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18-Jul-2008

Go-Daddy Me domain name failure. Domainmonster.com success!

We dont like to boast too much at Domainmonster.com, but every now and then it’s nice to shout about a success! We’ve participated in all the recent major domains launches, including .eu, .mobi, .asia and now .me. In fact, aside from Go-Daddy we were the second largest registrar at this same stage for .asia just a few months back. See their press release here

Well its seems weve managed to do it again with the .me launch, much unlike the endless posts we are reading about Go-Daddy. Not only did we operate in real-time from the word go today securing domains in real-time from the outset, but we also secured over 85% of the thousands of pre-orders made in the ramp up to Open Registration launch today.

So while the world wide web seems to be talking about the Go-Daddy launch meltdown, our carefully executed launch plan has left our day flowing with champagne as we toast the success of our customers. A list of the Go-Daddy press we’ve noticed can be found below.

Mashable - Go-Daddy offers .me Domain Names. Its a Big.Fail so far

TechCrunch - Go-Daddy’s Domain Registration Totally Screws .me

Search Engine Watch - Go-Daddy’s new .ME domains turns into Circus

I used to be Cooler – Go-Daddy Me domain debacle