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.

 

[akcampbell]

Congratulations on Scuba.pro, that's a very good buy. I was disappointed Ben added a BIN when I was the highest bidder in a no bids after 48 hours auction but that's how it goes. I added Gallery.pro, Lotto.pro, Tool.pro, and Success.pro.

 

[soggyindo]

what are people adding as their profession type?

 

[Terrains]

Scuba is a great buy, definitely a category killer and as soggyindo pointed out it can be used for travel, tutorial videos, equipment, etc.

 

[InvisionTech]

Congratulations on Scuba.pro, that's a very good buy. I was disappointed Ben added a BIN when I was the highest bidder in a no bids after 48 hours auction but that's how it goes. I added Gallery.pro, Lotto.pro, Tool.pro, and Success.pro.

Thanks guys and sorry Andrew but I couldn't resist after he added the BINs. On the bright side, I love Gallery.pro and Tool.pro, excellent names! :gn:

 

[AndyR]

what are people adding as their profession type?

chartered civil engineer

hence

soil pro
pile pro
chartered.pro

all work related for some development over xmas

love the dylan/baez avatar

andyr

 

[Terrains]

what are people adding as their profession type?

Licensed real estate agent, I've heard of people using their driver's license number and the state DMV as the licensing authority, not sure how well that worked though.

 

[citric]

Gallery.pro is nice: nice one Andrew, I saw it too late!

 

[d0main]

how well do .pro's get indexed in search engines?

 

[soggyindo]

chartered civil engineer

hence

soil pro
pile pro
chartered.pro

all work related for some development over xmas

love the dylan/baez avatar

andyr

thanks andy r. i have been asked who my girlfriend is!

my business certification says "sole trader".

^ i could explain more but there's no place to really. let's hope they ask for more info if they need it!

by the way - is the $14 november sale still on?!

 

[d0main]

do we have certification for this?

 

[WordWalker]

Latest .Pros

TechnicalSupport.pro
Aloha.pro
Hawaiian.pro
Yard.pro
Debate.pro
Survive.pro
PersonalSecurity.pro
Preparedness.pro
Spiritual.pro
Heal.pro
Televisions.pro
Psychics.pro

Affordable CMS webmasters/designers please PM me for immediate development work. Paying a set fee per website is not cost effective given the number of sites that must be developed, so I'm looking for a simple "turn key" fill-in-the-blanks template based CMS that offers the following features: banner ads, text ads, affiliate programs, video, RSS & user generated content options. Also, the CMS must have the capability to add online store and/or drop-shipping module in the future.

Or if you can refer me to webmasters/designers that fit the bill, that would be greatly appreciated!

 

[InvisionTech]

Its a shame that craptensions like .tel are being offered on major registrars like moniker, etc. and not .pro.

 

[soggyindo]

do we have certification for this?

you have to, if that's what you mean?

 

[Terrains]

Its a shame that craptensions like .tel are being offered on major registrars like moniker, etc. and not .pro.

Telnic really is trying hard to promote .Tel. They certainly have had the private financing to launch it and it seems like they have the financing to promote it. Have seen articles on marketwatch and NYT already. Not sure about .Pro's launch since I am quite late on that. But it doesn't seem like Registrypro is trying very hard to de-regulate and promote at all.

 

[beljf123]

Just registered pleasure.pro.

Your opinion on this one!

 

[mwzd]

tel is so old school. I'm done commenting on every new extension though. Please regurgitate my .asia article for most of these new launches. The cycle doesn't change, nor do the players, nor the profiteers.

Forget .asia, even the much hyped .me's current reseller value can be seen in the ccTLD forum. Don't get me wrong, I like .me, but aftermarket sales beyond the initial hyped auctions is negligible.

I think the lack of .pro-motion for .pro or a standard 'auction' for premiums and the whole shenanigan, actually adds credibility to the extension. Add to the that a whole lot of brand value and age.

 

[akcampbell]

I don't think lack of promotion adds to credibility. RegistryPro did nothing to promote .pro for 4 years and it made no progress. It has made progress since the relaunch in September by cutting reg fees, removing restrictions, and getting .pro offered by more registrars.

To make further progress, RegistryPro need to cut reg fees further, get rid of the professional license restriction and focus on professional use instead, and ensure .pro is available through all major registrars.

RegistryPro should roll out a billboard marketing campaign that set outs what .pro is about. They obviously can't afford many billboards so they would have to be strategically placed; opposite ICANN, Verisign or Godaddy's headquarters, or somewhere that ties in with the content.

For example, I would have a billboard split in two vertically, on one side it would have a picture of an overweight businessman in a gaudy 80s golf outfit missing a putt, on the other side it would have a picture of a professional golfer holding a trophy up. Underneath the pro golfer would be the slogan "Go .Pro".

 

[GF]

OK, OK, OK, I joined the .PRO world this morning...

DisabilityInsurance
WorldTravel

and a three others that I am keeping confidential for business purposes

 

[MasterGuru]

Just added:

bass.pro
parts.pro

Also added:
condition.pro

What is your opinion on this?
Thank you so much.

 

[soggyindo]

OK, OK, OK, I joined the .PRO world this morning...

DisabilityInsurance
WorldTravel

and a three others that I am keeping confidential for business purposes

fab! i snagged BudgetTravel earlier - great search scores. we'll see how well they perform...