.pro domains

[MobileDesigner]

what's the deal with .pro? such a cool name, but i haven't seen any .pro action here.

 

[akcampbell]

You can register .pro at Hostway for just $14.95, that's down from $99. You need some sort of government certified professional license or business license to register one. You can find out more at Registry.Pro.

The extension relaunched on 8 September, before that you had to be a medic, lawyer, accountant, or engineer in France, US, Canada or the UK to register one although most .pros got registered via Encirca's Profwarding service. Encirca is the biggest .pro registrars but DomainPeople, Network Solutions, and Hostway also offer .pro domains now.

.pro is marketed as an elite business centric version of .com. The restrictions are meant to keep out porn, spam, and fraud.

There are 15,000 references to the word "pro" in the US trademark registry, that's way more than any other extension if you strip out actual domain name trademarks. The upshot is that business regards the prefix and suffix "pro" as a extremely brandable.

I bought Guide.pro for $3,000 a couple of weeks ago, it was listed on DNJournal.

 

[DomainScoop.Com]

Guide.pro for 3k , overpriced imo

 

[akcampbell]

I have been quoted up to $100,000 for the best .pro domains. They are difficult to buy because the people who hold them are professionally qualified and aren't desperate for cash.

The phrase "professional guide" has 3.2m Google uniques. Chef.pro sold for $3,650 a couple of months ago at Sedo auction and "professional chef" has 0.8m Google uniques.

There are 4.1m Google pages indexed that have "guide.com" in the URL, that compares to 0.2m that have "chef.com" in the URL.

Guide.pro is a brilliant fit with the .pro extension and is one of the most popular URL keywords. Guide.info sold for $3,200, I'm a big fan of .info but I prefer the keyword in the .pro extension.

 

[zuriko]

I just sold Freelance.pro for 5700$ and I think it was my mistake. Freelance-Professionals??? cost more than 5700!!!

Guide.pro for 3k , overpriced imo

WHY???))) For super Top-level premium domain and super keyword ???)))
Can You find this quality domain for 3k???

 

[DomainScoop.Com]

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[zuriko]

sure thing mate. Country level top domain Malaysia.Pro sold for 100 usd on np. and seller trying to sell @ dp now for 500 or 400 bin price.

and is it my problem, if he selling in wrong place???)))

 

[akcampbell]

"Malaysia professional" has 3,400 Google uniques, "professional Malaysia" has 1,920. That doesn't compare very favourably with 3,200,000 Google uniques for "professional guide". You tell me a domain you bought for 3k or less in the last year, logged by dnjournal or some other sale disclosure site, and I'll analyse it for you against Guide.pro.

 

[candycandy]

mascotas.pro in sedo auction

"Pets" in english, excelent domain for all about caring for
your pet, Dogs, Cats, Birds, Reptiles, Exotic Animals,
purchase and sale of animals and products.
Estimated end time: 23/10/08 01:00 CEST
Current Bid - $1.500

 

[reliable1]

I don't think it overpriced at all. That is a great, brandable domain. I've sold far inferior domains to that for more. Value is what you see it as and how you can leverage it for your project. Certainly good marketing (especially in the realm of multi-media TV, Radio) can utilize the "dot pro" verbiage much more effectively than say "dot nu" "dot ws" "dot mobi" "dot cn" "dot biz/ confused with dot bz" etc. etc.

IMHO .pro is the ONLY tld with serious inherent and global upside from .com from a branding and marketing perspective. I've been buying/selling domains since the mid 90s.

The biggest problem with .pro is the stupid way it has been managed and conceived to date. The whole third level thing is ludicrous and destined for irrelevance if not outright failure. The domain has inherent branding potential on its own. September was a step ahead as long as it continues to make progress in the future. Within the next year we will start seeing large media campaigns using .pro domains. As someone who has watched the industry since it was anything of an industry, this could be the first real mover with doctom. Not saying it will supplant dotcom any time soon just that it could be the first one to see real traction in the marketing world as a significantly viable option.

 

[zuriko]

I don't think it overpriced at all. That is a great, brandable domain. I've sold far inferior domains to that for more. Value is what you see it as and how you can leverage it for your project. Certainly good marketing (especially in the realm of multi-media TV, Radio) can utilize the "dot pro" verbiage much more effectively than say "dot nu" "dot ws" "dot mobi" "dot cn" "dot biz/ confused with dot bz" etc. etc.

IMHO .pro is the ONLY tld with serious inherent and global upside from .com from a branding and marketing perspective. I've been buying/selling domains since the mid 90s.

The biggest problem with .pro is the stupid way it has been managed and conceived to date. The whole third level thing is ludicrous and destined for irrelevance if not outright failure. The domain has inherent branding potential on its own. September was a step ahead as long as it continues to make progress in the future. Within the next year we will start seeing large media campaigns using .pro domains. As someone who has watched the industry since it was anything of an industry, this could be the first real mover with doctom. Not saying it will supplant dotcom any time soon just that it could be the first one to see real traction in the marketing world as a significantly viable option.

I completely agree!!!
small example:
compare Broadcast.pro and Broadcast.com,.net,.org....
and IMHO Broadcast.pro more brandable and sounds better!!
and Iam not sell less than 10k£ this year! next year we will see)))

 

[akcampbell]

IMHO .pro is the ONLY tld with serious inherent and global upside from .com from a branding and marketing perspective....The biggest problem with .pro is the stupid way it has been managed and conceived to date.

I couldn't agree more. It was the combination of brilliant branding and marketing potential paired with unbelievably bad registry management that attracted me to .pro in 2007.

If you threw an alphabet into a wind tunnel, set it on domain extension, and turned it up to hurricane speed, .pro would pop out. Unfortunately for .pro, the operators of the wind tunnel were Dr Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker from the Muppets, better known as RegistryPro.