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My rejected names
R e c y c l i f y
S q u a d T a s k
F e a t f u l
E x c e s i o r
Any thoughts?
R e c y c l i f y
S q u a d T a s k
F e a t f u l
E x c e s i o r
Any thoughts?
Keith ,je hebt me gered ..hah I renewed and transfered these two to a different registrar and forgot to set the BB nameservers .Bedankt !!I think you made a mistake.
Exxxa and Llanza are not published on BB
but congrats on the others
Hi everyone. The following names have been declined by BrandBucket and I'd like to hear your thoughts, please:
Cred / ifier
Ben / efees
Oncryp / ter
SharpNe / xt
Agron / eer
LiteDi / sk
What should I do now? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Here is the incomplete list of BrandBucket rejects:
W/ultra - sold by brandpa
Finance/fi - sold by brandpa
Chef/ix - sold by Afternic
Hair/gy - sold by Afternic
Answer/iq - sold by me, but paid via Afternic
Noble/metal - sold by me
in/haste - sold by Brandpa
globular/ity - sold by Brandroot
Watch/match - sold by Brandroot
Tast/ry - sold by Brandroot
Fio/rr sold by Brandroot
Dent/ira sold by Brandroot
Have better sell through with the rejects at somewhere else than with accepted, although BB had the first look at the names...
And still, even brandpa no sales in 7 months with 26 domains listed. Though I’ve sold a ton through godaddy, efty, Flippa and afternic.Brandbucket is too huge, and it's beneficial only for the big players. Brandpa has lots of domains in their inventory, but nowhere near Brandbucket.
I didn't have sales for 9 months (2017 April-December) with 50+ domains when Brandpa had less than 1200 domains, but then I sold 2 domains on the same day in January, then another one in April, so 3 sales in 2018 (with an average portfolio size of 75). Be patient, the sale will come when you least count on it.And still, even brandpa no sales in 7 months with 26 domains listed. Though I’ve sold a ton through godaddy, efty, Flippa and afternic.
I didn't have sales for 9 months (2017 April-December) with 50+ domains when Brandpa had less than 1200 domains, but then I sold 2 domains on the same day in January, then another one in April, so 3 sales in 2018 (with an average portfolio size of 75). Be patient, the sale will come when you least count on it.
To @OnlineDomainShop, @William P, @bojan1 and anyone else who needs help,
If you'd like some individualized feedback on your BB rejects, or on domains you are thinking to submit, send me a message and I'd be happy to give you some coaching. I've been with BB for 4 yrs and my accept rate is around 40%.
Cheers!
To @OnlineDomainShop, @William P, @bojan1 and anyone else who needs help,
If you'd like some individualized feedback on your BB rejects, or on domains you are thinking to submit, send me a message and I'd be happy to give you some coaching. I've been with BB for 4 yrs and my accept rate is around 40%.
Cheers!
Hi Recons, thanks for the kind words. You are correct.
According to BrandBucket, as a domain is processed from first review to sale there is no info on the screen that designates who owns the domain.This is to reduce the chances of incidental bias. At the same time I'm sure an employee could go out of their way and research a domain and find out the owner if they wanted but that is not what they are supposed to do. Instead the system is set up to be generic even at the point of sale. The sales person only looks up the owner when they have completed the sale and its time for the transfer.
My acceptance rate has increased over time as I increased my understanding of what kinds of names BB is looking for. (I've submitted several thousand domains for review)
When I started my rate was horrible. Probably less than 5% but these days I sometimes get half accepted. Some do even better. On an old Domain Sherpa interview, Margot said some veteran sellers had an accept as high as 80%.
So it's a gradual thing. I have not noticed any shift between before or after becoming a brand ambassador.
I have no access to BBs system except for the same seller dashboard everyone else has. I have no access to sales info or any stats except what appears in the BB newsletter. My interactions with Margot and BB staff are in regards to the suggestions and desires of the seller community and giving my opinions on their ideas for seller engagement etc. We don't discuss my portfolio, my domains or my sales. Never.
Like other sellers I sometimes disagree with BB on a domain rejection or a price. I appeal these thru the standard channels (help desk and seller dashboard) and sometimes they adjust to my desire but many times not. I once waited two months to get a response on a domain I appealed So I don't feel I am getting any substantial advantage. My sell through rate is around 2% per year which is low overall compared to other sellers but which I think is normal for a large portfolio that generates a significant amount of sales and income.