BrandPa.com Experience (Brandable Domain Marketplace)

Yeah, great news from Brandpa.

My latest review on Brandpa....

Month ago, I was about to to cancel names, then I received a lead, which lead me to tell them to cancel the cancelations

During this time they brought a bunch of new updates to their platform that I am happy about.

Just made that sale for $5K ( shares in sales thread)

And support has always been kind to me.

Do to all this I will be sticking around BP a while longer

Oliver from Brandpa here. We don't spend a lot of time on NamePros, it's true!

Just caught up on this thread, and there are a few things that were out of date, so I thought I'd update you:

1. Listing fees dropped to $5 for everyone in March 2021: https://sellers.brandpa.com/lower-listing-fees-faster-changes-and-more/ (if they're $6 for you, it'll be because of VAT, which is applied in the UK + EU)

2. Agree with @pixabrand that it's often worth asking our designers for the logo you want (all sellers get to chat with our designers for that reason, but not all do). A competitive logo can definitely make a sale more likely, and we have data to prove it.

3. We now allow sellers to change the price of a domain every 30 days, at your discretion, unless it's currently under offer / being sold. We also now let you remove domains instantly and list on other marketplaces.

4. We added a range of perks for better sellers (e.g. free listings), more here: https://sellers.brandpa.com/introducing-seller-levels-and-benefits/

5. The loss of domain statistics was temporary, and we brought back significantly improved stats for all our sellers in March: https://sellers.brandpa.com/the-return-of-analytics-and-the-end-of-hotness/

Hope this helps!

Are you planning to add other payout options in the near future? I would rather not use wise and revolut? Thanks.

jk23 said:

Are you planning to add other payout options in the near future? I would rather not use wise and revolut? Thanks.

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Yea.......not a fan of this! Can no longer wire direct to bank account.

I think this was my last straw with BP

happy to have gotten my 1 sale.

bummer

DomainBarracksRob said:

Yea.......not a fan of this! Can no longer wire direct to bank account.

I think this was my last straw with BP

happy to have gotten my 1 sale.

bummer

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Its not that difficult. If you can't do wise or revolut, Sign up with payoneer, provide bp with your GBP global service account and get paid in pounds via payoneer.

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Are you planning to add other payout options in the near future? I would rather not use wise and revolut? Thanks.

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Yes, absolutely. We're hard at work on much improved options right now.

Will they make payments to PayPal anymore? What is the problem? Is this Brexit effect?

A new version of Brandpa is coming soon, according to an email from them asking to take a survey.

Always good to see marketplaces innovate, so will be interesting to see. They already have a pretty good seller control panel, I think.

Embrand said:

A new version of Brandpa is coming soon, according to an email from them asking to take a survey.

Always good to see marketplaces innovate, so will be interesting to see. They already have a pretty good seller control panel, I think.

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Innovative? Lol.

Didn't know they are still existing.

SquadHelp is the innovation guru.

On the Brandpa landing pages is the "how to pronounce" button working for you? I tried it with both Firefox and Google Chrome (latest versions), Javascript enabled, sound and volume is turned on, but I can't hear anything. So on the domain name landing pages, when you click on the icon which is supposed to play a sound of how the domain name sounds when spoken aloud.

This same feature works for me on other websites, so I guess the issue is with the Brandpa website. Is it working for you?

What about this 20% VAT which is charged on top of the prices, if the customer is from the UK or from the EU?

There is no field to enter a valid EU VAT number during the checkout. I thought that if the customer is from the EU but the customer has a valid EU VAT number, then the VAT rate will be 0%. But there is no field during the checkout process to enter a valid EU VAT number, so there is always 20% VAT on top of the prices, if the billing country is either UK or an EU country.

I am not familiar with the latest Brexit regulations, but are you sure that EU companies with valid EU VAT numbers should pay this 20% UK VAT?

We are talking about 20% extra charge, this is not a small amount.

I can't find any phone numbers on the landing pages, will it affect the conversion rates? There is no live chat either.

What is your general experience with Brandpa these days?

I am planning to list my brandable domains here which were rejected by both Brandbucket and Squadhelp...

If I pay the 5 USD / domain fee, then will I receive more traffic than simply listing these domains on Dan.com?

In either cases I would list the domains on Dan/Afternic/Sedo. I am just wondering whether Brandpa can drive enough extra traffic to justify the 5 USD / domain fee and the 25% commission.

Because the commission on Dan is only 9%. But if Brandpa could drive enough extra traffic to my domains, then it would be worth to pay these extra fees to Brandpa.

So what is better: Dan landing pages + Afternic and Sedo, or Brandpa landing pages + Dan, Afternic and Sedo?

Charybdis said:

So what is better: Dan landing pages + Afternic and Sedo, or Brandpa landing pages + Dan, Afternic and Sedo?

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Brandpa is a brandable domain marketplace just like SH and BB. Sell through rate is also excellent.

If you spend 5$ per domain, they create a logo and description. Its worth it as their commission is 5% lesser too.

Also, after a few sales you can even save those 5$ per domain as you will get free listings on a monthly basis based on your seller level.

Also, they will not ask for any commission, if your domain sells on afternic or sedo and you have the option to instantly remove your domain from their marketplace unlike others.

But what about this 20% UK VAT? I am not familiar with the latest Brexit regulations, but are you sure that EU companies with valid EU VAT numbers should pay this 20% UK VAT?

Try to buy any domain name, and if the billing country is the UK or any EU country, then there is no way to remove that 20% extra charge!

@Jowita Emberton

Any active BrandPa sellers here?

I contacted the support 2 days ago, but I still haven't received an answer, is it normal?

I am reading this support article:

https://resources.brandpa.com/knowledgebase/what-is-vat-and-how-does-it-apply-to-prices/

VAT (Value Added Tax) is a tax applied on domains bought in the EU. If you are based in an EU country, the price of the domain may increase to include your country’s VAT rate.
If you are in an EU country you will be asked to provide a VAT number. If you are not in the UK and you provide a valid VAT number, Brandpa will not charge you VAT, as this is handled by your own country.

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But in reality the 20% UK VAT is always charged if the billing country is an EU country, and there is no field to enter the EU VAT number during the checkout. This is 20% extra charge, which is a lot.

Does anyone know the correct answer?

And please test the "how to pronounce the domain name" function on the BrandPa website, is it working for you? For me it isn't working at all, I can't hear anything.

I shared my BrandPa experience here:
https://www.namepros.com/threads/is-brandpa-worth-trying.1269354/#post-8601487

Big update regarding BrandPa, they have fixed the VAT issue: if the customer is from an EU country, then now it is possible to enter a valid EU VAT number during the checkout. And EU customers with valid EU VAT numbers will pay 0% VAT!

Does anyone know what the current rule for listing Brandpa names at other marketplaces are? i cannot see anything about it on their website.

And just to confirm: Can listings at Brandpa be removed immediately?

Embrand said:

Does anyone know what the current rule for listing Brandpa names at other marketplaces are? i cannot see anything about it on their website.

And just to confirm: Can listings at Brandpa be removed immediately?

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Yes. You can remove anytime

Embrand said:

Does anyone know what the current rule for listing Brandpa names at other marketplaces are?

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You can list them wherever you want without restrictions.

Has anyone had any action at Brandpa lately? I have only had some names there for about three weeks, but just wondering.

It doesn't look like they are doing a lot of promotion. The latest tweet was on February 17. On the other hand, they just published the pretty thorough The State of The Domain Industry 2023 report. So it is difficult to tell how active the marketplace is.

No answer from their support for two days. But some sellers says they get sales there, so I am still unsure about how well Brandpa works

Embrand said:

Has anyone had any action at Brandpa lately? I have only had some names there for about three weeks, but just wondering.

It doesn't look like they are doing a lot of promotion. The latest tweet was on February 17. On the other hand, they just published the pretty thorough The State of The Domain Industry 2023 report. So it is difficult to tell how active the marketplace is.

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I used to have 3 sales per year on average.

Then nothing since April 2022.

FWIW

RozasMD said:

I used to have 3 sales per year on average.

Then nothing since April 2022.

FWIW

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Thanks.

I have a name that has had the status "You can't change the list price at this time, as a possible sale is in progress" for more than a week, but I am not sure if this means somebody put it in the cart and didn't proceed or something else because there are no inquiries for the name in my account.

That is why I reached out to support, but they haven't replied yet.

Edit: They did just reply. That status means Brandpa is negotiating with a possible buyer.

Embrand said:

Thanks.

I have a name that has had the status "You can't change the list price at this time, as a possible sale is in progress" for more than a week, but I am not sure if this means somebody put it in the cart and didn't proceed or something else because there are no inquiries for the name in my account.

That is why I reached out to support, but they haven't replied yet.

Edit: They did just reply. That status means Brandpa is negotiating with a possible buyer.

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Maybe they got an offer lower than your floor price and they are negotiating with the buyer to try to get their offer to the minimum. It's happened to me a couple of times that they send me a message explaining there is an offer that is below my floor price even though they tried to get the buyer there, and asked me if I wanted to accept it or decline it.

Edit: I just saw your edit in real-time. Glad they replied. The no reply part was a bit concerning.

Embrand said:

Has anyone had any action at Brandpa lately? I have only had some names there for about three weeks, but just wondering.

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I have 270 names listed there and last year I sold 4 - I sold 5 names each year in 2021 and 2020 - I have had no sales so far this year.

Embrand said:

I have a name that has had the status "You can't change the list price at this time, as a possible sale is in progress" for more than a week, but I am not sure if this means somebody put it in the cart and didn't proceed or something else because there are no inquiries for the name in my account.

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I've tried it a few times and some have ended up as sales and others that didn't come to anything and the name was just listed again