The psychology effect on domainers and their "great" names

You have to believe in your names and know their worth no matter what any platform says. I don’t put alot of stock into platforms opinions — especially on pricing. Rejected names do sell elsewhere if its a good name.

People give the platforms too much power. Also the platforms are not objective. One might accept another decline. Bottom line is those are opinions only. The only opinions that matter is yours and your potential future buyer.

If you know they are good names, don’t sweat it. Just list them elsewhere.

I read squadhelp offers a white label platform but thats all I know.

I believe Mike clearly understands what the end user buyers mindset is. And he clearly understands sales.

I should think its even easier now to be reachable by your prospects online via your own site.

Where is your buyer going to find you?
Do they already have a name in mind?
Are they qualified for interest and money?
How are you going to negotiate the deal?

The last question deserves attention when deciding on a platform.

Agree with karmaco.. no matter what the platform says that you've submitted it to, if it truly is a valuable, good name, don't let them redefine that for you. Find another way to draw the right buyer.

Often I've thought, look at the name the platform itself is using.. eg BB or SH.. in their raw form these really aren't spectacular names themselves (just my opinion), so what makes them qualified namers other than being a popular marketplace? Popularity does not always equate quality, and the criteria used to evaluate a name's acceptance is based on likelihood of a proper fit to said marketplace.

Soldier on, every name has its place.

HotKey said:

Agree with karmaco.. no matter what the platform says that you've submitted it to, if it truly is a valuable, good name, don't let them redefine that for you. Find another way to draw the right buyer.

Often I've thought, look at the name the platform itself is using.. eg BB or SH.. in their raw form these really aren't spectacular names themselves (just my opinion), so what makes them qualified namers other than being a popular marketplace? Popularity does not always equate quality, and the criteria used to evaluate a name's acceptance is based on likelihood of a proper fit to said marketplace.

Soldier on, every name has its place.

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Good point: BB and SH are actually pretty crumby names. I never really thought about it before.

1999 i registered many many many .coms on credit card that sold past 20 years as one and done; there is one left filipinofood.com that i still have that was rejected


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You never know why they rejected the name. Maybe they have so many of a certain type of name that they have raised their quality criteria for that type of name. For instance BrandBucket has over 10,000 five letter domains. Maybe they said no more added inventory for this category unless it is of premium quality. This could happen in all categories. If this question was asked 3 or 4 years ago then I would say if it was rejected then its probably a shit name but now they have so many that they may only accept names that would be of much higher quality. It could also be because brandable marketplaces is an insiders game. Why add more inventory to dilute the insiders potential for more sales. No reason to add competition.

You always have to remember that even at the brandable marketplaces - the choice of names comes down to someone's opinion. That's all it is - someone's opinion.

& really, you make like a DNHat, Dan or Efty type profile. Use solid data + intuition to buy the names you believe in and list them as many places as possible + market them. And, really you just saved about 30 ish % of the sale that would have been paid to the marketplace.

Look at it this way, if the only rejection you are facing is marketplaces - wouldnt be concerned yet, how about end users? Any outbound feedback?

The psychology should be like it used to be rejected because it isn't up to scratch. All the original names that BB rejected would be begging for that quality today. The rules changed for branding because they had always rejected good names now the names listed aren't as good as previous rejected.

satsdifference.com said:

1999 i registered many many many .coms on credit card that sold past 20 years as one and done; there is one left filipinofood.com that i still have that was rejected


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So many different spellings of Philipino Philipina Phiipino Filipino bit hard for me to say you sewed it up although looks right.

Brandable marketplace is good but it is definitely not an end for your domain if they rejects.

Rely on your own asset, research properly before acquisition or registration so not to depend on them.

Many names rejected in brandable marketplaces which sold later in other platforms. Even names rejecting at a brandable marketplace, getting sold in other marketplaces.

So, your domain name and your in depth research is very very important than marketplaces in my honest opinion.

Hi

from the "game knows game" perspective...
platforms, are like pimps, and our domain names are the streetwalkers.

then there are "player platforms" who pay dividends, like ppc.


but the psychology doesn't end there
every time you go see the bots, the results you anticipated, may be depressing.
which can give same stress level, as being rejected by a pimp.

look at it like " they blew the chance to make commission from my name"

imo...

I just had a couple domains rejected from Brand Bucket, and frankly I am kind of relieved. I wavered on wanting to develop one of them. So rejection is the sincerest form of flattery for me, I got my excuse to develop the site and hopefully make some money from it as a legit ecommerce site.

Now, I -do- have 6 names accepted on Brand Bucket, and I am happy about that. Their commissions are high, but the first domain I listed sold in 30 days at a price I found acceptable.

satsdifference.com said:

1999 i registered many many many .coms on credit card that sold past 20 years as one and done; there is one left filipinofood.com that i still have that was rejected


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When I came back one-way from Boracay, Philippines after a spring 1999 escapade, I had to file for chapter 7 bankruptcy for those credit cards and interestingly, since no liquidity, I still had my .com digital assets because they couldn't give it away to anybody else!! :>



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