.me is doing well

The .me extension (Montenegro) is doing well regarding registrations. .me is a rather young extension, registrations are only possible since 2008. But the amount of registrations under this domain is clearly rising.

In 2008 182.232 .me names were registered. In 2012 668.881 .me domain names were registered. This means that in a period of only 4 years the number of registrations has been multiplied by approximately 3.5. Obviously the .me registry is very pleased with this. One of the reason that might explain the popularity of the .me extension is the English meaning of the word ‘me’ and not the fact that it is the country code for Montenegro.

A research of the registry also shows that the .me extension is the most popular extension, after the .com domain for businesses to register their domain name. The research also shows that 53% of all .me domains are registered by businesses or individuals from the United States. And what makes this extension extra interesting is that 35% of all 3 letter domain names are still available under this domain.

So if you’re looking for a nice extension to add to your portfolio, consider a .me domain name.