so I posted the below on the Slack channel (my post so i can share here as its my own content)
Well. I think I owe BB and they owe me a response to this concern that Im raised a lot before and will raise for the last time coz its really a time waste it seems ... The search results are not very solid as its claimed... its still observed that a lot of results are a bit biased towards some sellers... I for one, im not happy with my names positioning, not to mention the sales rates... Before the optimistic crowd jumps on , my names are 60% aftermarket bought, with some names in the top 1% of quality on BB like OnlineCareer.com and Obro.com ... I am a solid investor that believes in one thing "Numbers"... Ive been in this business for 3 years with a solid ROI of 35% net profit annually... been in and out of BB before and unfortunately close to being out again this time.. I dont have the time to dive deeper again and get a lot of data to back my arguments above, but Ive dont it before randomly for some keywords, and some others have done the same exercise on NamePros for other Keywords (I didnt like their language though demonstrating the facts), but they remain facts! I Wont be pointing fingers as its a waste of time, but I wont tolerate the type of responses like "thats not true, Mr X has 50 domains and has sold 4% of his portfolio last month which is more than BB personal domains being sold" ... Everyone is here for one purpose, MONEY! I am writing this post to defend the hours wasted in relisting the names on BB on my return last november! To be honest, I dont get it how such a successful business is losing a lot of loyal customers... one thing is behind customer retention "Customer Satisfaction" ... Lots of people are here just because they are stuck, others because they hope others hoping to become ambassadors chasing perks they dont know what it is... Im not one of these people, Im a money investor 1+1=2, I only believe again in numbers... These dont add up for me on BB with my return.. Margot is a fantastic business woman and Michael is a decent person... but at some point one should think about only money! BB is doing the same, having their own names in place is a prioritization of profit over 10% more customer satisfaction (again zero tolerance for overly optimistic people that would argue with this)... its an undeniable fact that if you survey it, you will get at least 10% satisfaction increase if you removed your names off the platform... but anyways, thats a strategy you guys have and its too late or impossible to discuss... I personally, had a job offer to work for the world's best Domain brokerage firm, but refused because they wanted me to stop selling my own names as its a conflict of interest... I did respect that clause in the contract, they put customers first! As a result, I do recommend their services to date, coz they put the customer FIRST! I hope no one got offended here, but as I said I owed you an honest feedback! Best of luck everyone selling on BB
Then someone from BB pm me saying if I believe I can sell better on another platform, then it makes sense for me to look elsewhere...
so, after being further offended by that PM, I immediately messaged BB to officially remove my names for good... I will never ever use BB again and I DONT recommend them for anyone... not because of the reasons in the post above only, but because their private response to me confirms that we as sellers/customers/partners (whatever you want to name it) are not treated in the way we should've by any means!
Enough said! Good luck to everyone!
