As we progress into the month of August, I felt it necessary to update everyone on the current situation in the .me Land Rush Auctions and also update on the recent sales. Insure.me, as it has done for over a week now, still holds the spot for the highest bid domain name and is currently at $26,215. It is almost pointless including the time left on this domain name as the previous auction patterns suggest this domain shall be extended by a further 24 hours again and the end is by no means in sight on this name.

In second position is lasvegas.me which is currently carrying a tag of $15,100. Third, in the current active auctions list is chatwith.me at $15,305. I personally feel that although this domain has great development potential it is overpriced for a domain hack. Another domain hack which is featured in the top 20 is resu.me which is currently at $5,256.

Reviewing the currently active auctions and the recent sales most one-word domains are fetching high $xxx-xxxx with a handful breaking the $xx,xxx mark. For a new extension which is only weeks old these are very positive signs for the future of the .me extension since people are willing to invest such amounts of money, especially given the current state of the global economy.

The current top 30 highest bid domains with currently active auctions have been included below.

insure.me	143	20H 5M	$26,215
lasvegas.me	86	22H 44M	$15,100
chatwith.me	22	1H 15M	$15,035
hug.me	82	19H 49M	$13,065
baidu.me	64	11H 34M	$10,005
tag.me	151	10H 19M	$10,005
style.me	68	22H 39M	$9,520
dna.me	66	2H 10M	$9,004
onlinecasino.me	52	14H 13M	$8,335
picture.me	65	21H 8M	$8,085
invent.me	134	22H 39M	$7,600
surprise.me	97	19H 55M	$7,205
ride.me	91	22H 39M	$7,025
mitsubishi.me	114	21H 22M	$6,515
entertain.me	108	23H 17M	$6,305
coach.me	66	21H 13M	$6,005
survey.me	91	22H 39M	$5,580
tickle.me	72	19H 52M	$5,560
ski.me	54	20H 27M	$5,505
resu.me	76	10H 33M	$5,256
brand.me	119	11H 23M	$5,015
elect.me	110	23H 10M	$5,015
dig.me	45	23H 10M	$4,552
pop.me	37	18H 14M	$4,005
sign.me	42	23H 16M	$4,005
tutor.me	56	1H 6M	$3,615
onlinepoker.me	23	15H 13M	$3,535
china.me	49	15H 51M	$3,530
videos.me	74	19H 49M	$3,505
drug.me	41	22H 39M	$3,040

I have also included a list of the top 30 recent sales.

secure.me	$10,005	107
why.me	$6,600	105
portland.me	$6,221	237
alex.me	$5,005	10
iam.me	$4,205	30
ass.me	$4,015	17
obama.me	$3,815	74
bangor.me	$3,782	48
lastminute.me	$3,605	13
finger.me	$3,055	21
social.me	$2,215	52
juegos.me	$2,205	24
realtor.me	$2,205	143
thats.me	$2,105	111
kuwait.me	$2,100	61
sky.me	$2,005	11
tyco.me	$2,000	4
wellness.me	$1,855	25
canada.me	$1,815	43
itsallabout.me	$1,725	12
gambling.me	$1,605	27
carbonneutral.me	$1,555	34
trademark.me	$1,520	37
profile.me	$1,505	20
zip.me	$1,405	36
uno.me	$1,305	7
extre.me	$1,305	33
bible.me	$1,260	124
dictionary.me	$1,255	21
cock.me	$1,255	6
myspace.me	$1,255	28