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.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Just an example:
100 x $7 + $95 = $795
100 x $9.49 = $949

 

[cdboard]

I wonder if an opensrs reseller will have a corresponding sale

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I already sold 5 .PROs:
3 x ~$1K
1 x $555
1 x $200

 

[brandnow]

I wish registrars like GoDaddy and NC handled .pro. I like this extension. I have one super premium .pro. Though I feel like the value and long-term worth would be a bit greater if GoDaddy and NC handled this one.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

GD, NC, Dynadot, 1&1 etc. - have stupid marketing teams.
I already had many talks with these registrars about .PRO - ZERO result for years!

 

[brandnow]

GD, NC, Dynadot, 1&1 etc. - have stupid marketing teams.
I already had many talks with these registrars about .PRO - ZERO result for years!

well thank you for trying to talk to them

.pro is one of my absolute favorite GTLDs based on the name itself. I think the word "pro" is short, memorable, and holds a ton of meaning... if only more registrars would pick it up.. hopefully at some point in the future once they realize that .pro > .guru any day.

 

[akcampbell]

Total .pros registered fell 8.3% in 2014 from 137,953 to 126,492. Average monthly WHOIS searches fell by 2.3% year on year from 98,808 in 2013 to 96,542 in 2014. Not a bad performance considering the influx of new extensions and still way ahead of 2012 and earlier years.

To put that into perspective, .info registrations fell by 7.5% in 2014 and that's generally regarded as being the most successful of the older new extensions. .info average monthly WHOIS searches fell by 35.5% between December 2013 and December 2014 so interest in .pro has been more robust in comparison.

 

[brandnow]

Total .pros registered fell 8.3% in 2014 from 137,953 to 126,492. Average monthly WHOIS searches fell by 2.3% year on year from 98,808 in 2013 to 96,542 in 2014. Not a bad performance considering the influx of new extensions and still way ahead of 2012 and earlier years.

To put that into perspective, .info registrations fell by 7.5% in 2014 and that's generally regarded as being the most successful of the older new extensions. .info average monthly WHOIS searches fell by 35.5% between December 2013 and December 2014 so interest in .pro has been more robust in comparison.

That's awesome analysis! I agree wholeheartedly that .pro is a much better investment than .info.

May I ask where do you find some stats like the percentage of WHOIS searches by extension? I'm curious to look at the statistics.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

.PRO and .info - both are owned by Afilias.
Afilias - this is diagnosis...

 

[akcampbell]

Search for registry operator report, they are on ICANN's website. The PDF has the average WHOIS searches and the CSV file has registrations by registrar.

 

[akcampbell]

.PRO and .info - both are owned by Afilias.
Afilias - this is diagnosis...

I think the diagnosis is too many extensions. Had the previous status quo been maintained, I think .pro would have continued to make progress against less brandable but more heavily registered alternatives.

 

[Kate]

Had the previous status quo been maintained, I think .pro would have continued to make progress against less brandable but more heavily registered alternatives.

I have doubts. Registrations increased when the registrations requirements were relaxed, but .pro was already losing regs then stagnating before the rollout of new TLDs.
http://registrarstats.com/TLDHistoryChart.aspx?TLDName=PRO

I agree wholeheartedly that .pro is a much better investment than .info.

Based on what ? Not on reported sales I guess. But .info is not great either, the recent sale of car.info is a burst of activity that is not representative at all.

 

[brandnow]

I have doubts. Registrations increased when the registrations requirements were relaxed, but .pro was already losing regs then stagnating before the rollout of new TLDs.
http://registrarstats.com/TLDHistoryChart.aspx?TLDName=PRO

Based on what ? Not on reported sales I guess. But .info is not great either, the recent sale of car.info is a burst of activity that is not representative at all.

I was referring to the data I quoted from here: https://www.namepros.com/threads/the-pro-discussion.522420/page-194#post-4838060

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

godaddy.pro >>> godaddy.com/pro

 

[vadts]

Need help. It is real to sell coworking (dot) pro above 2.5K?
Thank you.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Need help. It is real to sell coworking (dot) pro above 2.5K?
Thank you.

Why not??? )

 

[webdomain]

Still holding a fair amount of .pro domains although my portfolio has downside from where it was a few years back. .pro is still an exceptional extension imho! Keep seeing pro popping up in so many uses. Both Uniregistry and goDaddy utilize pro but neither has stepped up and are offering registration on their sites or are actually using a .pro domain which they should. I'm banking on uniregistry getting their first...but wish they would hurry it up already.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Uniregistry???
I already talked with them about .PRO a few months ago... as you see - ZERO.

 

[brandnow]

I've stated my thoughts on .Pro a few pages back in this thread. In my opinion, the name .Pro is pretty much the best sounding professional / guru name you can get. It's just unfortunate that so few registrars offer it. I do see .pro making a comeback though in the future, especially as nGTLDs start to catch on. If GoDaddy and Uniregistry start offering it in the future *fingers crossed* then that will be pretty huge. .Pro already has 100,000+ registrations even without GD. Though it's also been losing registrations over the years. But the name is just too good for it not to make a comeback, is what I hope.

I'm not invested too big in .Pro. I own three "awesome" (I think) .Pro names though which I will gladly keep until I develop or sell, even though it means storing them at a registry that I don't normally use.

 

[B&J]

Still holding a fair amount of .pro domains although my portfolio has downside from where it was a few years back. .pro is still an exceptional extension imho! Keep seeing pro popping up in so many uses. Both Uniregistry and goDaddy utilize pro but neither has stepped up and are offering registration on their sites or are actually using a .pro domain which they should. I'm banking on uniregistry getting their first...but wish they would hurry it up already.

A propos, Dutch government officially uses ambassadeconsulaat.pro for its online appointment system.