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.

 

[Edward Smeu]

Wow, nice Mr. Allpro

Dawt pro is rising!

 

[siga]

Terol thanks, was this on sedo? Or publicised anywhere. I'm looking for examples for an ongoing negotiation and this is a perfect example of .pro rising.

 

[terol]

It was published by TheDomains.com at weekly Afternic report:

http://www.thedomains.com/2012/02/2...-names-led-by-apartmentlistings-com-tech-pro/

:gl:

 

[dotprofan]

Tech.pro sold in 25,500 USD.

Congrats Michael! :wave:

Fantastic sale!! Congrats to Michael, hopefully you are still checking namepros once in a while If so, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the many recent .pro developments.

Cheers,

Bob

 

[IDNpro]

Tech.pro sold in 25,500 USD.

Congrats Michael! :wave:

Congrats +1

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Hexonet.net Transfer

$7.90 without VAT (for Non-EU customers).
$9.41 with VAT.

 

[webdomain]

o.info?So, what's next O.PRO?

 

[Kuli]

o.info?So, what's next O.PRO?

What about B.PRO?

 

[JoeBiz]

Tech.pro sold in 25,500 USD.

Congrats Michael! :wave:

And nearly as important is the fact that the sale was at the top of the list of the non Dot Com sales. Nice attention getter. Nice sale. Congratulations.

 

[Keith]

o.info? So, what's next O.PRO?

It wouldn't surprise me if overstock acquires that at some point. Sounds cool and would be a nice marketing tool :imho:

 

[webdomain]

registry.pro has posted both a presidents blog and expanded their news to include what others say about .pro domains.

http://registry.pro/press-room/otherssay.shtml

 

[mwzd]

It seems a lot of people are waking up to the potential of .pro

The recent five figure sales are only a good thing for the extension.

Interesting times...

 

[Edward Smeu]

I used to own speed.pro, torrent.pro and torrents.pro back in 2008,I let them both drop . I think I might of had another good one too.

not sure about that valuation of the .pro names now if I still retained them as I have more interest in the .tv extension.



Jason

Bad drops IMO, torrent.pro picked up for 634$ few weeks ago but if you're doing well on .tv and you are then it's ok.

People are finally realising what PRO stands for and congrats Afilias for the recent market movement and the future pro auction later this year.

Just hand regged : OnlineMovies.pro(not quite perfect for the extension but still nice) , over 600k exacts, was FTR and plenty of nice ones still ftr. Pro is one of the most underrated gtlds if not the most.

Cheers guys!

PS. I wonder if Tech.pro deal included Techonolgy.pro ( i know Michael has both and many other premium pros).

 

[webdomain]

Pro is one of the most underrated gtlds if not the most.

We've known this for several years now...This extension could be a powerhouse if properly promoted and it seems we are heading in that direction. Still a great time to pick up some domains on the cheap as still people are largely unaware of what is going on with this extension!

 

[Edward Smeu]

True, my latest names (hand reg) Scientists.pro and SeoTips.pro just to support your afirmation These would go in .com for easily xx,xxx in fact, scientists.com was sold for 50k few years ago.

We cannot compare though(with .com), but we can profit a lot.

 

[phowell23]

So anyone can register a .pro domain now they just need to submit their profession at the time of registration.

Also anyone who owns a .pro could be randomly audited and would require them to provide the following:

• Name
• Date of Birth or Date of Registration
• Profession
• Jurisdictional Country
• Licensing Authority
• License Number
• Link to Licensing Authority's Web site

Has anyone been subject to a random audit? I'm assuming if you don't provide this data or at least provide acceptable data then the domain is taken away. What happens to the domain when this happens? Is it auctioned somewhere or just deleted like a normal pending delete domain?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

phowell23, www.namepros.com/522420-the-pro-discussion-131.html#post4238653

 

[phowell23]

phowell23, www.namepros.com/522420-the-pro-discussion-131.html#post4238653

Thank you pro :hehe:

Read through about 50 pages but must have missed that one.

 

[ProvenPro]

So anyone can register a .pro domain now they just need to submit their profession at the time of registration.

Also anyone who owns a .pro could be randomly audited and would require them to provide the following:

• Name
• Date of Birth or Date of Registration
• Profession
• Jurisdictional Country
• Licensing Authority
• License Number
• Link to Licensing Authority's Web site

Has anyone been subject to a random audit? I'm assuming if you don't provide this data or at least provide acceptable data then the domain is taken away. What happens to the domain when this happens? Is it auctioned somewhere or just deleted like a normal pending delete domain?

I had to go through this. I supplied the requested information using a professional designation I earned from a federal government agency. Unfortunately, that agency doesn't have a lookup tool on their website to verify that someone actually has this designation. I was informed that I did not complete the verification process successfully and that the domains would be INACTIVE. Luckily, I have an unrelated license with a state-level department that I plugged in to replace the one they didn't like. That license can be verified online. I haven't heard anything since.

EnCirca pointed out the 3 things Pro Registry looks for:
1) The registrant contact and AV data (license credentials) match. If they don't, this is the reason for the failure.
2) The license can be verified using the link (the contact should be searchable on the license authority website)
3) The registrant's license should be current.

 

[phowell23]

EnCirca pointed out the 3 things Pro Registry looks for:
1) The registrant contact and AV data (license credentials) match. If they don't, this is the reason for the failure.
2) The license can be verified using the link (the contact should be searchable on the license authority website)
3) The registrant's license should be current.

Good info here. Thank you.