.pro domains

Professional

Promotion till 31/12/2020, valid for new registrations, first year only. Does not include Dominitis.

Created in 2002, the .PRO extension was created to provide more security ahead of the visitors that access our site, the use of .PRO domains is restricted to professionals, which must verify their credentials when registering the domain.
Important: Since November 16th 2015, it is not longer necessary to fulfill special conditions in order to register .pro domains, the restrictions have been deleted from that date on.

There are currently approximately 47,000 registered .PRO domains.

Rates and features

.pro

~~14,95 €~~ 4,95 €

There are no restrictions for such domains.

Registration period extension

Action	Price/year	Periodes	Dominitis
Registration	~~14,95 €~~ 4,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Renewal	14,95 €	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 year(s)	2 dominitis
Transfer	14,95 €	1 year(s)	2 dominitis
Restore	60,00 €	Does not include renewal	-

Features
Domain length:	4 - 63 characters
Transfer system:	The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Regulations

.pro domain life cycle

				42 days	30 days	5 days
	Domain registration		Expiration date				Deletion date
Domain available		Domain active		Renew grace period	Redemption period	Pending delete		Domain available

Renew Grace Period
Redemption Period
Pending Delete

Permitted characters

.pro domains permit characters from 'a' to 'z', numbers from '0' to '9' and hyphens '-'.
A hyphen '-' is not permitted in the first or last position of the domain name.
Two consecutive hyphens are not permitted in the 3rd and 4th position.

Residency requirements

This extension doesn't have any residency requirements.

Technical requirements

This extension doesn't have any technical requirements.

Registrations

.pro domain registrations are immediate.

Transfers

To complete .PRO domain transfer, you'll need your current registrar to provide you the domain's AuthCode or EPP-Key to verify the ownership of the domain.

Transfers can take between 5 and 7 days to complete. Some registrars provide manual transfers allowing transfers to be completed on the same day, contact your current registrar to find out if they offer this service.

More information about .PRO domain transfers

The domains, once the transfer ends, extend they expiration date for one year

Renewals

Renewing your .PRO domain only takes a minute and can completed at any time.

Cancellations

It's possible to request a cancellation of your .PRO domain, visit the support center to open a support ticket. Please note, cancelling a name does not provide a refund of any registration fees.

DNS modifications

DNS modification is immediate, please note they must propagate through the network, this process can take up to 6-12 hours to complete, until then the domain will still point to the previous DNS servers.

DNSSEC

We allow the usage of DNSSEC on .pro domains. Your domain can take advantage of this additional security layer that DNS servers that are compatible with this technology can provide.
More information is available at: What is DNSSEC and how does it work

Domain owner change

Beginning December 1st, 2016, any ownership changes of .PRO domains requires both the current and new owner to accept any changes. Once the ownership change has been completed, the domain is locked and unable to be transferred for a 60-day period.

More information: https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/transfer-policy-2016-06-01-en