BrandPa.com Experience (Brandable Domain Marketplace)

Chris Hydrick · Feb 20, 2017

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

Jowita Emberton said:
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:

Jowita Emberton said:
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.

Joshua Harding · Sep 7, 2017

creataweb said:
So far I am happy with the service. I have 3 names listed at the moment and 1 of those is listed in Hottest Names and another is in Featured names.

So of four that you've had listed (for a relatively brief period of time) one has sold?

creataweb · Sep 7, 2017

Secured said:
So of four that you've had listed (for a relatively brief period of time) one has sold?

Yes. Sold the 1st one I think within a month or so after listing.

Squidempire · Oct 9, 2017

Anyone else get sales from here to report? I got a few names accepted... now we wait

creataweb · Oct 9, 2017

Squidempire said:
Anyone else get sales from here to report? I got a few names accepted... now we wait

Not since the 1st one but hoping for more soon.

Chris Hydrick · Nov 28, 2017

Grilled said:
~~Cons~~

Low Alexa Ranking (4,557,819)

Fast forward apprx nine months, and their Alexa rank is now 201,981!

Oddly enough, according to Alexa, they get more of their visitors from Brandroot, than they do from the larger BrandBucket.

Though it appears a decent amount of their organic search engine traffic comes from brandbucket search terms.

https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/brandpa.com

kaposzta · Nov 28, 2017

I'm very surprised that Hungary is second on the visitor list

I know we have many domainers, but we shouldn't have that many

Domains - Wanted · Nov 28, 2017

kaposzta said:
I'm very surprised that Hungary is second on the visitor list I know we have many domainers, but we shouldn't have that many

Go Hungary!

Go BrandPa!

Joshua Harding · Nov 28, 2017

Grilled said:
Fast forward apprx nine months, and their Alexa rank is now 201,981!

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Oddly enough, according to Alexa, they get more of their visitors from Brandroot, than they do from the larger BrandBucket.

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Though it appears a decent amount of their organic search engine traffic comes from brandbucket search terms.

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https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/brandpa.com

They really have done a fantastic job in growing their platform. Sure to be a worthy alternative to the bloated BrandBucket!

varmuk · Dec 1, 2017

Very happy to announce ,sold 1st name on Brandpa :-
Domain name : VoltN^com
Sale Price : 1495$
Received 1121.5$ on paypal after 25% brandpa commission
Purchase price = 4.99$ namesilo promo
Hold period- 6 month

AndrewMayers · Dec 31, 2017

varmuk said:
Very happy to announce ,sold 1st name on Brandpa :-
Domain name : VoltN^com
Sale Price : 1495$
Received 1121.5$ on paypal after 25% brandpa commission
Purchase price = 4.99$ namesilo promo
Hold period- 6 month

Very good sale sir

, brandpa is awesome.

cipcip · Jan 4, 2018

I just added my first domain to brandpa, will see if it is accepted. Wanna try my luck with them

varmuk · Jan 4, 2018

Sold 2nd domain on brandpa,more details later

thank you Brandpa

wwwulff · Jan 4, 2018

varmuk said:
Sold 2nd domain on brandpa,more details later
thank you Brandpa

Congrats - How many have you listed there?

Chris Hydrick · Jan 4, 2018

Brandpa

to the moon! Keep up the good work at @Jowita Emberton and @Oliver Emberton ! The industry could use some healthy competition.

varmuk · Jan 5, 2018

20 domains

wwwulff said:
Congrats - How many have you listed there?

mitko7 · Jan 12, 2018

Just looking what other domainers think and do on Brandpa. I have added domain there and it is approved, but wanted to come and take a look, does names sale or just list. So far looks promising

cipcip · Jan 12, 2018

My domain was not approved

it was cafetag .com

JanO · Jan 12, 2018

I submitted 3 names and 1 was accepted, it will be published upcoming week. I received a custom explanation with fair reasons why the other 2 were rejected. I really like that personal approach and makes me more than willing to pay the 5 buck listing fee.

I also think it's a way of showing faith in the name you submitted. In other words; if you have a problem with the listing fee you have no faith in the quality of your name(s).

Brandpa does not prohibit the publication of sales information like BB does. That's another reason for me to choose them over BB because sharing a succes story must be one of the nicest things of this domaining hobby of mine.

Recons.Com · Jan 12, 2018

Grilled said:
Oddly enough, according to Alexa, they get more of their visitors from Brandroot, than they do from the larger BrandBucket.

Actually, that means people visit BR after visiting BP, not they get visitors from those sites. Basically, people type-in one of those brand stores, then move to next one.

Recons.Com · Jan 12, 2018

Does BrandPa require exclusivity?

wwwulff · Jan 12, 2018

Recons.Com said:
Does BrandPa require exclusivity?

Yes.

Chris Hydrick · Jan 12, 2018

Recons.Com said:
Actually, that means people visit BR after visiting BP, not they get visitors from those sites. Basically, people type-in one of those brand stores, then move to next one.

Are you sure it means after? Alexa says upstream means visited immediately before....

Note: screenshot above is for Brandpa from https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/brandpa.com. This updated version no longer has brandroot in brandpas top 5 upstream sites.

erchaman · Jan 12, 2018

Does anybody knows what is the meaning of “ allow coupons” option marked with a tick while summiting names on brandpa?

Thank you in advance.

DotKing · Jan 12, 2018

here you go
https://brandpa.com/start-selling#coupons

erchaman · Jan 12, 2018

talking.domains said:
here you go
https://brandpa.com/start-selling#coupons

Thank you a lot! Didn’t find the section. I will start summiting my domains, will see how it goes.

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