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.PRO Launch at 6PM (CEST)

Arti — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:09:00 +0200

Following the pre-registration period in August where domains were offered at "preferential" rates, and the stand-by period last week, the full launch of the .PRO gtld finally starts today, September 8th, at 4 pm GMT.

The TLD will be sold for 16€/$24/£12 excl. VAT as an A rate. The full Gandi price grid is available here:

https://www.gandi.net/domain/price/info

.PRO domain names cannot be registered by private individuals without an accredited professional qualification. The registrant must be a qualified professional licensed by the appropriate government body.

Registrations are on a "first-come first-served" basis starting at 4pm onwards. However, you can place your order now, which will then enter the queue at 4pm.

As the registry's search interface is not yet available for us to use, please check the domain's availability first yourself, as it will prevent you from placing an invalid order.

To do so, please use the .PRO Registry's Whois search engine, which you can find in the top right corner of their homepage :

http://www.registrypro.pro

If you have pre-registered your domain during August, it should be activated today at 7 pm UTC (9 pm CEST).

If you would like to comment on this, please feel free to visit the Gandi Bar!

.PRO Pre-reservations period started

Nicolas — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:50:00 +0200

The .PRO registry will open on July 21st, 2008, at 4:00 PM GMT a pre-reservation system for companies, before the general opening next September 8, 2008.

There will be no auction process : we will simply apply the usual "first-come first-served" rule. Please note that domain names thus pre-reserved, will become available only from September 8th on. Also, a "Premium" will need to be paid in order to benefit from this pre-registration.

This Gtld is quite expensive due to the fact that it is sold with an SSL Certificate (non separable). In this light, we only recommend the reservation for customers who wish to protect sensitive trademarks.

The Registry has already informed us that during the launch phase (on September 8, 2008), registrants will benefit from a special 75% discount on .PRO registrations for the first year. We therefore recommend to professional customers who are not in a hurry, that they only place their order after September 8, 2008, as this discount will be applied to our rates.

As a reminder, .PRO domain names are not registrable by private persons.

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Opening of .PRO delayed

Ryan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:47:00 +0200

The opening of .PRO, which was initially planned for July 14th, has been pushed back by the registry to September 8th, 2008.

As a reminder, .ME (though used as "me" in English, is the official ccTLD of Montenegro) will be made available on July 17th. As usual, we will accept registration attempts a few days before the official date, which gives you a better chance of being one of the first to attempt to register the domain of your choice.