BrandPa.com Experience (Brandable Domain Marketplace)

[Chris Hydrick]

BrandPa.com has announced their presence on NamePros...

Hi there! I'm sorry your experience with BB wasn't pleasant :/ If you'd like to try our marketplace please don't hesitate to do so We're new in the domaining industry but very eager to learn! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions This is us: https://brandpa.com/ (or if you'd like to read about the sellers' rules visit this page: https://brandpa.com/start-selling)

Look forward to hearing from you!

Granted, the above post is from the BrandBucket experience thread, and will likely be deleted for being off topic / wrong thread, it was the first time I heard of them. The founder, @Jowita Emberton, had introduced herself in an earlier thread:

Hi guys! NamePros is a great website to get invaluable information about the domaining industry. As a reader, I'm here pretty much every day. As a writer, I'm starting today

I'm the founder of Brandpa (brandpa.com), a domain name marketplace similar to BB, BR or Namerific. We use AI and human knowledge to create and judge the names’ value according to how easy to pronounce and catchy they are.

I'm here to learn, get to know you and your recent experiences with other brandable name marketplaces We're still developing the business so any insight on our site (brandpa.com) or anything you're missing from other marketplaces will be very useful

Thanks!

I'm creating this thread to discuss their marketplace, and for those who have experiences with them.

Here's what I know so far:

The founder, @Jowita Emberton, runs two other online businesses according to her LinkedIn page.

Delighten.co.uk - Web / brand design firm.

Weddination.com - Polish wedding services

According to her LinkedIn, she has been operating BrandPa since August 2016. Though, the last cached Archive.org screenshot is a server error on October 4, 2016 HERE

BrandPa.com (2006) is registered to Oliver Emberton, founder and managing director of SilkTide.com.

Currently, there are 562 domains published / listed on BrandPa. It appears most domains listed are handregged by the owners. Not 100% on this; I will run a check when my program is working again.

After reviewing their listings, I found two errors.

The domain regged is MonoRaptor.com, but the text reads ManoRaptor.com

The domain regged is UnknownVenues.com, but the text reads UnknownVenus.com

At first look:

Pros

• No Listing Fee
• FREE Logos
• Domain Owner sets price ($1,000+)
• Forwards all offers for sellers consideration
• Brandpa is a pretty memorable / catchy brandable domain.
• Select 'On-Sale' marketing section

Cons

• Low Alexa Ranking (4,557,819)

• New site. Assuming low organic traffic, and low type-in traffic due to quality and quantity of inventory.
• Piggy-back branding off BrandBucket in site footer see below

• Reviews are all from .co.uk domains, yet BrandPa doesn't sell any .co.uk domains. A quick glance at other domains owned by the reviewers and I wasn't able to verify any brandable .com's with history tracing back to BrandPa.

Personal thoughts: I respect that they "allow the seller to submit more domain names" by not charging a listing fee. To me this shows they are willing to work for your exclusivity. Should they gain popularity, I wonder if they'll sustain this business model and/or if their logo / listing quality will decrease over time when resources are spread across the masses.

@Jowita Emberton = Feel free to comment / fill in any of the blanks.

 

[karmaco]

I just email [email protected] and never have any issues and fast replies

 

[anantj]

or is this specific for Brandpa support?

Yes

 

[DomainBarracksRob]

I have done that by accident @DomainBarracksRob they will fix it. Are you on Slack yet?

Thanks @karmaco that's great to know.

Know I am not, it's actully been on my list of things to look into,and every time I get caught up in all my other work and out the door and forget to take a look into.

I'll make it a point to get that done.

 

[karmaco]

By the way their new system is amazing. I had 2 names hit the site 24 hours after I paid to list.

 

[DomainBarracksRob]

By the way their new system is amazing. I had 2 names hit the site 24 hours after I paid to list.

wow now that's awesome ! Congrats

 

[NameWell]

@Jowita Emberton / @Oliver Emberton -

@NameWell has a great question - Does Brandpa have a referral/affiliate program?

This would be a terrific way to bring additional business to the site, but also a way for sellers to support your platform - especially if the program provides clear tracking information for transparency.

Could this be added to the Widget tool?

Excellent idea about the widget tool.

And in case it is difficult to integrate it within a site, maybe you could use an external provider, like Share A Sale or something similar.

 

[AuctionBio]

Two domains accepted
Attemptable.com and CodeDrift.com

Will be up soon, waiting for listing, total i have 3 now on bp

Both are up now on Brandpa

Attemptable.com and
CodeDrift.com

 

[golan]

Both are up now on Brandpa

Attemptable.com and
CodeDrift.com

Can we please keep this thread clear from the sale PR? Thank you

 

[Deepak Bhandari]

Happy to announce my new accepted name on grandpa
viscobit/com


That is my third accepted name...waiting to hit like 10

How many sold from them?

 

[NameWell]

Has anyone tried this?

 

[karmaco]

I haven’t tried that but my names are getting published very quickly when I insert the keywords in the description area. I think they are trying this above with volunteers.

 

[NameWell]

I haven’t tried that but my names are getting published very quickly when I insert the keywords in the description area. I think they are trying this above with volunteers.

Might be. My domain was published tonight, so after they announced the change. And yet I did not get a chance to chat with the designer.

 

[Finest]

By the way their new system is amazing. I had 2 names hit the site 24 hours after I paid to list.

On the flip side, I have names waiting for listing for 14-15 days. Brand Bucket get a lot of (often rightful) stick for their delays, but my experience with Brandpa, in this regard, has not been any better. FUMING!

 

[karmaco]

On the flip side, I have names waiting for listing for 14-15 days. Brand Bucket get a lot of (often rightful) stick for their delays, but my experience with Brandpa, in this regard, has not been any better. FUMING!

The process was revised in the last week or so and is greatly improved if you fill in your own keywords it jumps to the 3rd step. As far as before that time submissions or submissions you don’t fill out yourself, they have a fixed 14 day max. If it goes over contact Jowita.

 

[Ares]

Joined Brandpa today

happy

 

[MitchH]

My last 3 domains submitted have been accepted and I may have my first sale soon (pending)! Great experience so far with BrandPa!

 

[Deepak Bhandari]

Still waiting for my first sale as well. 70 domains published so far.

Waiting, waiting and waiting....

How long those domains you have on Brandpa

 

[DomainsMaven]

How long those domains you have on Brandpa

About 9 months on brandpa, but no sale yet. 128 domains listed so far.
I guess i will wait and see. I will update everyone by end of this year.
Stay safe.

 

[Recons.Com]

About 9 months on brandpa, but no sale yet. 128 domains listed so far.
I guess i will wait and see. I will update everyone by end of this year.
Stay safe.

Can you share the link to your BP profile?

 

[MitchH]

About 9 months on brandpa, but no sale yet. 128 domains listed so far.
I guess i will wait and see. I will update everyone by end of this year.
Stay safe.

Just curious, are most of your approved submissions hand reg, auction, or close out?

 

[DomainsMaven]

Can you share the link to your BP profile?

You can see my portfolio now.

 

[Recons.Com]

You can see my portfolio now.

Thanks. It is good quality portfolio.

Half of it, from what I can tell is crypto, 4L and similar. I'd say those are either niche or marketplaces don't do much better for rather than just having landing page or adding to afternic or both. I have 3 sales out of 75 names with BP within about 9 months (23 more names in the pipeline), but no 4L, although was thinking of adding it. And I don't have token/crypto and similar names.

But overall, due to quality, sales will come.

You can check my names here:

https://brandpa.com/sellers/recons

 

[Haykay2005]

You can see my portfolio now.

125 @ brandpa with no sale is strange but that's domaining for you .your names are not bad, so sales will definitely come. I have sold 2 out of 57names

 

[Deepak Bhandari]

Old news. We used to, that is why you can still see some .co domains for sale on Brandpa.

Still not able to list my .co domains, again ERROR is same (We only accept .com domains)

 

[Shailendra Mishra]

Still not able to list my .co domains, again ERROR is same (We only accept .com domains)

So that is the reason itself.

Dont be fooled by existing .io and .co domains on BrandPa, they were submitted in the earliest days of BrandPa and BrandPa decided not to remove them when they added the .com condition.