.Per

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.pro is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) launched on May 8, 2002 and administered by the Chicago company RegistryPro . The ending is based on the English word professional and was originally intended exclusively for professional use.

properties

A .pro domain can be between four and 63 characters long. This means that, unlike many other top-level domains, two- or three-digit addresses are not possible. When ordering, owners must prove their qualifications by providing profession , date of approval, issuing authority and other personal information. These are only accessible to RegistryPro and cannot be called up via the public Whois server .

The registration office only checked the qualification of interested parties on a random basis; the connection of a domain was usually carried out in real time. In the spring of 2009, the official criteria for a .pro domain were massively relaxed, so that the top-level domain is now no longer only open to lawyers and doctors, but to practically every merchant . Since November 17, 2015, private individuals have also been able to register .pro domains; proof of activity is no longer required.

takeover

.Pro has been part of Afilias since January 2012 , which also manages the top-level domain .info . The company has acquired RegistryPro for an undisclosed amount and continues to operate it as a business unit. According to official information, Afilias was able to double the number of registered .pro domains within a year of the acquisition: While around 80,000 addresses were assigned in January - adjusted for digit domains that have now been deleted - the number in January 2013 was 160,000 domains.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Domain Delegation Data. IANA , accessed October 10, 2012 .
  2. ↑ .pro domain. united-domains . Retrieved October 10, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: News from .pro, .music and .xxx. In: domain-right. February 9, 2009, accessed October 10, 2012 .
  4. ↑ .pro registry: .PRO domains can be registered without restrictions. November 17, 2015, accessed December 7, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Afilias takes over .pro. In: domain-right. January 29, 2012, accessed October 10, 2012 .
  6. ↑ Florian Hitzelberger: Afilias brings .pro forward. In: domain-right. January 31, 2013, accessed February 18, 2013 .