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.

 

[AlexTampa]

I have two sites in the top 100 .PRO sites by Alexa rank -

Top 1000 Alexa rankings within .PRO

Sad that only 200 odd sites even rank though.

Those numbers mean nothing,

I am at 131,

 

[bmugford]

Wow, the highest Alexa ranked .PRO is only 11,158.

There are only 238 in the top 9.6M sites. That is 1 .PRO per 40,000+ Alexa ranked domains.

.BIZ for example has 238 in the first 850,000.
.US 238 in the first 75,000.
.INFO 238 in the first 33,000.

Even .ASIA has 573 sites in the top 9.6M, with the top ranked being 2,439

Those numbers really show, by comparison, how obscure .PRO is.

Brad

Those numbers mean nothing,

I am at 131,

 

[webdomain]

I've been getting good ranking with sites like:
conferencecall.pro
moms.pro
filmmaker.pro

I've never done well with alexa rankings, but many of my .pro domains are showing up withing top 5 pages of yahoo and bing searches. I'm still trying to figure out why google won't let .pros rise.

thanks for the link. That is pretty cool.

ps. I got a offer on harmony.pro yesterday on sedo., but am optimistic on .pros over the next few years and am not willing to let it go too easy. But, its great to see some interest!

 

[terol]

I have just received a mail from Enom about they are offering .pro from now:

eNomCentral - domain name, web site hosting, email, registration

:hehe:

 

[b2b]

I have just received a mail from Enom about they are offering .pro from now:

eNomCentral - domain name, web site hosting, email, registration

:hehe:

Got it as well.

But $40, way too much!

 

[terol]

But $40, way too much!

I agree. But it's good publicity anyway. :imho:

 

[Jawed]

I've got the same email too. I agree with having an extension like .pro in principle but I'm still sceptical about the success of this extension, I'm afraid.

 

[webdomain]

I read this: "Enom is the second largest registrar after GoDaddy, ENOM relies on there reseller business to generate sales". I read they have 28,000 active resellers.

ps. no fear jawed...the door on getting premium 1 word .pro domains may be closing.

 

[akcampbell]

In the Pricing section of Enom it says .pros cost $39.95 but if you try to register one they come up as $20.

Total .pros registered at Jan 2010 was up 219 to 41,490. DomainPeople was the biggest loser with a loss of 681 .pros while Encirca continued to consolidate its market leadership with a rise of 401 .pros to 11,469.

 

[bosstone]

I was in a small bidding war for clothes.pro

I stopped bidding at $140 and the other bidder wont he name for that price.

Should I have bid more? Was the $140 cutoff good for this name? Will I see this name sell for $2k next month and be mad I did not bid $150?

Thoughts from the .pro people

 

[terol]

It's a good domain, but you must see inside your budget before bid, of course. :wave:

 

[Kuli]

I was in a small bidding war for clothes.pro

I stopped bidding at $140 and the other bidder wont he name for that price.

Should I have bid more? Was the $140 cutoff good for this name? Will I see this name sell for $2k next month and be mad I did not bid $150?

I will tell you when I sold it for $2k next month.

To be honest, I was very happy with the price. On the other hand, there are very good domains on auction from time to time, some of them don't even go beyond $100.

So you spared your money for the next auction, which may be cheaper.

 

[akcampbell]

I completed another .pro sale today. I sold Quote.pro to NP member Hakita for GBP £2,800 plus Technical.pro.

 

[terol]

Congratulations Andrew and Hakita!

I hope to see a good website there soon. :hehe:

 

[JoeBiz]

Hey Terol ... How've you been?

Nice sale and purchase Andrew and Hakita!

I know this is not the place but I fell over backwards into Aircraft.us. Pretty excited about that.

And I'm selling ClassicCar and ClassicCars.pro in the Make Offer forum. I'll understand if the Mod cuts out my shameless advertising but times are rough. I'm doing what I can where I can to sell some domains so I can get on with some developing.


8^X

 

[webdomain]

I had an offer on the table for harmony.pro at 500 euro on Sedo but declined it. I guess I think there are greater rewards in store for .pro's. Not sure when, but hoping that a big company steps up and develops one to get more recognition as a pro domain to me appears more premium and a company could capitalize on that! We meed some catalyst to push us forward but am planning to hold out for greater rewards. I certainly understand the need for cash though, I would have sold in a heart beat if it meant not being able to pay for the rest of 'em...but fortunatly I've got some staying power.

I also encourage others to keep developing as I've found the 1 word .pros have been bringing excellent seo rank on bing and yahoo and quickly too. (I'd like to see Google allow for seo ranking of .pros but hope that will come in time) Type filmmaker into yahoo and look 3 lines down.

 

[smashedpumpkins]

Rainbow.pro is open

 

[mjs]

Toe dip into five figure .PRO sale

Greetings...I just stepped by for a brief visit to announce that I just cleared escrow on Sedo for the sale of REALTY.pro for $10,000.00 US to an undisclosed buyer. I wish all good health and even healthier sales...:sold:

 

[bmugford]

Realty.pro is a very nice domain, but $XX,XXX for any .PRO is a very good sale.

Congrats.

Brad

Greetings...I just stepped by for a brief visit to announce that I just cleared escrow on Sedo for the sale of REALTY.pro for $10,000.00 US to an undisclosed buyer. I wish all good health and even healthier sales...:sold:

 

[Kate]

Good sale... a top keyword.