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.Pro dropping its prices in January

The .Pro Registry has announced it is dropping its wholesale pricing for second-level domain names to match the dot-com registry. This change will be effective January 1, 2011.

Eligibility for .Pro is limited to licensed professionals. However, they may be from any profession and from any country in the world. There is no limit to how many domains a registrant may have. All registrants must agree to follow a Use policy for their domains.

There are about 50,000 .Pro domain name registrations today. This change should provide a growth spurt for the extension.

Recent sales of .Pro domains include: RealEstate.pro for $14,000, Insurance.pro for $6,500, and Mortgage.pro for $4,300.

6-Aug-2008 — You Need a .PRO
FOXBusiness.com

Don't let just any web address do; get a dot-pro! The dot-pro pre-registrations are taking place now, before the official re-launch on September 8, 2008. At that time, pricing will drop another 50 percent, resulting in a surge of interest in dot-pro domains. To avoid disappointment, EnCirca encourages trademark owners to register their desired names today. Domain names can be registered on a first-come, first-served basis for just $49 for one year.

13-Jun-2008: RegistryPro Announces Third Level
Web Host Industry Review

RegistryPro (registrypro.PRO), the exclusive operator of the .PRO top-level domain, announced on Friday it will begin accepting pre-orders for second-level domains from current .PRO registrants who use any of the registry's 11 profession-specific third-level designations.

15-May-2008: ICANN Unanimously Approves RegistryPro Proposal to Expand .PRO TLD
agIPnews

RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .PRO top-level domain (TLD) on the Internet, announced in a press release that it has received approval from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to greatly expand the scope and availability of the .PRO TLD.

26-Feb-2008: RegistryPro Secures with NCC Group
Web Host Industry Review

Registry operator for the .PRO top-level domain RegistryPro (registrypro.PRO) announced on Monday that it has entered into a new data escrow partnership with technology escrow provider NCC Group (nccgroup.us) to ensure the security of .PRO registration information.

5-Aug-2004: Dot-Pro Owner Hostway Represents Chicago at ICANN Conference
ePrairie Interview

CHICAGO - Three times per year, ICANN members convene to discuss global policy as it relates to the Web. Hostway was the lone Chicago-based company to attend the conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last month. Michael DelCiello, GM of Hostway's dot-pro registry, shares his experience.

25-May-2004: Start-up helps professionals verify Web sites
Chicago Sun-Times

It's said that nobody on the Internet knows that you're a dog. For that matter, nobody knows that you're a doc...or a lawyer...or a CPA. Anonymity on the Net has certain advantages. It also has downsides that have led to fraud and other abuses.

19-Apr-2004: Hostway holds sway over a new domain for Trademarks and Brand Names
Crain's Chicago Business

Chicago's Hostway Corp. has snagged rights to a potentially lucrative piece of the Internet: a new domain suffix for Web addresses - .PRO - aimed at doctors, lawyers and accountants who find it difficult to carve out addresses on the already crowded .com domain.