BrandBucket Experience

[xtremex]

hello

I am new to BrandBucket. Before getting my hands on this

I wish to experience about brandbucket from my fellow members


Thanks

 

[Recons.Com]

Ok, that makes sense. Let's say, they pay a designer $10 that they get for listing + 4% chance of getting 100$ in any given year. Within 5 years he'll get $10 immediately, then 4+4+4+4+4. That is fair. So, you are right and I retract that portion about making money off that by BB.

I still believe, though, that the amount has to come from the gross pay, not from the net.

 

[cocaseco]

You mentioned the current method proved most successful,...... to who? Sellers or Brandbucket?

Hopefully to BB or it will be a sure sign they have lost their business acumen. They aren't in it for domainers, they are using our names and taking a high price for it. Domainers invest their own capital and run all the risk. That's their business model. So many people lately think that this is a partnership and that things should be done for domainers as much as BB. It doesn't work that way and never will. As a domainer, you are being used and you have to decide if you are OK with it. I am absolutely OK with it and simply look at the fee as a COGS expense. If people want a "fair" deal, they will have to set up their own marketplace. BB spends a lot on advertising and other support, so that I don't have to. And for that, they earn their commission.

Does that make it okay to do? Why don't start-ups get more creative?

Because they are focusing on their business. What do I care what they do with the logo or if they will get sued? I don't. Pay me my money and none of the rest of it is my problem.

I have been wondering whether paying the logo person more than the $100 made a difference. .....Has anyone else found there to be a difference in logo with paying more?

I have not found that it makes any difference. As an ex-BB logo maker, nothing different happens with a $500 logo vs a $100 logo. They all go in the same queue and are grabbed by the first person that sees them. Logo designers simply see a large list of logos that need completion and you pick the ones you want to work on. Perhaps, because they are grabbed faster, they get done faster, but it doesn't affect the quality.

 

[Sepia Marketing]

Hopefully to BB or it will be a sure sign they have lost their business acumen. They aren't in it for domainers, they are using our names and taking a high price for it. Domainers invest their own capital and run all the risk. That's their business model. So many people lately think that this is a partnership and that things should be done for domainers as much as BB. It doesn't work that way and never will. As a domainer, you are being used and you have to decide if you are OK with it. I am absolutely OK with it and simply look at the fee as a COGS expense. If people want a "fair" deal, they will have to set up their own marketplace. BB spends a lot on advertising and other support, so that I don't have to. And for that, they earn their commission.



Because they are focusing on their business. What do I care what they do with the logo or if they will get sued? I don't. Pay me my money and none of the rest of it is my problem.



I have not found that it makes any difference. As an ex-BB logo maker, nothing different happens with a $500 logo vs a $100 logo. They all go in the same queue and are grabbed by the first person that sees them. Logo designers simply see a large list of logos that need completion and you pick the ones you want to work on. Perhaps, because they are grabbed faster, they get done faster, but it doesn't affect the quality.

OK, so the person who grabbed my logo from the list to work on was perhaps just not that imaginative or good? Kind of the luck of the draw who you get then. Thanks for your answer.

 

[cocaseco]

OK, so the person who grabbed my logo from the list to work on was perhaps just not that imaginative or good? Kind of the luck of the draw who you get then. Thanks for your answer.

Exactly...he was simply quicker than the next guy to log on.

 

[Keith DeBoer]

I didn't say that sellers, BB and logo designers were equal partners. There are many kinds of partnerships. Some are 50/50, some are 80/20. Each partner benefits proportionately.

 

[Keith DeBoer]

First, of all defensive registration is something all companies do. Most companies own dozens of domains that cover many variations of their main domain in several TLDs. That's common sense and cheaper than a UDRP or a lawsuit.

For example: Linda.com forwards to Lynda.com.

Second, It's only a trademark violation or a typosquat if the new owner sets up a business that is designed to compete with the existing website, product or service. For example: Mary.com is a website containing Internet games for children. If someone buys Maryy.com (which I own) and they set up a mail order site for women's clothes there is no typo competition or trademark issues.

For example: Lindaa.com is a web hosting and email site while Liinda.com is a personal website for a photographer.

CORRECTION: I do not own Maryy.com. My mistake. But I do own Sallyy, Katyy, Dollyy, Judyy, and others that are listed on BB.

 

[JimJammy]

@michaeljkrell the brandbucket.com/domain url doesn't work anymore for approved names (only for published). It used to point to a coming-soon-to-BB page, now it's just a 404 error. Is this normal, bug, or temporary issue?

@michaeljkrell this was first raised on the 5th February. Any ETA on a fix please?

 

[Grilled]

@michaeljkrell this was first raised on the 5th February. Any ETA on a fix please?

Maybe @michaeljkrell is too busy.

Perhaps they have somebody else who is more effective in fixing issues?

I'm going to email [email protected] with my issues. If they receive enough requests from all of us, our issues can't be ignored.

Edit: I've sent three requests this morning. I will continue to report these unanswered issues until a resolution is reached. Assistance in emailing them to fix these glitches is appreciated.

 

[12345]

@michaeljkrell this was first raised on the 5th February. Any ETA on a fix please?

We are hoping this gets resolved early next week.

[email protected] is the best way to contact us for any issues. Julia does a great job at organizing the help requests, and will bring it to my attention if needed.

 

[Grilled]

Did anybody catch the latest newsletter form January 29th?

If you're using Gmail, check your spam.They recently published a domain that had been flagged by google for malware.

I reported it to Michael on Friday, a few hours after it happened. I informed him that the domain owner had to contact google to get this removed. The domain is still live, but blocked by Google. They are waiting for the seller to request removal.

Michael recognized the issue on Sunday, and said his team would look into it. When repeatedly asked to resend the newsletter without the flagged domain, he reported

"Our open and click-through rates in the last newsletter were very similar to our past weekly emails, so we don't feel that it is necessary to send this out again."

Be that as it may, but I had 50 domains published in that newsletter. I look forward to publishing new domains for the marketing advantages. The two of my sales came after the newsletter was published. I don't like having my domains affiliated with malicious domains. If anybody else feels the same way, please raise their concern.


Click here to learn how to check your domains for flags

It's nice to see todays NewsLetter wasn't flagged for Malware like the one from the week of January 18th.

I'm upset a retraction email was never sent. I feel anybody who paid listing fee's during this period should have their fee's partially refunded. We did not ask for you to include our domains with malicious domains.

Notice the first domain?

It redirects to BrandBucket, but there is no logo attached any more.

If you copy the C******P**.com and email from one email account to another email account, the email will go to your spam and reported as flagged. The flagging of malicious domains disables images from loading, so no enduser was able to open the malware affiliated newsletter.

 

[12345]

As I mentioned in a PM to you, our open and click-through rates on the January 18th email were very similar to all of our other weekly emails.

 

[Grilled]

As I mentioned in a PM to you, our open and click-through rates on the January 18th email were very similar to all of our other weekly emails.

Yet you removed the domain from your system? Acknowledging the domain should never have been listed in the first place.

Own up to the mistake and make it up the members affected. I should not have to pay for your mistakes.

 

[12345]

We have been in contact with the owner. It is a great name and it is perfect for BrandBucket; it is unfortunate that it has a bad history.

 

[Grilled]

We have been in contact with the owner. It is a great name and it is perfect for BrandBucket; it is unfortunate that it has a bad history.

It's unfortunate that you did not vet the domain first.

See this thread for a QUICK AND EASY way to vet the Google history of a domain.

https://www.namepros.com/threads/im...lagged-your-recently-purchased-domain.916263/

The lack of corrective action forced me to mention BrandBucket in the thread as a company not doing their due diligence.

 

[campout]

Had a sale last month and a sale this month, a 5L and a 7L, both what I would consider made-up words. My portfolio is up to 180 or so names, 6 sales. So far, sell-through rate equates to 7.X% annualized, which I don't expect to keep up.

On another note, did you guys notice that you can now buy 11 listings for the price of 10? It's under the Credits box in the right-hand column.

 

[Recons.Com]

I bought 17 listings, did not see any credit applied. It just grouped 10 first from the first page and remaining 7 separate and charged me 170$.

 

[campout]

I bought 17 listings, did not see any credit applied. It just grouped 10 first from the first page and remaining 7 separate and charged me 170$.

 

[Grilled]

On another note, did you guys notice that you can now buy 11 listings for the price of 10? It's under the Credits box in the right-hand column.

I bought 17 listings, did not see any credit applied. It just grouped 10 first from the first page and remaining 7 separate and charged me 170$.

I was glad to see this, so I just paid for 83 listings via PayPal ($830)

I was given 830 credits in the bonus section. There were no credits applied as net for me.

I am awaiting response via email as to why the buy 10 get 11 was not applied for me.

 

[campout]

@Grilled Jesus, you can only buy 110 credits at a time, for $100, so I'm not sure how you could buy 830 credits via this new function when 830 is not a multiple of 110.

 

[Grilled]

I was glad to see this, so I just paid for 83 listings via PayPal ($830)

@Grilled Jesus, you can only buy 110 credits at a time, for $100, so I'm not sure how you could buy 830 credits via this new function when 830 is not a multiple of 110.

@Nat Hunt PayPal - Pay for 80 get 90