.Pro one year later

[bidawinner]

seeing a fair amount of .Pro sales showing up as we enter the end of the first year and into renewel time.
I am renewing 6 of 7 I registered and have purchased 2 more on the after market

My main devlopment in .Pro is UnitedStates.Pro

I think all the fears of .Pro second level not being allowed by ICANN has taken a backseat and most concern is simply the renwel price of $99 .. thats steep if all you are doing is sitting on them but if all you do is develop one of them ..that can pay for all your renewels .


I'm very happy with my .Pro regs and just wanted to see how everyone else fared this past year and what do think of .Pro over the next few years .

 

[Kate]

I hate renewal time too... it hurts !

I think it is relatively safe to register .pro now. IMO ICANN doesn't care about enforcing the rules, it should be up to RegistryPro instead. So far they have done nothing, most likely they welcome the added revenue and prefer to turn a blind eye on non-compliant registrations.

So why not do yourself a favor and register a few.

Unlike .com the TLD is too expensive to just sit and wait. I would advise registering top-notch names and actively use them so you can at least recoup the cost with development.
It's not the best TLD for speculation purpose in view of the cost and restrictions.

I like .pro personally... I do hope they will relax the rules in the future as this could boost the TLD.

 

[Anthony]

It seems like a lot of work to justify the $100/year. Of course, if you have a good business plan that would accomodate the cost, then it seems like a good value.

 

[smub]

yes it seems like the prices are increasing and .pro domains are worth for long term investment