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.

 

[terol]

any trademark issues?:
Arte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Arte" means "Art" in Spanish, so I am totally sure that there will be no problems. :gl:

 

[dotprofan]

Wow - thanks for reporting on the other .pro sales this week. I wonder if the sellers are NP members..

 

[mjs]

Respectable .Pro showing

Its been some time, I believe, since .Pro made three separate appearances on a DnJournal sales report. Granted the reporting period covered a two week period. However, but for some slow footing by Sedo, my lingerie.pro sale would have bolstered the list. I don't know why ebook.pro missed the list, but I'm sure that will get cleared up and reported next week. Finally, I anticipate reporting another reasonably significant sale before the end of the week.

GO PRO!

 

[AndyR]

Encirca seems the best bet for transfer with a $14.95 rate. I have now placed my .pro domains there, having got rid of Hostway,co,uk as my registrar. I am now looking to expand my portfolio a little with some pickups.

andyr

 

[terol]

Some recent .pro sales:

Link.pro => $3,040

Moda.pro => $2,000

Reality.pro => $1,118


and a finished auction:

Arte.pro => $3,000

:wave:

 

[mjs]

Sold...

Antique.pro and Antiques.pro, for a total price of 3200 US, in a private transaction. Thanks all.

 

[Terrains]

A lot of $xxxx .pro sales the past two weeks. Awesome, really exciting. =]

 

[terol]

This is just the beginning! :hehe:

 

[mwzd]

I'll start getting excited when I start getting the $x,xxx sales for .pros that I own. :p

All i get is lowballs, turned down two offers on sedo for pages.pro - people don't seem to realise that the fixed prices I've listed are extremely reasonable keeping in mind the $150 min. commission sedo charges for .pro domains.

If I can't get a decent ROI, I'd rather not sell the names

 

[mjs]

I'll start getting excited when I start getting the $x,xxx sales for .pros that I own. :p

All i get is lowballs, turned down two offers on sedo for pages.pro - people don't seem to realise that the fixed prices I've listed are extremely reasonable keeping in mind the $150 min. commission sedo charges for .pro domains.

If I can't get a decent ROI, I'd rather not sell the names

I get lowball offers all the time on some of my best domains. Those I usually ignore. But as to 2nd and 3rd tier domains, and the "th" tier domains, I've been increasingly engaging the other party in dialogue. Its bore some fruit financially, and even made the whole selling experience more rewarding. Just a thought. Good luck!

 

[terol]

I get lowball offers all the time on some of my best domains.

Yours is the best .pro portfolio, I think... :hehe:

 

[akcampbell]

I've been in on-off email discussions on one .pro sale for about 6-7 weeks, the buyer has accepted and I have set up the transaction up at Escrow.com. The sale proceeds would be fairly modest if the deal completes, however I'm excited about the use the domain might be put to.

I had another enquiry this morning which I thought could lead to a more notable sale, it was from the founder, Chief Technology Officer, and MIT alumni of an established software business in San Francisco. The guy then looked into .pro restrictions and came back and said "this obviously brings down the value of this domain for me to almost $0." It's important that RegistryPro understand how damaging .pro restrictions are to take up among business users, especially entrepreneurs from a technical background who are qualified by experience.

A CTO, entrepreneur, and MIT graduate is the perfect candidate to raise the profile of .pro but while it is hobbled by restrictions, that's not going to happen. I emailed back suggesting he register the .pro through his business using his company registration number and state as issuing authority or register it through a professional advising his company but that sort of thing puts people off. I also suggested contacting RegistryPro or trialing a .pro registration to see if his company details would be accepted. All very frustrating.

Both these discussions came through Total.pro. My only previous sale was 1-2 years back, arose through a chance conversation and was for a small sum. I have had no success with Sedo, just a slow trickle of $160 lowballs which must be the lowest offer Sedo accepts because of the $150 commission charge. I think the highest offer I have ever had on Sedo was $1,100.

I have been quietly encouraged by .pro sales of late but as I said on another thread, I see no fundamental reason why this will be anything more than a blip in a thin aftermarket. .pro is still only sold through 10% of registrars to maybe 10% of customers who meet the eligibility criteria, so on that "1 in 100" basis 3 reported sales in 1 week is a minor miracle and testiment to how much the tiny band of people who come into contact with .pro warm to it's brandability and credibility.

 

[AndyR]

Encirca seems the best bet for transfer with a $14.95 rate. I have now placed my .pro domains there, having got rid of Hostway,co,uk as my registrar. I am now looking to expand my portfolio a little with some pickups.

andyr

Started buying a couple again, now and then.

1) insulation

2) plant

both in .pro $14.95 at Encirca

3) listing

listing.pro, professional listing

andy

 

[steveteva]

Are dot pro garbage now? I see many premium or generic dropped and even no one reg these after day still available. Are dot pro domains dead? if was in any other TLD domainers will rush to reg or even will never drop. Also worth thousand in other tld.

 

[Soofi]

I see many premium or generic dropped and even no one reg these after day still available.

Where and what are available? premium ones I mean...

 

[steveteva]

Where and what are available? premium ones I mean...

on encirca : brides, brisbane, weddingplanner, catholic, scubadiver, NEWCALEDONIA......

 

[Soofi]

on encirca : brides, brisbane, weddingplanner, catholic, scubadiver, NEWCALEDONIA......

and then sedo rejected my Address.pro & Open.pro for inclusion in their auctions :P

 

[steveteva]

and then sedo rejected my Address.pro & Open.pro for inclusion in their auctions :P

Why they rejected?

Also I think the .pro restriction kill that tld. Even famous domainers don't reg or buy .pro

 

[Soofi]

Why they rejected?

Also I think the .pro restriction kill that tld. Even famous domainers don't reg or buy .pro

they just did, doesnt meet premium criteria :P

 

[akcampbell]

on encirca : brides, brisbane, weddingplanner, catholic, scubadiver, NEWCALEDONIA......

These aren't premium .pros. Keywords that are premium in .com aren't premium in .pro, the bar is alot higher. With 3 mentions on Dnjournal this week and sales still to be reported .pro is at its highest ever water mark but that is still relatively low.

If there are are 5,000 .pro registrations the top 1,000 are premiums, with 40,000 .pros registered maybe the top 5,000 could be described as premium. But that still means anything registered since 8 September 2008 is good or very good but not premium.

If you look through these keywords WeddingPlanners.net sold for $1,619 in Mar 09, Brisbane.com sold for $100,000, but this is the only time keyword has sold on its own and its only sold three times in total, never in an alternative extension, Brides has never sold in the plural form, Catholics.tv sold for just $160 and the keyword and extension have no fit in .pro, Scubadiver is a weak derivation of Scuba.pro and has never sold in any extension.