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.

 

[WordWalker]

More .Pro...

............................................Mnth Avg. Phrase Search

affordable.pro.........................2,240,000
fashionshow.pro.........................450,000
fashionjewelry.pro......................550,000
goldjewelry.pro..........................201,000
silverjewelry.pro........................301,000



Comments?

 

[Supername]

pls appraisal my domains:
metro .pro
europeans .pro
topic .pro
nova .pro
cheats .pro

 

[zuriko]

I think its great:
Young.pro
google 3,090,000 for "young professionals".

 

[MasterGuru]

I think its great:
Young.pro
google 3,090,000 for "young professionals".

Absolutely! :gn: I wish you to sell it for good money or develop it - it will be have more value.

my recent .Pro's:

brochure.pro
chairman.pro

What's your opinion on this?
Thanks.

 

[soggyindo]

Absolutely! :gn: I wish you to sell it for good money or develop it - it will be have more value.

my recent .Pro's:

brochure.pro
chairman.pro

What's your opinion on this?
Thanks.

check the search stats - but brochure.pro is great, nice and brandable for a big online service.

chairman.pro i'm less sure about who the buyer would be.

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i'd love people's thoughts on some of my recent pickups:

Couriers.pro

BudgetTravel.pro

ArtSchools.pro

GuitarTabs.pro

I'm planning on developing the last three and holding a while before selling

 

[InvisionTech]

I like brochure.pro, good business potential!

I purchased Certification.pro from Vincent's .pro auction thread.

Any comments on why Carpets.pro and Fabrics.pro were available for so long?

 

[soggyindo]

how are .pro with the search engines, if anyone has developed?

and how much are you guesstimating/banking on renewals being in the next year or so?

8^X

 

[siga]

Andrew: Cheers for that explanation (previous page) that makes complete sense and is a great view from the marketing angle (If/when I am looking for a sale). Diamond.Pro is a absolute cracker.
Few more I picked up are
#EDIT#
which I had already. I agree with Mwzd there are still fantastic keywords going to auction. It looked a tense one last night..

beljf123: New to the pro market but cant honestly see much value in aaaa.pro sure this may work for a review site but theres still better words to use than this. Why explain what your site means when someone could tell from the keyword. Although I look forward to being proved wrong.

I'm interested to hear peoples experience of marketing .pros to end users? Have many people heard of them? And if not how to you get round this?
Although I'm noticing from a few domains I was looking to reg that they are getting picked up by end users (spatial.pro for example.)

 

[soggyindo]

Andrew: Cheers for that explanation (previous page) that makes complete sense and is a great view from the marketing angle (If/when I am looking for a sale). Diamond.Pro is a absolute cracker.
Few more I picked up are
Style.Pro
Entertainment.Pro
Location.Pro
Perfume.Pro
as well as contracts.pro which I had already. I agree with Mwzd there are still fantastic keywords going to auction. It looked a tense one last night..

beljf123: New to the pro market but cant honestly see much value in aaaa.pro sure this may work for a review site but theres still better words to use than this. Why explain what your site means when someone could tell from the keyword. Although I look forward to being proved wrong.

I'm interested to hear peoples experience of marketing .pros to end users? Have many people heard of them? And if not how to you get round this?
Although I'm noticing from a few domains I was looking to reg that they are getting picked up by end users (spatial.pro for example.)

anyone else worried about having lots of .pro names, renewals going back up to $100 a year, and no end user sales?

 

[akcampbell]

When are renewal fees going back up to $100?

 

[yesonline]

Tom said there is a problem with the registry and he will let me know when it is back online.

Still not working on new registration now, any news?

 

[soggyindo]

When are renewal fees going back up to $100?

i didn't mean to alarm anyone - but i just wanted to say do we know for sure they're staying low??

and are people planning for the possibility they're not?

 

[InvisionTech]

Well, the renewals will be 39.99 or 59.99 so I am not sure how much higher they can go unless they really really want people to start dropping those .PRO.

 

[MasterGuru]

My recent .PROs:

hard.pro
recent.pro
What is your opinion on this, guys?

 

[InvisionTech]

Whoa!!! What is up with RAP-HIP-HOP.pro type of names?

 

[MasterGuru]

Whoa!!! What is up with RAP-HIP-HOP.pro type of names?

What this guy will do with these crap names???

 

[dtxa]

I have a question guys, lets say a .pro domain "expired" today on December 1st. How many days from now does the domain officially drop and is available for me to register assuming the person who owns it doesn't renew?

 

[InvisionTech]

I have a question guys, lets say a .pro domain "expired" today on December 1st. How many days from now does the domain officially drop and is available for me to register assuming the person who owns it doesn't renew?

Good question, I would like to know the answer to this as well, how long does encirca wait before it deletes the expired domain?

Thanks

 

[Kuli]

It takes about 40 (or 41?) days.

 

[MasterGuru]

It takes about 40 (or 41?) days.

After expried date or date from one month after expried date?