ME

Continent: Europe Capital: Podgorica Location: 42°47′N 19°28′E Area: 13,812 km² Population: 672,180 Time Zone: CET (UTC+1) / Summer CEST (UTC+2) Calling Code: +382

Zone Info

.ME is the official top-level domain for Montenegro

Zone Use

.ME domains (second-level registrations) are available to be registered by parties worldwide.

Characters

• Minimum: 3
• Maximum: 63
• Letters and numbers
• Hyphens ("-"), however not at the beginning or directly in front of the TLD

Domain Registration

.ME domains can be registered online.

Change of Registrant

Registrant changes for .ME domains can be done online.

Domain Renewal

.ME domains can be renewed.

Restrictions

• Third-level registrations are available to Montenegrin individuals and entities only, in the following zones. Me-Net is the only registrar allowed to register third-level domains in the registry.
• net.me
• org.me
• co.me
• its.me
• priv.me
• The University of Montenegro's Center of Information Systems (CIS) is responsible for subdomains beneath these domain names and should be contacted directly:
• edu.me
• ac.me
• gov.me
• A list of Reserved Names (text / PDF) has been held back for government and registry use. These names are not available for registration by the public.
• A list of Premium Names (text / PDF) has been held back, and these names are not currently available for registration. The Registry plans to make these names available in manner(s) to be determined at a later time.

Transfers

.ME Transfers are possible. A .ME Domain will automatically be renewed for one more year.

Transfer notes

• A .ME Domain Transfer must be initiated with a so-called Authorisation Code, which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.
• Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS. If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that this be unlocked.

Transfer time

A transfer of a .ME domain will take 5 days.