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.

 

[InvisionTech]

is this Geo domain or not??))
Cities.pro

The singular form works much better in this case...

City.pro which you can hack like:

Newyork.City.pro/Jobs/
Newyork.City.pro/Apartments/
Newyork.City.pro/Homes/
Newyork.City.pro/Lawyer/

Makes it a great portal site for ALL cities in the world.

Cities, for me, leaves the word very limited thats why I did not register it when it was dropped recently?


Here are some of the names that are expiring in my portfolio soon, which ones to keep??? I've eliminated about 15 or 20 of them so far:


Solutions.pro (developed site, check signatures)
Manage.pro
Appraisals.pro
Arabic.pro
Visit.pro
EquityLoans.pro
Airforce.pro
Diagnosis.pro
Doit.pro
Task.pro
Alpharetta.pro (technology hub north of Atlanta, GA USA)
Checkcard.pro
Interactive.pro
Navy.pro
Spreadsheet.pro
Eyes.pro
Convert.pro
Develop.pro
Citation.pro
Aerospace.pro
Flick.pro
Cardgames.pro
NetworkSecurity.pro
Ccie.pro (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Highest technical certification and hardest that you can earn)
Invoice.pro
Checkout.pro
Available.pro
Loanofficer.pro
Cast.pro
Hotgirls.pro
Flying.pro
Know.pro
Elawyer.pro
Abudhabi.pro (Capital of UAE, richest city in the world, fast growing)
Make.pro
Cardealer.pro
Human.pro
Arms.pro
Weapons.pro
Efinance.pro
Geneva.pro (Switzerland)
Costume.pro
Avenue.pro
Planning.pro
Take.pro
Powertools.pro
Mesa.pro
Focus.pro
Guard.pro
Defense.pro
Autodealer.pro
Counseling.pro
Airfares.pro
Madison.pro (Geo, top 10 places to live?)
Country.pro
Problem.pro
Buckhead.pro (upscale area in Atlanta, Buckhead.com sold for $300,000)
Anaheim.pro (Geo)
Pick.pro
Charter.pro
Audiovideo.pro
Island.pro
Dublin.pro
Prime.pro
Strip.pro
Countryclub.pro
Tires.pro
Copenhagen.pro
Adventure.pro
Knol.pro
Pink.pro
Esex.pro
Florence.pro (Geo)
Transplant.pro
Crea.pro (Certified Real Estate Agent / Agency, etc. )
Write.pro
Itguy.pro
Definition.pro
Band.pro
Warehouse.pro
Playgames.pro
Freemusic.pro
Ring.pro
Hedgefunds.pro
Ecasino.pro
Pack.pro
Emusic.pro
Marketplace.pro
Tracker.pro
Freegames.pro
Sharing.pro
Mart.pro
Destination.pro
Freevideo.pro
Workforce.pro
Wave.pro
Gizmo.pro
Point.pro
Cashier.pro
Golfclub.pro
Burbank.pro (Geo, media capital of the world, hollywood)
Greenwich.pro (Geo, hedge fund capital)
Opensource.pro
Universal.pro
Autoparts.pro
Motels.pro
Package.pro
Town.pro
Palm.pro
Cables.pro
Imagine.pro
Tube.pro
Prepaid.pro
Outsource.pro
Bandwidth.pro
Payperview.pro
Owner.pro
Booty.pro
Billboard.pro
Release.pro
Nexus.pro
Format.pro
Node.pro (Web Directory developed site, check signature)
Suit.pro
EquityLoan.pro
Federal.pro
Wall.pro
Suits.pro
Dress.pro
Panama.pro
Moneymarket.pro
Creditunion.pro
Used.pro


The "e" and "i' are going plus the adult sounding names. Any others?

Thanks

 

[zuriko]

The singular form works much better in this case...

City.pro which you can hack like:

Newyork.City.pro/Jobs/
Newyork.City.pro/Apartments/
Newyork.City.pro/Homes/
Newyork.City.pro/Lawyer/

Makes it a great portal site for ALL cities in the world.

Cities, for me, leaves the word very limited thats why I did not register it when it was dropped recently?


Here are some of the names that are expiring in my portfolio soon, which ones to keep??? I've eliminated about 15 or 20 of them so far:


Solutions.pro (developed site, check signatures)
Manage.pro
Appraisals.pro
Arabic.pro
Visit.pro
EquityLoans.pro
Airforce.pro
Diagnosis.pro
Doit.pro
Task.pro
Alpharetta.pro (technology hub north of Atlanta, GA USA)
Checkcard.pro
Interactive.pro
Navy.pro
Spreadsheet.pro
Eyes.pro
Convert.pro
Develop.pro
Citation.pro
Aerospace.pro
Flick.pro
Cardgames.pro
NetworkSecurity.pro
Ccie.pro (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert - Highest technical certification and hardest that you can earn)
Invoice.pro
Checkout.pro
Available.pro
Loanofficer.pro
Cast.pro
Hotgirls.pro
Flying.pro
Know.pro
Elawyer.pro
Abudhabi.pro (Capital of UAE, richest city in the world, fast growing)
Make.pro
Cardealer.pro
Human.pro
Arms.pro
Weapons.pro
Efinance.pro
Geneva.pro (Switzerland)
Costume.pro
Avenue.pro
Planning.pro
Take.pro
Powertools.pro
Mesa.pro
Focus.pro
Guard.pro
Defense.pro
Autodealer.pro
Counseling.pro
Airfares.pro
Madison.pro (Geo, top 10 places to live?)
Country.pro
Problem.pro
Buckhead.pro (upscale area in Atlanta, Buckhead.com sold for $300,000)
Anaheim.pro (Geo)
Pick.pro
Charter.pro
Audiovideo.pro
Island.pro
Dublin.pro
Prime.pro
Strip.pro
Countryclub.pro
Tires.pro
Copenhagen.pro
Adventure.pro
Knol.pro
Pink.pro
Esex.pro
Florence.pro (Geo)
Transplant.pro
Crea.pro (Certified Real Estate Agent / Agency, etc. )
Write.pro
Itguy.pro
Definition.pro
Band.pro
Warehouse.pro
Playgames.pro
Freemusic.pro
Ring.pro
Hedgefunds.pro
Ecasino.pro
Pack.pro
Emusic.pro
Marketplace.pro
Tracker.pro
Freegames.pro
Sharing.pro
Mart.pro
Destination.pro
Freevideo.pro
Workforce.pro
Wave.pro
Gizmo.pro
Point.pro
Cashier.pro
Golfclub.pro
Burbank.pro (Geo, media capital of the world, hollywood)
Greenwich.pro (Geo, hedge fund capital)
Opensource.pro
Universal.pro
Autoparts.pro
Motels.pro
Package.pro
Town.pro
Palm.pro
Cables.pro
Imagine.pro
Tube.pro
Prepaid.pro
Outsource.pro
Bandwidth.pro
Payperview.pro
Owner.pro
Booty.pro
Billboard.pro
Release.pro
Nexus.pro
Format.pro
Node.pro (Web Directory developed site, check signature)
Suit.pro
EquityLoan.pro
Federal.pro
Wall.pro
Suits.pro
Dress.pro
Panama.pro
Moneymarket.pro
Creditunion.pro
Used.pro


The "e" and "i' are going plus the adult sounding names. Any others?

Thanks

I like:
tube.pro
Write.pro
Guard.pro
Visit.pro
country.pro
cast.pro
make.pro

 

[MasterGuru]

is this Geo domain or not??))
Cities.pro

Not bad, but it is not city... If you develop it - it will be have more value.

And btw, what's your opinion on academia.pro?
of course is not "academic" ( akcampbell was take it faster ) and not "academy", but IMHO also good name.

 

[bocanames]

I wouldn't describe anything somebody registers as crap when there only 21,000 .pros registered.

Your prerogative of course, despite the obvious drop-fodder being regged en masse now.

My logic for not regging Vacuum.pro in 07 was that vacuum cleaners are heavy but relatively cheap so it's not an obvious product for people to buy online. That leaves you selling bags and accessories which is a valuable niche but there are already alot of people doing it and you've got to post out alot of bags to get rich which will hit the amount people will pay for domains.

Yeah lettings.pro sounds more like a path to riches. And where does that authoritative tone come from? Have you developed any of your .pro's?

You dropped Fund.pro a couple of months after Fund.com sold for $10m, Fund.info sold for $15,000 and even Fund.cc sold for $4,000. I couldn't believe you dropped it, that would be absolute heresy based on my .pro analysis method. You offered it for sale at $1,000, withdrew it from sale when the .com sale went through, told everybody it must be worth $5,000, then dropped it. I would have happily paid $1,000. You did the same with Click.pro which isn't a product or service but it's an extremely brandable keyword with as the $56,000 sale of Click.net demonstrates.

I don't know why you picked those two specifically, there have been many great domains I dropped that I wish I could've kept. There were many great .PROs I've dropped in the past couple years alone, not to mention other domains in other extensions. Gonna have to post again later on this one - too much I'd like to say, including a couple good stories!

InvisionTech, for what little it's worth, my favorites are:
pink.pro
suit.pro
dress.pro
flying.pro
ring.pro

Yes I realize how little that helps, you're trying to create a list to DROP. That's going to depend a lot on your portfolio objectives though. Maybe start with knol.pro?

 

[InvisionTech]

InvisionTech, for what little it's worth, my favorites are:
pink.pro
suit.pro
dress.pro
flying.pro
ring.pro

Yes I realize how little that helps, you're trying to create a list to DROP. That's going to depend a lot on your portfolio objectives though. Maybe start with knol.pro?

Thanks for the input. :D Yeah, knol and other crap is going... all the hype got to me. :hehe:

I will keep all the GEOs, 4 character and service/product related... shedding aroun 20 to 40 names.

 

[WordWalker]

More .PRO - Opinions Please

Best prospects for development, and how to make the best use for long term potential:

Driving.pro
Conferencing.pro
VacationRental.pro
Utility.pro
Electrical.pro
Hoops.pro
ScrapBooking.pro
MotorBike.pro
Moped.pro
Resident.pro
Layaway.pro
HotAirBalloon.pro
Microwave.pro
Soup.pro
Dinosaur.pro

 

[bocanames]

I will keep all the GEOs, 4 character and service/product related... shedding aroun 20 to 40 names.

Plenty of good ones in there, good luck picking some discards.

Time for some story-telling; a long-winded followup to previous post:

Back in the day -- the $99/year renewal forced a discipline on .PRO portfolio owners that was tough. If you stare at a couple hundred "keepers" and have to cut back, certainly some good ones will get cut. That's the nature of the game.

I also realize over time that my opinion of which are really domains I want to keep and develop, or hold and resell changes. It continues to change in some cases as I continue to re-evaluate the domain lists, my goals, and other factors.

Sometimes a great name is just unlikely to be resale material for years, or just not a good fit in the portfolio, and if it's not something I want to develop I may well choose to invest elsewhere. There are no shortage of good investment opportunities in the world today.

Sometimes they fall victim to registrar operators who aren't forced to adhere to a deletions policy, like some of mine that were deleted by Encirca more than a week early. Really my fault though, for waiting for price drops and assuming they had a deletion policy. Actually they have a guy who manually runs a delete script from time to time! On the other hand compare that with some of the stories here about not knowing which registrations actually went through until days later. That tells you there's not even a techie who gets the notion of using an API at the registry to enforce unique registration transactions. Amateur hour indeed!

And sometimes something like a new IDN sub-market comes along and seems like more fertile ground to invest in. Personally I see some of the IDN markets as more risky than .PRO. That is to say, with much more upside potential but more chance of never becoming valuable as well.

My favorite dropped domain story is voice.pro - mjs had it for years, dropped it, I regged it and held for 2 years, dropped it and he picked it up again. Now I'm waiting for him to drop it again

The .PRO I most regret letting go? identity.pro - I soon realized the time is perfect for competitors to enter the openID space with new features, and it's the kind of development I would really enjoy. OpenID is here to stay, and there are key features aplenty that are missing. Someone will bring something cool to the game and gain huge market share. Good luck Roland Meier!

 

[akcampbell]

Your prerogative of course, despite the obvious drop-fodder being regged en masse now.

Maybe, but 21,000 .pros compared to hundreds of thousands of .asia and .me registrations, I don't see why these are any more valid. You pay your money and you take your chance.

Yeah lettings.pro sounds more like a path to riches. And where does that authoritative tone come from?

Lettings is a popular UK keyword. If you put allinurl: lettings.co.uk and allinurl: lettings.com you'll see what I mean.

Letting agents in the UK charge about 10% management fees so if you get 10 customers that's the same income value as owning a property. The average property price in the UK is about $250,000, the average rental yield about 7% or $17,500 per year so theoretically, in return for a little bit of organisation, each customer a letting agent retain for 1 year is worth $1,750.

I wouldn't say Lettings.pro is one of my best .pros but I'm happy to pay the renewal fees for now.

Have you developed any of your .pro's?

No, not yet. I have been working on my first .com development in my spare time on and off for 2 years. I have done several PHP and HTML courses at night school and taught myself Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and Flash.

I don't know why you picked those two specifically

I was surprised you dropped them, especially Fund.pro. What other 4 letter .pros have you dropped where the keyword in .com sold for $10m? When you had that thread of 20 .pros for sale and I bought Account.pro for $1,000. I'd been fretting about whether to buy Account.pro or Fund.pro. I bought Account.pro, read the news about Fund.com selling for $10m, kicked myself very hard, and headed to your thread to buy Fund.pro for $1,000 but you'd withdrawn it from sale, I was gutted.

You said you wouldn't sell Fund.pro for less than $5,000 after reading about "that whopping $10m cash Fund.com sale". I was actually contemplating offering you $5,000 but I knew if I did, you'd say, no actually I want $10,000. When you dropped it, I wanted to plant a giant smacker on your forehead, I couldn't believe my luck. I know I didn't reg Vacuum.pro but I really cleaned up with Fund.pro, not even a Dyson could pick up like that!

 

[bocanames]

I was actually contemplating offering you $5,000

Wow I certainly missed an opportunity there. Had I seen any sign of interest from you I would've sold for sure. Oh well.

 

[akcampbell]

Sometimes they fall victim to registrar operators who aren't forced to adhere to a deletions policy, like some of mine that were deleted by Encirca more than a week early.

I didn't realise it was the deletions policy chopping and changing until I started renewing and got caught out myself on a couple of names, luckily it was no great shakes and I was in two minds whether to renew them anyway. Encirca should have sent an email out to .pro registrants a month in advance explaining any changes in the deletions policy. I'm only letting .pros go past the expiry date now if I genuinely don't want to renew.

 

[Terrains]

Alright..which one of you guys just regged geodomain.pro and geodomains.pro? =]

 

[InvisionTech]

Alright..which one of you guys just regged geodomain.pro and geodomains.pro? =]

lol wow, I don't know someone from Venezuela. :o

 

[akcampbell]

That guy in Venezuela has alot of geo .pros. Presumably, he regged those domains to showcase or market them. He listed alot of them on another forum. That reminds me, if anybody wants a .pro flag avatar to promote .pro, send me a PM. They are very useful for raising awareness of .pro on other threads. I love doing a new flag.

 

[thunderforce]

it's plausible

Liar.pro is available. It could be a website for lawyers and politicians :yell:

 

[akcampbell]

Liar.pro would be a great name for a political satire site. I regret not registering Republican.pro and Democrat.pro, they would be great campaign sites for next week.

 

[Kuli]

Hi Andrew! Thanks for the invitation. :hi:

I regret not registering Republican.pro and Democrat.pro, they would be great campaign sites for next week.

Hey, that was me, just some weeks ago! :hehe: I hope you don't mind.

-Kuli

 

[InvisionTech]

Great names, Kuli and welcome to NamePros! :D

Another .PRO fan!

 

[zuriko]

welcome to NAME.pros !!)))

 

[InvisionTech]

Couldn't help mowing these .PROs today:

Grass.pro (a lot of grasspro companies out there, grass.com $70,000 in July)
Mower.pro

 

[Terrains]

IT you said you were near the end of your.PRO regging, but it doesn't look like you're ever going to stop =]