The .PRO Discussion

[InvisionTech]

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.

 

[akcampbell]

I added a chart on Total.pro today that shows average daily .pro WHOIS searches jumped threefold in 2010. I'm going to track this monthly along with total .pros registered.

 

[JoeBiz]

I added a chart on Total.pro today that shows average daily .pro WHOIS searches jumped threefold in 2010. I'm going to track this monthly along with total .pros registered.

Who is pulling up all of that Whois data ... registrars, speculators, end users?

And what happened in May to generate that spike?

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[akcampbell]

The WHOIS searches would presumably be people interested in registering a .pro domain or wanting to know who owns it. There isn't a spike in May, have you got your monitor upside down? May is the low point.

 

[JoeBiz]

The WHOIS searches would presumably be people interested in registering a .pro domain or wanting to know who owns it. There isn't a spike in May, have you got your monitor upside down? May is the low point.

OK. The spike that began sometime in May and reached it's first plateau in June.

I see that Site.pro sold on Bido for $1072 on March 24. I've never seen a Pro even get a vote on Bido.

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[akcampbell]

Difficult to say what would cause the rise post-May 2010, for all we know it could be because somebody wrote a script to query the WHOIS one record at a time automatically. June 2010 was when the 1, 2 and 3 character .pros were allocated. However, if you look back at past spikes, they coincided with landrushes so the data is probably fairly reliable in terms of general interest levels. Thanks for the heads up on Site.pro, I have added it to Total.pro.

 

[mwzd]

I sold Insure.pro for $4,700 at Sedo.

I took insures.pro today.

Not taking plurals is all very fine, but not everyone has the luxury of being able to afford the singular keyword.

That brings my .pro portfolio up to 34, 16 more before I'm done. :D

 

[JoeBiz]

I took insures.pro today. Not taking plurals is all very fine, but not everyone has the luxury of being able to afford the singular keyword.

It doesn't take a lot of money. You just have to use a variety of search methods. I have 185 pros ... way too many. All are hand regged at EnCirca. 120 or more are singular nouns, most regged within the past six months, i.e. Sauce.pro. A self-respecting Wizard should know these things.

We need as many Pros as possible to be registered. If you discourage potential buyers from even looking for them you're just slowing down the entire process.


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[TMarkus]

Animal.pro - blows them all away with over 2,000,000 exact searches.

Building.pro - I think that "building" has a thousand applications and is a great name.

Moscow.pro - I think that the jury is still out on geos but that's definitely one of the good ones. Don't give it away.

Risk.pro - insurance companies



Mens.pro - is close to being in my top group.

And now ... let the beatings begin.


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Thanks )

have PM offer 1000$ for Building.pro 2 day's ago.
is it low price for this one?

 

[webdomain]

building.pro is worth more than 1K certainly and I agree it has much larger applications as Big Jelly suggested. I would think its worth at least 4 to 6k as minimum offer.

 

[JoeBiz]

building.pro is worth more than 1K certainly and I agree it has much larger applications as Big Jelly suggested. I would think its worth at least 4 to 6k as minimum offer.

And if you're good at haggling, consider that $1000 was their opening offer so they're surely prepared to go higher. How high you can get them to go would in part depend on how well you negotiate. Unfortunately I have no negotiating skills at all and would end up with $1022.

Also keep in mind, IMO, building-pro is a really strong name. I can't emphasize that enough. I'd take $4,000 for it now and tomorrow morning I would regret selling it.

Check out some of the sale prices on AK's site.

http://www.total.pro/pro_domain_sale_prices.php

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[candycandy]

Reporting a sale

I sold large.pro for $2.500 at Sedo.

 

[webdomain]

nice sale! good to see so many 1K+ sales! 2k even better.
Just hand registered genuine.pro! Just when I thought all the good ones were taken.

 

[mwzd]

That's a large sale, congrats!

Care to share details if at all possible, as in whether they made the offer and for how much, etc.

Cheers!

 

[JoeBiz]

I sold large.pro for $2.500 at Sedo.

GREAT SALE !!! :sold:


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[firefly]

Ok..going to venture into uncharted territory here and ask what the current prerequisites are for registering a dot pro and where is the cheapest place to land one?

It's a long thread and I can't be arsed searching through it...sorry.:red:

 

[mwzd]

ff, for complete info on .pro including requirements / sales etc - www.total.pro

.Pro can be registered if you have a business license (registered business) or a professional license, just use your license info to authenticate.

Only get top of the line .pro, what would sell for six/seven figures in .com - anything else is a waste of time.

I have some amazing .pro like author / gift / group / herbal / page / television etc and don't get too many offers at all.

Get one name for 5 years instead of 5 domains for one year would be my advice.

 

[firefly]

Ok Samit..read a bit.

I have a trade certificate in one industry and a diploma in another one, and I am studying to for a double degree. Not sure how to employ any of them to this.

Is it simply a matter of quoting, say, the trade certificate number or title to get clearance?

 

[webdomain]

.pro brand

Ok, on a broad note. A friend of mine directed me to this article on thedomain.com
regarding right of the dot incoming domains.

Of course, I had to make comment on the part about .pro registry being a success but mentioned few domainers own a .pro.

I had a few typos but hopefully made a decent reply in support of .pro

There is alot to think about in this article, but on the same token I really think that .pro is undervalued as an extension as to me there seems to be too many solid positives to buy them. Just don't understand why few others outside of this board are able to see that.

It takes time to grow a registry with a solid base. These flash in a pan domains such as .co haven't yet stood the test of time yet. I predict a strong sell off in many of these extensions that have grown so rapidly.

.pro at this point represents solid steady growth.

 

[chat111]

webdomain, I think your filmmaker.pro is fantastic and fits the extension so well that it appears to be even better than the same .com or .org

The only thing is it doesn't really suggest a movie store. A movie store makes it appear petty, which is quite opposite to what the extension suggests. If you develop it focusing on information and discussion of aspects of filmmaking, all of them technical, equipment, art and so on, possibly with its own forum - this could be a resource number one in the web, a real winner.

 

[webdomain]

ThankYou, we spend alot of time in bringing in 40+ films onto the site and now that the site has launched we are evaluating how to take it up a notch. Will take a look at the movie store with the partners involved as I kind of agree with you there. Really appreciate your evaluation and comment.