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.

 

[MasterGuru]

Guys, please recommend the cheapest .PRO registrar for transfer .Pro. Thanks

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Alpnames
$1.29 Reg
$7.99 Renew/Transfer

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Fresh sale:
LIGHT.PRO
1,550 EUR

Bought by LightPro.me (AU-enduser).

 

[inland]

https://domainpunch.com/tlds/daily.php

 

[DNGear]

Wareable.pro(Brandable)

 

[Nanda Dianto]

I got Swimmer.pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

BOXER.PRO - shared domain, offers email-accounts...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Polska.pro (native country-name for Poland) - enduser...

 

[inland]

Just noticed that .pro registration numbers are nearly 50% of .club - and it's only March 4th

https://domainpunch.com/tlds/daily.php

And, out of the 906 listed TLDs, .pro is #12 on this list.

Nice to see the growth.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Real growth is measured only by quantity and quality of endusers + aftermarket-sales.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

At now at least 50% of all .PRO-endusers are from Russia...
2nd place - France...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Just noticed that .pro registration numbers are nearly 50% of .club

What percentage of endusers among all .club-regs?
10% max.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

At now at least 50% of all .PRO-endusers are from Russia...
2nd place - France...

Also I already saw many Polish endusers...
3rd place in my own research...

 

[brandnow]

How about North American end users? Any numbers?

 

[inland]

At now at least 50% of all .PRO-endusers are from Russia...
2nd place - France...

I think that is good news because it shows international acceptance and usage of the .pro TLD. Usage is not restricted to a particular country or niche.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

How about North American end users? Any numbers?

Small numbers... because lack of GoDaddy's support.

 

[brandnow]

I think that is good news because it shows international acceptance and usage of the .pro TLD. Usage is not restricted to a particular country or niche.

Before deciding to invest in a NGTLD I always look to see if there is broad support from a multitude countries.. that's why I bought desirable names in .Work and .One. I see the same kind of support for .Pro

Compare this to .XYZ where something like 59.7% or more is from China.. it's ridiculous.. probably 80% of that is for spam, etc.

 

[WordWalker]

Just launched THIS SITE. I'd appreciate feedback. It's a work in progress, so when making suggestions, realize this is just day one.

 

[webdomain]

Just launched THIS SITE. I'd appreciate feedback. It's a work in progress, so when making suggestions, realize this is just day one.

That's a solid list of .pro domains listed there. I like the pro.domains url as well!

 

[Nanda Dianto]

Just noticed that .pro registration numbers are nearly 50% of .club - and it's only March 4th

https://domainpunch.com/tlds/daily.php

And, out of the 906 listed TLDs, .pro is #12 on this list.

Nice to see the growth.

Very Impressive! Substansial registration number since ICANN lifted the restriction.
The regular renewal price of .PRO is just $8. There is no premium renewal fee like other new gtld. Falling in love with .PRO extension.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

These absolutely formal restrictions were lifted in November, but the registration spike was fixed in February only... by Chineses... and is over already.
So no any correlation between "restrictions" and number of regs...
And still NOT supported by GoDaddy de facto... de jure only.

 

[Nanda Dianto]

The spike could be caused by promotional price under $3.
I just found out that GoDaddy is also using .pro
www.godaddy.pro
Interesting.. used by end user.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I just found out that GoDaddy is also using .pro

Already answered: namepros.com/posts/5346504/

 

[inland]

These absolutely formal restrictions were lifted in November, but the registration spike was fixed in February only... by Chineses... and is over already.
So no any correlation between "restrictions" and number of regs...
And still NOT supported by GoDaddy de facto... de jure only.

Patience is a bitter plant, but it has sweet fruit.

 

[Nanda Dianto]

Im not asking. just giving a statement to let others know..
The moment I check, It redirects to GoDaddy Pro Program page and the registrant name is Godaddy. Not Ukranian or anyone else.