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.

 

[RU]

what happens with .pro?

 

[kite26]

what happens with .pro?

Dead.

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

actlikea.pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Still without GoDaddy and 1and1 etc.
118K+ domains at now.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

LLL.PRO are still also closed by stupid Afilias.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Dynadot
$3.99 Reg

 

[MasterGuru]

looks like .Pro registry down???
I mean that new .Pro registrations on many registrars are not available....
(Service is unavailable message)
Also .pro WHOIS is not available for a long time...

This is very unPROfessional for .PRO from my point of view.....

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Is down for scheduled maintenance by Afilias...

 

[kite26]

looks like .Pro registry down???
I mean that new .Pro registrations on many registrars are not available....
(Service is unavailable message)
Also .pro WHOIS is not available for a long time...

This is very unPROfessional for .PRO from my point of view.....

Available or not the extension now is dead. .ooo is more active now....

 

[DOMAIN ILLUMINATI]

Available or not the extension now is dead. .ooo is more active now....

As long as an TLD exists / is available, it isn't death.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Dynadot
$3.99 Reg

Unfortunately unsupported TLD by their API...

 

[kite26]

As long as an g/TLD exists / is available, it isn't death.

It's maybe an after death experience lol

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Available or not the extension now is dead. .ooo is more active now....

LOL
.ooo - 18K domains
.PRO - 119K domains

 

[kite26]

LOL
.ooo - 18K domains
.PRO - 119K domains

Obviously I am joking, but .pro seems unable to reach my expectations.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Please NEVER forget that .PRO is NOT selling by GoDaddy, 1and1, Namecheap etc. at all!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

In the meantime you can check WHOIS via whois.afilias.net - works...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Also I never saw any .PRO-drops by Michael Silver...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ LLL/NNN are closed.
This is another negative factor for .PRO-growth...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Reg on ResellerClub - works...
So if you have reg-troubles with Dynadot - contact their Support...

 

[brandnow]

Please NEVER forget that .PRO is NOT selling by GoDaddy, 1and1, Namecheap etc. at all!

... yet

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

From Dynadot: Yes, I do apologize. Our engineers will have that fixed as soon as possible.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Accordingly .PRO-integration into Dyna-API: they will consider my request...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

At now all dropped countries .PRO (english-spellings) are going into reserve and prohibited for further registration... Recent drop-samples: UnitedKingdom, Latvia, Croatia etc.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So think a few times before dropping...
The NEW agreement with ICANN is in effect at now...

 

[cdboard]

anything significant, besides the professions requirement being eliminated?

At now all dropped countries .PRO (english-spellings) are going into reserve and prohibited for further registration... Recent drop-samples: UnitedKingdom, Latvia, Croatia etc.

hmmm. might that make existing country .PROs a little more valuable ?