.me Domain: A Personal Address for Your Name
.me is technically the country code domain (ccTLD) of Montenegro; the sponsoring body is the Government of Montenegro, technical operation sits with the information systems centre at the University of Montenegro, and the extension entered the root zone on 24 September 2007. Today, because it reads as the English word 'me', it is used worldwide for personal brands, portfolio sites and identity pages.
The extension was designed for global use from the start: you do not need to live in Montenegro or have a company there, and anyone can register in their own name. The real strength of .me is that it is read together with the name in front of it. Because name and extension form a single phrase, the address sticks on a business card, in a signature and in a social media bio. If you freelance or publish a portfolio, it puts your name straight into the address.
If your name is taken on .com, .me will often have the same word free, because the pool stays relatively open for personal names. Combining your first and last name is the most durable choice: your company or job title may change, but a personal address stays with you and becomes your one fixed point over the years. Try your own name on the domain search page.
.ME Domain at a Glance
- Sponsoring organisation Government of Montenegro
- Technical operation Center of Information System (CIS), University of Montenegro
- Delegated 24 September 2007
- Opened to general registration 16 July 2008
- Prominent use Personal brands and portfolio sites
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .me domain registration
- Country Montenegro
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.me Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$5.49 / years -
Transfer
$20.99 / years -
Renewal
$22.99 / years -
Restore
$119.90 -
Late Renewal
$4.60
Included With Every .me Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
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Free WHOIS privacy
Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.
.me Domain Lifecycle
Domain lifecycle
The stages in order, from registration to releaseDomain Is Available (Available)
A .me address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete the domain is yours for the term you chose. You can renew at any point before expiry to keep it uninterrupted, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Redemption Period (Redemption Period)
The domain is not released the moment it expires — during this window it is still yours and can be recovered. Some extensions charge an extra restore fee at this stage, so renewing before expiry is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete Period (Pending Delete Period)
If the redemption window is missed too, the domain enters the final stage and waits to be deleted. Renewal and recovery are no longer possible here; when the period ends the registration is removed for good.
Domain Is Available Again
Once deletion completes, the domain leaves the system and anyone can register it — popular names are often taken the same minute by someone watching. Keep auto-renewal on so a name you care about never gets this far.
.me Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.me Domain Registration
- Document Requirement There are no requirements for buying .me domain registration
- Country Montenegro
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 1 - 13 servers
.me Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
.me Domain Registration Periods
- Registration Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 years
- Renewal Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 years
- Pre-registration 1 days
- Accounting Period 45 days
- Finalization Period 1 days
- Failure Period 45 days
- Payment Period 45 days
- Redemption Period 30 days
- Deletion Hold Period 30 days
- Renewal Time 30 Day
Frequently Asked Questions About .me Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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No. The extension carries no registration restrictions; you do not need to live in Montenegro, incorporate there or appoint a local contact, and no documents are requested at registration. It was designed for global use from the outset. An individual applying from abroad and an international agency can both hold the name in their own right.
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The most common route is writing your first and last name together, which stays easy to read and easy to recall. A second route is letting your name and the extension form a phrase, since the ending reads as the English word for yourself. A third is adding your profession beside your name. You can try several options at once with bulk domain search.
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No. The registration rules set no condition about how the name is used, and companies register .me names too, often for short in-product links, campaign pages and employee profile pages. The connotation the extension carries is still a personal one, though. It works more strongly for pages tied to a person or a single campaign than as a company's main corporate address.
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Yes. Once the name is registered you can set up an address in the form you@yourname.me; technically it is no different from any other extension. For someone building a personal brand the benefit is concrete: every message you send points back at your site through the address itself. If your mail is hosted elsewhere, you only need to point the domain's DNS records at that provider.
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A transfer starts when you obtain the authorisation code from your current provider and confirm the name is not locked against transfer. Your site and email keep working while it runs, and the registration time you have left is preserved. If you are moving a personal address, note your mail settings first — when something is missed in DNS, email is what suffers most. Start on the domain transfer page.
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Yes, a privacy service is available, and for a personal address that matters more than usual: if you registered with your home address, it will not appear in the public lookup. You can see what a given name returns today on the whois search page. With privacy enabled the domain still stays registered to you and ownership does not change.
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