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***mwzd*** · 04-20-2009, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by Sam

Cause its the best available tool to measure traffic.

I'd qualify that - US Traffic.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-discussion/522420-the-pro-discussion.html

Consider that 70% of web traffic now resides outside the US, don't see it a perfect barometer, more like an additional tool.

It is quite accurate for the top 10k, beyond that is anybody's guess.

seeker · 04-21-2009, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Sam

Check my top million site analysis again. Later I will post a results from an old 100,000 top US websites, compare the amount of .com vs .us. DEFACTO .com is the cctld of the US, any attempts on the contrary, means that person has a biased opinion, probably spending hundreds of dollars on that specific tld. Im not against .us, hell I love it right now, FREE TASTING, to use up my dynadot credits, but to say that .US is the defacto cctld of US is just plain ridiculous!

you definitely seem to be come on as narrow minded and biased.
.US IS the ccTLD of the US. Again, that is a fact. cc=country code. I dont believe anyone said anything about more people/companies in the US using .us more than .com. .com is NOT a country code (!)
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420
The simple fact is .us is a country code, and it stands for US.
.com is a global TLD, and of course more companies use it than .us
I own more than 3000 domains, and the vast majority are .com, so if anything I have a vested interest in .com
again, no one said that the perceived tld of the US is .us, just that it is technically the cc of the US.
I dont know why this fact bothers you...?
The reason I jumped in here (other than following this thread from the beginning), is because I was trying to point out the difference between ccTLDs and gTLDs like .PRO

Kuli · 04-21-2009, 02:51 AM

Who on earth let all the US states domains expire, florida.pro, texas.pro, etc.???

Alas I was too late to catch them. Congrats to the new owner!

seeker · 04-21-2009, 03:22 AM

Where these drops or new regs?
Either case, someone is having one heck of a day!

Sam · 04-21-2009, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by seeker

you definitely seem to be come on as narrow minded and biased.
.US IS the ccTLD of the US. Again, that is a fact. cc=country code. I dont believe anyone said anything about more people/companies in the US using .us more than .com. .com is NOT a country code (!)
The simple fact is .us is a country code, and it stands for US.
.com is a global TLD, and of course more companies use it than .us
I own more than 3000 domains, and the vast majority are .com, so if anything I have a vested interest in .com
again, no one said that the perceived tld of the US is .us, just that it is technically the cc of the US.
I dont know why this fact bothers you...?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420
The reason I jumped in here (other than following this thread from the beginning), is because I was trying to point out the difference between ccTLDs and gTLDs like .PRO

Trust me I have no vested interested in .com except for an expensive LLL and some random keyword domains. Over 90% of my traffic is from cctlds. Of course .US is the "official" cctld of the US, I am saying the "de facto" is .com and .us cant help but get a minute slice of the pie.

InvisionTech · 04-21-2009, 11:58 AM

Find.pro found some nice state name GEOs.

cdboard · 04-21-2009, 12:11 PM

I thought they already had most of them.

Fundraiser · 04-29-2009, 05:12 PM

I just picked up Lacrosse.pro and the two-word SmallBusiness.pro. I also lost my third dot pro lottery to a member here who has all the luck or can rig major lottery drawings. You know who you are.

Why did I make this post? It was hard to find this thread so I brought it back up a bit. Cheers.

InvisionTech · 04-29-2009, 11:52 PM

Good finds! Sports keywords fit .pro nicely and smallbusiness.pro would make a great tips/guide website on small business related topics.

I finally heard back from hostway about updating DNS for domains... after months.

cdboard · 04-30-2009, 12:27 AM

Quote:

I finally heard back from hostway about updating DNS for domains... after months.

and what did they say?

3rd party dns (not registrar, not webhost) might be a good idea during domain registrar changes or website server changes.

bocanames · 04-30-2009, 10:19 AM

InvisionTech , that's a nice theme and design elements for golfclubs.pro, and plenty of content, really impressive. I would comment out the display of the blogroll section entirely unless you have some plans for it. Also maybe try displaying the tag cloud higher up on the page and labeling it "Find golf courses", "Gold courses in your state" or something similar? Just thinking outloud.

Ben your geeks.pro is a home business ready packaged - great job, beautiful clean code. As you said a bit more content, some SEO work and you're set! This is surprisingly well done, as I haven't heard you talking about too many sites you've developed; you're a natural.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420

Pile.pro looks like a work-in-progress, so I'll not comment on that one. Andy it's obviously a topic that you have some passion for, so keep going. But it's hard not to be negatively biased when confronted with broken primary navigation links.

To keep it fair, I'll offer up my last completed site creditrepair.pro for sacrifice. The very next item on the to-do list is to give it a design overhaul, the graphics are horrible. Yet I'm satisfied with the first pass at the content because I'm getting some good results. Extremely high value clicks from the google ads, extraordinary performance from the google search, but still poor conversion rates from the afilliate ads. All feedback welcome!

InvisionTech · 04-30-2009, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by cdboard

and what did they say?
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420

3rd party dns (not registrar, not webhost) might be a good idea during domain registrar changes or website server changes.

Sorry, I meant to write what they said. They said its fixed. I haven't had time to log back to see if it was really...

Boca,

Thank you.

akcampbell · 05-02-2009, 04:33 AM

I have added another blog on Total.pro called "Catch a Falling Star". It's about drop catching .pros on SnapNames. I have been doing this for about 6 months and have picked up Stockmarket.pro, Drive.pro, Local.pro, Code.pro, Help.pro, People.pro, Politics.pro, Promo.pro, Exhibit.pro, Speed.pro, and Date.pro, amongst others.

SnapNames added .pro to it's drop list around the same time restrictions were eased last September. Before that, you had to monitor what was dropping on Encirca's expiring domains feed, count 40-45 days forward, and then check the WHOIS at certain times of the day.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420

Does anybody know if Encirca and Find Inc are both owned by Tom Barrett? I noticed that Video.pro and Movie.pro registrant details have been switched from Encirca to Find Inc. Find Inc and Encirca use the same address details and Find Inc are themselves registered as a .eu registrar;

http://list.eurid.eu/registrars/View...ar.htm?id=3120

Alternatively, does anybody know how to find out the Directors of US companies? In the UK, you can download an annual return from companieshouse.co.uk.

I'm still intrigued how Video.pro and Movie.pro could sell for $35,000 and $22,000 respectively to a Belgium guy called Mauritz Rijkeboer, he then doesn't renew them, Encirca pick them up before they drop, Tom Barrett tells me he has decided to give Mr. Rijkeboer's estate more time to claim the names, I investigate and it appears Mauritz Rijkeboer is still very much alive, then finally Encirca transfer Video.pro and Movie.pro to Find Inc which has the same contact details as Encirca.

sky · 05-02-2009, 09:24 AM

Originally Posted by akcampbell

I have added another blog on Total.pro called "Catch a Falling Star". It's about drop catching .pros on SnapNames. I have been doing this for about 6 months and have picked up Stockmarket.pro, Drive.pro, Local.pro, Code.pro, Help.pro, People.pro, Politics.pro, Promo.pro, Exhibit.pro, Speed.pro, and Date.pro, amongst others.

Ha! Exhibit.pro used to be mine

I tried selling on EBay. I just didn't want to pay the renewal. I have about 20 .pros, maybe 10 - 15 real 'keepers'. That wasn't a bad one.

---------- Post added at 09:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 AM ----------

Originally Posted by akcampbell

I have added another blog on Total.pro called "Catch a Falling Star". It's about drop catching .pros on SnapNames. I have been doing this for about 6 months and have picked up Stockmarket.pro, Drive.pro, Local.pro, Code.pro, Help.pro, People.pro, Politics.pro, Promo.pro, Exhibit.pro, Speed.pro, and Date.pro, amongst others.
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420

SnapNames added .pro to it's drop list around the same time restrictions were eased last September. Before that, you had to monitor what was dropping on Encirca's expiring domains feed, count 40-45 days forward, and then check the WHOIS at certain times of the day.

Does anybody know if Encirca and Find Inc are both owned by Tom Barrett? I noticed that Video.pro and Movie.pro registrant details have been switched from Encirca to Find Inc. Find Inc and Encirca use the same address details and Find Inc are themselves registered as a .eu registrar;
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420

EURid - Registrars

Alternatively, does anybody know how to find out the Directors of US companies? In the UK, you can download an annual return from companieshouse.co.uk.

I'm still intrigued how Video.pro and Movie.pro could sell for $35,000 and $22,000 respectively to a Belgium guy called Mauritz Rijkeboer, he then doesn't renew them, Encirca pick them up before they drop, Tom Barrett tells me he has decided to give Mr. Rijkeboer's estate more time to claim the names, I investigate and it appears Mauritz Rijkeboer is still very much alive, then finally Encirca transfer Video.pro and Movie.pro to Find Inc which has the same contact details as Encirca.

Yes, it does sound remarkably suspicious. The broker fee for auction one's own domain oneself is just the cost of advertising, I guess

seeker · 05-02-2009, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by akcampbell

I'm still intrigued how Video.pro and Movie.pro could sell for $35,000 and $22,000 respectively to a Belgium guy called Mauritz Rijkeboer, he then doesn't renew them

Thats not good news for us .pro owners...

terol · 05-02-2009, 09:53 AM

akcampbell, thanks for sharing with us the .pro drops at Snapnames... Now you will never get more ones at good prices there.

seeker · 05-02-2009, 11:33 AM

Originally Posted by terol

akcampbell, thanks for sharing with us the .pro drops at Snapnames... Now you will never get more ones at good prices there.

there is one thing worse than competition - the lack of it.
"seeker"

dotprofan · 05-04-2009, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by seeker

Thats not good news for us .pro owners...

He also purchased video.us for 75K and let that drop as well so something unusual seems to have happened - see http://www.namepros.com/domain-name-...ml#post2717616

terol · 05-04-2009, 09:44 PM

Someones own too much money...

akcampbell · 05-11-2009, 01:27 PM

Jan 09 registrar stats are out. .pro registrations were up 8.5% on Dec 08 at 32.5k. DomainPeople was the biggest gainer absolutely and in % terms, up 1,227 .pros or 20% on Dec 08. Encirca lost .pros which hasn't happened for a long time. Netsol were up 9% in Jan 09, leaving them only 455 .pros behind Encirca. It looks likely that Encirca will have lost it's crown as the biggest .pro registrar by March or April.

b2b · 05-11-2009, 01:39 PM

Last time I checked, weather.pro was on auction at $11.500 with a few days left. Anyone know the end result?

hakita · 05-15-2009, 07:47 AM

Hi Akcampbell, i checked you nice list of .pro and appraised it with http://DomainAppraisal.pro, and it seems to me that your domaine Storage.pro or Project.pro is underevaluated.
I just snaped Data.pro, would you evaluated it as a 5 stars belonger ?
Best regards

terol · 05-15-2009, 09:42 AM

Hey hakita, nice site!

I have bookmarked it for future references. Thanks!

***Soofi*** · 05-15-2009, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by hakita

Evaluation de domaine avec EvaluationDeDomaine.com

Your site appraises my two domains.. and I like the price of one domain

????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420

Address.pro = $5000

Open.pro = $110

***mwzd*** · 05-15-2009, 12:45 PM

DomainAppraisal.pro is interesting, if limited.

Here is one sample screenshot of 20 names (mine).

http://bmp.in/images/domainappr.jpg

04-21-2009, 03:22 AM	#1254 (permalink)
seeker Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,168	Where these drops or new regs? Either case, someone is having one heck of a day! __________________ Seek and you shall find!

04-21-2009, 11:58 AM	THREAD STARTER #1256 (permalink)
InvisionTech NamePros Regular Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 617	Find.pro found some nice state name GEOs. __________________ Wise man says... Websites: Virtualization.net: Virtualization & Cloud Computing Portal - Solutions.PRO - AUTOTALK.com Domains: Memory.pro - Furniture.pro - Scuba.pro - Marble.pro - Lens.pro

04-29-2009, 11:52 PM	THREAD STARTER #1259 (permalink)
InvisionTech NamePros Regular Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 617	Good finds! Sports keywords fit .pro nicely and smallbusiness.pro would make a great tips/guide website on small business related topics. I finally heard back from hostway about updating DNS for domains... after months. __________________ Wise man says... Websites: Virtualization.net: Virtualization & Cloud Computing Portal - Solutions.PRO - AUTOTALK.com Domains: Memory.pro - Furniture.pro - Scuba.pro - Marble.pro - Lens.pro

04-30-2009, 10:19 AM	#1261 (permalink)
bocanames NamePros Regular Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 362	sites reviewed InvisionTech , that's a nice theme and design elements for golfclubs.pro, and plenty of content, really impressive. I would comment out the display of the blogroll section entirely unless you have some plans for it. Also maybe try displaying the tag cloud higher up on the page and labeling it "Find golf courses", "Gold courses in your state" or something similar? Just thinking outloud. Ben your geeks.pro is a home business ready packaged - great job, beautiful clean code. As you said a bit more content, some SEO work and you're set! This is surprisingly well done, as I haven't heard you talking about too many sites you've developed; you're a natural. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420 Pile.pro looks like a work-in-progress, so I'll not comment on that one. Andy it's obviously a topic that you have some passion for, so keep going. But it's hard not to be negatively biased when confronted with broken primary navigation links. To keep it fair, I'll offer up my last completed site creditrepair.pro for sacrifice. The very next item on the to-do list is to give it a design overhaul, the graphics are horrible. Yet I'm satisfied with the first pass at the content because I'm getting some good results. Extremely high value clicks from the google ads, extraordinary performance from the google search, but still poor conversion rates from the afilliate ads. All feedback welcome!

05-02-2009, 04:33 AM	#1263 (permalink)
akcampbell .Pro Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,360	I have added another blog on Total.pro called "Catch a Falling Star". It's about drop catching .pros on SnapNames. I have been doing this for about 6 months and have picked up Stockmarket.pro, Drive.pro, Local.pro, Code.pro, Help.pro, People.pro, Politics.pro, Promo.pro, Exhibit.pro, Speed.pro, and Date.pro, amongst others. SnapNames added .pro to it's drop list around the same time restrictions were eased last September. Before that, you had to monitor what was dropping on Encirca's expiring domains feed, count 40-45 days forward, and then check the WHOIS at certain times of the day. ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?t=522420 Does anybody know if Encirca and Find Inc are both owned by Tom Barrett? I noticed that Video.pro and Movie.pro registrant details have been switched from Encirca to Find Inc. Find Inc and Encirca use the same address details and Find Inc are themselves registered as a .eu registrar; http://list.eurid.eu/registrars/View...ar.htm?id=3120 Alternatively, does anybody know how to find out the Directors of US companies? In the UK, you can download an annual return from companieshouse.co.uk. I'm still intrigued how Video.pro and Movie.pro could sell for $35,000 and $22,000 respectively to a Belgium guy called Mauritz Rijkeboer, he then doesn't renew them, Encirca pick them up before they drop, Tom Barrett tells me he has decided to give Mr. Rijkeboer's estate more time to claim the names, I investigate and it appears Mauritz Rijkeboer is still very much alive, then finally Encirca transfer Video.pro and Movie.pro to Find Inc which has the same contact details as Encirca. __________________ Rates.info and Prices.info currently at Sedo auction. No reserve price. Ends 24 May 2012. Last edited by akcampbell; 05-02-2009 at 05:07 AM.

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04-21-2009, 02:51 AM	#1253 (permalink)
Kuli NamePros Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 123	Who on earth let all the US states domains expire, florida.pro, texas.pro, etc.??? Alas I was too late to catch them. Congrats to the new owner!

04-21-2009, 12:11 PM	#1257 (permalink)
cdboard NamePros Regular Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 649	I thought they already had most of them.

04-29-2009, 05:12 PM	#1258 (permalink)
Fundraiser Name Cartel's Mr. Blonde Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 523	I just picked up Lacrosse.pro and the two-word SmallBusiness.pro. I also lost my third dot pro lottery to a member here who has all the luck or can rig major lottery drawings. You know who you are. Why did I make this post? It was hard to find this thread so I brought it back up a bit. Cheers.

05-02-2009, 09:53 AM	#1266 (permalink)
terol NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 197	akcampbell, thanks for sharing with us the .pro drops at Snapnames... Now you will never get more ones at good prices there.

05-04-2009, 09:44 PM	#1269 (permalink)
terol NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 197	Someones own too much money...

05-11-2009, 01:27 PM	#1270 (permalink)
akcampbell .Pro Regular Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,360	Jan 09 registrar stats are out. .pro registrations were up 8.5% on Dec 08 at 32.5k. DomainPeople was the biggest gainer absolutely and in % terms, up 1,227 .pros or 20% on Dec 08. Encirca lost .pros which hasn't happened for a long time. Netsol were up 9% in Jan 09, leaving them only 455 .pros behind Encirca. It looks likely that Encirca will have lost it's crown as the biggest .pro registrar by March or April. __________________ Rates.info and Prices.info currently at Sedo auction. No reserve price. Ends 24 May 2012.

05-11-2009, 01:39 PM	#1271 (permalink)
b2b Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,633	Last time I checked, weather.pro was on auction at $11.500 with a few days left. Anyone know the end result?

05-15-2009, 07:47 AM	#1272 (permalink)
hakita NamePros Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 103	Hi Akcampbell, i checked you nice list of .pro and appraised it with http://DomainAppraisal.pro, and it seems to me that your domaine Storage.pro or Project.pro is underevaluated. I just snaped Data.pro, would you evaluated it as a 5 stars belonger ? Best regards __________________ Hakita.tel

05-15-2009, 09:42 AM	#1273 (permalink)
terol NamePros Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 197	Hey hakita, nice site! I have bookmarked it for future references. Thanks!

05-15-2009, 12:45 PM	#1275 (permalink)
*mwzd* Extension Agnostic Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 7,913 Follow @mwzd	DomainAppraisal.pro is interesting, if limited. Here is one sample screenshot of 20 names (mine). http://bmp.in/images/domainappr.jpg __________________ Premium Domains for Sale \| Domain Broker \| Domain Consultant \| Domain Blog WebSite Development \| MiniSites

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