The Official BQB.com Thread

[VURG]

I think I started the first BQB.com auction ever. I'm not sure but it looks like it's up and running.

[coreyg]

site looks kewl Vurg

[VURG]

Reece is da man. This is his baby.

I've been looking forward to this ever since he started talking about it. Looks good so far.

Reece - No L-L-L.com category? No 1 Day Auctions?

[ddaybofb]

You must be at least 18 years old to register.

[Galel]

What's the $99 fee for when you register?

[4LTR.org]

My only concerns are that you are not allowed to sell .nets, .orgs, other TLD's, L-L, L-L-L, L-LL.coms, N-NN.coms, CCCC.coms. Or, do they fall in the generics category?

[duceman]

$99 Ouch, a bit high for a start up site with little traffic (I assume). But I'm sure that I'll get around to signing up sooner of later.

[-REECE-]

Aw a thread for BQB...

BQB could definitely use some suggestions still (like including L-L-L).

Originally Posted by VURG

Reece is da man. This is his baby.

I've been looking forward to this ever since he started talking about it. Looks good so far.

Reece - No L-L-L.com category? No 1 Day Auctions?

Originally Posted by ddaybofb

You must be at least 18 years old to register.

There was a huge problem on DNF involving a 16 year old domainer earlier this year on DNF. I'm not familiar with all the laws surrounding internet commerce, but it was brought to everyone's attention that persons under 18 years of age can't be held accountable for their actions. I can certainly look into allowing members under 18 with the permission of their parents (I believe this is how Afternic currently operates).

Originally Posted by GF4444

What's the $99 fee for when you register?

There won't be any membership fee for the first few months (it will be by application only at first). I'm primarily concerned with making BQB a safe trading environment when starting out and emphasis will be placed on security, not finances.
BQB will be accepting applications beginning near the end of May. Anyone is welcome to pm me if they're interested in BQB before then to be kept up to date on progress or even get the username they want.

Originally Posted by 4ltrorg

My only concerns are that you are not allowed to sell .nets, .orgs, other TLD's, L-L, L-L-L, L-LL.coms, N-NN.coms, CCCC.coms. Or, do they fall in the generics category?

I'm primarily focussed on ensuring that what gets listed gets sold. BQB is being designed (it's absolutely still a work in progress and any suggestions will definitely be considered) to maximize the likelihood of selling your domain. The best way for me to accomplish this is to make the categories based on what sells best. I like the suggestion of an L-L-L category, as I do an L-L, L-LL/LL-L, N-NN/NN-N. I won't be allowing other tlds than dotcom unfortunately -- that much has been decided. Dotcoms represent about 85-90% of all sales dollars, so I don't see this as a major inconvenience for most people, but it'll drastically cut down on both server and maintenance/admin costs. Less choice also means a higher likelihood that what's listed will sell.

[l-l-l.com]

i saw few days ago when i bought b-q-b someone said bqb is reece baby.And the site really looks good.

[Shenron]

Yeah, too sad you won't at least allow .net's, at least LL.net, LLL.net and LLLL.net
I believe that would really improve the site and make it more attractive and liquid without being spammy.

[4LTR.org]

Originally Posted by Reece

....... I like the suggestion of an L-L-L category, as I do an L-L, L-LL/LL-L, N-NN/NN-N......

That would be great as a lot of us like buying and selling these types of domains as well. Also, just wanted to say that I really like how each type of domain has it's own category as this makes it really easy to zero in on what your for.

PS I'll be adding links to your site on a couple of my sites today.

[squid]

Yo,
Nice site and all, but i have a problem with the 18 year old registration limit.
I am under 18 and i like to believe i am mature enough to be able to be a member of a site, such as yours.

I think, as you're doing "Approval only" for the first few months, surely namepros members with good Trader rating should be trusted and allowed to join, even if they are infact under 18?

Why not have a system whereby, under 18's can be members and use the site, however all the domains they sell HAVE TO BE manually approved?

I think it's cutting out a big chunk of potential members by saying no to under 18's. :/

[Ross]

Originally Posted by squid

Yo,
Nice site and all, but i have a problem with the 18 year old registration limit.
I am under 18 and i like to believe i am mature enough to be able to be a member of a site, such as yours.

I think, as you're doing "Approval only" for the first few months, surely namepros members with good Trader rating should be trusted and allowed to join, even if they are infact under 18?

Why not have a system whereby, under 18's can be members and use the site, however all the domains they sell HAVE TO BE manually approved?

I think it's cutting out a big chunk of potential members by saying no to under 18's. :/

You should PM Reece about this. He is the creator and he says what goes and what does not. Good Luck!

[-REECE-]

Thanks mate!

I'm trying to differentiate BQB from what's already on the market. Opening it up strictly to short domains and using all the extra space to break down the categories will hopefully make things easier to find.

I know the pain of looking for a cheap CVCV on Sedo, when there's no "find all CVCV" link.

Originally Posted by 4ltrorg

That would be great as a lot of us like buying and selling these types of domains as well. Also, just wanted to say that I really like how each type of domain has it's own category as this makes it really easy to zero in on what your for.

PS I'll be adding links to your site on a couple of my sites today.

Originally Posted by Shenron

Yeah, too sad you won't at least allow .net's, at least LL.net, LLL.net and LLLL.net
I believe that would really improve the site and make it more attractive and liquid without being spammy.

The one thing I'm worried about with .net is where to say no. If I say yes to .net, soon someone will want .org, .info, etc. We can always look into adding it in the future, but at present I think opening up to LLLL.nets is a bit early considering most of them (other than quad + pronounceables) struggle to see sales above regfee for the most part.

I don't really have a problem allowing 2-3 letter .nets, but I fear it may cause more trouble than sales (eg. why is my 3 character [or 4 letter or 4 number] .net not allowed).

Originally Posted by squid

Yo,
Nice site and all, but i have a problem with the 18 year old registration limit.
I am under 18 and i like to believe i am mature enough to be able to be a member of a site, such as yours.

I think, as you're doing "Approval only" for the first few months, surely namepros members with good Trader rating should be trusted and allowed to join, even if they are infact under 18?

Why not have a system whereby, under 18's can be members and use the site, however all the domains they sell HAVE TO BE manually approved?

I think it's cutting out a big chunk of potential members by saying no to under 18's. :/

Hi Sam,

Your positive feedback record on Namepros speaks for itself.

I can definitely look into changing the Terms to 18 years of age unless you have exceptional references or trader rating. The main purpose of the age requirement isn't to discriminate against younger members but to ensure everyone is accountable for their actions and can conduct business as safely as possible on BQB.

[Shenron]

I understand your point Reece, still I have a suggestion...

Why don't you accept all the categories that have been SOLD OUT?

I mean LLL and LL.net's are sold out.

You also include quad premium LLLL.nets if you will and CVCV and VCVC...

[-REECE-]

That's a good suggestion Bruno

I'm still a bit hesitant... Some of the sold out categories still don't sell very well (eg. .biz) and may have only sold out in the first place because a few large domainers came in and bought everything out.

I'd love to hear some other opinions on this. Anyone's welcome to send me a pm with suggestions as well.

Originally Posted by Shenron

I understand your point Reece, still I have a suggestion...

Why don't you accept all the categories that have been SOLD OUT?

I mean LLL and LL.net's are sold out.

You also include quad premium LLLL.nets if you will and CVCV and VCVC...

To clarify a question asked by pm earlier, it will be an entire year of free membership for anyone that signs up over the next few months, but I'm manually approving each person. Choosing the same username for BQB as you go by on Namepros and sending me a pm indicating you've done such will make it much easier to approve people.

[Shenron]

I'm interested in getting in BTW. I don't care about the $99 fee tbh

.biz? Well, 1 of the problems with those markets is the low liquidity.

I have 1 .info site that pays those $99 every month.

[Jake]

Reece, Im under 18 as well, and I would be interested in joining!

Thanks!
Jake

[bojomojo]

what 99$ fee, i went looking and registered but it mentioned nothing about a 99 fee

[Netizen]

Hi Reece,

What is the date format on registration form? it gives me error on dd-mm-yyyy while I am over 18 .. please mention it under date field.

Thanks

[Ross]

IMO simplicity is key. Everything usually starts out small and grows larger. By just doing .coms to start is very good idea because the market is there and there is demand. This will ensure that marketplace takes off. If you saturate it will extensions like .biz and .org, you will see many names going un sold and over looked.

I think once BQB.com grows a bit and gets high amounts of traffic with regular buyers you can expect to see .net and other extensions to follow.

Hi Reece,

What is the date format on registration form? it gives me error on dd-mm-yyyy while I am over 18 .. please mention it under date field.

Thanks

Use the year you were born i.e. 1988 not the full date

[Netizen]

Originally Posted by Tivo

Use the year you were born i.e. 1988 not the full date

lol, I didn't realize that

Thanks for the help

[-REECE-]

Originally Posted by bojomojo

what 99$ fee, i went looking and registered but it mentioned nothing about a 99 fee

Year 1 is 100% free. Consider it a 1 year trial. If you can't make enough additional profit through BQB courtesy of 0% commission in a year to be worth $99, then imho I'm not worthy of being in this business

Originally Posted by Tivo

IMO simplicity is key. Everything usually starts out small and grows larger. By just doing .coms to start is very good idea because the market is there and there is demand. This will ensure that marketplace takes off. If you saturate it will extensions like .biz and .org, you will see many names going un sold and over looked.

I think once BQB.com grows a bit and gets high amounts of traffic with regular buyers you can expect to see .net and other extensions to follow.

Use the year you were born i.e. 1988 not the full date

Very well said Ross I definitely won't discount putting .net, .org, etc on BQB at a later date. I want to make sure people have a positive experience on BQB starting out and the more and more domains we open up to, the less chance everyone's domains have of actually selling.

[DNK.it]

BQB.com looks great! I really love it

[nu-money]

I read this in the Terms and Conditions:

These Terms of Service shall be governed by and constructed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any disputes will be decided only by the Courts of England and Wales.

Why British courts? I thought you were Canadian?

In addition, note that there are risks of dealing with foreign nationals...

Perhaps you should change that to "some foreign nationals", or remove it completely? I'm sure BQB.com doesn't want to be accused of being xenophobic..

Anyway, good luck taking on the giants Sedo, TDNAM, and Afternic