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....lists their top brandables on another marketplace, you can pretty much say the ship has sailed.
Buydomains and others also list their assets on the other marketplaces... more eyeballs, more distribution channels.
It's just business.
You're comparing a private business that sells their own domains to a marketplace that charges $10 list fee, $100 logo fee, and 20% FVF along with an exclusivity policy.
I see what you mean now. They demand exclusivity when you want to list with them, but they feel their own portfolio shouldn't be subject to the same restrictions... In essence, I agree that it's sending aStrategically, not a smart move for building confidence in their marketplace. And as a person who has paid to have multiple domains listed there and has had to remove those domains from several other marketplaces because of their policy, it's kind of a kick in the a$$
Every name that is listed on Flippa by BB is their own inventory which are registered under their main company Boxador.
Any name that is listed on BrandBucket whether it be owned by them or by someone else should all adhere to the same rules. If you want me to be exclusive to you then don't let anyone else question that policy by bending it for your own names.
When any end user sees one of those auctions on Flippa and decides to buy a name from BB in the future what do you think will happen? They will say, I'm not going to pay you $3,000 for that name because I saw you sell a very similar one on Flippa last month for 350 bucks. Or I saw a name very similar to the one I want that only had one bid of 50 bucks and it didn't sell.
Good job Brand Bucket. Great way to devalue the brandable market. Genius!
That does sound like a real kick in the teeth. Now if BB's main company Boxador have their own inventory which they acquire for resale, would it not be of value trying to sell some brandables directly to them as opposed to putting them on BB? Whilst they wouldn't be end user prices you'd essentially cut the 30% fees etc. Or perhaps I'm being optimistic
One of the problems with brandables is there is no domainer to domainer market for them. Why would I pay 100 bucks to you for a new made up brandable when I can create and register 10 of those for the same cost. (10 names @ $10=$100)
There will always be a domainer to domainer market for EMDs, good keywords etc…but not for brandables. Granted there are some that you can sell to other domainers but the majority are for end users. This is why most domain investors stay away from brandables because there is very little liquidity to these domains plus the market has become saturated with them. Everyone is selling brandables because it's an easy grand or two to the right end user but barely 50 bucks to another domainer if you are lucky.
Trying different things is part of doing business in today's marketplace. Media Options often sells names through NameJet or Snap Names and Flippa. I'm pretty sure they are doing well for themselves these days...
I've sold 10 names in the last 3 weeks on BB. Tough to argue with those kinds of sales numbers...
I've sold 10 names in the last 3 weeks on BB. Tough to argue with those kinds of sales numbers...
If my business suddenly went non-existent on Google and received what looks like a penalty...