discuss Does brandable domains work?

[Nezam Uddin]

I am very curious regarding the regging of brandables vs liquid domains. Personally i feel that there are very less chances that a new firm would like to browse through a buy a brand at BB etc. If i were a brand i would most probably come up with a unique identity for my company and not something thought off by other people.

So accordingly, there are less chances of the entity getting sold in the marketplace. Liquid domains, on the other hand, have a strong selling point and logical one too. Things such as mandarin sounding LLLL exists which have a valuable market in china etc.

So i want to have views of liquid domains vs brandables by people who have had an experience in both. Sale maximisation v/s profit maximisation.

 

[Name Trader]

Striking more fuel into the discussion, how many of the domainers have got their own domain names listed on BrandPa/BrandBucket and were successful in selling it?

I had approx 50 at BB. I've not sold any. And now I have 1. Which will be gone soon. Are you keeping track of these replies?

 

[Nezam Uddin]

Yeah I am a learner. I am watching all of this alhumdulillah

 

[DonDraper]

There are some skills involved dealing with brandables and a lot of Expert NP Domainers (obv they know who they are) only rarely will share, that is quite normal cause its the only leverage in that niche that really works and cost to them hours and hours of research.

Im my personal view it remains a Number Game, with some code to crack inside, yes, the WordArt Passion, dealing properly with Premium letters, Non-Premium Position, Same-Sounding-Letters (and their long term value) and a lot of other stuff that really makes the difference.

 

[namerav]

Brandable domains surely work.

 

[BaileyUK]

Brandable domains surely work.

Well they definitely sell.

just as a giggle, and I'm sorry to the registrant but, I just went to renew one of my UK domains - and the suggestion tool at my registrar asked if I was interested in "direct sale snow" dot com at UK£1,700. (yep, remove the spaces)

great example of how to get letting so very wrong. of course it was just pluralising my two-word + now.

but I thought it so very funny at first-pass.

Companies that buy 'Brandables' care about word (lettering) appearance and layout as much as they do the text

 

[gina ferrano]

Striking more fuel into the discussion, how many of the domainers have got their own domain names listed on BrandPa/BrandBucket and were successful in selling it?

In my case, I've sold on brandable sites, selling 7 during the past 3.5 years, out of 70 or so listed almost exclusively on BB. In the past, most of my sales were on Sedo or private sales. I've decided to give BP a try as well. In general, with brandables, one must be patient. Half the time I held names several years (or longer) before the right buyer came along. I know many have 1k or more brandables but until I sell more I only keep 100 or so names at a time. Some names I've let go of or dropped, Huge Domains gobbled up.

 

[namerav]

In my case, I've sold on brandable sites, selling 7 during the past 3.5 years, out of 70 or so listed almost exclusively on BB. In the past, most of my sales were on Sedo or private sales.

10% of sales at Brandable marketplaces is impressive.

 

[BaileyUK]

10% of sales at Brandable marketplaces is impressive.

I agree if your into x,xxx for each sale.

 

[BaileyUK]

The difficulty for most domain investors, is they cant use domain tools to interpret 'word art' though they do recognise it when they see it

 

[gina ferrano]

10% of sales at Brandable marketplaces is impressive.

I'm a small time player, but optimistic and thankful to have gotten any kind of sales tbh. There are some that do very very well. Patience is key. I dropped out of domaining (not buying anything for 3 years) and my how things have changed! Way more competitive! Where I once found gems with drop lists, Dropcatch corners that market. At auction, there are some folks with deep pockets, hard to compete with that. i've already learned the hard way. Ouch. Hand reg's take time, but I enjoy the 'word art' and the treasure hunt. I'll stick with brandables (made up & keywords), and future markets. + a handful I hope to develop one day.