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]

Some individual...
After negotiations I have accepted his final 585 EUR bid as my HNY deal...
Waiting for payment to Dan escrow...

 

[enterscope]

I'm a big fan of PRO and see the benefit of companies using the extension as part of their brand. I can't wait for it to take off and become more popular.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.namepros.com/threads/any-lander-with-no-for-sale-and-no-ppc-just-contacts.1170197/page-2

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Very probably, the last hours for $5 transfers to 1and1...
Keep this in mind...

 

[Amar D]

In Switzerland I never saw anyone using or promoting .pro domain

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

In Switzerland I never saw anyone using or promoting .pro domain

I have seen a few Swiss companies on .PRO doing my WHOIS reviews...
I can easily recall BROKER.PRO (2005-2024)

But overall - Yes, Afilias doesn't spend anything for .PROmotion.
It is applicable for any country, except Russia and France - where their registrars did a nice work in the past.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Even yesterday I have received my next 3F inquiry from Russia at Bodis...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

.PRO celebrated 15th anniversary this year...
Afilias didn't anything... even minimal press release for this event...
True idiots.

.PRO lives and grows just on its endusers...
Registry can only block the domains, that's all they can.

Nothing to add.
I can only repeat...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.26
.net 0.52
.PRO 0.64
.com 0.69

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Even yesterday I have received my next 3F inquiry from Russia at Bodis...

mid $xxx - if exactly.
Russian word.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Afilias blocked even YAHOO (2004) on MarkMonitor (serverHold).

True LOL.

The same with AMAZON (2004).

 

[Tatiana_B]

hip-hop.pro/
autosearch.pro/
livecasino.pro
theinsurance.pro
watching.pro
birmingham.pro/
bonn.pro/
e-shop.pro/
filehost.pro/
moskwa.pro/
rape.pro/
piss.pro/
xxxl.pro/
layla.pro/
monique.pro/
isabella.pro/
samantha.pro/
peeing.pro/
fisting.pro/

schoollgirl.com/

would be great to sell my domains - please help!

only now XXX for all

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Just received $500 offer from Spain at Bodis...
Spanish plural word...
Trying to negotiate higher...

Some individual...
After negotiations I have accepted his final 585 EUR bid as my HNY deal...
Waiting for payment to Dan escrow...

Paid via Bank transfer.

So just 2 sales did last year... to Austria and Spain.
2019 EUR BIN and 585 EUR accordingly.
Weak year for me, 2018 was significantly better.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Dyna increased regfee to $3.99 today.
So $3.06 at Namecheap is the lowest currently...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Over 5K netloss in December and almost 6K netloss in Q4/2019.

Total 2019 change: ~290.4K >>> 289.6K+

This is how Afilias "works"...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I begin this year with 800+ domains .PROfolio...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Very probably, the last hours for $5 transfers to 1and1...
Keep this in mind...

Works in 2020... at least as of today...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Even yesterday I have received my next 3F inquiry from Russia at Bodis...

mid $xxx - if exactly.
Russian word.

Finished my negotiations at high $xxx level.
Buyer asked to give him some time... that he will be ready to pay after few weeks...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Regarding Switzerland I can also add, that were 2 .PRO bidders from this country... mid $xxx (Bodis) and $1,XXX (Dan).
I rejected both.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Did you sell any domains using new @Sedo landers with BINs?
For me - ZERO results for 4+ months... Even in 3F range...