BrandPa.com Experience (Brandable Domain Marketplace)

[Chris Hydrick]

BrandPa.com has announced their presence on NamePros...

Hi there! I'm sorry your experience with BB wasn't pleasant :/ If you'd like to try our marketplace please don't hesitate to do so We're new in the domaining industry but very eager to learn! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions This is us: https://brandpa.com/ (or if you'd like to read about the sellers' rules visit this page: https://brandpa.com/start-selling)

Look forward to hearing from you!

Granted, the above post is from the BrandBucket experience thread, and will likely be deleted for being off topic / wrong thread, it was the first time I heard of them. The founder, @Jowita Emberton, had introduced herself in an earlier thread:

Hi guys! NamePros is a great website to get invaluable information about the domaining industry. As a reader, I'm here pretty much every day. As a writer, I'm starting today

I'm the founder of Brandpa (brandpa.com), a domain name marketplace similar to BB, BR or Namerific. We use AI and human knowledge to create and judge the names’ value according to how easy to pronounce and catchy they are.

I'm here to learn, get to know you and your recent experiences with other brandable name marketplaces We're still developing the business so any insight on our site (brandpa.com) or anything you're missing from other marketplaces will be very useful

Thanks!

I'm creating this thread to discuss their marketplace, and for those who have experiences with them.

Here's what I know so far:

The founder, @Jowita Emberton, runs two other online businesses according to her LinkedIn page.

Delighten.co.uk - Web / brand design firm.

Weddination.com - Polish wedding services

According to her LinkedIn, she has been operating BrandPa since August 2016. Though, the last cached Archive.org screenshot is a server error on October 4, 2016 HERE

BrandPa.com (2006) is registered to Oliver Emberton, founder and managing director of SilkTide.com.

Currently, there are 562 domains published / listed on BrandPa. It appears most domains listed are handregged by the owners. Not 100% on this; I will run a check when my program is working again.

After reviewing their listings, I found two errors.

The domain regged is MonoRaptor.com, but the text reads ManoRaptor.com

The domain regged is UnknownVenues.com, but the text reads UnknownVenus.com

At first look:

Pros

• No Listing Fee
• FREE Logos
• Domain Owner sets price ($1,000+)
• Forwards all offers for sellers consideration
• Brandpa is a pretty memorable / catchy brandable domain.
• Select 'On-Sale' marketing section

Cons

• Low Alexa Ranking (4,557,819)

• New site. Assuming low organic traffic, and low type-in traffic due to quality and quantity of inventory.
• Piggy-back branding off BrandBucket in site footer see below

• Reviews are all from .co.uk domains, yet BrandPa doesn't sell any .co.uk domains. A quick glance at other domains owned by the reviewers and I wasn't able to verify any brandable .com's with history tracing back to BrandPa.

Personal thoughts: I respect that they "allow the seller to submit more domain names" by not charging a listing fee. To me this shows they are willing to work for your exclusivity. Should they gain popularity, I wonder if they'll sustain this business model and/or if their logo / listing quality will decrease over time when resources are spread across the masses.

@Jowita Emberton = Feel free to comment / fill in any of the blanks.

 

[Kachi]

Seems all they care for now is the $5 listing fee.

 

[Samer]

Milking the cow.

So i waited months on waiting list so can treat me worse than existing sellers?

$5 to $8 bs?

Samer

 

[Samer]

Seems all they care for now is the $5 listing fee.

$8 listing fee.

i was on the BP sign up waiting list for months.

Samer

 

[Kachi]

$8 listing fee.

i was on the BP sign up waiting list for months.

Samer

$5 is for existing sellers, while $8 is for new sellers

 

[Samer]

$5 is for existing sellers, while $8 is for new sellers

yea i disliked that BP jesture

Nothing personal all it directed at Brandpa

 

[Beezy]

I applied to be a member a loonnggg time ago and i just got approved a few hours ago. Something to do with these changes?

 

[creataweb]

They've been emailing me weird de-listing emails for names I either don't own now for many months or removed via notice from their platform like over a year ago.

 

[Haykay2005]

Seems there won't be any rejected names again...

"no rejection" make it worse. Market become saturated in no time

 

[Rhinnnn]

There will be no rejections, yes. But, at $5 - $8 per name, I guess most people will only list quality names anyway (otherwise they will not sell).

 

[Kamaldeen]

There will be no rejections, yes. But, at $5 - $8 per name, I guess most people will only list quality names anyway (otherwise they will not sell).

No rejection is worse..stop defending the indefensible pls.

 

[Rhinnnn]

No rejection is worse..stop defending the indefensible pls.

Not defending Just trying to make sense of it.

 

[Domain Monk]

But without quality check ,lot of crap names on the way

 

[Haykay2005]

But without quality check ,lot of crap names on the way

That's the only part that ruins the update

 

[Kamaldeen]

Not defending Just trying to make sense of it.

An average newbie domainer will want to test water, and he pay $30 for listing a crap names..
Do the addition if minimum of 100 newbie take this route..

 

[Embrand]

Seems desperate. What upside will there be to using them compared to simply listing at Afternic/Epik/DAN/Sedo?

 

[Haykay2005]

Seems desperate. What upside will there be to using them compared to simply listing af Afternic/Epik/DAN/Sedo?

I honestly don't know for now

 

[Hypersot]

Seems desperate. What upside will there be to using them compared to simply listing at Afternic/Epik/DAN/Sedo?

search keywords

the other venues offer generic names while venues like BrandPa are dedicated to brandables.

I'm not justifying the current changes to BP, I'm only saying that, assuming they have done the job properly, their site should be shown on top positions for 'naming a company' searches.

 

[Embrand]

search keywords

the other venues offer generic names while venues like BrandPa are dedicated to brandables.

I'm not justifying the current changes to BP, I'm only saying that, assuming they have done the job properly, their site should be shown on top positions for 'naming a company' searches.

That is true. I just fear that Brandpa will soon be full of non-brandables as well. I do still think they have some good features, though, including paying in installments.

 

[Haykay2005]

That is true. I just fear that Brandpa will soon be full of non-brandables as well. I do still think they have some good features, though, including paying in installments.

Yes, one can now list anything, be it brandables or keyword....Hmmm

 

[private123]

Brandpa start joking ..

 

[bojan1]

Obviously appraisal system has mistakes, but it can be very useful. When it comes to brandables, at the end it's the humans skill that make decision about quality.

 

[November]

I don't like the the instant domain appraisals. It's something like Estibot

 

[Haykay2005]

I still prefer them to listing in general marketplaces. The $8 new sellers barrier could be a kind of inventory control. We should hope for the best

 

[Haykay2005]

I don't like the the instant domain appraisals. It's something like Estibot

You now have to follow your instinct or skills to determine whether to list with $5 or $8.

 

[karmaco]

I like the changes. People should worry about submitting and getting the best caliber names they can. Alot of human accepted names there and elsewhere should not have even been accepted. So human appraisals are subjective and faulty.

Make your own assessment of your names and the best place to list them. You are a domainer and should be comfortable with pricing your names. I think the ability to make your own price is empowering and positive for domainers.

The market is not going to overflood with new sellers with the $8 fee to list. Those with the $5 fee locked in will benefit the most imo.