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

 

[frank-germany]

This BBE thread often gets a little bitter for my taste so I rarely check it.

reason maybe

that spending money to make BB rich
may taste a little bitter too


but glad to hear, you found a solution

http://img.abendblatt.de/img/wissen...0-cv16_9-q85/wissen-strauss-1-HA-Hamburg-.jpg

 

[platey]

This is interesting...

1. We list our domains there.. Giving exclusivity to BB to sell our names..
2. We don't get any sales for months and years because the owners and ambassadors are flooding their names to the front pages.
3. Now that we are not getting any sales we want them to remove our names and need to tell them 30 days before we can actually remove it.
4. Otherwise we need to pay 30% of BB listed price...

Cool strategy bruh...

And your the lucky one lol

I don't actually get to list my domains as they have rejected approx all 17 ish of the domains I have submitted to them

Which I don't mind because by having my names rejected by bb it means I don't have to skip through more hoops and agree to to endless ts and cs etc and I save their fees too lol

But if they are selling lots and lots of domain investors domains then people wouldn't mind so much about the restrictions etc

But when they are not selling the volume of names that perhaps they should then there should be a couple of clauses added

Eg if they don't sell the domain within 6 months the owner can remove their domain free of fees

And the domain owner should be entitled to compensation of say $100 for loss of $'s because they could probably have sold their domain if they were not restricted for that period

 

[platey]

I don't get the. ly or double letter etc

Doesn't do anything for me lol

You can still get a decent pronouncable 2 syllable brandable 5 letter. Com for $10

With no duplicated letters and a. Com

Cheap as chips

 

[Abdillahi Abdillahi]

reason maybe

that spending money to make BB rich
may taste a little bitter too


but glad to hear, you found a solution

http://img.abendblatt.de/img/wissen...0-cv16_9-q85/wissen-strauss-1-HA-Hamburg-.jpg

Good point Frank, but it is expected that when someone doesnt like what you saying, in this case, an honest and relevant and true review, then it will be bitter but it is ok cause reviews are relevant and facts are used here. If you pay for something then you deserve equal treatment

 

[platey]

It could be solved quite easily by bb adding a bb logo by their own brands so that both those submitting brand names and potential buyers of brand names know which are bb brand names and which are domain investors brand names

 

[hookbox]

It could be solved quite easily by bb adding a bb logo by their own brands so that both those submitting brand names and potential buyers of brand names know which are bb brand names and which are domain investors brand names

That's a bad idea. If I was a potential buyer I would immediately eliminate all names that didn't have the BB seal. I would automatically assume that those chosen by the actual operators of the site should be far superior then any others since they are suppose to have the greatest understanding of the company naming process.

 

[platey]

That's a bad idea. If I was a potential buyer I would immediately eliminate all names that didn't have the BB seal. I would automatically assume that those chosen by the actual operators of the site should be far superior then any others since they are suppose to have the greatest understanding of the company naming process.

Allegedly

But as always the proof is in the eating

There are many domain investors that have been in the industry a decade or two and know just a little bit about brands

And then you have the potential buyers who will recognise a good brand name that fits their business perfectly irrespective of price and or who sourced the brand originally

 

[hookbox]

Allegedly

But as always the proof is in the eating

There are many domain investors that have been in the industry a decade or two and know just a little bit about brands

And then you have the potential buyers who will recognise a good brand name that fits their business perfectly irrespective of price and or who sourced the brand originally

You are absolutely right that there are many in the industry that know a bit about brands, but the problem is the buyer would not know one from the next since the only person to have the seal would be the owners of the company.

You are assuming that the buyer knows even a little about business naming since they are trying to name their company, but the majority do very little research on the process and ultimately could care less how they reach the conclusion as long as it's fast and painless. Choosing the "house" names because of a seal in my opinion would be fast and painless and that wouldn't be good for regular sellers. The goal for sellers with brandable marketplaces is to even the field and give less of an advantage to the house.

 

[frank-germany]

looks like BB and me we are "best friends" by now:


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Hello Frank,


Your account is currently not in good standing, so transferring a domain to your account is not possible at the moment. If you, however, want to bring back the 105 domains you had removed from us, please let us know.
This will move your account to good standing again.

Best,


Julia
BrandBucket Support Team


On Tue, 21 Mar at 6:37 AM , Frank wrote:

I have bought a domain

LLLL.com

the seller can't push it into my account
Please help

 

[Michael M]

I have posted a few times in this thread as I've moved along my journey at BB. It has been a slow cautious journey, but BB has sold several domains for me recently since I built my profile on their marketplace up to a small but respectable size. My sale through rate is very respectable, so I have had a very positive experience thus far with them - but understand it does take an investment to get a return in this business. I have diversified with some reg fee names, some mid $xx domains, and some $xxx domains into my BB profile. Many times I try to think outside the box, which has lead to many rejections, but there are other venues for those.

I am going to continue to grow my BB portfolio and watch my sales rate and go from there. I will most probably post here as I continue refining my strategies and assessing the marketplace.

So seems some people are happy, some are unhappy, but in the end BB is working well for a good bit of people. Also, they provide great customer service - which no one has disputed.

Can the search algorithm be improved? Of course. Hopefully they continue to refine it to return more relevant results to buyers - which will make sellers happy as well.

I have never been a kool-aide drinker (in other words I'm typically skeptical), and those that have read my posts over time probably know that. I just want to share my experience so others can read. I think more people need to share their experience as it progresses as this will benefit the whole community.

This thread does not always need to pick apart BB - though I feel constructive critism is also nessecary.

Please note: my comments are not saying there is no merit or good reason to pursue whatever and all venues that benefit you and your business strategy. I know I do.

 

[Koosah]

I dont post but I have a small portfolio on BB.. 100ish domains.. I've sold over $35,000 with them over the last 2 years.. but this email from support really makes me question my relationship with them.. cant they see how incredibly obnoxious and vindictive that sounds? Thats a customer that your replying to not your ex boyfriend.. are we here to make money or score points in an argument??
BB needs a reset with there customers asap.. hope they are listening

 

[Koosah]

Talking about the email from Frank-Germany above

 

[Abdillahi Abdillahi]

looks like BB and me we are "best friends" by now:


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Hello Frank,


Your account is currently not in good standing, so transferring a domain to your account is not possible at the moment. If you, however, want to bring back the 105 domains you had removed from us, please let us know.
This will move your account to good standing again.

Best,


Julia
BrandBucket Support Team


On Tue, 21 Mar at 6:37 AM , Frank wrote:

I have bought a domain

LLLL.com

the seller can't push it into my account
Please help

This grading system is not logic and will lead to many names removed from the site.

 

[Justin Matmor]

I dont post but I have a small portfolio on BB.. 100ish domains.. I've sold over $35,000 with them over the last 2 years.. but this email from support really makes me question my relationship with them.. cant they see how incredibly obnoxious and vindictive that sounds? Thats a customer that your replying to not your ex boyfriend.. are we here to make money or score points in an argument??
BB needs a reset with there customers asap.. hope they are listening

I think you need to read his post properly. It sounds like he is an ex boyfriend. Hasn't he removed over 100 names from BB? To me, that sounds like an ex.

 

[Fuadiansyah]

Don't wanna prejudice on BB this time, but I experienced a slow down on listing time, some of my names have been on pending editorial for a week and new listing on BB mostly are Krell's name...

 

[Justin Matmor]

Don't wanna prejudice on BB this time, but I experienced a slow down on listing time, some of my names have been on pending editorial for a week and new listing on BB mostly are Krell's name...

I submitted 13 names for listing last week and all these were published within 24 hours - and I am not Krell!!

 

[Fuadiansyah]

I submitted 13 names for listing last week and all these were published within 24 hours - and I am not Krell!!

I also experienced this "24 hours published" in the last 2 weeks and happy with that. But it is the case of this week. Maybe something happened on the backend. I don't know...

 

[Abdillahi Abdillahi]

Don't wanna prejudice on BB this time, but I experienced a slow down on listing time, some of my names have been on pending editorial for a week and new listing on BB mostly are Krell's name...

I submitted 13 names for listing last week and all these were published within 24 hours - and I am not Krell!!

Yes you arent but I agree with Fuad here. I waited 1 name to get published for a week.Nothing is consistent there except the sales for certain sellers which is nice actually

 

[Justin Matmor]

Yes you arent but I agree with Fuad here. I waited 1 name to get published for a week.Nothing is consistent there except the sales for certain sellers which is nice actually

BB is consistent. When they have issues - and the issues are brought to their attention - they always address the issues - every single time. That is consistency.

BB also has makes consistent sales - month after month. Is anything else more important from a seller's perspective?

 

[Brandworthy]

BB also has makes consistent sales - month after month. Is anything else more important from a seller's perspective

There are no more than 10 (and more likely to be 4-5) sellers who have consistent sales, month-to-month, on BB. Many of those are insiders. That may not be unrelated, but it's worth pointing out.

Purely to put more context on your comment - how many months experience selling on BB do you have, and how many sales per month have you achieved?