Thanks for the reply, I still will take Go Daddy with the eyeballs, certainly every listing on BrandBucket is not getting 4000 eyeballs so that applies to BrandBucket the same as Go Daddy. But more people go to Go Daddy and they may look for the name there in the registry path and see the name listed as premium listings, since you are also 30 % along with Go Daddy Premium which no disrespect imo is just too high, we all have to make a living and I have brokered well over six figures in domains but could not see charging anyone 30 %.
More people go to godaddy, sedo, afternic, etc. but ....how many see your "brandable" domain listed at Godaddy? Just check the "views" and you get the answer. Millions of domains are listed at Godaddy, Sedo, Afternic and out of the millions, only few brandable names sell each week for more than 4 figures. Now i counted the number of domains listed at Brandbucket (around 1500 to 2000 maybe) and the number of sold domains listed (around 500 and i am sure not all sold names are listed).
Now do the math and you get your answer.
Seriously seams like most people don't know how difficult it is to find endusers for YOUR brandable name, and only your name! Since people could simply use one of those "brand name generator" services out there and come up with a similar name in minutes. You have to find something which is not so easily exchangable, visually appealing, pass the radio test, be unique, etc. etc. etc... and then you have to find someone who would want exactly that domain!
I am not a Brandbucket "fanboy" or something, but i have few years experience with brandable domain names and i can tell you that it is totally different than keyword domains. A totally different story. And to be honest, i am astonished how many names Brandbucket sold compared to the number of domains accepted there. And all of them 4 Figures and up! The only conclusion for me is that they do a lot of marketing, have a lot of connections and contacts to startups, entrepeneurs, etc. and during the years they are active, gained a lot of trust and a good customer base with RETURNING customers (now thats even more difficult with brandable names, since most just buy one name and thats it).
It is more than understandable that you would want to protect that. I would.
To be honest, i was wondering why they didn't have the exclusivity clauses all the time already.
They are more like brokers than a simple marketplace IMO. Simply because of the marketing efforts and because of the a.m. numbers.
Remember, there is a huge difference between passive marketing and active marketing.
My personal opinion: huge market places like SEDO will die soon. too much crap listed there and its a mess. Endusers HATE that.
Plus they don't do any proactive marketing. Just sitting on their fat ass and waiting for comission.
The future will belong to those who find "Niches" and focus on that niche and PROACTIVELY market domains to endusers in that niche.
Not only with brandable names, you could also do that with specific type of keyword domains, like Geo names or whatever.