Discuss BrandBucket Rejects

[starizec]

My rejected names
R e c y c l i f y
S q u a d T a s k
F e a t f u l
E x c e s i o r

Any thoughts?

 

[domain07]

Hi Joe, Recons, Ali, thanks for your kind feedback! Joe, you are right, these are all hand-reg but I did spend a lot of time, and also looking at existing BB inventory before coming up these. I guess most of the names in BB are hand-regs. But I guess like Recons said, BB does take a lot of factors into account and it seems especially *hard* to get two-word names accepted.

 

[Recons.Com]

"Great" is a stretch. Some are fine, but I don't see any special ones there. Most of the ones that make sense have other variations that would sound better.

The other issue is that these are all hand reg names. I've come to learn it the hard way, but if you're going to be submitting hand reg names, you either have to have an extremely keen (i.e. experienced) eye, or you have to be ready for a lot of rejections. You probably also have to be ready for the name to sit on BB for quite a while. There are exceptions, of course, but I've slowly been learning that the old adage of "you get what you pay for" applies even to BB.

Great is not a stretch for few of those... Of course, they are not LLL.com or popular dictionary word dot com, but better than 50% of BB stock.

Right Habitat... Great name for furniture store, Home Design Services, Healthy Living etc.
Appraise Desk - makes sense for Appraisal services.
LeanPanther - healthy food, fitness. Same for HelloCardio.
FinalTutor is a good name too. The last (final) tutor you'll need and will prepare you for finals too )

 

[domain07]

Another one which I forgot to mention that was rejected was T r a d e S a u c e.com, but they have TradeCaptain.com published, which again IMO thought mine sounded better and more relevant.

 

[farouk20]

i just love lean panther...its been in my head all day. lol

 

[Joe N]

Hi Joe, Recons, Ali, thanks for your kind feedback! Joe, you are right, these are all hand-reg but I did spend a lot of time, and also looking at existing BB inventory before coming up these. I guess most of the names in BB are hand-regs. But I guess like Recons said, BB does take a lot of factors into account and it seems especially *hard* to get two-word names accepted.

Yeah, I can tell you honed in a few a words that are popular at BB (Squad, Panda, Desk). I think the issue is that the words you've paired them with are not strong enough or versatile enough.

Hand-regging really is tough... I've spent a considerable amount of time on it myself, but my acceptance rate is still a dismal 18%. I think unless you have a real keen sense of what BB wants, hand-regging gives you pretty low odds of success.

Great is not a stretch for few of those... Of course, they are not LLL.com or popular dictionary word dot com, but better than 50% of BB stock.

Right Habitat... Great name for furniture store, Home Design Services, Healthy Living etc.
Appraise Desk - makes sense for Appraisal services.
LeanPanther - healthy food, fitness. Same for HelloCardio.
FinalTutor is a good name too. The last (final) tutor you'll need and will prepare you for finals too )

I see what you're saying, but I look at these and I can think of half a dozen similar names that would be as good or even better.

RightHabitat - How about GoodHabitat, NiceHabitat, WarmHabitat, BestHabitat, . Do furniture stores even brand themselves with that word? If not, who does? Is putting "right" next to it enough to make it stand out as a brand? Not to mention... BB has zero names with the word Habitat.

AppraiseDesk - Again, appraise is not strong enough for a two-word name. Zero other names on BB.

LeanPanther - I actually do like this one. Sounds nice for an athletic brand. BB doesn't seem to like Panther, though.

HelloCardio - How about HeyCardio, GoCardio, YesCardio... Hello seems weaker. And how many fitness brands limit themselves to just cardio?

FinalTutor - I see where you're going, but it just doesn't make much sense. I've never heard anyone talk about the "final tutor" they'll need. TopTutor, TutorBuddy, TutorMe, iTutor... I feel like those are all a lot stronger. And BB has zero two word names with "tutor".

The two word names do really need strrrrrooooong keywords. We're talking Tech, Cloud, Shop, etc. And the pairing words need to make sense and sound good. If you're going to keep hand-regging names, @domain07 try to keep that in mind and be even 10 times pickier. That may mean not even regging anything for a few days.

 

[Joe N]

Another one which I forgot to mention that was rejected was T r a d e S a u c e.com, but they have TradeCaptain.com published, which again IMO thought mine sounded better and more relevant.

A Captain is a leader. Authoritative. Commanding. The Trade Captain is at the top of the trading hierarchy. Stock traders, bartering sites, and the like would all do well to identify with that kind of image.

Sauce is sloppy, sticky, and tastes nice on my chicken, but what does it have to do with trading?

Not trying to be too harsh, because I see the appeal of your name in that it sounds cool and kind of catchy. But often BB is looking for more. Cool and catchy names are a dime a dozen. Names that portray a brand in a powerful and positive light are harder to come by.

 

[disaac81]

Another one which I forgot to mention that was rejected was T r a d e S a u c e.com, but they have TradeCaptain.com published, which again IMO thought mine sounded better and more relevant.

Rejection from BB does not mean the names are not good. You have a good eye for good names. They are very picky, trust me I know. I have had names like Rebel/Fox and Quote/Basket rejected, yet when you see what is already on there...well you get the point.

Good luck.

 

[domain07]

Joe, thanks for the great feedback. I do agree with your assessment on the individual domain names, but never claimed that these were really *great,* just that they seemed mostly similar to the ones that are available at BB, give or take, and at least a few of these should have gotten in. All my submissions are hand-regs and I've an acceptance rate of 27% of mostly single-word invented ones. Nevertheless, will be more prudent/pickier before submitting two-word domain names at BB.

 

[disaac81]

A Captain is a leader. Authoritative. Commanding. The Trade Captain is at the top of the trading hierarchy. Stock traders, bartering sites, and the like would all do well to identify with that kind of image.

Sauce is sloppy, sticky, and tastes nice on my chicken, but what does it have to do with trading?

Not trying to be too harsh, because I see the appeal of your name in that it sounds cool and kind of catchy. But often BB is looking for more. Cool and catchy names are a dime a dozen. Names that portray a brand in a powerful and positive light are harder to come by.

Think more along the lines of Sauce = secret ingredient, final product, method etc.

 

[Joe N]

Joe, thanks for the great feedback. I do agree with your assessment on the individual domain names, but never claimed that these were really *great,* just that they seemed mostly similar to the ones that are available at BB, give or take, and at least a few of these should have gotten in. All my submissions are hand-regs and I've an acceptance rate of 27% of mostly single-word invented ones. Nevertheless, will be more prudent/pickier before submitting two-word domain names at BB.

Yes, the opinons on the "greatness" was more for @Recons.Com

27% is pretty solid. I've had better luck with the invented words as well, but unfortunately I'm a sucker for those two-word names.

 

[Joe N]

Think more along the lines of Sauce = secret ingredient, final product, method etc.

I see where you're going. But the only place in English that "sauce" is used conceptually is in "secret sauce". When you find a great store, do you tell friends about your shopping sauce? Do you get props for your domaining sauce?

 

[disaac81]

I see where you're going. But the only place in English that "sauce" is used conceptually is in "secret sauce". When you find a great store, do you tell friends about your shopping sauce? Do you get props for your domaining sauce?

I know what you mean, but think of a name like CrowdSauce. To me that would say 'this is really going to get the crowds gathering' - kind of like a method to guarantee growth, interest, awareness etc.

On that note though, BB already has names like stack/sauce and shock/sauce. All I know is (here I go with my conspiracy theory again ) if they were my names they would have been rejected. :O

 

[JimJammy]

Some great advice in the last few posts, many thanks guys, it helps us all, not just those you are directly talking to!

Nevertheless, will be more prudent/pickier before submitting two-word domain names at BB.

If BB doesn't accept the name you are about to buy, what will you do with it? Is there an end user you could contact? Would it be worth your time building a landing page (perhaps Efty)? Would you sell it cheap here? Would you drop it?

If you don't know the answer or your answer is you would drop it, don't register the name. If you have a backup plan, then it doesn't matter if BB accepts it or not.

Good luck!

 

[Joe N]

I know what you mean, but think of a name like CrowdSauce. To me that would say 'this is really going to get the crowds gathering' - kind of like a method to guarantee growth, interest, awareness etc.

On that note though, BB already has names like stack/sauce and shock/sauce. All I know is (here I go with my conspiracy theory again ) if they were my names they would have been rejected. :O

Lol. Yeah, I'm not beyond believing that noteworthy BB sellers get more lee-way. And there are absolutely a ton of names on there that I wouldn't look at twice. All I know is that focusing on top quality and meaning is the best way to increase your odds.

Also... those two sauce names you mentioned use catchy alliteration.

 

[domain07]

Yes, I guess I was looking at them mostly in terms of how the two words sound together (which I guess also is important), but didn't pay as much attention to the strong keywords concept. In future will take this into account in my brandable domain name searches and see if I have a better acceptance for two-word domains .

 

[Candace]

Some great advice in the last few posts, many thanks guys, it helps us all, not just those you are directly talking to!

If BB doesn't accept the name you are about to buy, what will you do with it? Is there an end user you could contact? Would it be worth your time building a landing page (perhaps Efty)? Would you sell it cheap here? Would you drop it?

If you don't know the answer or your answer is you would drop it, don't register the name. If you have a backup plan, then it doesn't matter if BB accept it or not.

Good luck!

+1. Use Namebio to see how names with each word is selling. If there are a lot of sales of 'stack' domains, where stack is at the end, for example, that's good
After that, look at all the stack domains that sold and how much they sold for. This way, you will get a sense of the types of words being paired with them and how much they are selling for. Nouns, verbs, adjectives. And in what niches.

By using Namebio as well, if the name is rejectedted by BB, it will still have a high chance of selling

 

[iwon24]

I had Brand/Noble.com

trust worthy brandable domain site

And also

Cheap/Hut.com

 

[Recons.Com]

Yeah, I can tell you honed in a few a words that are popular at BB (Squad, Panda, Desk). I think the issue is that the words you've paired them with are not strong enough or versatile enough.

Hand-regging really is tough... I've spent a considerable amount of time on it myself, but my acceptance rate is still a dismal 18%. I think unless you have a real keen sense of what BB wants, hand-regging gives you pretty low odds of success.



I see what you're saying, but I look at these and I can think of half a dozen similar names that would be as good or even better.

RightHabitat - How about GoodHabitat, NiceHabitat, WarmHabitat, BestHabitat, . Do furniture stores even brand themselves with that word? If not, who does? Is putting "right" next to it enough to make it stand out as a brand? Not to mention... BB has zero names with the word Habitat.

AppraiseDesk - Again, appraise is not strong enough for a two-word name. Zero other names on BB.

LeanPanther - I actually do like this one. Sounds nice for an athletic brand. BB doesn't seem to like Panther, though.

HelloCardio - How about HeyCardio, GoCardio, YesCardio... Hello seems weaker. And how many fitness brands limit themselves to just cardio?

FinalTutor - I see where you're going, but it just doesn't make much sense. I've never heard anyone talk about the "final tutor" they'll need. TopTutor, TutorBuddy, TutorMe, iTutor... I feel like those are all a lot stronger. And BB has zero two word names with "tutor".

The two word names do really need strrrrrooooong keywords. We're talking Tech, Cloud, Shop, etc. And the pairing words need to make sense and sound good. If you're going to keep hand-regging names, @domain07 try to keep that in mind and be even 10 times pickier. That may mean not even regging anything for a few days.

Watch Kimmel's show about iPhone 7. They stop people in the street and tell them that they have iPhone 7 for testing and they can easily copy all the contents of their current iPhone 6. Everyone agreed, so the staff just cleaned the surface of the phone, changed cover and handed it back to them. Not even one figured it is actually their own phone, all found considerable improvements like "lighter", "thinner", "crisper", "clearer" etc. And all agreed to pay $50 to keep their own phone )

Basically, you know BB rejected these names and you are looking for reasons. Sort of like in a text book with answer key in the end. Just because BB does not like "panther" does not mean it cannot be in a great brand name.

 

[Ali Azam]

E X T R E M E S T O R A G E .com

rejected.

 

[Joe N]

Watch Kimmel's show about iPhone 7. They stop people in the street and tell them that they have iPhone 7 for testing and they can easily copy all the contents of their current iPhone 6. Everyone agreed, so the staff just cleaned the surface of the phone, changed cover and handed it back to them. Not even one figured it is actually their own phone, all found considerable improvements like "lighter", "thinner", "crisper", "clearer" etc. And all agreed to pay $50 to keep their own phone )

Basically, you know BB rejected these names and you are looking for reasons. Sort of like in a text book with answer key in the end. Just because BB does not like "panther" does not mean it cannot be in a great brand name.

I disagree with that assessment. Sometimes the reason is apparent by looking at the name. Other times the reason is apparent by looking at what BB already has listed.

I like LeanPanther, but the fact remains that BB has no Panther names, so odds of acceptance are low.

Can it be sold elsewhere? For sure. But this is a thread for analysing BB rejects and discussing how to improve acceptance rates.