Hi all,
I wanted to reply to a particular point that has come up several times in this forum this past week -- about how we ask that details about sales on BrandBucket are kept off of other sites.
This policy is serving two purposes:
1) For the protection of our customers. About 75% of the time, after one of our buyers has launched their company, they ask for any and all information about their domain purchase to be removed from our site. We are trying to change the industry to be where people are not ashamed of buying a domain name for more than reg fee, but in the meantime we cannot make people feel a certain way about how they acquired their name. Our buyers love our service, but if they want their information private, we are obligated to keep it private. We can easily remove it from our site, but if details about their name are posted elsewhere, the customer will have to track it down and get it removed, and so we decided to try and help them out a little.
2) This one we are incredibly serious about. It is no secret that there are tons of BrandBucket copycat sites out there. However, some of these sites (run by domain owners that are long-time sellers on BrandBucket) are converting into marketplaces (selling names owned by other domain owners, not just their own). These marketplaces are listing names and logos in a "Sold on this site" section that were actually sold on BrandBucket. Not only are they misleading customers, but they are misleading domain owners like you about how successful they actually are. This is fraudulent and illegal, and we will be actively pursuing the removal of this information.
Up until now we haven't been very active in forums, although we do keep an eye on the general feeling about our service. I'm making it a mission to change that. From now on our business will be much more transparent, and you'll get honest answers to any questions you have. Please feel free to reach out to me directly anytime.
Margot B., Founder of BrandBucket