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    .PRO - What do you guys think ?

    the initial intention i feel as been lost, i also feel that the silly restrictions could well be dropped, it just seems silly now that plumbers can register medical or any other profession domain, sort of defeats the object IMO.

    but i like the extension, makes for a good image for the end user

    what do you guys think?
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    I own one - Privacy(dot)pro

    I believe that many names fit the extension. Many more don't. Speculation was and still is a large part of this world we call domains.
    I think that the original intentions for the extension will morph into an extension for more mainstream usage.

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    I agree, IMO it would only have worked if they had kept it profession related so that a plumber could only register plumbing related domains, an engineer engineering related domains etc.

    It will just become main stream, and the longer they leave it before dropping the requirement, the more ridiculous it will become and the more pressure there will be to drop it.

    I have several, one of witch is Parked, what qualification would have been required for that i wonder if the original intention had been held

    of course in the mean time it gives some of us a advantage to snap up the better domains
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    Best extention after .com!!!
    Apps.pro Young.pro Broadcast.pro Contact.pro Branding.pro Picture.pro Pictures.pro Rich.pro innovation.pro Freelancer.pro Animation.pro Super.pro Winner.pro Saving.pro Capital.pro

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    Quote Originally Posted by zuriko View Post
    Best extention after .com!!!
    in some cases better than .com IMO
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    XXXPRO.com is always better than XXX.pro, just my opinion

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    I respect anyone’s point of view and there are many opportunities and good names with other extension, but I am old fashion thoughts and .com will be .com

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    Quote Originally Posted by owntag View Post
    XXXPRO.com is always better than XXX.pro, just my opinion
    interesting
    so you would prefer boxerspro.com as opposed to boxers.pro?
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    Quote Originally Posted by nam2000 View Post
    interesting
    so you would prefer boxerspro.com as opposed to boxers.pro?
    Neither boxerspro.com nor boxers.pro makes sense to me. Plural .pro doesn't make much sense IMO.

    .pro is good for an individual site or small business, actually it looks and works well as all other extensions. But I will only use .com for a serious development and marketing for a serious business.

    btw: I'm not an anti.pro guy, I sold .pros for nice profits in 2007.

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    expl: Management.pro is it not great for big management companies??)))
    google: 1,070,000 for "management professionals".
    http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en...onals%22&meta=
    difference is Management.com price is min 5 000 000$ (imo)
    i am selling Management.pro for 50k
    which domain is better??))
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    I agree with some comments and disagree with others. .pro would never have worked if registrations had been restricted to the profession of the registrant. That would have been an even more suicidal restriction than accountants, doctors, lawyers and engineers in France, UK, US and Canada.

    Not falling into the initial RegistryPro category didn't stop plumbers regging plumbing related .pros via Encirca but did they register and develop plumbing .pro websites? No they didn't. I regged Plumb.pro yesterday and plumbers have had 4 years to register it. I also hold Plumbing.pro and that was dropped in 2007.

    Making professionally qualified people stick to their professions would have reduced the keywords available to register by 95%. RegistryPro have been losing money for 4 years with 100% of keywords available and Encirca regging them by proxy for anybody who wanted one. If they didn't have the support of their parent company Hostway, they would have gone bust.

    I agree that the remaining .pro restrictions should be dropped. No domain extension can work with restrictions, they strangle the life out of innovation and development, discourage registrar take up, and put off potential registrants. It's hard enough for an alternative extension to make headway with $1 reg fees, no restrictions, and being offered for sale on the main domain panel of every registrars. .info has 5m registrations but disproportionately few high quality sites.

    .pro will never gain traction with restrictions that eliminate 90% of potential registrants, reg fees that are still 3-4 fold higher than other gTLD's, and only a handful of registrars responsible for 7.5% of total domains registered offering it. RegistryPro should got to back to ICANN and tell them they still can't cover their costs or market .pro with the current restrictions.

    On the plus side .pro is still the most brandable, credible and sweet sounding domain extension after .com. It's not as heavily regged or as speculatively valuable as .info, .biz, and .mobi but it makes them look harsh, artificial and ugly.

    Somebody said "many more keywords" don't work with .pro. I don't really agree with that. Virtually all keywords work with .pro, that's one of its biggest advantages. There are 15,000 trademarks in the US trademark registry with the word Pro in and they are across the board. Here's a snapshot of some of my pros, each one a different .pro "type"

    Surf.pro (sport .pro)
    Pool.pro (hobby.pro)
    Gadget.pro (tech .pro)
    Total.pro (phrase .pro)
    Puzzle.pro (knack to it .pro)
    Expert.pro (how to .pro)
    Marine.pro (industry category .pro)
    Quick.pro (brandable .pro conveying service attribute)
    Aqua.pro (brandable .pro conveying product type)
    Staff.pro (employment .pro)
    France.pro (geo .pro)
    Mobile.pro (type of professional .pro)
    Office.pro (professional working environment .pro)
    Salary.pro (professional word .pro)
    Diamond.pro (luxury item .pro)
    Surgeon.pro (profession .pro)
    Audit.pro (professional service .pro)
    Talent.pro (professional attribute .pro)
    Boat.pro (product .pro)
    Cookware.pro (product with premium professional version .pro)
    Tutor.pro (service with premium professional version .pro)
    Guitar.pro (skill .pro)
    Training.pro (becoming a professional .pro)
    Cargo.pro (rhyming .pro)
    Prom.pro (Pro followed by Pro .pro)

    Then you can combine .pro types;

    Piano.pro (rhyming and skill .pro)
    Studio.pro (rhyming and professional environment .pro)
    Projector.pro (Pro followed by Pro, Product, luxury item, tech)
    Expo.pro (rhyming and professional word)
    Promo.pro (Pro followed by Pro, rhyming, and brandable)

    .pro is the most beautiful, versatile, brandable, commercial and credible alternative extension. The only problem is the registry is run by people who don't understand how to develop an alternative extension and so it languishes in the shadow of other gTLD's shackled by restrictions, high reg fees, no marketing, and only a few registrars offering it.

    My hope is that Hostway get fed up losing money and sell RegistryPro to Afilias or Verisign in return for all restrictions being removed by ICANN. Either that or they hire somebody who understands the domain industry and has a track record developing alternative extensions.
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    great post qkcambell, sums it up really
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