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

 

[Embrand]

I am done with brandable sites.

Which ones have you used, apart from BrandBucket?

 

[Primary Names]

If you have 500 listed at BP, you still have decent chance.

 

[NYJimbo]

Which ones have you used, apart from BrandBucket?

Brandpa and something else with Name in the title, but I dumped that a while ago.

 

[DomainsMaven]

If you have 500 listed at BP, you still have decent chance.

I have close to 400 domain listed with Brandpa but no sale yet. This is my 2nd year with them.

If i don't see a sale this year, i will say good bye to BP.

My portfolio is worth over a 1 million. Lets see what happens. Hope fully i make a sale before i become homeless.

 

[DomainsMaven]

Namerific is just dead. They have no support. I submit a ticket over a year ago. My ticket is still open no one got back to me.

I lost a sale because of them because no one reply my emails.

 

[Grilled]

The “Brand Bucket” is getting very large indeed.

According to their current internal search results: There appears to be 54,220 published domains at present time.

 

[Embrand]

According to their current internal search results: There appears to be 54,220 published domains at present time.

Thanks. That is a lot of competition...

 

[Grilled]

Thanks. That is a lot of competition...

Competition is one way to look at it. Probably the best way to look at it when considering the sell through rate of a generic made up (more times than not coupon hand reg) brandable that doesn't include any keyword, that gets burried in their search algorithm.

The other way to look at it is more leads for premium domains. The diamonds tend to shine brighter in the rough. Though, you (@Embrand) having one of the better BB portfolio's, I'm sure have more first hand experience in this department and can better attest to the accuracy of this theory.

In comparison to today's apparent 54,220 published domains, on August 24th, 2017, there appeared to be 46,233 domains published. Thus, only a 8,000 increase in total inventory over the past one and a half years.

 

[Josh R]

Thanks. That is a lot of competition...

The same time 2 years ago, they had 42,000 names listed...

So basically, unless your portfolio with BrandBucket has grown 25-30% in the last 2 years, your sell through rate will inevitably go down.

 

[Embrand]

Competition is one way to look at it. Probably the best way to look at it when considering the sell through rate of a generic made up (more times than not coupon hand reg) brandable that doesn't include any keyword, that gets burried in their search algorithm.

The other way to look at it is more leads for premium domains. The diamonds tend to shine brighter in the rough. Though, you (@Embrand) having one of the better BB portfolio's, I'm sure have more first hand experience in this department and can better attest to the accuracy of this theory.

In comparison, on August 24th, 2017, there appeared to be 46,233 domains published. Thus, only a 8,000 increase in total inventory over the past one and a half years.

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Well, their premium inventory is not on the home page anymore, but they do send out a newsletter with premium names once in a while. I have had quite a few names featured in these, so I certainly cannot complain about that.

 

[Furquan]

If you have 500 listed at BP, you still have decent chance.

Lol,

I knew some people who have close to your number but yet they don't make sales at BP. It's near dead.

 

[Grilled]

So basically, unless your portfolio with BrandBucket has grown 25-30% in the last 2 years, your sell through rate will inevitably go down.

I wonder how much this varies if you're growing your BB portfolio in quality instead of quantity? (assuming quality yields better internal search results)

As @Embrand BB portfolio is truly something to drool over.

Less domains. Less renewals. Less listing fees. Higher initial investment. Higher reward. The way to do it?

So many different strategies and factors to consider in domaining...

 

[hookbox]

Well, their premium inventory is not on the home page anymore, but they do send out a newsletter with premium names once in a while. I have had quite a few names featured in these, so I certainly cannot complain about that.

I think the problem is that your portfolio is of such high quality. 82% of your names are above $8,995. It would be really hard to compare your sales against other sellers where the majority of the names in their portfolio are priced under $3,000.

 

[Furquan]

I think the problem is that your portfolio is of such high quality. 82% of your names are above $8,995. It would be really hard to compare your sales against other sellers where the majority of the names in their portfolio are priced under $3,000.

I knew 14 BB sales this month there is only one domain which sold above $3k

Most of names which sold are under $2.5k

 

[Embrand]

I think the problem is that your portfolio is of such high quality. 82% of your names are above $8,995. It would be really hard to compare your sales against other sellers where the majority of the names in their portfolio are priced under $3,000.

Yes, it is true that it is hard to compare with many of the other portfolios. But I had a pretty good 2018 at BB, so that is why I feel 2019 has been unusually quiet so far.

But to be fair to BB, it has also been quiet for me at Undeveloped and Afternic, so maybe it is just a general thing.

 

[BRANDERX]

remember to allow BB to market your domains on Sedo(& their partners), under "account", for maximum exposure folks.

 

[Dimitris]

Happy to share my stats with you, purely for educational purposes. Intention is not to brag about my sales; but to make you revisit and possibly revise your investment/sales strategy for more sales and less naming choice mistakes and to keep your faith and loyalty to the BrandBucket platform. Simply because it is possible. Keep that in mind.

• I've been very inactive for a very large time period for reasons unrelated to domaining. I regret that because I strongly believe that my stats would be much much better, with a lot more sales and a larger portfolio of brandable names. Unfortunately due to not having a choice due to personal reasons, I left my account activity on autopilot for a long long time. Surprised to see that many of the naming choices I made when I started, still convert into sales even with very low activity.
• 180 names published overall. Low volume portfolio.
• Over 55K in net profit on BB since Jan 2015, with 35 sold names (in 49.5 months Jan 14 2015 to Today Feb 27). Yes, about a year in 4 years 1 months 14 days with no sale...
• Last BB sale 1 week ago.
• Many of rejected BB brandable names were listed and sold in BR and other domain selling platforms like Sedo and Afternic totaling in over 60K net profit. Most recent example of such sale: V I A W A L L E T - sold fast 3 days ago for 3999 on Afternic.
• More than 50% of sales were hand-registered domains. There remaining percent were closeout GD domains, backordered domains, trades here in NamePros.

Tip:

Choose a name you are 1000% confident that it will be sold for a very good end-user price at some point. It doesn't have to be sold on BB. If BB does not accept your domain, do not lose faith. Try all the available options and the worst case scenario would be to sell it for a reg fee - but do it! Don't wait until it is time to renew it again.

Making the right choice is very very difficult. It takes hundreds of days and nights analyzing sales data, trends etc. What is crucial is focus on building your experience in identifying the right domain investment and not go "bankrupt" with dumb naming choices. Of course you have to be lucky as well.

Set a budget for a year. An amount you are comfortable and willing to lose. Do not exceed it. Learn by your mistakes. Reinvent your strategy. Improve. Profit more - you are more confident now.

 

[Embrand]

Happy to share my stats with you, purely for educational purposes. Intention is not to brag about my sales; but to make you revisit and possibly revise your investment/sales strategy for more sales and less naming choice mistakes and to keep your faith and loyalty to the BrandBucket platform. Simply because it is possible. Keep that in mind.

• I've been very inactive for a very large time period for reasons unrelated to domaining. I regret that because I strongly believe that my stats would be much much better, with a lot more sales and a larger portfolio of brandable names. Unfortunately due to not having a choice due to personal reasons, I left my account activity on autopilot for a long long time. Surprised to see that many of the naming choices I made when I started, still convert into sales even with very low activity.
• 180 names published overall. Low volume portfolio.
• Over 55K in net profit on BB since Jan 2015, with 35 sold names (in 49.5 months Jan 14 2015 to Today Feb 27). Yes, about a year in 4 years 1 months 14 days with no sale...
• Last BB sale 1 week ago.
• Many of rejected BB brandable names were listed and sold in BR and other domain selling platforms like Sedo and Afternic totaling in over 60K net profit. Most recent example of such sale: V I A W A L L E T - sold fast 3 days ago for 3999 on Afternic.
• More than 50% of sales were hand-registered domains. There remaining percent were closeout GD domains, backordered domains, trades here in NamePros.

Tip:

Choose a name you are 1000% confident that it will be sold for a very good end-user price at some point. It doesn't have to be sold on BB. If BB does not accept your domain, do not lose faith. Try all the available options and the worst case scenario would be to sell it for a reg fee - but do it! Don't wait until it is time to renew it again.

Making the right choice is very very difficult. It takes hundreds of days and nights analyzing sales data, trends etc. What is crucial is focus on building your experience in identifying the right domain investment and not go "bankrupt" with dumb naming choices. Of course you have to be lucky as well.

Set a budget for a year. An amount you are comfortable and willing to lose. Do not exceed it. Learn by your mistakes. Reinvent your strategy. Improve. Profit more - you are more confident now.



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Thanks a lot for providing this. Viawallet is a nice name, by the way.

 

[Dimitris]

Thanks a lot for providing this. Viawallet is a nice name, by the way.

Yes, it is. Got it from GD Closeouts for $18.04 back in May 2017, inspired by all this crypto related domain buying frenzy.

 

[Dimitris]

It is worth mentioning that my best flip on BB was a name I got for 60 euro via Snapnames backorder and sold it for $10K after 3 years. Yes, patience and confidence is key.