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.

 

[maksimfa]

Regarding me...
I have stopped my active dropcatching this Winter... because too many domains already for me and budget is limited...

How many .pro do you own? =)

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~2K as of today...

 

[maksimfa]

~2K as of today...

What % of the total Pro market? hehe.

Congrats, I am sure you have gems!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

267K+ .PROs are registered as of now...
So my .PROfolio is not even 1%...

 

[maksimfa]

1% of Apple or Amazon is still Millions. =)

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Without GoDaddy we will never have any millions... )
Even 5-figure enduser sales will be 1-2 yearly... no more...
That's why GD is critically important here...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And the best outcome for .PRO - if it will be resold by Afilias to another and really serious company...
Afilias is very weak in terms of .PROper marketing...
5.5 years elapsed since they purchased .PRO - and results are minimal... they have not even opened LLL.PRO

 

[maksimfa]

picked up inferno.pro and infamous.pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Already up to 60% of all my inquiries in 2017 - from Russia...
So you may ignore GoDaddy if such stats is suitable for you...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I am sure you have gems!

GEMS.PRO (2007-2024) are owned by enduser from Greenland...

 

[maksimfa]

VRDR.Pro

VR Doctor... Worth the reg fee. =)

 

[maksimfa]

And picked up Raze.pro =)

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

My average traffic on .PRO is a few times higher than on .info/.biz

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding your mention of Spanish keywords...
I had a few inquiries on them as well...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

FITE.PRO (2014) - enduser from Colombia...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

RAKS.PRO (2012) - Polish enduser number N...

 

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Are these sales?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

This is a traditional enduser showcase/research...
If it was purchased from domainers or not - I don't know...
Big part - definitely NO, because ~99% of domainers are ignoring .PRO

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

p.s. And I post here just some examples and when I have time...

 

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