The Official BQB.com Thread

[VURG]

I think I started the first BQB.com auction ever. I'm not sure but it looks like it's up and running.

 

[Asmro]

Yea, that would definately give you some more revenue... I would do that if I were you considering you are only making $50 a week on such a good site

 

[rick123]

hey Reece
i dont really have 50+ domains yet can i still sign up?

 

[-REECE-]

Hi Rick,

I appreciate your honesty. Please feel free to create an account at the following link: http://www.bqb.com/register.php . I'll make sure it's approved shortly after having been received.

hey Reece
i dont really have 50+ domains yet can i still sign up?

 

[Asmro]

Wait, so to sign up, you need 50+ domains...I don't have that many either? Would you still allow me to sign up? If so I will

Thanks,
Sam

 

[-REECE-]

Hi mate,

While I have "must have 50+ domains" listed in my sig, it's primarily so I don't get flooded by requests from new Namepros members whom I really don't have time to verify unfortunately. I'm only approving about 1 in 5 apps from people who either don't have (or don't bother listing) 50 domains, so for the most part I'm doing this group a favor by telling them to not bother applying. In comparison, it's more like 4 out of 5 apps for members with 50+ domains which I can verify to be owned by them.

It's a cost effective way to moderate the quality of signups -- get them to give you 50+ domains which display the info they signed up with, verify their email if using a custom domain (do a registrant search through Domain Tools either way), read posts/threads at Namepros (and/or other forums including non-domaining), look into the value of any transactions they've done in the past, look into who they've bought/sold/traded with in the past, etc.

If the person doesn't have a solid iTrader (on this or another domaining board), the person doesn't get approved until I get around to doing the above. I'm perfectly aware that some new members may turn out to be exceptional buyers one day and for that reason I'm allowing new domainers to send in a quality application with a filled in "Why I should be given membership on BQB" field. I've had a couple new domainers with absolutely phenomenal apps in this regard -- giving me plenty of information that I could then verify to make sure they were who they said they were.

50+ domains with a solid iTrader means much less work for me (eg. skipping the above). That said, you certainly fall into the solid iTrader group and it would be a pleasure to have you on BQB

If I can verify someone's identity accurately and have reason to believe they will be an honest member, I'll allow them on BQB regardless of how many domains they own, provided I can get a reasonable "history" about them either via Namepros (eg. iTrader or hundreds of quality posts) or Google. The unfortunate thing is that there are only so many hours in a day and for every 1 or 2 members I take the time to verify, I'm letting about 10 go unanswered.

The best of these denied applications will often email me indicating their continued interest in BQB -- I've had several members do this and this is important imho if a new member is going to be accepted when I have no way to verify their identity. If they take the time to write a few properly worded paragraphs, it goes a long ways towards convincing me that I should perhaps reevaluate my initial decision.

That was longer than I intended -- my apologies.

Short answer: Send me a pm with the username you sign up with and I'll make sure it gets approved.

A new address verification option will be unveiled in late June -- this will hopefully better protect existing members and allow BQB to accept members not meeting the rigid requirements currently in place (with the requirement that they be both Paypal (or Moneybookers) Verified and Address Verified).

Wait, so to sign up, you need 50+ domains...I don't have that many either? Would you still allow me to sign up? If so I will

Thanks,
Sam

 

[Asmro]

Thanks so much Reece (By the way, it's the former JrsDirectory) I signed up under the username "Asmro", so just please accept me Thanks a lot! Appreciate it!

 

[-REECE-]

You're most welcome

Perfect feedback on 20 transactions is nothing to sneeze at and I'm happy to welcome you to BQB! :great:

Thanks so much Reece (By the way, it's the former JrsDirectory) I signed up under the username "Asmro", so just please accept me Thanks a lot! Appreciate it!

 

[rick123]

have signed up as 'rick123'

 

[dotnom]

If QWA.com will not be sold on Sedo i will list it at BQB the next day

 

[Asmro]

That would be a fun auction You would definitely have my bid

If QWA.com will not be sold on Sedo i will list it at BQB the next day

 

[-REECE-]

Cheers mate

At least you'll save $800+ commission if it sells on BQB :hearts:

If QWA.com will not be sold on Sedo i will list it at BQB the next day

 

[Krossat]

I'm trying to upload my avatar at my account but cannot seem to find the place to do it, can anyone suggest?
Thanks,
K

 

[dotnom]

This is tempting Reece, i think i should sabotage my own auction (if there was a way)

I didn't like how Sedo treated this auction, they should make money but they must give also fair chances to everyone. They burry some auctions and highlight others when they could re-schedule to give the proper exposure.

If you site was for other domain types too i would transfer all the domains to you but now excluding afternic and sedo for auctions that leaves me with tdnam (which is not my favorite either)

 

[anuj291]

Hi
Great site, no doubt about that.. but i just wanted to know why do all auctions have 1 month period?????
I am sorry but its very annoying to see that the auction ends after 1 month!!!!

I guess BQB, must have 7 days as the max limit (or something of such sort)

Just an Opinion.....
anyways great site, will be puttting my 4 letter domains when i think the time is right!!!

Anuj

 

[Asmro]

I think you have an option to do it for x amount of time, so it's sellers choice...Not positive though, I would suggest PMing Reece...

 

[-REECE-]

Thanks Anuj

Membership has slowed down a bit, but is still growing at about 5 or so a day. At that pace BQB should have 1000 members in about 5 months. I think 1000 quality members should be more than enough to see comparable prices under most circumstances to what would be found at Sedo, Afternic, or TDNAM -- at least when you account for the no commission advantage.

According to Alexa, the average BQB visitor is looking at 5.2 pages compared to just 4.0 at Afternic, 3.2 at Sedo, and 2.2 at TDNAM (over the last week) -- it's not even up for debate that on average BQB's members are more into domaining.

If you take out the obvious 1 page attributed to any website (example -- just going to the site), the results are even more dramatic -- 4.2 for BQB versus 3.0 for Afternic, 2.2 at Sedo, and 1.2 at TDNAM.

Something interesting -- BQB actually has a considerably better Alexa rank than TDNAM

I'm not even going to pretend for 1 second that we have near as many members -- I've been honest from the start on that figure (now at 228), but it just goes to show once again how "into" domaining the average BQB member is.

200+ sales in the past 3 weeks from just 228 members... Imagine what kind of sales numbers we'd have if we had 700,000 members like Sedo

As for auctions, I'll be making a change -- effective June 06, 2008 -- which will make any auction listed for greater than 10 days end 10 days after the first bid is placed. This will cure this problem rather quickly, while at the same time allowing people to list domains for longer periods of time if they'd prefer (example: just list your domain at it's BIN if you don't want an auction started).

Hi
Great site, no doubt about that.. but i just wanted to know why do all auctions have 1 month period?????
I am sorry but its very annoying to see that the auction ends after 1 month!!!!

I guess BQB, must have 7 days as the max limit (or something of such sort)

Just an Opinion.....
anyways great site, will be puttting my 4 letter domains when i think the time is right!!!

Anuj

 

[-REECE-]

I've added the option to restrict potential buyers to strictly "Verified Paypal" members for those who'd like a little bit of extra security. It still won't help if someone's Paypal account has been hacked, but it should cut down on any fraud which I'm happy to say is so far non-existent.

Sadly, I'm sure it won't stay that way forever and it never does hurt to take whatever precautions are available, especially for transactions in that $200-$300 range where using Escrow is too expensive and the possibility of getting burned is painful.

 

[Michelle]

I've added the option to restrict potential buyers to strictly "Verified Paypal" members for those who'd like a little bit of extra security. It still won't help if someone's Paypal account has been hacked, but it should cut down on any fraud which I'm happy to say is so far non-existent.

Sadly, I'm sure it won't stay that way forever and it never does hurt to take whatever precautions are available, especially for transactions in that $200-$300 range where using Escrow is too expensive and the possibility of getting burned is painful.

:tu: Good move. You are obviously doing everything you can for what im sure will be a huge success

 

[planoali]

Looking good Reece . One suggestion I have is maybe think about limiting the amount of auctions a person can have at a time. Sometimes it seems like the ending soon is flooded by the same person selling ten+ names with no bids on them. Anyhow keep up the good work and good luck .

 

[rjs_essex]

Another quick suggestion Reece...

Although I don't have a problem with people adding small images to their auctions I don't think there is any need to have a little camera icon next to an auction that does have them... For an auction site that sells actual merchandise this is a good idea becuase it is an extra selling tool and there could be multiple photos of an item but it is unessessy clutter for the sale of domains at BQB.

Rich