<s>
NamePros	B-Protocol
is	O
an	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
for	O
domain	O
name	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
services	O
include	O
forums	B-Application
and	O
domain	O
name	O
auctions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
forums	B-Application
implement	O
a	O
freemium	O
business	O
model	O
,	O
whereby	O
membership	O
is	O
free	O
,	O
but	O
paid	O
subscriptions	O
offer	O
additional	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ron	O
"	O
RJ	O
"	O
James	O
publicly	O
launched	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
in	O
February	O
,	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
created	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
to	O
fill	O
the	O
hole	O
left	O
by	O
Afternic	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
online	B-Architecture
community	I-Architecture
that	O
was	O
quickly	O
failing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NamePros	B-Protocol
started	O
to	O
see	O
success	O
around	O
June	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
four	O
months	O
after	O
its	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bodis	O
,	O
a	O
domain	B-Protocol
parking	I-Protocol
company	O
,	O
acquired	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
in	O
January	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Wegrzyn	O
hinted	O
that	O
improvements	O
to	O
the	O
website	O
and	O
its	O
services	O
would	O
follow	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
Bodis	O
continue	O
to	O
keep	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
an	O
open	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Former	O
owner	O
Ron	O
James	O
noted	O
that	O
Bodis	O
had	O
better	O
resources	O
and	O
would	O
be	O
capable	O
of	O
supporting	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
 '	O
continued	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
14	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
released	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
updates	O
to	O
its	O
service	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
layout	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
domain	O
sales	O
history	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NamePros	B-Protocol
changed	O
ownership	O
again	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
released	O
another	O
series	O
of	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
migrated	O
from	O
vBulletin	B-Protocol
to	O
XenForo	B-Protocol
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
significant	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NamePros	B-Protocol
 '	O
services	O
center	O
around	O
its	O
forums	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
services	O
are	O
integrated	O
into	O
its	O
forum	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
NamePros	B-Protocol
provides	O
forums	B-Application
for	O
domain	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
forums	B-Application
,	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
provides	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
marketplace	O
,	O
where	O
users	O
can	O
buy	O
and	O
sell	O
domain	O
names	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
2008	O
,	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
also	O
offered	O
live	O
auctions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
NamePros	B-Protocol
revived	O
its	O
online	B-Protocol
chat	I-Protocol
service	O
for	O
domain	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
offered	O
a	O
chat	B-Protocol
service	O
previously	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
