance to own a few selected .me domains up for bidding. Watch.me, Love.me and Buy.me and just three of the very best .me domains domain-handlers have decided to toss in the hat and probably generated them some unbelievable income.

Given the results of the recent online .me domains auctions where the total money generated in roughly a month of bidding reached up to 2 million dollars, I'm people in that same auction will be closely watching and if not bidding in this next one themselves. Those who were frustrated of not getting a premium dot me domain last month and those who held back for the cream of the crop of this Montenegro internet domain will surely be keenly interested in finally landing a gem of a domain name.

Domain portfolios will be enhanced while most pockets will be emptied for this great .me domains auction event handled by Moniker.com I'm sure!

.Me Domains To Get Spotlight At The TRAFFIC Auctions

2008-09-24T15:04:00.003+08:00

Recent PR releases indicate the premium .me domains included at tomorrow's T.R.A.F.F.I.C New York auction will get their much deserved highlight as the best of the best and most sought-after dot me domains are finally sold tomorrow.

The list goes:
Ask.me
Buy.me
Date.me
Kiss.me
Loan.me
Love.me
Marry.me
Meet.me
Play.me
Rent.me
Show.me
Watch.me

Interestingly, half of the listed .me domains above are social-related. I'm not too sure if that's a good idea selling them out on a single day. Given that .me domains haven't come around proving their value yet, I would have gone two of each type at a given time/auction. There's bound to be more .me auctions in the future anyways. However, on the list above, my chips are on the three .me domains highlighted to make a very good impression on the bidders.

I'm seeing this should be a make-or-break event for the "dot me." If these domains make a very good showing tomorrow, I'm betting many would be urged to invest on .me domains. Hope you get yours soon!

Watch.me At The .ME Public Auction!

2008-09-13T00:00:00.001+08:00

No, not actually me... but the .me domain watch.me! Is this domain a possible domain-website challenger for the popular video website youtube.com? By the simple domain message alone, it could very well be but it depends on whoever will get to own and market it properly.

Watch.me is one of the featured .me domains on the auction block at T.R.A.F.F.I.C New York along with several other "big ticket" domains. It is one among the premium .me domains held back from public registration by the domain handlers as they feel it can bring in the big bucks for them.

Coincidentally, the word "watch" produces over 1 billion results in Googles search mostly referring to timepieces. Alternatively, the word "videos" which could also be referred as something to watch churns out over 3 billion. Some domainers, put a premium on high-search traffic domains like these.

So can Moniker.com first .me public auction make watch.me a million dollar domain? Watch.me on September 25!

Which .Me Will Be The Most Social?

2008-09-12T00:00:00.000+08:00

The first live .me domains auction on September 25, by conicidence or deliberate hand, features 4 of the "most social" dot me domains you will ever find! Meet.Me, Date.Me, Kiss.me, Love.me and Marry.me in no particular chronology (notice the pattern? LOL) will all be sold in one single afternoon and should be the highlights of this highly anticipated auction event.

Social and Dating networks have been aweso.me business in the past few years and quite a few people have made themselves multi-millionaires through this online business path. It just might be the single reason why we will all see these 4 .me domains get bids on the $50,000 range. Ofcourse it is just my bold prediction. However, if the 2 million dollars raked in the last online .me domain auction is any indication of things to come, I wouldn't be surprised if these four will accumulated a total sum of $200,000 easy.

If you want to participate in this live auction, check out my previous post on the mechanics. There's also an extended online auction for the rest of the .me domains not included in this lot.

.ME Domains Auction Bidding Options

2008-09-11T00:00:00.000+08:00

A lot of domainers and domain investors are certainly looking forward for September 25, the first live .me domains auction which features several long-kept .com's and quite a cool line-up of .me domains up for grabs. Premium dot me domains like loan.me, date.me, meet.me, show.me and buy.me will be featured domains in this live auction event.

Wishful domainers hoping to get their hands on some of the domains mentioned among notable others can make their bids in 4 ways. The information below came from Moniker marketplace which will handle this highly anticipated event:

RSVP as an on-site live bidder

If you are attending the conference in person, you are also qualified to attend the Live Domain Auction at no additional charge. To sign up for a for a bid paddle, simply RSVP now using this easy online form and your materials will be waiting for you at the auction door. (Note: Registering as a bidder in the live auction does not take the place of registering for the conference. You will still have to register directly with the event organizers for access to the conference.)

Bid online using the powerful SnapNames Live bidding platform

If you cannot attend the event in person, you can still participate in all the bidding action live as it happens by using the SnapNames Live auction bidding platform. You will need to download special software and open a SnapNames account to use this interface. We strongly suggest you prepare in advance and download the SnapNames Live platform at least a few days before the auctions starts.

Bid via telephone using a proxy bidder in the auction room

Even if you can't be on site or near your computer, we can still make sure you get access to bid on important domains for your portfolio via telephone bidding. Using this method, a designated proxy bidder will be assigned to the domain lots you're interested in. You determine live on the phone if and at what level you will bid. Note: Due to the coordination required, telephone proxy bidding MUST be requested at least 24 hours in advance.

Leave an Absentee Bid with the Auctioneer

With an absentee bid, you provide the auctioneer with a list of the lots you're interested in and your maximum price for each. The auctioneer then bids on your behalf, using commonly accepted increments, up to your maximum bid.

Hope you snap that .me domain name. Good luck all!

Is Loan.me better than Insure.me?

2008-09-10T00:00:00.001+08:00

The coming .me domains public auction will feature several "premium" domains. Among those featured are dot me domains like ask.me, date.me and loan.me. The last one mentioned is one of the most sought after primarily because of its "internet" value.

The word "loan" pertains to a very huge market and is big business almost anywhere just like the previously sold insure.me. In fact, in the current economic conditions, it might very well be a more valuable domain in terms of marketing potential. Every company will naturally try to get each and every edge it can over its competition. That is is why simple keyword domains like loan.com and insure.com are highly desirable and are valued in several thousands of dollars, $160,000 and $45,000 respectively. Interestingly enough, the recently conlcuded online .me domains auction proved that insure.me is perceived to be more valuable than insure.com(at least to the auction winner). Insure.me sold for $68,005 while insure.com is crudely valued at $45,000 in a simple domain appraisal tool.

So will loan.me be perceived to be more valuable? Will this unproven .me domain beat an old trusted .com domain? The first live .me domain auction on September 25 shall provide the answer.

Sell Your .ME Domains at the Auctions!

2008-09-09T06:00:00.004+08:00

If any of you bought multiple .me domains in the past 2 months and think you've got an awesome gem the last time, the first public .me domains auction is still accepting domain submissions for inclusion at the domains.

Moniker.com will handle this .me domain public auction and is also responsible for evaluating submitted dot me domains for promotion. Early applicants like kiss.me, loan.me and rent.me have already been accepted and are in fact three of the featured .me domains in the said auction.

If you ready to get your return on investments this early, this T.R.A.F.F.I.C auction and extended online auction will provide you the stage to get the maximum exposure and bids for your .me domains.

Social .Me Domains Dominate The Public Auction

2008-09-08T22:15:00.008+08:00

The coming public .me domains auction on September 25 will feature 3 of the most desirable social-related .me domains from the whole lot. Evidence that the whole socializing and online dating industry is still going strong. The 3 dot me domains are Meet.me, Date.me and Love.me although not necessarily in that order of significance. :D

However, it still remains to be seen if these dot me's will get high bids. The dot me public auction will be short and sweet from 3pm to 6pm in New York participated by both live and online bidders. I guessing these .me domains will get the right attention from the right people especially that the T.R.A.F.F.I.C auction will also feature "tasty" .com domains like sleep.com, stock.com, creditscores.com, pay.com and one special dot net property.net.

For those who can't attend the live auction, they can still follow the action live with a .me domain podcast. Moniker will be managing this first ever .me domains public auction.

Who will buy.me for millions?

2008-09-05T17:48:00.003+08:00

The coming .me domains public auction this September 25 shall present another proof that the .me domains hype ain't over. After the open registration which saw .me domains being registered by the tens of thousands in just one day and the recently "almost" concluded .me domains which raked in over 2 millions dollars in sales, the first .me domains public auctions will be held at T.R.A.F.F.I.C New York managed by moniker.com.

The actual event will actually be both a live person auction and online auction that runs till October 2nd. An excellent set of mixed domains will be in the auction but the most interesting parts of the event will be premium .me domains like buy.me, watch.me, date.me, ask.me and loan.me. These will be featured auction items that will surely get extra attention and ofcourse the "ka-chings!"

I'm seeing at least one of the mentioned .me domains above will get to 7 figures in bids. My best bet is Buy.me. As a comparison, I made a very crude estibot domain appraisal of buy.com and found it be worth at least $5 million! So will people bite buy.me for a cool one million bucks? Mark your calendar September 25 is the day of reckoning for .me domains!

Cheap .ME Domains From Dotster

2008-08-29T13:26:00.005+08:00

I've noticed a lot of people have been holding back at buying .me domains and are searching for the cheap places to get them. Today, I feel it is fair to say that the 2 best places to get cheap .me domains without sacrificing quality of service are Godaddy.com and Dotster.com. I've been a big fan of Godaddy since the beginning and most of my domains are hosted with them. Dotster.com on the other hand offers the same $19.99 for a .me domain price per year just like Godaddy does.

At $19.99, it is most probably the cheapest price you can get for a .me domain these days. Most other domain registrars offer about 20 percent of what these two offer for .me domains.

What makes a good .ME domain?

2008-08-27T00:00:00.000+08:00

This is a question every .me domain buyer should be asking by now and there's a whole lot of people who already purchased theirs are now asking how much can fetch in the future. The answer depends on who you'll be asking.

A great number of people who bought dot me domains have done so because the words that compose the domain are "traffic magnets" or rather frequently searched words online. The traffic alone can make a .me domain valuable. That's why you see domains like britneyspears.me, debtconsolidation.me, obama.me or lasvegas.me fetch hundreds even thousands of dollars in the auctions.

Here's a few things that I think can make a .me domain valuable.

1. If send a complete message it is bound to be valuable. The .me domains are probably the most versatile domains yet. Although it is not the first ccTLD to sound like a complete sentence, it is the first domain that tells what you are all about. Girl.me, tag.me and style.me are awesome domains like these that sold for thousands of dollars recently and it's no wonder.

2. High-traffic keywords can make a good .me domain except this requires a little domain development. You won't get anywhere with a .me domain without at least some dev.

3. Geo .me domains are nice as well particularly popular destinations or frequently searched places like New York, London, Paris.

4. The .me domains that refer to a particularly lucractive business or economy are awesome. No need to explain here. Dot me domains like insure.me have been fought over until it finally sold for tens of thousands of dollars.

What doesn't make a good .me domain then? Trademarks... buyers are just bound to either lose them or become useless. Recently, I've come to think that .me domain hacks like extre.me, aweso.me or hanso.me will be dissapointments in the future.

The Last .ME Standing

2008-08-26T00:41:00.003+08:00

Sync.me, verify.me and massage.me are the three most notable .me domains left among a handful of others in the auctions currently. In an unexpected turn of events ( at least to me ), the .me domains auctions is just a matter of a few days or even hours of being concluded.

At it's conclusion, the auctions would have raked in at least $2,100,000 from at roughly 2500 .me domains sold. I think this might be a record of some sort for a newly launched ccTLD. The value of dot me domains will be better realized when the "big boys" of them .me domains are auctioned off in September.

Buy.me, Ride.me and Fly.me are some of the domains expected to perform in the next auctions as these are considered cream of the crop because of their intrinsic commercial value. No word yet on exactly what date the next .me domain auctions will be.

Where To Sell Your .ME Domains?

2008-08-24T22:19:00.005+08:00

As I got back to my normal blogging routine after a week long sabbatical due some weird internet connection problem, I found out a lot of "Googlers" have been finding their way to this blog wanting to find what the actual "value" of .me domains are.

One of the best ways to atually find out what a domain name value is by getting a domain appraisal ofcourse. There's tons of sources for that. One of the best in the busines is Godaddy's certified domain name appraisal. For 15 bucks, you get a certified domain value from industry experts to show off if you plan to take your .me domain in the selling block.

But if you just want to get a feel of how much people would be willing to shell out for your .me domains, listing them on domain auction sites like Godaddy's TDNAM.com and Sedo.com would be a good gauge. Both are trusted domain auction sites with an awesome number of willing buyers even for the weirdest domains. Go check out what your .me domains are worth now.

Funny .ME domain names contest

2008-08-24T21:39:00.006+08:00

I should have known about this way way before but I guess it's not yet too late. One of the world's leading domain registrars, LCN.com have come up with a contest all .me domain enthusiast should love! Enter their funny .me domain contest and get a chance to win a 2-year registration for a .me domain and 1-year web hosting to boot. This enticing prize is surely worth squeezing your twisted mind!

Everybody will find LCN.com's funny .me domains contest one of the easiest thing to join. No weird requirements, just enter your name, email address and your .me domain entry and that's it! The contest will only run till the end of this month so better hurry up and get those brain cells working, enter the funny .me domain contest here and if the guys at LCN.com think your idea is outstandingly hilarious, you might just win it!
There's less than one week to join so sign-up here and find out if you've won on their LCN blog next September! All the best! BTW, I joined too... LOL youknowiknowyouwannado.me!

.Me Domains Sold For Cheap

2008-08-15T23:20:00.000+08:00

Checked out a few sold names over at the .me domains auction and found some interesting sold domains I thought would be a whole lot valuable than what they closed. I also noticed that a lot of country names have been grabbed already if not all and I wonder if the returns on these country.me domains will even be worth the money and effort. Unless you have a clever tourism promotion in mind for the country.me domain you just got, I doubt if it will ever be useful for anybody especially if the country name you grabbed don't have much of a tourism industry.

Nevertheless, here's the few sold dot me domains that I've come across I thought would have been worth shelling out a few more hundred. They're easily identifiable, brandable and has enough "versatility" to cover more than just one niche.

expert.me (very broad scope & can be used to establish reputation)
publicize.me ( press releases )
customize.me (very broad scope for customization services)
qualify.me (loan applications and others that require qualifications)
raffle.me ( contests!)
activate.me (I'm out of ideas... fill it in for me)

When, buying a .me domain, I believe one should have at least a rough idea of what can be done with the domain and not just because the keywords have high search volume. Some of the .me domains I've come across are definitely a total waste because of poor decision making.

.Me Domains Auction Grosses over US$1Million

2008-08-14T17:28:00.004+08:00

I came and checked back with the .me domain auctions today and I'm quite bit in awe as to how ridiculously high the bids have gone since July 21 not even a full month so far. Most ridiculous is toyota.me sold for just over US$90K. I seriously doubt that the Brazilian who bought the domain can keep it for very long though. As soon as Toyota wants that domain, he can be dragged into a prolonged legal battle which will see himself the loser in the end. I'd say he's lucky if he gets the $90K back. Nevertheless, the .me domain auction I should has been a resounding success proven by the total worth of the most sought after .me domains both active and sold. The domains that reached the 4 figure range (both in the active auction and recently sold) have grossed $567,120 while those that reached 5 figures reached $951,822. This puts the total revenue from these domains to reach over $1 million dollars easy.

Some of the other .me domain bidders that might have gone a little over board with wanting theirs are the one who won these domains. Please note that I write this because other than the cool message it brings, I see no commercial value to these dot me domains.

only.me - sold for $33,405 ( then what?)
aweso.me - sold for $24,189 ( I'm tired of this already!)
volu.me - sold for $10,605
rape.me - sold for $12,015 ( sounds very creepy )

Same thing for these dot me domains that are is active in the auctions:

youand.me - currently high bid $3,566
inco.me - currently high bid $1,545 (as good as this sounds, I don't the search engines will recognize)
ani.me - currently high bid $8,020

On the positive side, here's a few .me domains in the auctions I thought should be worthy of high bids because of its commercial value or message.

verify.me
tip.me
purchase.me ( the long version of buy.me)
insure.me

As always, verb-related .me domains rule! While .me domain hacks are slowly losing steam.

.Me domain auction like watching grass grow

2008-08-13T19:25:00.006+08:00

The recently concluded auction of toyota.me have shown that the bidding process has been a big show of contrast. Quite a few bloggers have noted that the auctions has been like watching grass grow yet some .me domains like toyota.me had been sold in just a few days. Toyota.me, as a matter of fact, is the most expensive .me domain sold in the auction yet.

In my opinion, the .me domain auction rules might be a like skewed towards its profitability. The 24 hour extension after a new higher bid virtually perpetuates the drag and it is not that exciting to watch. But then again this set-up also test the motivation of the bidders, not to mention the depth or their pockets and their auction skills.

Look for trademark names and verb-related .me domains to continue to be the most sought after .me domains.

.Me Domains Analysis

2008-08-09T17:58:00.006+08:00

Today I make an small analysis on what .me domains are fetching good prices. I'm sure some observers and especially those who already bought their .me domains would be interested in finding out what are the relative values for their investments. In no way I'm an expert at domain appraisal. These are basically just observations from the ongoing .me domain auctions.

Based on the top 25 .me domains in the auctions today, I categorized these .me domains as verb-related, geography related and .me domain hack. Verb-related .me's are domains such as hug.me, cast.me and recruit.me. Geo .me domains are Vegas.me, Kuwait.me and China.me. Business are names of established businesses especially large companies like toyota.me and facebook.me. Personal are .me domains referring the the author of the domain like only.me and just.me. And last are hack .me domains like aweso.me, volu.me and cri.me all single words ending in .me. Below is the aggregated bid prices as of my last checking.
It does seem like a tight contest between verbs and businesses. Verb-related .me domains are great and they sound promising while business-related dot me domains are probably being driven by companies who forgot to protect their names and domain squatters who are looking to cash in on other people's names. I think hacks are under performing. They look nice but I think there's hardly any good possible returns on the investment. I think buyers of .me domain hacks are more likely to get disappointed with their purchases later on but hey anything is possible. It only takes one aweso.me .me domain to get rich, right?

Why does Oglasi.me costing $40K In The Auctions?

2008-08-08T20:17:00.005+08:00

That's what I'm trying to figure out today when I found out that oglasi.me has overtaken insure.me in the .me domain auctions. From my initial snooping around oglasi is a Serbian word has something to do with car windshields. I guess the auto glass business in eastern Europe is doing very well that's why there's a good number of bidders willing to shell out serious dough for it. Doing a quick Google search, it does seem like there's ready market for oglasi.me. The word oglasi comes out with over 14 million search results and around 7 established businesses showing up in the top 10 of search engine results possibly interested with this .me domain. I won't be surprised if they're the ones driving this .me domain auction surge.

Just to give you guys a good picture of how lucrative oglasi.me looks, it took 18 days for insure.me to get to $40,000 auction price while oglasi.me only took 1 day.

Here are the possible auction drivers fighting it out for oglasi.me. If not they are ready market for this .me domain.

oglasi.com
autooglasi.biz
oglasiplus.com
alioglasi.in.rs
fotoglasi.com
halooglasi.co.yu

Check out the .me domain auctions to see the action.

Forgotten .ME Domains Sold In The Auctions

2008-08-07T00:28:00.004+08:00

One of the most important things a business owner should do is always protect his brand from willing opportunists. Forgetting to register your .me domain name ahead of time is definitely not smart business. One good example of a huge company forgetting to register their their .me domain is twitter.com. According to a popular tech site valleywag.com, it seems the guys behind twitter had a major slip up and forgot to register twitter.me considering their brand is one of the hottest verb-terms around these days. Now, twitter.me really sounds like an awesome name and twitter.com will definitely have to dig deep in their pockets to acquire it else be involved in an unnecessary legal battle just to get it. Either way, their paying. It's like they're waiting to get punked!

Here's a few more company's who probably just didn't care for their brand name. Either these guys weren't in on things things or they just forgot to take advantage of the .me domain sunrise period months ago. Either way, they may have or would be paying much more than what they should have spent by reserving their .me domain name.

Myspace.me
Baidu.me
Mitsubishi.me
Disney.me
Tyco.me
Lastminute.me

Would these companies even care that somebody else have their .me domains? Sure they do. So Business Sense 101: Don't let domain squatters muscle you off your property. Don't even give them a chance to make money out of you and your .me domain.