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]

Sedo reported 3.5K GBP sale of CONFIG.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.13
.PRO 0.22
.com 0.48
.net 0.75

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

2,3XX domains netloss last month = 270.1K+
Q3/2020: 12.6K+ domains netloss.
YTD: ~19.5K domains netloss.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Sedo reported $2,999 transaction of HongKong (2006-2025).

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~1K domains netloss in October = 269.1K+
YTD: ~20.5K domains netloss.

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.14
.PRO 0.18
.com 0.47
.net 0.73

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Main reason here is Afilias... In 2020 they are completely out of the game...
No any VISIBLE .PROmotional efforts from them, 0.00 at all major registrars.
They think only about .io and .info

.PRO should be sold to Donuts or Verisign, or to another smart company...
~9 years .PRO with Afilias - did you notice any significant .PROgress??? Afilias is absolutely impotent in terms of marketing.

https://donuts.news/donuts-inc-to-acquire-afilias-inc

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Price increase for Afilias TLDs on January'5, keep in mind...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

It seems to be a big mess in Uniregistry. Some brokers wouldn't care about enquiries.
They just seems to deal with XXXXX, XXXXXX offers.
I dont know which leads they normally deal with.
From my experience, its a time waste.

My experience is the same...
And looks that December will be my final month there, even their pseudosyndication has no any effect.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

2,6XX domains netloss last month = ~266.5K
YTD: 23.1K domains netloss.

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.11
.PRO 0.14
.com 0.45
.net 0.81

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Sedo reported $2.6K sale of MINU (2012-2022).

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Sedo reported 3.5K GBP sale of CONFIG.

They paid this price just for redirect.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

2020 is my worst year ever.
At least for its 8 months.

a lot of people are thinking that

I can confirm the same after 12 months.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Over 2K domains netgain in December = 268.5K+
Q4/2020: ~1.6K domains netloss.
Total 2020 change: ~21.1K domains netloss.

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.15
.PRO 0.15
.com 0.51
.net 0.82

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I begin 2021 year with 250 domains .PROfolio...
And no plans to go above this level.

 

[DNGear]

1300 mine.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

$2.54 at Porkbun...

They offered again...
Works without promocodes.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

My experience is the same...
And looks that December will be my final month there, even their pseudosyndication has no any effect.

Yes, I finish my activity at Uni, just wasted 1 year there.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Total silence in January, even no inquiries...

And overall, my last enduser sale of .PRO was in April'2020.
Very negative trend...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Sedo reported 3.5K GBP sale of CONFIG.

The same 3.5K GBP and also on Sedo recently for GUARDIAN.
Looks like BIN-sales from the same seller...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Looks that ELB/Netissime/Magic.fr renewed your domains again, their buggy system doesn't drop anything a few years already... And even your WHOIS contacts remain...
Just FYI.

p.s. My domains were dropped completely after my ticket.