The .PRO Discussion

InvisionTech · Sep 17, 2008

It seems .PRO is slowly coming out of the cage with cheaper reg prices than they were a year ago and major registrars like netsol taking notice of the extension and promoting it.

Here are some that I picked up in last couple of days:

Alexandria.pro

Anchorage.pro

Arlington.pro

Belfast.pro

Birmingham.pro

Budapest.pro

Durham.pro

Fairfax.pro

Italian.pro

Lisbon.pro

Fire away with your regs after the relaunch on September 8th, 2008.

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 1, 2019

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.one 0.09
.org 0.26
.net 0.69
.PRO 0.72
.com 0.74
.info 1.96
.top 3.33
.biz 4.19
.life 4.23

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 1, 2019

Over 1K domains netloss in June = ~290K

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 1, 2019

Jurgen Wolf said:
$1.99 at name.com

>>> $0.99

griff · Jul 8, 2019

Picked up a couple of high RD just-expireds

Austin /// pro
Brazilian /// pro
Woodworking /// pro

What's the outlook looking like for .pro ?

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 8, 2019

Jurgen Wolf said:
THOMSON - the oldest .PRO I have ever seen...
May'2004 (SUNRISE).

Jurgen Wolf said:
Found one more: ARAMIS

+ OUTLOOK

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 23, 2019

Jurgen Wolf said:
>>> $0.99

That's all, >>> $19.99 at name.com

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 23, 2019

So $2.06 at Namecheap is the lowest again...

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 31, 2019

Bob Hawkes said:
So it is only a problem, at either place, depending on the parking service you use? I have some .me at NC and a few .pro at NameCOM, in all cases pointed to Undeveloped, and all seem to remain active.

Looks that parking service doesn't matter...
Just found today EBET (not mine) which is blocked on Undeveloped nameservers.

Bob Hawkes · Jul 31, 2019

Jurgen Wolf said:
Looks that parking service doesn't matter...
Just found today EBET (not mine) which is blocked on Undeveloped nameservers.

I don't know the niche but notice there is a company by that exact name so maybe they complained to registry rather than try to win a UDRP? Does that sometimes lead to blocks? Of course begs the question if a registrar allows registration, a registry allows creation, how can it be logical to block it on a service without infringing content or ads.
Bob

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 31, 2019

Bunch of my Namecheap domains (as was described on the previous pages) were blocked by Afilias without any real reasons... And I spent over 1 week to unblock them.
I can't add anything.

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 31, 2019

And now I recheck all my domains monthly... regarding serverHold.

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 31, 2019

Bob Hawkes said:
so maybe they complained to registry rather than try to win a UDRP? Does that sometimes lead to blocks?

No, all complaints regarding the ownership can't be a reason to block the domain.
Such blocks without UDRP decision are illegal.

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 31, 2019

Jurgen Wolf said:
Bunch of my Namecheap domains (as was described on the previous pages) were blocked by Afilias without any real reasons... And I spent over 1 week to unblock them.
I can't add anything.

Formal reason was stated as spam activity (this is what Afilias answered to Namecheap).
But I rechecked all those domains using https://www.spamhaus.org/lookup/ - none of them were blacklisted.

p.s. The mentioned EBET is good as well.

Jurgen Wolf · Jul 31, 2019

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.26
.one 0.51
.PRO 0.58
.net 0.66
.com 0.73
.info 1.48
.biz 3.66
.top 3.89
.life 5.24

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 1, 2019

Almost 9K domains netgain last month = ~299K

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 6, 2019

Jurgen Wolf said:
Looks that parking service doesn't matter...
Just found today EBET (not mine) which is blocked on Undeveloped nameservers.

+ APIS
The same Namecheap and Undeveloped, also not mine.

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 8, 2019

Looks that both were unblocked yesterday.

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 9, 2019

300K milestone...

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 16, 2019

https://www.namepros.com/threads/bodis.484866/page-219#post-7354880

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 17, 2019

So yesterday 2 more blocked by Afilias victims for me...
1 was registered recently and parked at ParkingCrew, another domain parked at Bodis (2+ months old).
Both domains at Namecheap.

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 17, 2019

I have MANY .PRO domains with another registrars like 1and1, Dynadot, name.com etc.
But continuous blocking is happening only for Namecheap domains...

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 18, 2019

The most annoying - this idiotic activity by Afilias is absolutely silent, no any notification to Registrants... no even attempts to investigate certain case...
Only own regular checks of portfolio can help to detect all these victims...

I think, Afilias must be deaccredited by ICANN.
Registrant has no any rights in Afilias opinion.

MasterGuru · Aug 18, 2019

Namecheap is a really dirty Registrar - some of my domains suddenly got this week ServerHOLD status....

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 18, 2019

11 victims for me at Namecheap for the last ~100 days...
And I'm not sure that this number is final...

p.s. Looks like real war of Afilias VS Domainers...

Jurgen Wolf · Aug 18, 2019

Not mine...
Just found overviews with serverHold at Namecheap and at their hosting nameservers... regged ~3 months ago.
If somebody reads this thread....

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