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]

That wasn't mine.

Another detected domains were with recent expiration dates, all were renewed - but they remain in the suspended state.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Pheenix domains still exist, I still meet their .PRO domains with frozen Expiration dates like 2018...
Why they are alive and were not dropped/removed by Afilias - I don't understand...

Just 1 example: BASIC

One more example: RESOLVE

 

[MasterGuru]

One more example: RESOLVE

strange things happens

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

On Sedo I see tons of domains with fixed price of 5,500 GBP. Just the same price for all regardless of keyword.
And offers are not allowed.
Does this model really work for you???

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ Sedo parking lander with sales text at the bottom of page.
Or ZeroClick redirects to 3rd parties...

All conditions for no sales - in other words.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

From my observation, more and more endusers (like KENT) transfer their domains to CloudFlare...
Do you know CF transfer fee?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Their profit is 0 according to https://www.cloudflare.com/products/registrar/
But I didn't try.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I will try CF after my next sale...
Currently no budget for such activity.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Like Pheenix, tons of former ELB domains still exist as well...
Just 1 example: BOUND

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I begin 2021 year with 250 domains .PROfolio...
And no plans to go above this level.

155 remain after 1st half.

 

[cdboard]

how many were dropped?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I decrease my .PROfolio in size a few years already...
I don't see any significant reasons to monetize Afilias like crazy.

 

[pathfinderbeacon]

I don't know if this is the place to post, but I own proofreader.pro, which I think is a really good one!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And was traditional DAN silence on both those domains...
I moved them to Sedo just recently.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

In 2014 I caught ITALIA.

BuyNow price is set on Sedo.
If somebody from IT.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And another old US domainer today on PUMA (2011) with $500 bid - I just started this auction on Sedo, if somebody else...

Paid.

p.s. In the past this domainer purchased CLOUD for $7K.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So for 8 months I did 3 .PRO sales:
2 to another domainers for $100/$500 & enduser sale for 2021 EUR BIN.

 

[zuriko]

some .pro domains that I sold and there are now big online projects:
https://link.pro/
www.Booking.pro
https://www.light.pro/

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

@zuriko
Only LINK works from this list...
Booking - defensive purchase.
Light - abandoned.

p.s. Update your signature...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I see many domains on Efty...
How are your results there, does it convert?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I have set the symbolic $2028 Sedo BIN on my LosAngeles (2012).
If anybody...

I just checked the same .ONE - it is available for ~$550-600/yearly.
FYI

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Just rechecked GoDaddy searchbox...
As of today they show available .PROs when looking for keywords, at least for my location...
The only one change from the mentioned above.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And only among available TLDs.
If .PRO is taken and listed via Afternic - they don't show/offer it.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Pheenix domains still exist, I still meet their .PRO domains with frozen Expiration dates like 2018...
Why they are alive and were not dropped/removed by Afilias - I don't understand...

Pheenix was terminated recently by ICANN.
And looks that their domains were moved to EnCirca and some of them dropped.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Like Pheenix, tons of former ELB domains still exist as well...

At least part of them was dropped recently, after a few years of abnormal renewals...