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

155 remain after 1st half.

 

[cdboard]

how many were dropped?

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I decrease my .PROfolio in size a few years already...
I don't see any significant reasons to monetize Afilias like crazy.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~2K domains netloss in July = 265.2K+
YTD: ~3.3K domains netloss.

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.19
.PRO 0.36
.com 0.71
.net 1.28

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

From my observation, more and more endusers (like KENT) transfer their domains to CloudFlare...

They also register with CF...
For example, recently somebody from TR regged PANTHERA up to 2030.

 

[pathfinderbeacon]

I don't know if this is the place to post, but I own proofreader.pro, which I think is a really good one!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I don't know if this is the place to post, but I own proofreader.pro, which I thing is a really good one!

You can also reg proofs, it is available.

 

[zuriko]

2 recently reported transactions:

CONTACT (2007)
1,840 GBP
private

TEAM (2005)
3.5K EUR
Sedo

Yes, I sold Contact.pro

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

The only one offer for me during this summer, the worst summer ever...
And it wasn't from enduser, but from US domainer on Sedo (he offered $300).

 

[DNGear]

Sales are very dull this year. I have been renewing around 1000 domains

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

The only one offer for me during this summer, the worst summer ever...
And it wasn't from enduser, but from US domainer on Sedo (he offered $300).

And another old US domainer today on PUMA (2011) with $500 bid - I just started this auction on Sedo, if somebody else...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And was traditional DAN silence on both those domains...
I moved them to Sedo just recently.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

In 2014 I caught ITALIA.

BuyNow price is set on Sedo.
If somebody from IT.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

~200 domains netloss in August = 265K+
YTD: ~3.5K domains netloss.

https://www.spamhaus.org/statistics/tlds/
Badness Index as of today (less is better):
.org 0.2
.PRO 0.33
.com 0.69
.net 1.57

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

And another old US domainer today on PUMA (2011) with $500 bid - I just started this auction on Sedo, if somebody else...

Paid.

p.s. In the past this domainer purchased CLOUD for $7K.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

So for 8 months I did 3 .PRO sales:
2 to another domainers for $100/$500 & enduser sale for 2021 EUR BIN.

 

[zuriko]

some .pro domains that I sold and there are now big online projects:
https://link.pro/
www.Booking.pro
https://www.light.pro/

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

@zuriko
Only LINK works from this list...
Booking - defensive purchase.
Light - abandoned.

p.s. Update your signature...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

I have set the symbolic $2028 Sedo BIN on my LosAngeles (2012).
If anybody...

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

When you check just keywords - by default @Dynadot shows many unwanted TLDs like .SBS, but completely ignoring .PRO for years (where stable enduser demand and traffic).
True idioti.sm