In the News
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.