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]

I have about a dozen and get lots of real user views, but very few offers or sales.

Where? Undeveloped/Sedo etc.???
Try Bodis/ParkingCrew or own contact form...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And as mentioned above, this month is really weak in terms of inquiries/sales... not only for you...
Even regvolume is lower than dropvolume...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding professions from those I can recall...
I sold plural English for $1K to the buyer from Qazaqstan and singular Ukrainian for $888.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ had inquiry on some profession in Deutsch... but it wasn't enough high to sell.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

From my long observation, the highest enduser activity (inquiries) - when .PRO is advertised on GoDaddy/Uniregistry/name.com main page...
Regarding @Dynadot - never saw .PRO banner on their main page.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

@jmcc
Can you say how many .PRO domains are currently under GoDaddy, do you have this data?

 

[jmcc]

@jmcc
Can you say how many .PRO domains are currently under GoDaddy, do you have this data?

As of the end of December 2018 registry report, Godaddy has 34,381 domain names.
Tucows is the largest registrar with 59,572. Namecheap has 38,958. OVH has 27,564. RU Center has 25,418. The registrars with the most new domain names are Tucows and Namecheap.

ICANN only publishes the registry reports about three months after the end of the period. This is due to the renewal cycle and contractual obligations.

Regards...jmcc

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Thanks.

So at least 30K+ .PROs at GoDaddy are related to endusers...
Because 95-99% of .PRO domainers don't use GD.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding TUCOWS...
Most domains are regged by their reseller REG.RU

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

2 of my .PROs are getting cumulatively up to 100 visits daily with clicks...
And I don't see any backlinks... looks like natural type-in...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

As of the end of December 2018 registry report...
OVH has 27,564

Mainly French endusers there...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

THOMSON - the oldest .PRO I have ever seen...
May'2004 (SUNRISE).

Found one more: ARAMIS

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.one 0.09
.org 0.35
.PRO 0.73
.net 0.77
.com 0.98
.info 1.29
.top 3.79
.biz 4.11
.life 4.51

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding professions from those I can recall...
I sold plural English for $1K to the buyer from Qazaqstan and singular Ukrainian for $888.

+ if MEDIC can be considered as profession - I had $1K offer from India and $5K from Moscow...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

+ was $1,XXX inquiry from the USA on my THERAPIST...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And as mentioned above, this month is really weak in terms of inquiries/sales... not only for you...
Even regvolume is lower than dropvolume...

Almost 2K netloss in April = 295K+

 

[Mr.company]

i like the pro extension a lot,i have whiteboard.pro wish is a big industry but never had any inquiries

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

From my long experience, average conversion ratio is 1 inquiry per 20-30 .PROs...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

i have whiteboard.pro wish is a big industry but never had any inquiries

I have BOARDS.
And had 1 or 2 inquiries on it.

 

[Mr.company]

realy bizarre,because my domain is really good and unique for that industry.