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.me domain: registry, rules and WHOIS

Personal sites, portfolios, short links

Facts

Type
Country-code TLD (ccTLD), used generically
Registry operator
doMEn d.o.o., for the Government of Montenegro
Country or territory
Montenegro
Added to the root zone
2007
RDAP
Not listed in the IANA bootstrap file
WHOIS server
whois.nic.me
Registration
Open to anyone
Typical use
Personal sites, portfolios, short links

RDAP availability is taken from the IANA RDAP bootstrap file published on 2026-09-16; WHOIS server and delegation year from the IANA root zone database. Registry policies change: check the registry's own policy before relying on an eligibility rule.

What is .me?

.me is the country-code top-level domain of Montenegro, delegated in 2007 after the country became independent. Because "me" is an English word, the extension is marketed internationally for personal sites, portfolios and call-to-action names.

Who can register it

Second-level .me names are open to anyone worldwide, with no local presence requirement.

WHOIS, RDAP and privacy

.me is not listed in the IANA RDAP bootstrap file dated 2026-09-16, so no public RDAP service is announced for it. OrbitProbe falls back to the classic port-43 WHOIS server (whois.nic.me). WHOIS output is free text in a registry-specific layout, so only a fixed set of fields is read (registrar, dates, status, nameservers) and some of them may simply not be present. For ccTLDs, what is published is decided by the registry and local law rather than by ICANN, so output differs from one extension to the next. Most registries do not show the personal data of individuals in public output. OrbitProbe only ever shows the organisation name and country.

Look up a .me domain

FAQ

Who can register a .me domain?

Second-level .me names are open to anyone worldwide, with no local presence requirement.

How do I run a WHOIS lookup for a .me domain?

Type the name, in the form example.me, into the form on this page. Because no RDAP service is published for .me, OrbitProbe queries the WHOIS server whois.nic.me. The result shows where the data came from and when it was observed.

Does .me support RDAP?

The IANA RDAP bootstrap file dated 2026-09-16 does not list an RDAP service for .me. Registration data is queried through the classic WHOIS server whois.nic.me. Registries can add RDAP later, so this may change over time.

Is .me a generic or a country-code domain?

.me is formally the country-code TLD assigned to Montenegro; being used like a generic one does not change that. The practical consequence is that registration, privacy and dispute rules are set by the manager of the TLD rather than by ICANN's gTLD contracts.