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]

Regarding Payoneer Escrow...
They are absent apriori if not reported manually.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I understand when portfolio is large and budget is not unlimited - so many drops are possible...
But I don't understand at all those guys who are dropping the domains like JAGUAR...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Fees will be increased by Afilias on September'1...
So renew/transfer as much as possible before this date...

~$1 increase.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

If somebody sells LA PROperties, Limited Time Offer from me: https://sedo.com/search/details/?domain=losangeles.pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

WHOIS should be switched into Private mode on May'25...
And even registrars still don't know exactly: how the transfers will be processed... how to parse the required emails...
So I recommend you to transfer while WHOIS is fully accessible...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Alternatively, contact your registrar and opt-out from Private.

 

[mr-x]

I'm letting several .pro domains drop, only keeping a few that fit my current business.

income.pro and commercialinsurance.pro free push @ encirca. Both will require renewal in the next 30 to 45 days.

 

[DNGear]

income claim

 

[mr-x]

Javascript.pro for fee push ( no transfer ) at encirca.

 

[Gabriele]

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Javascript.pro for fee push ( no transfer ) at encirca.

Could i have it?

 

[mr-x]

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Could i have it?

It's yours.

 

[mr-x]

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Could i have it?

DM your account info and I'll push it to you.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

One more nice enduser: https://skyf.pro/en/main-2/

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Fees will be increased by Afilias on September'1...
So renew/transfer as much as possible before this date...

And June'30 - the last day with discounted fee for registration.
As of today - I didn't see any confirmation that it will be extended.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I'm letting several .pro domains drop, only keeping a few that fit my current business.

income.pro

This domain will be not dropped definitely...
A few bidders are always ready for such EnCirca domains on SnapNames...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

AZ.pl (major Polish registrar) got .PRO accreditation... after my pressure...

 

[MasterGuru]

AZ.pl (major Polish registrar) got .PRO accreditation... after my pressure...

Does they have a good prices for .pro?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Does they have a good prices for .pro?

No, their prices are not good.
But they at least accredited now... after 14 years.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So next year .PRO will celebrate 15th anniversary...
I hope, that 3Ls will be released by Afilias at least due to this event...
The only one gTLD where they are abnormally closed...
Even in the current .PRO agreement with ICANN (signed in 2015) - this is NOT prohibited.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

APIA.PRO (2014-2020) - nice Turkish company/brand...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And June'30 - the last day with discounted fee for registration.
As of today - I didn't see any confirmation that it will be extended.

Extended until Dec'31.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.one 0.13
.PRO 0.23
.org 0.39
.life 0.52
.com 0.85
.net 1.08
.info 2.38
.biz 3.22
.top 5.12

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

This week some Russian domainer posted on another domain forum (also Russian) that he sold .PRO for $3K...
But exact name wasn't disclosed by him.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Fresh sale via Sedo:
CYBER.PRO (2005)
2K EUR
Buyer from Poland.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~1.3K netgain in May = ~282.3K