.PRO Frequently Asked Questions

Trust in the business world is difficult to establish. A .pro domain gives additional credibility and confidence to your business as only registrants that are in good standing with their licensing entity are permitted to register a .pro domain.

Since .pro was formally restricted to a limited number of professions, there are still thousands of .pro domains available for immediate registration. If you already own your name as a .com or .net, make sure you lock in the .pro version before someone else gets it. Once it’s registered, it becomes extremely difficult to get it.

1. Register your .pro domain.
2. You will be sent an email from the Registry requesting your professional eligibility information. The domain will not resolve until you submit your professional information. You must complete this step within 44 days, otherwise you risk losing your domain.
3. Once your professional information is received, the domain will resolve.

All licensed and credentialed professionals and professional entities who self-certify that they meet the eligibility requirements are able to register .pro domains. If you own a business license, you are likely to qualify! You can register if you:

• Are a person or entity who provides professional services; and
• You have been admitted to or licensed by a government certification body, or jurisdictional licensing entity recognized by a governmental body; and
• That body or licensing entity requires that its members be licensed or admitted to provide services; and
• You are in good standing.

To determine if your business is eligible to qualify, the general idea is as follows. As long as the organization provides the service associated with its registration identification, and meets all eligibility requirements outlined in the domain registration agreement, the organization is eligible to register a second-level .pro domain. For example, a customer's business license states that they retail running shoes will be eligible if they use the .pro domain to sell shoes.

All applicants will need to submit personal and professional information in order to be eligible for a .pro domain, including:

• Name
• Date of Birth, or Date of Registration
• Profession
• Jurisdictional Country
• Licensing Authority
• License Number
• Link to Licensing Authority's Website

To speed up the registration process, we have assumed that you are using the same professional for your order. If you ordered 20 domains, this mechanism allows you to avoid submitting your professional eligibility information 20 times. (We know the A/V data submission process can be quite time consuming!) Because of this, all domains associated with this order will not be active until you have submitted your professional eligibility information. We highly recommend that you submit your A/V information as soon as possible to prevent your domains from being deleted.

If you wish to use different professionals, please submit your registration in separate orders.

To speed up the registration process, you can select to use the professional of another .pro domain. This way, you do not need to resubmit your professional eligibility information (AV data). However, if you do not submit your A/V information of the first domain, none of the domains associated with this professional will be active.

If you do not wish to use the same professional, please select "I want to submit new professional information." You will be prompted by the registry to submit your professional eligibility information.

If you previously registered a second-level .pro domain with us, and will be submitting the same professional eligibility information for the new domain, you can bypass the registry's professional eligibility information submission process. Simply indicate the professional you want to use by selecting the domain associated with the same professional.

As long as there are no problems with your domain, you are able to reuse the professional information over and over again. This makes the registration process a lot simpler and faster! Please ensure that your professional information is in good standing with the registry. If it is not, and you register your new domain with the "bad apple" professional information, you run the risk of losing the new domain.

If you are using different professional information, then you cannot reuse the professional information. You will need to submit new information. For example, you may hold both a professor's and doctor's credentials. You previously registered doctors.pro and used your medical professional information. You now want to register teachers.pro using this teacher's professional information. You will then need to request to submit new professional information by selecting "I want to use new professional information.".