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About .pro
- Type
- Generic gTLD (Identity Digital) · open since 2015
- Best for
- Freelancers, professional services, portfolios, SaaS pro tiers.
- Pricing
- $5–$20/year retail, $15–$30 renewal.
- Notable sites
- European freelancers · professional service firms · SaaS .pro pages
TLD Guide
.pro: Licensed Professionals Only Until 2015 — Identity Digital, ~1M Names, and Few Real Roofs
ICANN's 2002 credential gTLD peaked near ~1.02M zone names (Feb 2026), opened unrestricted 16 Nov 2015 after a decade of verification theater, and shares Identity Digital's $21 wholesale (→ $23.50 Jan 2027). Verified roofs: dorian.pro, poker.pro, video.pro. Delete the old guide's 300–500k fiction, European-freelancer Mad Libs, E-E-A-T AIO boilerplate, and invented premium tiers.
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