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[JudgeMind]

Hey Folks,

I've just started using squadhelp.com to list some of my brandable. So far I have 76 domains listed, there is no fee to list. I've had some decent action so far in the way of interested buyers but no sales as of yet. I've only been with them for 1 week now.

A bit of a summary review of SquadHelp:

PROS

• No Listing fee
• No Logo design fee
• Ability to submit your names to end users holding naming contests
• Ability to chat directly or send a message directly to end users.
• Stats of your marketplace domains are shown in the marketplace dashboard.
• Their customer service and support has been great, 24hr a day chat.
• Ability to increase or decrease the list price of your domains or to show a discount. You can decrease or increase the price yourself by $200. If you want to lower more, you can contact support.
• End users can shortlist your domains before they make a decision on which they want to purchase. The number of shortlists is shown in you marketplace dashboard.
• When you submit your names you get to set the price you wish to get. Because their commissions are high I recommend listing at a higher price to offset the commission costs.
• Their landing pages are fairly basic but they work. Because the marketplace is fairly new, I'm sure we will see style improvements in the future.
• One thing I really like is they accept multiple extensions. I have listed .co and .io along with .com
• Each seller gets a direct link to their marketplace portfolio, HERES MY PORTFOLIO. It is handy if your trying to p[promote your portfolio through social media.
• I like that their marketplace doesn't have tens of thousands domain listings like BB. They are fairly strict on the domains they accept to list and so this helps keep the number of domains in the marketplace down and gets your listings more exposure.

CONS

• Their commissions are very high, depending on the domain name they are usually between 30% and 35%. However, there are no listing fees, no logo design fees, so in the end their commission is very similar to brand buckets.
• Their logos are not top quality, in fact I requested to have some of my logos remade.
• I think they have a big backlog of logos to design, the wait time for logo design has been around 1 week, but your names are still listed while the logos are being designed.
• After your names are accepted you need to agree to their commission rate, at this point you also need to apply your own keywords, descriptions etc. I found this was very time consuming.

 

[Dane]

I was using their WL Marketplace and really liked it at first. But then I found bugs and issues and problems... and finally decided to jump ship.

 

[TBN]

If you're reading this thread wondering if you should list your domains on Squadhelp.

-People with Premium Portfolio sizes of 600 are reporting less than 1 sale a month.

That's just the start.

Squadhelp showed a lot of potential IMO but the development has just stopped. Literal stand still.

I have a portfolio over 600 names, and have much less than 1 sale a month. Less than 1% sales rate.
But I kept small portfolios elsewhere, and results aren't better. On one other platform, there has been no sales for years.

Not sure what else to try on it. But would be interested to find out more on sales rates now, as for me sales are so low it is becoming concerning.

 

[freety85]

I have a portfolio over 600 names, and have much less than 1 sale a month. Less than 1% sales rate.
But I kept small portfolios elsewhere, and results aren't better. On one other platform, there has been no sales for years.

Not sure what else to try on it. But would be interested to find out more on sales rates now, as for me sales are so low it is becoming concerning.

do you have a Squadhelp premium marketplace approved portfolio of 600 or the 600 names spread over various platforms?

 

[November]

I have 570 premium domains listed there, but no sales/offers for 70+ days.

 

[freety85]

I have 570 premium domains listed there, but no sales/offers for 70+ days.

yes something happened around October last year, since then it is very quiet for me also. Although currently have only around 200 names with them. They might need to catch up with marketing after they exponentially grew the premium marketplace

 

[Charybdis]

I sold a domain 8 months ago on Squadhelp with monthly installment payments, today I checked the domain and it is still pointing to Squadhelp.

I can't understand why would someone keep paying the monthly fee for 8 months without using that domain? They could use the domain or just stop the installment payments. Anyway, it is good for me that they keep paying, I just don't understand it...

And there are many domains which were bought for thousands of dollars many months or even years ago but the domain is still pointing nowhere.

It's interesting that some buyers pay thousands of dollars for a domain but then they don't use the domain at all, they don't even list it for sale.

 

[Dane]

And there are many domains which were bought for thousands of dollars many months or even years ago but the domain is still pointing nowhere.

I've had lots like this. In some cases they haven't even changed the contact information. They haven't touched the name at all -- they just paid for it, that's it. Very strange, I don't understand it either.

 

[freety85]

I sold a domain 8 months ago on Squadhelp with monthly installment payments, today I checked the domain and it is still pointing to Squadhelp.

I can't understand why would someone keep paying the monthly fee for 8 months without using that domain? They could use the domain or just stop the installment payments. Anyway, it is good for me that they keep paying, I just don't understand it...

And there are many domains which were bought for thousands of dollars many months or even years ago but the domain is still pointing nowhere.

It's interesting that some buyers pay thousands of dollars for a domain but then they don't use the domain at all, they don't even list it for sale.

It happens often for various reasons. I also like to go back and check whether the end user has already put the name into good use and draw a conclusion if the domain is used for a specific industry I envisioned. For example two years ago I sold a name to a young real estate guru. He just put up a great site recently for his project. So your domain might be used when the timing is perfect for the entrepreneur.

 

[TBN]

do you have a Squadhelp premium marketplace approved portfolio of 600 or the 600 names spread over various platforms?

600 plus at Squadhelp.

 

[phaethon]

Hey, guys, both Premium and Standard listings are exclusive or the Premium only? If I have standard listings. can I sell in other marketplaces?

 

[Votumejero]

Hey, guys, both Premium and Standard listings are exclusive or the Premium only? If I have standard listings. can I sell in other marketplaces?

Yes you can for Standard

 

[phaethon]

I have tried to search for my standard listings, but they don't ever appear in their search results. Is it normal? Only premium listings appear in search results when you search with a keyword?

 

[Votumejero]

I have tried to search for my standard listings, but they don't ever appear in their search results. Is it normal? Only premium listings appear in search results when you search with a keyword?

Yes, premium listings are different from standard listings.

 

[phaethon]

I see. So the SH lander is the only benefit for a standard listing. Does marketing exposure ad any value? It's free if you pay 20% comission.
Overall, is there any benefit in having your names on SH as standard listings besides the benefit of the decent- I would say- lander?

 

[karmaco]

I see. So the SH lander is the only benefit for a standard listing. Does marketing exposure ad any value? It's free if you pay 20% comission.
Overall, is there any benefit in having your names on SH as standard listings besides the benefit of the decent- I would say- lander?

You can submit to contests if that matters to you.

 

[Mohd Wal]

I realized that before you submit your name with squadhelp, you most purchase a coin, how worth is each coin please?

 

[karmaco]

I realized that before you submit your name with squadhelp, you most purchase a coin, how worth is each coin please?

A dollar

 

[tomcarl]

Please consider allowing custom uploaded logos to be displayed on standard listing domains not using WLM in 2022.

Thanks.

 

[love4ever]

I have tried to search for my standard listings, but they don't ever appear in their search results. Is it normal? Only premium listings appear in search results when you search with a keyword?

The excellency for the pemium domains , but standard domains they treat it like bastards .

 

[phaethon]

Thanks! Anyone ever sold names that were standard listings?