.Pro Opens to a Wider Audience, Gate.com Offers 70 Percent Off First Year of Registration

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida (Gawkwire.com) Gate.com, the leader in advanced Web hosting solutions, is offering a limited-time discount on domain names registered under the .Pro top-level domain (TLD), which is now available to nearly any professional across the globe.

Customers who sign up for .Pro domain names now can take advantage of Gate.com's limited-time discount of $14.95 for the first year, and $34.95 for every year thereafter.

"Doctors, lawyers, engineers and all other professionals can now enjoy the credibility that comes with having a .Pro domain name without jumping through a lot of hoops," said Terry Harris, product manager for Gate.com. "ICANN has relaxed its strict requirements for this TLD and simplified the verification process."

Launched in 2005 under restrictive registration criteria, .Pro saw low rates of registration. Earlier this year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved a broader set of rules for .Pro, making it widely available to nearly all professionals across the globe.

Professionals registering a .Pro TLD must self-certify their credentials through a simplified process. To learn the specific criteria for self-certification of professional affiliation, read Gate.com's .Pro FAQs.

The 70% discount on .Pro registrations is a limited-time offer. Professionals are urged to take action immediately to secure their name before all the best ones are taken.