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]

The most helpful way to find domains is to work with WHOIS on a daily basis...

And to get offers and sales you don't need to own something special... strictly dictionary and strictly English...
Just research any interesting/brandable names... and think like endusers...
This is per my own experience for years...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Even in 4L .PRO niche are tons of available names... for new and existent companies...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ many personal names can be easily found as of today...
And they all can be sold at least in $500-1K range...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I have sold it for symbolic $999 as my Special Offer for this buyer...
Already paid to Payoneer Escrow...

p.s. This is my 2nd .PRO sale in 2018...

GALA has been transferred and launched...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ very good plurals can be found as well...

 

[Londoneli]

↑
"Today among others I have caught RICO - Sedo appraisal tool shows $34,999... Never had such amounts before... Record!

It means RICH in spanish (2nd spoken language in the world).
Amazing name, congrats."

I have Rich.pro ) would you like to buy for collection?)

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I have noticed that ALL (not only my) .PRO domains which were registered in the 2nd half of December'2016 - were NOT dropped by ELB but renewed and alive... even WHOIS contacts weren't changed.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So you may even try to contact ELB (Netissime) to get your AUTH codes and to transfer them...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

$2K for stream (which I caught in 2016) is paid...

It redirects to their STREEM.PRO (2016) - one more American startup...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Per my own WHOIS observation - most Chineses don't drop their .PROs...
And many of them are even renewed a few years ahead...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ $1.04 at Reg.com (Russian TUCOWS reseller)...

>>> $1.54

 

[nomen]

@Jurgen Wolf Do you know if there's any specific reason why .PROs are popular in Russia (or this is my understanding based on what you've been saying)? Or is it just a coincidence...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Because it is really supported/promoted by Russian registrars... since 2012 or so...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

My 1Q 2018 .PRO results:
1-2 inquiries weekly...
2 sales (~$850 per domain in average).

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Fees will be increased by Afilias on September'1...
So renew/transfer as much as possible before this date...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Because it is really supported/promoted by Russian registrars... since 2012 or so...

2nd reason is that the same .RU domains are trading on aftermarket in 4/5-figure range and some of them even up to 6 figures...
So not all endusers can afford them...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.one 0.09
.PRO 0.23
.org 0.59
.net 0.79
.life 0.8
.com 0.99
.info 2.46
.biz 3.83
.top 4.04

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~2K netgain in March = ~285K...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

VALENS.PRO (2017) - one more Austrian company...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

According to my parking observation .PRO traffic is trending up from year to year...
On some of my .PROs I receive even up to 20-25 visitors daily...