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

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, September 25, 2008 — 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.

About Gate.com
Gate.com delivers intelligent hosting plans on one of the largest high-performance networks in the world. It was the first major hosting company to implement clustering technology across all of its hosting accounts and remains the only major hosting company to provide this technology at affordable prices. Offering a state-of-the-art platform and staying ahead of the industry with all the most advanced, cutting edge developer tools available, Gate.com is committed to remaining the discerning developer's choice in hosting solutions. Located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company offers domain names, email accounts, UNIX Web hosting, Windows Web hosting, Virtual Private Servers, Dedicated Servers and other Web services.

Contact:

Terry Harris

Product Manager

Gate.com

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