Dentists, architects and engineers are among several groups of professionals and organizations who soon will be able to register .Pro top-level domains (TLD) on the Internet.
RegistryPro, operator of the .Pro registry, said it would announce eligibility dates for these and other professions during the coming months.
Since June 1 of this year, doctors, lawyers and accountants have been the only professionals eligible to register domain names with the distinctive .pro extension and built-in security certificates.
“Many individuals and organizations are enjoying the value of the .Pro space and want to participate,” said General Manager of RegistryPro, Michael DelCiello. “After much discussion and consultation, we decided to allow applications from members of fifteen additional professions. These groups have many important characteristics in common – strong ethics, association involvement, and public interest.”
The next professionals planned to be admitted to the .pro space will be:
· Architects (arc.pro)
· Certified Financial Analysts (cfa.pro)
· Certified Financial Planners (cfp.pro)
· Dentists (dds.pro)
· Engineers (eng.pro)
· Nutritionists (ntr.pro)
· Optometrists (opt.pro)
· Pharmacists (pha.pro)
· Physician Assistants (pa.pro)
· Podiatrists (pod.pro)
· Psychologists (psy.pro)
· Educators (ed.pro)
· Veterinarians (vet.pro)
· Physical Therapists (pt.pro)
· Public Relations (pr.pro)
Beginning September 27, 2004, the .Pro top-level domain (TLD), expanded to serve qualified professionals in Canada. For the first time, RegistryPro will offer the security and identity-verification benefits of the new domain to doctors, lawyers and public accountants outside of the United States.
Eligible registrants in Canada will now be able to sign up for distinctive domain names such as johnsmith.law.pro for lawyers, johnsmith.med.pro for doctors and johnsmith.cpa.pro for public accountants.
Moreover, the .Pro top-level domain (TLD), will expand on October 4 to serve qualified professionals in the UK.
According to DelCiello, RegistryPro expects to continue expanding the geographic availability of the .Pro domain.
The .Pro top-level domain provides three important new benefits over other domain names:
· Exclusive online identity for their businesses and for their electronic communications;
· Independent verification of that identity to give their clients a high level of assurance and confidence;
· Increased security through encryption and validation of all electronic communication.
For more information, please visit http://www.registrypro.pro/