Is .pro dying or will it only get more valuable in the future?

[brandnow]

Of course value depends on the individual name. But I have been thinking about this recently.

On one hand, I like .pro because it rings a bell of credibility. This extension shouts "professional." Yet obviously with the stupid policies from the registry and the dwindling number of registrars offering .pro as well as the .whatevs arriving more and more I wonder about the survival of .pro.

There seems to be two options.. either the .pro registry will realize they need to get rid of the outdated restrictions.. so .pro can grow in popularly as being a genuinely good gtld OR the .pro registry will keep the restrictions and nobody will hear about .pro and over the next year or two it will completely fall out of the public's perception more than it already has.

I'm curious about your thoughts on this?

 

[mwzd]

'professional domainer'?! LOL, good luck with everything, I'm done here.

 

[McDuke]

IMO, as the gTLD's gain recognition the negative stigmas on the older g's eg., .biz, .pro, etc., will fade. It will take many years though.

 

[inland]

IMO, as the gTLD's gain recognition the negative stigmas on the older g's eg., .biz, .pro, etc., will fade. It will take many years though.

There is no "negative stigma" - this only exists in the small minds of certain comments. There is a communications revolution well underway with all the many great TLD choices.

 

[McDuke]

There is no "negative stigma" - this only exists in the small minds of certain comments. There is a communications revolution well underway with all the many great TLD choices.

Don't be delusional, before I started domaing I worked for a company that generated 30-40 million a year and I thought they were jokers using a .net.

It's not about small minds, it's about reality!

PS - I love the new gTLD's, I have many...

 

[inland]

I see each new extension as a brand. So I ask myself that if I were marketing this brand, would it succeed? I go over this, and do my own research, before investing in any extension.

That sounds like a smart way to approach business -- arrive at one's own independent judgement based on research and some clear thinking.

 

[Glow]

Beside other reasons thats the reason why I registered
propropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropro.pro

Is it investment?

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Ok. I know that curiosity is not always wise. However, in this case, the question is begging to be asked...

Why?

http://whois.domaintools.com/propropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropropro.pro

Is it investment?

The time makes tic tac tic tac tictac and I try to be tac tic tac tic tactic.
Everything what we do is a kind of investment in something.

 

[kite26]

I think no extension is dying....It only needs one big sale...and that extension become a hit...at least for sometime...

It will be a hit because of some reasons. I agree with you gbs domain.

 

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