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.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Significant spike of Chinese traffic on my .PROs during this week...
Do you see the same?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

1st is the USA...
China on 2nd place...
3rd traffic volume for Russia...

p.s. My domains are Non-Chinese.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

.PRO is on GoDaddy's main page beside .com/.net...

@Fancy.domains That's why your MEDICARE was checked and then purchased via Afternic DLS...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

@Joe Styler
.PRO listings directly at GoDaddy Auctions are still unsupported?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

SWBoards.PRO - real website or some kind of scam?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Pheenix today: XIAO

 

[Joe Styler]

@Joe Styler
.PRO listings directly at GoDaddy Auctions are still unsupported?

That is correct. You can list them for sale with Afternic.com

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

That is correct. You can list them for sale with Afternic.com

So no changes since 2004...

How about .PRO backorder, is it in your roadmap?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

2 inquiries for me today...
From NYC (4L/CVCV) and from Russia (keyword)...
Doing negotiations...

 

[Joe Styler]

So no changes since 2004...

How about .PRO backorder, is it in your roadmap?

Not at the moment.

 

[Mize]

Joe, thanks for your answers.
For listing at Godaddy and backorders:
1. What seems to be the hold up?
2. What needs to be done to fix it?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And 33rd inquiry this year (4L-keyword)...
Company from Athens...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

TOTS.PRO (2009) - one more US-enduser... from Texas...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Satisfactory.PRO (2015) - Italian agency again...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And 33rd inquiry this year (4L-keyword)...
Company from Athens...

34th from my country...
Spanish keyword...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

.PRO is on GoDaddy's main page beside .com/.net...

Ended.
Just ~2 weeks.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

35th from Poland...
First Name...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So 5 offers for 3 days...
Up to $1,XXX...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~4K netgain in September = 277K+...

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.PRO 0.16
.org 0.89
.net 1.73
.com 1.75
.info 2.3
.biz 2.3

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

The biggest Japanese registrar Onamae (GMO) has entered into .PRO game...