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

 

[biggie]

Sometimes i regret that some people (me included) started these type of discussions about brandable names, brandbucket, etc. and this "hype" few months ago in this forum. Now everyone is jumping on the bandwagon and submitting names and they are bombarded with thousands of names weekly, making it more and more difficult for those who were in to brandable names already years ago, and all these similar sites and BB-copycats popping up daily makes it even more difficult :D

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lol GD

having regrets?

"now, they are bombarded with thousands of names weekly, making it more and more difficult"


that kinda sounds like the "spamming shit" I was trying to point out in that other thread.
where I said" if owned BB, i'd ban some for spamming"

but, hell yeah!
it's going to make it more difficult, not only to sell your brandables in that venue, but also justifying asking prices for the multitude of newly registered domain names that may sit next to yours.

would have been cool to have at least a "1yr registration" requirement for all submissions, so if mo-fo's be copying your shit, at least they'd have to wait a year before they could submit it.


it would help to build age on names and immediately reduce the number of copycat domains being submitted.

thus raising the bar of the business

imo...

 

[margotb]

Hey all,

Thanks again for the lively conversation. I wanted to let you know that our most recent blog post talks about some BrandBucket statistics -- namely sales numbers and stats on submitted names. Check it out and please share.

http://www.brandbucket.com/blog/state-of-brandable-domain-names-june-2013/

 

[GiftedDomains]

@Biggie, Again, i do not agree with the 1yr registeration length, age of domains, etc.
People also keep crap domains for years.
I have seen garbage domains registered 1998 or something and kept until today (god knows why) and i have seen very nice brandable names registered few weeks ago.
Plus when you dropcatch names from pending delete lists, they lose the age and appear as "newly registered" anyway.

Age is not the problem. Quantity is.

 

[DEFLECTED]

Hey all,

Thanks again for the lively conversation. I wanted to let you know that our most recent blog post talks about some BrandBucket statistics -- namely sales numbers and stats on submitted names. Check it out and please share.

http://www.brandbucket.com/blog/state-of-brandable-domain-names-june-2013/

Almost 1MILLION in sales in 2013 already? I am sorry I have to call BS.

I can believe most of what Margot B is saying but without a true sales list I just dont buy it. I was enjoying this thread until these pie in the sky figures were shown.

 

[oldtimer]

Hey all,

Thanks again for the lively conversation. I wanted to let you know that our most recent blog post talks about some BrandBucket statistics -- namely sales numbers and stats on submitted names. Check it out and please share.

Thanks for the stats, it’s good to see that BrandBucket is getting better and more popular every year, I am sure that is going to benefit those who have a lot of names there already.

So far I have 21 domains accepted wih 15 being live already.

PS: Are we going to get some kind of perks if we reach a certain number of domains at BrandBucket.

 

[johname]

Almost 1MILLION in sales in 2013 already? I am sorry I have to call BS.

Actual stat:


" 2013 is on track for $1M in sales."


If they make $2800 a day in sales they can hit that mark. Wouldnt even have to be a name a day considering the prices.

 

[oldtimer]

I assume that that’s a projection based on the sales that have taken place so far in the first half of the year, but because there is an acceleration element due to BrandBucket currently getting a lot of extra exposure the actual sales for 2013 might get a lot higher. IMO

 

[DnEbook]

well they rejected all nine of mine and i am not fussed in the slightessed, seems like a scam to me , listing fee, commission and logo cost .......... have fun guys

 

[equity78]

If they accepted your names would they be a scam ? No offense but something can or cannot be a scam based on the subjective nature of choosing brandable domains.

 

[SearchEngineZ]

well they rejected all nine of mine and i am not fussed in the slightessed, seems like a scam to me , listing fee, commission and logo cost .......... have fun guys

The listing fee is to stop people contriving to get a free logo. It also is a very small cost considering the prices involved.

The logo is their unique selling point and it seems to work well.

The commission is high, but they do get higher prices so that offsets it to some degree.

Not a scam. Very professional.

 

[oldtimer]

well they rejected all nine of mine and i am not fussed in the slightessed, seems like a scam to me , listing fee, commission and logo cost .......... have fun guys

You shouldn’t give up so fast, just because these nine domains weren't accepted doesn't mean that they were all bad, it just means that they probably didn't match the criteria that they go by for selecting domains. The best thing to do is to study the names that are already getting accepted (scroll halfway down on the homepage until you see the newly published domains, they have a green tag on the top left hand side of the logo that says NEW) and try to come up with names that fall with in the same criteria as those that you see are being accepted everyday.

By the way you didn't have to pay anything for your domains to be evaluated so forget about the first batch and submit a few more batches, you never know when you might get one accepted.

IMO

 

[urlurl]

just because a name is accepted - doesn't mean its going to sell. I would like to see more posts on successful sales than just getting them listed.

"throwing spaghetti against a wall to see what sticks, doesn't mean its still good to eat"
DavidP

 

[ibidu]

So far I have 21 domains accepted wih 15 being live already.

PS: Are we going to get some kind of perks if we reach a certain number of domains at BrandBucket.

Your perks more likely to come from Godaddy for having registered some 150 names so far!

 

[DnEbook]

I thought it was worth a go , i was never a fan of the terms but that is just my view , i am happy to say scam is a incorrect adjective. As mentioned not too fussed and i wish all well, unlikely i would give up on my names because this company did not like them. I wonder if some companies decline the logo when they buy a name? I guess the $500 cost option seemed a little high .......that's all

 

[Scilynt]

...
"throwing spaghetti against a wall to see what sticks, doesn't mean its still good to eat"
DavidP

funny you should say that because I threw SPAGGETI.COM at their wall :lol:. It didn't stick though

 

[ibidu]

funny you should say that because I threw SPAGGETI.COM at their wall :lol:. It didn't stick though

I would take that Spaghetti back and get a refund for it - by default all Spaghettis must stick to the wall.....!!

 

[GiftedDomains]

The best thing to do is to study the names that are already getting accepted (scroll halfway down on the homepage until you see the newly published domains, they have a green tag on the top left hand side of the logo that says NEW) and try to come up with names that fall with in the same criteria as those that you see are being accepted everyday.

IMO

yeah but having too many similar sounding and looking names is not good. I see too many similar names accepted recently. Better submit (and accept! names which are different and unique and not so easily replacable with another option at BB. Even if the name should include a keyword (keyword brandable) or suggest specific type of usage (like including the word "job", "app", "social" etc. as part of the brand). These names usually sell very well, it might take a little longer to sell , but when the right buyer comes and searches for something related to "jobs", "social", "apps", etc. he will probably prefer those over all these aroxa maloxa baloxa arado marado etc. type of names which are accepted recently. These are good too (wide audience) but i somehow feel like the mix should be better.

Just my opinion.

 

[oldtimer]

yeah but having too many similar sounding and looking names is not good. I see too many similar names accepted recently. Better submit (and accept! names which are different and unique and not so easily replacable with another option at BB. Even if the name should include a keyword (keyword brandable) or suggest specific type of usage (like including the word "job", "app", "social" etc. as part of the brand). These names usually sell very well, it might take a little longer to sell , but when the right buyer comes and searches for something related to "jobs", "social", "apps", etc. he will probably prefer those over all these aroxa maloxa baloxa arado marado etc. type of names which are accepted recently. These are good too (wide audience) but i somehow feel like the mix should be better.

Just my opinion.

What you are saying sounds good for those who have had many names already accepted, but if someone hasn’t gotten even one name accepted yet then it might be necessary for them to readjust their strategy and try to look for names that match the criteria of the ones that are being accepted everyday (which seem to be mostly 5L to 8L pronounceable words that sound and look good and are easy to spell). IMO

PS: just got V, i, a, m, e, r, a, [com] accepted at mid four figures (got it by using one of the godaddy 99 cent coupons). I don’t claim to be an expert in brandable domains, but perhaps I have some talent at picking the right names.

 

[Kate]

I personally wouldn't pay to list domains unless there is a guaranteed, steady flow of sales, but it seems that there is little visibility on that, NDA etc. so we don't even know which names are selling. Not to mention that the commission is high. I think it's throwing money in lottery tickets but all benefit to BB.
Without me guys, but let us know about your success stories at BB.

 

[equity78]

@gifted I think you are spot on about the keyword in the name as Margot posted they tend to sell the best.

"One thing we've noticed on types of names that I should point out, however, is that names with a dictionary word root, or two-word combination names, seem to sell a little better than completely made up words. We have fewer of these because our decision criteria makes it harder to find a good one, but it seems customers are drawn to them more often because they connect emotionally to the word(s) in the name."