Atom / Atom.com - Marketplace (formerly Squadhelp)

[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.

 

[kor]

“The definition of genius is taking the complex and making it simple.” ― Einstein

 

[NameGroove]

The Atom logo becomes a pixelated PNG {atom-logo.png} during the pipeline, no matter the lander (BIN,MO,PR) please keep it SVG throughout.

Also for BIN/LTO funnel, the header menu & footer should be removed, it's too busy and could make someone click away.

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These areas (footer, for example) helps with SEO - they need to be kept, even though they look busy.

 

[DomainRecap]

Everything must be so confusing for buyers that come and look a name. I dont know where my domains are half the time ...Atom Premium, Plus, Standard , Sapphire , CCtld, Wholesale , Public Auction , Wholesale Auction . What's next .. . marketplace for one syllable names , 4 letter marketplace.

Most of these features are for the sellers and not the buyers.

 

[Velocity.Now]

Has anyone experimented doing a 180 on a name and giving it a complete new target market.? Have you seen any benefits from doing so? I have a number of names that are gone a bit stale that could do with a shake up

 

[NameGroove]

Has anyone experimented doing a 180 on a name and giving it a complete new target market.? Have you seen any benefits from doing so? I have a number of names that are gone a bit stale that could do with a shake up

I have done this for names I bought via Wholesale that were live for years. I change everything including logo. Sales are too low for me to see if it works, but it seems a good idea

 

[DomainRecap]

I literally cannot believe I wasted January and February on Afternic collecting Stalls rather than on Atom collecting money.

 

[Velocity.Now]

Most of these features are for the sellers and not the buy

I have done this for names I bought via Wholesale that were live for years. I change everything including logo. Sales are too low for me to see if it works, but it seems a good idea

Thanks, I suppose there is no harm trying it on a few and seeing the result

 

[Future Sensors]

The Popularity Score represents a percentile ranking of your portfolio compared to the overall site average. It is primarily determined by how well your domains rank within the marketplace. A higher score indicates that your listings hold a stronger ranking position relative to other domains on the platform.

Domains typically achieve a higher ranking based on various signals, including buyer engagement and other key factors that contribute to visibility and demand.

Thanks. Is the Portfolio Popularity Score calculated for only Premium listings, or for all domains in an Atom account?

 

[Leo2k]

They're going to do a black friday like sale again on 03/13.

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Setting to opt-in or opt-out here: https://www.atom.com/marketplace/settings/selling

Is it being advertised anywhere or will it be a surprisev discount to the visitors and potential buyers on that day?

 

[alop]

Has anyone experimented doing a 180 on a name and giving it a complete new target market.? Have you seen any benefits from doing so? I have a number of names that are gone a bit stale that could do with a shake up

F is a 180?

New generated?

Ye it's a click of a button.. try it

 

[alop]

I have done this for names I bought via Wholesale that were live for years. I change everything including logo. Sales are too low for me to see if it works, but it seems a good idea

No sales?

 

[NameGroove]

No sales?

Yes, I sold one name I bought Wholesale - and I did update/modify marketing. But a single sale isn't statistically significant and further, there is no control group. You really don't know why a name sells. We'd need a huge 10k folio test for validity (50/50 with 1/2 being updated and 1/2 not).

 

[alop]

I hear you ..overall


Buy and sale happened on Atom ?

 

[alop]

Since squadhelp stopped reporting it's sales ....

 

[Velocity.Now]

F is a 180?

New generated?

Ye it's a click of a button.. try it

???? You seen to be missing some letters

 

[alop]

???? You seen to be missing some letters

Naaaaaaa you picked em up

 

[Velocity.Now]

Naaaaaaa you picked em up

Picked who up ?

 

[alop]

Missing letters. My brand

 

[NameGroove]

I hear you ..overall


Buy and sale happened on Atom ?

Yes, bought via Wholesale market and sold on Atom.

I still see some sales reported on Atom, hasn't been refreshed recently. Hopefully that doesn't mean they stopped reporting. They have been focused on a cache-ing issue lately.

 

[kor]

When I add a domain name that was previously listed under another account to my own account, all the information that the previous person specified, such as the logo, keywords, description etc., also comes with it.

I think all data should be completely reset when the domain name changes hands.

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