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.

 

[jmcc]

I don't talk about the discounting like .info
Afilias doesn't anything to .PROmote, full inactivity for 8 years of their .PRO ownership.

The .PRO isn't really a Tier 1 gTLD. That's why the registrars only promote their local ccTLD, .COM, .NET, .ORG, discounting promotions and then everything else. Unfortunately, .PRO is in the everything else category.

Do you see any registrar where .PRO is offered on main page?
Any social marketing, press releases, events etc. ?
Nothing! FULL INACTIVITY!

The .INFO has become associated with boom and bust. But if Afilias started trying to do the same thing with .PRO, it would quickly lose out to the junk new gTLDs that are completely reliant on discounting and it would destroy any value in .PRO. As it stands, it is actually quite a good TLD. Afilias definitely needs to work with the registrars to promote it but the space on registrar pages is quite valuable and there's a lot of competition for it.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

It is not about tiers... Only enduser can decide what is Tier1, Tier2 or TierN...

Registrars promote only those TLDs which are paid/ordered by the corresponding registries...
In other words - they are encouraged by registries.
And Dynadot confirmed this statement when I asked them.

Afilias doesn't spend any money and time to .PROmote.
I'm sure that they even don't have the dedicated staff (.PRO department).

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

2018 for me was a few times better, even without Afternic.

Even in terms of inquiries...
Last year I had up to 3 weekly...
VS 1-2 monthly in 2019...

 

[Anna_M]

I don't use Afternic...
+ they banned Ukraine on their idiotic firewall, last ~5 years it doesn't work for me at all.

2018 for me was a few times better, even without Afternic.

Same AN firewall here : )

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding the mentioned node...
I can't recall exactly... but very probably - in the past it was in my .PROfolio.

Yes, I see it in my Bodis reports (archive).

So my congrats!

I let it expire among other less critical domains... It was a period with limited budget to transfer them all.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Have you seen (at least once) .PRO website on TV in your country?
Post country and answer YES/NO...

Ukraine - YES

 

[jmcc]

Ireland: No.(Ironic considering that's where the registry was initially based.)
Also watch some UK television and can't remember seeing it on UK TV.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Russia - YES
Not mine, but I know from their domainers.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Afilias blocked even YAHOO (2004) on MarkMonitor (serverHold).

True LOL.

 

[MasterGuru]

.PRO Registry is dead now?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

What you mean?
Afilias.info is .PRO registry.
There is also dedicated website: https://registry.pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

It was always dead only in terms of .PROmotion...
Among all Afilias TLDs - only .info gets their attention and efforts...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And stats shows the same...
This year almost 0 gain for Afilias in .PRO
Just another wasted year...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

serverHold on ELIGIBLE (under Namecheap)...
If its owner reads this thread...

p.s. I guess: minimum X,XXX domains were blocked by Afilias in 2019.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

In case of the same domain terror in Q1/2020 - I plan to shorten my investments in Afilias TLDs to the critical minimum.

 

[MasterGuru]

serverHold on ELIGIBLE (under Namecheap)...
If its owner reads this thread...

p.s. I guess: minimum X,XXX domains were blocked by Afilias in 2019.

Looks like the Afilias decided that domain owner is not eligible for ELIGIBLE .PRO domain

 

[DNGear]

Looks like the Afilias decided that domain owner is not eligible for ELIGIBLE .PRO domain

except @MasterGuru

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

except @MasterGuru

except - available...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Just found that CloudFlare is accredited...
WHYNOT was transferred recently to CF...

Do you know their transfer price?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

except - available...

Taken.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Today and this weekend - looking for additional urgent cash...
If somebody wants TECHNOLOGIES (caught in 2016) - DM me your Best Offer in 3F range...
Thanks.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

VOID

Name Server: NS1.UNDEVELOPED.COM
Name Server: NS2.UNDEVELOPED.COM
Name Server: NS1.DAN.COM
Name Server: NS2.DAN.COM

Just 1 example, I have seen others as well...

Use the only 1 set of NS, don't mix them.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Just detected accomplish with serverHold - recent reg at GoDaddy, a few days elapsed - and already blocked by Afilias.

One more at GoDaddy: TWIK
Was regged in August up to 2021 - and blocked.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding accomplish...
Looks that its owner unblocked it ~week ago...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Just received $500 offer from Spain at Bodis...
Spanish plural word...
Trying to negotiate higher...