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.

 

[b2b]

CONTENT.PRO is on auction at Sedo with a starting bid of $4,900. Bidding ends Friday March 8th at 5:31 EST.

https://www.sedo.co.uk/auction/auction_detail.php?tracked=&partnerid=&language=e&auction_id=142711

Good luck! Hope you get more bids!

 

[mwzd]

i still disagree.. MAYBE this restriction stuff would have eventually worked before there were thousands of TLD's to choose from - but a club that almost nobody is a part of and nobody has heard of sounds more like an underground cult than something seen as being "exclusive" in a good way.

It didn't work before, it won't in the future. But I guess it will take time for the registry to get these rules removed, might be a couple of years after the release of new gtlds, or maybe not depending on how the competition pans out.

.PRO will retain relevance even with new gtlds being launched though, it will be a few years before new gtlds will even be statistically significant to show up in search, which is where .pro will score over new gtlds, just by having been there all this time.

Maybe by retaining the 'club' status, it might even do better in search than the new gtlds but this of course is pure conjecture on my part and may pan out completely the opposite.

 

[mjnels]

im not sure they would be given preferable search for long just for existing..

i think the point that gets missed is some of the most generic TLD's already exist... the counter argument for that is why havnt they gotten popular, even without restrictions? the logical answer is you can hear a crowd of 1,900 screaming people better than you can 20.

and im not so sure any one TLD will get "popular" in the future.. but short generic TLD's like .pro seem cooler, shorter and a much wider range of use than a lot of the new coming gTLD's, like .lawyer for example

 

[Kate]

.PRO will retain relevance even with new gtlds being launched though, it will be a few years before new gtlds will even be statistically significant to show up in search, which is where .pro will score over new gtlds, just by having been there all this time.

I don't think so. In ten years .pro has made little progress. As of today it has achieved no particular 'relevance'. There is more .pro mindshare in domaining circles than end users.

Registration volume is still sluggish.

Now if you look at the launch of .me & .co, both extensions became much more prominent in much less time.
Of course it boils down to marketing.
There is no such marketing for .pro.
The mainstream registrars have no interest in .pro either. But they carry .me .co, so the registrants are exposed to those extensions: that's what matters. Most don't know .pro even exists. Game over.

The lesson is clear, .pro and the other dinosaurs can and will be outperformed by newer extensions.
They already have been.

 

[webdomain]

Dnjournal reports another one Adult.pro $2,100

I guess buy em while you can!

 

[maksimfa]

That was a waste. Did anyone fi through the sales and see if any were actually developed or still around?


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[webdomain]

http://www.prlog.org/12093727-calli...provide-consumers-low-cost-long-distance.html

Just launched pinless.pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I have sold several ones at X,XXX USD range and I am receiving new offers almost everyday.

Language of your most bidded .PROs? Spanish?

 

[maksimfa]

Thanks for that website, so looks like .pro lost a net a 4 domains yesterday..... even .mobi gained 735.

http://www.registrarstats.com/TLDDomainCounts.aspx

Here is my big big problem.... the restrictions are not why .pro is suffering.
The only thing it would do is allow more domainers to buy .pros.

The end user still has not heard of the extention. Unless there is a solid plan by registry to market the domain, I am afraid it is a sinking ship and I will be slowly culling the profession . pro domain names I own, outside of the ones I am going to develop.

Btw, jurgen, I have no issues with someone disagreeing, but I think it would add more value if you put in 5 cents as to why.

Yes, I realize I am pissing in your parade with logic and you don't want to hear it, but hitting dislike in the post without sharing why, or offering an alternative, is not going to make .pro discussion better or help anyone learn.

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Dnjournal reports another one Adult.pro $2,100

I guess buy em while you can!

And guess who owns Adult.pro? One of the domainers on here...

so domainer bought it from a domainer?

Btw, this would be florida housing bubble....

show some sales for the end user or any of the domains that sold for big money that are now developed.

 

[.NJ]

Here is my big big problem.... the restrictions are not why .pro is suffering.
The only thing it would do is allow more domainers to buy .pros.

This is a very accurate statement.

And the .pro extension is not the only one effected by this and will not be the last.

Just like .xxx was supposed to be the big game changer in the online adult industry :lol:

About 80% of any new extension that gets released to the public immediately goes into the hands of domainers with the dreams of selling LARGE to that perfect end-user.

But in reality, all that happens to that 80% of domains is that they become a revolving door from one domainer with a dream to another with the same dream.

:imho:

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

show some sales for the end user or any of the domains that sold for big money that are now developed.

serrurier.pro 6K EUR

 

[maksimfa]

serrurier.pro 6K EUR

Ok.... name 50 more?

You do get my point right?

A fool and their money are soon parted. I am glad I did not spend more than $5 on any .pro, except the two I bought for low low $xxx. (as end user)

Edit... the other thing.... how many awesome .pro's were registered by hand... or bought so low....

financialadvisor . pro $low 100 range.


those I bought as end user for my coworkers.

These are the ones that I bought for either gifting out or selling... but they were tooo stupid not to pick up.... yes, all hand reg off of drop list.
politicalconsultant.pro
shoppingservice.pro
partyplanning.pro
orthopedicmedicine.pro
pediatricmedicine.pro
adultpsychology.pro
childpsychology.pro
jewelryappraiser.pro
moldinspection.pro
cardetailing.pro
businessappraiser.pro
animaltraining.pro
appworld.pro
nannycam.pro

Any of those in the .com or any other extension would be massive money. But somehow.... people pick them up on a daily basis.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

A fool and their money are soon parted. I am glad I did not spend more than $5 on any .pro, except the two I bought for low low $xxx. (as end user)

Because u are lowballer.

 

[maksimfa]

Because u are lowballer.

Please enlighten me how that makes any sense to the discussion or makes any point.

Look at my edited post above. I have all those that were hand reg.

You can't assume the market price is 1 or even 50 domains that sold for very high market and think that that is what they are worth as a whole.... when 95% of sales or registrations are probably not even reported.

An iphone 5 sold in Moscow for $2,100 the day of launch. Is that what an iphone 5 costs?

Because one or two domains made the market, does not make it a representation of overall sales.

Remember the tech bubble in the late 90's? People were paying billions of dollars for something that was nothing more than a name... look where it got them.

Think Mc'Fly, Think!

 

[mjnels]

Because u are lowballer.

yeah, well when 99.8% of people are "lowballers" i think we call that an "average offer"

i have .pro domains and like the TLD but you dreamers are in for a reality check when thousands of TLDs are released.

thumbs down.

 

[maksimfa]

yeah, well when 99.8% of people are "lowballers" i think we call that an "average offer"

i have .pro domains and like the TLD but you dreamers are in for a reality check when thousands of TLDs are released.

thumbs down.

Wow, I think you pissed him off... he even gave you a dislike on the post, not just to every one of my posts. :lol:

 

[mjnels]

certain forum posters believe by being negative in domain forums you're bringing down the perceived value of certain TLD's.. so lets all just be hopeful and have a cheer leading rally and not discuss reality in the meantime.

 

[webdomain]

Is .pw going to capitalize on the professional domain space? they sure have a nice media campaign going on promoting the landrush. Looks like they might be spanking .pro a little bit on how to advertise.

..I'm thinking all this could end up being good for .pro as the public will become more aware of professional websites then make the call... .pw or .pro?

 

[terol]

Language of your most bidded .PROs? Spanish?

International terms -same word for several languages- always get most offers: Yoga, Hacker, Sherpa, Karaoke, Perfumes, Aikido, Hentai, Jockey, Latex, Mariachi, Reiki ... :gl:

 

[maksimfa]

Is .pw going to capitalize on the professional domain space? they sure have a nice media campaign going on promoting the landrush. Looks like they might be spanking .pro a little bit on how to advertise.

..I'm thinking all this could end up being good for .pro as the public will become more aware of professional websites then make the call... .pw or .pro?

I doubt it. I actually think .pro has advantage... If I am giving my client my website, what is easier to remember and roll off of the tongue...

joesmoe.pro or joesmoe.pw?

At the end of the day.... the registries don't have enough money to advertise the .tld to full potential.

Who is?

The end user!

Who will not?
The domainers.

The only thing that will bring .pro or any other extension to light is more and more end users... advertising their business offline, as well as developing their websites and as such, raising the results on google.

Jurgen, go ahead and hit dislike on this one too, you know you want to. Nothing of logic will get you to challenge your beliefs, actually,we don't know your beliefs as you added nothing of value to this discussion.

How or what can people do to increase popularity of .pro?

See, I want to be challenged, I want .pro to survive...I have a ton of time invested in it.... but no one can come up with solutions or facts to challenge my eventual thinking, amongst others, that .pro will likely become irrelevant.