BrandBucket Experience

trelgor said:

"We are proud to say that our individual sales have increased by 250% year over year." (BB sellers newsletter, September)

@michaeljkrell Does "individual sales" mean the number of sales? Does this incorporate 2015?

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Yes and yes!

https://www.brandbucket.com/instantventure

Start up in a flash with this exciting name

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Logo seems a bit less exciting to me..

Sorror said:

https://www.brandbucket.com/instantventure

Logo seems a bit less exciting to me..

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Ouch, must be the worst logo I've seen on BB.

loredan said:

Ouch, must be the worst logo I've seen on BB.

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Man that's ugly. And here I thought that one of my BB logo was ugly.

Honestly, there must be some criteria at BB to hire/signup logo designers. Such logos are not worth $1 in my opinion for which domainers are bound to pay $100+ each (upon domain sale). I have seen quality logos in fiverr for $5.

WebInvestments said:

Man that's ugly. And here I thought that one of my BB logo was ugly.

Honestly, there must be some criteria at BB to hire/signup logo designers. Such logos are not worth $1 in my opinion for which domainers are bound to pay $100+ each (upon domain sale). I have seen quality logos in fiverr for $5.

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What's scary is not the fact the designer did an ugly logo, it is that BB approved it.
Someone at BB thought : "Wow ok, great logo, I accept it."

Any sales lately people? It's quite calm here these days.

DoumB21 said:

What's scary is not the fact the designer did an ugly logo, it is that BB approved it.
Someone at BB thought : "Wow ok, great logo, I accept it."

Any sales lately people? It's quite calm here these days.

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Yeah, but from my recent experience, I think BB doesn't take the logo part that seriously. May be that's why they approve all kinds of logos.

But clearly there should be a criteria for this to improve and maintain quality on BB platform.

WebInvestments said:

cabs

Yeah, but from my recent experience, I think BB doesn't take the logo part that seriously. May be that's why they approve all kinds of logos.

But clearly there should be a criteria for this to improve and maintain quality on BB platform.

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Logos have improved IMO. There will always be exceptions to any rule.

I would be happy if any spare change went into marketing and networking.

WebInvestments said:

Such logos are not worth $1 in my opinion for which domainers are bound to pay $100+ each (upon domain sale). I have seen quality logos in fiverr for $5.

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Have you seen ugly logo for @michaeljkrell 's domains?

he has some ugly ones. I have no idea what the symbol for healthwild is supposed to be. Not as bad as some on the members in this thread though.

Georgi Ivanov said:

Have you seen ugly logo for @michaeljkrell 's domains?

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Well the one ugly logo people are talking about right now "InstantVenture" is one of Michael's name.

Very fortunate to have a nice September. Here are my sales...

L A U N C H D O C K
H E A L T H O R B I T
H E Y D A T E
K I C K C H A R G E
M A P F I R S T
H E L L O F O C U S
F I L M L Y
Q U A N T O X
Z E N L E A D S
C A R E G I V R
W O R K S U P
M O B I L E M E L O N
C A R E E R S P R O U T
W O R K C A N D Y
D E L I V E R Y R O C K E T
S T A C K E R R
C U L T U R E L Y
T H I N K E R L Y
Z E N O T I

michaeljkrell said:

Very fortunate to have a nice September. Here are my sales...

L A U N C H D O C K
H E A L T H O R B I T
H E Y D A T E
K I C K C H A R G E
M A P F I R S T
H E L L O F O C U S
F I L M L Y
Q U A N T O X
Z E N L E A D S
C A R E G I V R
W O R K S U P
M O B I L E M E L O N
C A R E E R S P R O U T
W O R K C A N D Y
D E L I V E R Y R O C K E T
S T A C K E R R
C U L T U R E L Y
T H I N K E R L Y
Z E N O T I

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Thats not bad at all! Quite a few very nice names such as Filmly , HeyDate or Worksup!

Congrats & well done!

Not sure if this has been requested - I'd love to see the Paypal option in the Checkout, for the approved names, @michaeljkrell . Thanks.

Grossu said:

Not sure if this has been requested - I'd love to see the Paypal option in the Checkout, for the approved names, @michaeljkrell . Thanks.

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And a save feature for CC details.

michaeljkrell said:

Here are my sales...

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With some of the patterns from your sold domains I would totally fail on the review step... For e.g. the double consonant at the end (R R) or the missing vowel ( G I V R). Not quite sure, but having 2 not-so-related words didn't work for me so far (haven't submitted that many).

I see a trend, and Michael's sales prove it, 2 word brandables are getting hotter While made-up brandables are selling less and less.

Ted.T said:

I see a trend, and Michael's sales prove it, 2 word brandables are getting hotter While made-up brandables are selling less and less.

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His portfolio is geared towards 2-words. I'd like to see Boxador put some numbers forward in the same likeable manner as @michaeljkrell Not possible?

trelgor said:

His portfolio is geared towards 2-words. I'd like to see Boxador put some numbers forward in the same likeable manner as @michaeljkrell @margotbushnaq. Not possible?

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I remember Michael's first sales, almost all made-up domains. And even BB is moving toward this trend.

Ted.T said:

I remember Michael's first sales, almost all made-up domains. And even BB is moving toward this trend.

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I'd call it more of a fluctuation than a trend, if anything. A trend is statistically significant. Look at the reported brandable sales at dngeek and you'll see what I mean. Also. Remember that Michaels portfolio is not only geared towards 2-words, but quality 2-words, that really tune in to demand.

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I see a trend, and Michael's sales prove it, 2 word brandables are getting hotter While made-up brandables are selling less and less.

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How can you know if it's a trend without seeing all the sales? This could represent 1% of the domains, with the other 99% being MUB's, or it could be 90% of the sales making two word brandables the norm.

Has anyone experienced submitting 500$ prize for logo? I would like to see some examples. Just today I had a few names accepted and submitted with 200 prize because I like the names much more than the others that have been accepted. I hope they knock it out of the park! I think the logos can really help create a sale. It makes sense to me that they sometimes are a tipping point which makes the difference between closing or not.

Anyone believe in motivating the designers more as a strategy?

michaeljkrell said:

Very fortunate to have a nice September. Here are my sales...

L A U N C H D O C K
H E A L T H O R B I T
H E Y D A T E
K I C K C H A R G E
M A P F I R S T
H E L L O F O C U S
F I L M L Y
Q U A N T O X
Z E N L E A D S
C A R E G I V R
W O R K S U P
M O B I L E M E L O N
C A R E E R S P R O U T
W O R K C A N D Y
D E L I V E R Y R O C K E T
S T A C K E R R
C U L T U R E L Y
T H I N K E R L Y
Z E N O T I

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That's great Michael and congrats on a good month but I don't see one other sale for September from anyone else on this thread-unless I missed the post.

Two word domain sales at BB is not a trend. That's all Michael has so of course his sales will show these types of names. Track the rest of the sales like I do and you will see that made up names are just as hot.

What is the average delay to sell a good name on BB? TX

goldcoast66 said:

What is the average delay to sell a good name on BB? TX

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From the Brand Bucket seller newsletter:

Average Length of Time Before Sale
It isn't unusual for a name listed on the marketplace to sell within a week or even just a couple of days of going live. We have clients actively keeping track of the names we are adding to find the perfect name for their business. More commonly though, a name needs a little more time on our marketplace before it sells. From May - August of this year, the average time a name was on our marketplace before selling is just over 6.5 months.