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]

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.one 0.1
.org 0.15
.com 0.44
.net 0.58
.info 0.75
.PRO 1.34
.biz 2.67
.top 2.72
.life 5.27

1.34 was 8 days ago.
0.96 for .PRO as of now...
Namecheap has changed this negative trend definitely... now it is positive...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And I don't understand: why so many nTLD mentions???

.info (2001, owned by Afilias since the beginning)
.PRO (2004, owned by Afilias since 2012)

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

SWIFT.PRO (2004)
Live example (enduser).

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

INTERNET.PRO - one more enduser from 2004.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

When .PRO started in 2004 and next few years - yearly fee was $99+

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Fee dropped to ~$20 in 2008...
And that's why this thread was initiated...

 

[namesilo]

@namesilo
Just FYI: https://www.namepros.com/threads/the-pro-discussion.522420/page-318#post-7431413
Even 1and1 has more .PRO domains.

Thanks for the heads-up. We have reached out to the Registry to see if we missed out on any potential promotions.

 

[Dynadot]

@Dynadot
Payout method is still PayPal only?
If Yes - when wire transfer (SWIFT) will be added?

Currently we only support payouts by Paypal or cheque, or Alipay for those with credit in CNY. I have passed the request on to our team for the bank wire option for payouts, but wouldn't be able to say if or when we would be able to support that unfortunately.

 

[Armageddon]

Currently we only support payouts by Paypal or cheque, or Alipay for those with credit in CNY. I have passed the request on to our team for the bank wire option for payouts, but wouldn't be able to say if or when we would be able to support that unfortunately.

is a limit of Payout amount ?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

As I see, this year Alibaba is in TOP10 .PRO registrars...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

When .PRO started in 2004 and next few years - yearly fee was $99+

It was even up to mid $xxx with some registrars.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I recommend you to recheck ALL your domains in Afilias TLDs... especially under Namecheap...

Live example of the blocked .me: UKH
Under Namecheap.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Looks that per my feedbacks - .PRO is now supported by 1und1.de - I just rechecked...
Previously .PRO was available only via their US/International 1and1.com

 

[Londoneli]

ex my www.bets.pro - end user(very rich))

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Hi Jurgen,
I'm working to bring it down for this one.
I'll keep you posted.

So 1 week elapsed...
Any update?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Thanks for the heads-up. We have reached out to the Registry to see if we missed out on any potential promotions.

Thanks.
Today I see the lowered fees.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So now it is possible to set ANY price @Sedo ? Right?
Because I see a few .PROs with 5M GBP BINs...

 

[Armageddon]

So now it is possible to set ANY price @Sedo ? Right?
Because I see a few .PROs with 5M GBP BINs...

Yes - i think you see my .pro .
From now no limit to put a price tag on your domains on SEDO
I set all my domains on SEDO at 5 mil. GBP with a description on each domain

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

You may also enable Best Offer mode for BIN-domains, it can be configured at https://sedo.com/member/account_setting.php

 

[Dynadot]

is a limit of Payout amount ?

We currently have a minimum payout limit of $500, we don't have a maximum payout limit at this time.