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.

 

[kite26]

What the hell with this extension can't believe i don't have interest i ll delete them all.

 

[Haris]

@Jurgen Wolf How many do you own?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

As of now I own ~580...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

What the hell with this extension can't believe i don't have interest i ll delete them all.

Don't reg all what you see... just pick up those that have a potential endusers...

 

[Haris]

Don't reg all what you see... just pick up those that have a potential endusers...

I have backordered one at pheenix.. it's expensive but I thought I would give a try..

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I have backordered one at pheenix.. it's expensive but I thought I would give a try..

You may backorder @Dynadot also ($8.99 startbid).
But no chances for Dyna if the same names are ordered at Pheenix.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ you may try SnapNames...
All expired .PROs from PDR and EnCirca are auctioned there...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Per my research and observation, .PRO-endusers prefer 4Ls, strong keywords and brandables...
And the most of them are from Russia, France, Poland, the Netherlands... Europe - in short.
US-demand is not so high here but good sales and offers are occurring also... for ex., recent custom.pro for 4K EUR (Sedo)...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding so-called CHIPs...
I don't see any enduser-perspectives here...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

GoDaddy started with .PRO just in March... and with minimal support of it (just inserted into pricelist and that's all).
So don't expect something special this year...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

1and1 started even later... since May...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And as I already said above...
Who prefers 3-figure flips - can sell tens of .PROs to endusers yearly... no any issues in this mode if the domains are not weak.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Per my research and observation, .PRO-endusers prefer 4Ls, strong keywords and brandables...

and Geos.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

You are sth like wizard...

I'm not a wizard, benchmark etc.
I just spend my time on this thread... Many others - don't... they are working with .PRO silently and for many years since the beginning of it... or at least since 2008...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

p.s. And ~5 or less months since the reg-date are NOT a reason to be dissappointed or to panic...
Usually a very very good domains only - are able to be sold quickly in passive mode...
Regarding crap - it will never sell.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Also amount of offers depends on your volume...
.PRO ratio as of now is ~1:30 (1 offer per 30 domains) that places it among good TLDs (<1:50).

 

[DNGear]

Nice choices.. Are you selling any? To resellers of end-users? And for how much?

Thanks.

No sales till now.
Got some 5 offers in the range of 100 - 300 usd. (Rejected)

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

No sales till now.
Got some 5 offers in the range of 100 - 300 usd. (Rejected)

When you started with .PRO, Feb'2016?

 

[DNGear]

When you started with .PRO, Feb'2016?

Yes...i have 150 now.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Your demand-results are normal definitely...
Regarding medium and big fish - it needs time...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~379K
~3K netgain in July (without GoDaddy de facto)...

 

[DNGear]

Fling / pro
Quip / pro
Prospective / pro
Persistent / pro
Definition / pro
Thick / pro
Pavilion / pro
Autonomy / pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Definition / pro

Got plural, thanks! )

 

[defnil]

I just registered mechatronics.pro today, which is also my major.
If it cannot be sold I'll keep it for my personal use

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I just registered mechatronics.pro today, which is also my major.
If it cannot be sold I'll keep it for my personal use

Nice!

p.s. 2 .PROs are used personally by me and my family since 2010...