question What would you like to see in a domain sales/brokerage platform?

[namesilo]

Hello NPs,

We are in the process of building out a standalone domain sales/brokerage platform. As such, we would appreciate your feedback to understand the biggest pain points with current solutions in order to build something which better fits your needs.

Specifically, we are curious to know what exactly you would like to see on the personal dashboard? (i.e. counts of inquiries vs previous period, current sales vs. past periods, count of domains listed for sale as BIN, how many unconfirmed inquiries etc).

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

 

[Promxy94]

Bitcoin cash out from your market place, number of visits on the domain should be seen from the dashboard.

 

[eurorealtor]

Broker platform? How about work as a real broker, who is actively looking for buyers?

 

[manpreet]

Personal Dashboard - counts of inquiries vs previous period, current sales vs. past periods, count of domains listed for sale as BIN, how many unconfirmed inquiries etc - this all sounds good!

 

[domainventure]

You should have a better inquiry management system. Under the current scenario, we get an offer, we make a counter and have to wait for the buyer prospect to either counter the counter or reject. There is no mechanism for you to talk to the prospect one more time and see if there is a possibility of a sale, by reducing the price. A system like Godaddy where you could revisit an offer and rekindle a "dead" lead.

 

[ollybod]

Good sales page
Dashboard showing number of domain, revenue, domain visit, and of course bitcoin payment

 

[DaveX]

Whois check counts would be nice.

 

[imadoer]

A email saying Hey I have your domain sold

 

[Embrand]

Does standalone mean it will not be a part of the current NameSilo marketplace? I actually think the marketplace is already very good. What I miss is SSL for the sales landers and the possibility of up to 24 months of installments instead of just 12 months like now.

 

[domainventure]

I am not able to edit my previous post. Just to be clear, just the ability to revisit old leads/offers would be good, otherwise the marketplace is very good.

 

[offthehandle]

Spend money on Google adwords so it will be found easily, work on SEO and publicity on places like Techcrunch, the goal being true medium to large size corporate end users will find it and buy, inquire or bid. A high end sort of Classifieds or “Craigslist” of Domains. Paid ad placement by registrants for more exposure. Do not target Domainer to domainer sales, but like Brandable marketplaces looking for end users. If auctions, Do not allow any API bidding.

 

[BrandFactory]

Lower fees, better broker, advanced stats, fast with less bugs and zero shutdown, high level flow in ui and ux ^^

 

[Mister Funsky]

I want the ability to offer, on the same white label page, 4 options. They are: 1) Fixed purchase price. 2) Fixed term lease without purchase. 3) Lease with purchase option. 4) Month to month rental.

The ability to add a 'sales' pitch with or without video/pics.

An area for parking revenue or fixed ads whether provided by you or me...my choice to add my own (an agreement I would secure with outside vendors) ads that would/could override those provided by the system.

Parked page visits, who is inquiries, market visits and WHERE they come from (ie country, source, search engine, etc).

A sales commission not to exceed 7% (even lower if 'x' volume of names are offered/parked or a specific dollar amount volume of sales are reached).

Secure landing pages...all of them, all the time.

An absolute white label landing page. To be specific, a landing page with no reference to namesilo other than a small spot in the lower corner that says "this landing page is powered by: ". It is important that there is no clutter or confusion to anyone spending 3.8 seconds scanning the page...it MUST be clean and to the point. The reward for ns would be the commission on the sale and the 60 day lock...do not offer them the chance to look for another name other than the one they typed in.

That's all I have now...time to get in a domainer nap before getting back to it.

 

[Domains Ted]

I would like to give 4 points

01. Proper domain name for your domain sales / brokerage platform.
02. Maximum exposure to domains.
03. Display of domain names should simple and maximum period of time.
04. Displaying charges should be zero or minimum.

 

[carob]

Specifically, we are curious to know what exactly you would like to see on the personal dashboard?.

Would like ability to install Google Analytics.
Would like to set currency on per domain basis.
Would like to set fixed price with or without make offer on per domain basis, not just globally.
Ability to set installment period on per domain basis, up to 24 or even 48 months.
Effective bulk editing tools.

As others have said, SEO so landing pages appear in searches, one competitor is doing this remarkably better than all the others.

This sounds good, thanks for asking for input.

 

[carob]

Re brokerage, if that means NS or agents handling enquiries, I would like that to be transparent the way it is at Uniregistry - there you can see in full all broker interactions with clients.

At Afternic brokers stuff happens that you never even see which is not good.

Also Uniregistry have nice reminder systems and stock replies if you use it on a self-brokered basis.

 

[topdom]

STATS (visits and offers)

Stats, after removing bot visits.
Sedo's stats are not too bad. You can use that kind of thing, plus show today's stats as well, and also show IPs. And each IP can have a link to its IP check.
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Offer IPs and company names can also help.
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I bought a casino domain which didn't have high appraisals, or any backlinks, but brings hundreds of visits per day with no clicks (when clicks are possible). No buyers, no clicks, but can those visits be real, and indicate that there may be buyers with deep pockets: I have no idea. If stats show me that kind of information it would be very useful.
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SALE TYPE

Currently Namesilo listings expire after a while. Sometimes I prefer that listings remain unchanged unless I modify them or domain goes into redemption, pending delete states, or drops. If this is not done, I prefer that listings turn into make offer.

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TRUST

Familiar companies are trusted more. You can create a new logo, put it into left top corner, praise it in some way, like top rated Icann accredited registrar in small letters. Add logos of payment types.

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CONTENT

You can allow some text and images. Allow more text or better images for established sellers.

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CACHE

Cache's should be reset after each change. Can some people abuse this then? Then you can block
too frequent changes. For example price changes from 500 to 501 and back to 500 every second: this kind of activity can be punished. In my experience cache updates can take too long, for example I can change price from 100 to 1000, just before contacting a potential buyer. Then buyer visitis the domain and sees 100 as price, and when he clicks buy , either he sees a broken link, or that price jumps to 1000. No purchase is possible in such a case. Caches should be in harmony with our outbounding efforts.

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SUBDOMAINS

Subdomains and all other urls should point to the root domain. Currently only root domain and www are allowed, all others give error. This can be fixed but can take time and effort and knowledge even for one domain.

 

[BMWMotoRider]

I want the ability to offer, on the same white label page, 4 options. They are: 1) Fixed purchase price. 2) Fixed term lease without purchase. 3) Lease with purchase option. 4) Month to month rental.

The ability to add a 'sales' pitch with or without video/pics.

An area for parking revenue or fixed ads whether provided by you or me...my choice to add my own (an agreement I would secure with outside vendors) ads that would/could override those provided by the system.

Parked page visits, who is inquiries, market visits and WHERE they come from (ie country, source, search engine, etc).

A sales commission not to exceed 7% (even lower if 'x' volume of names are offered/parked or a specific dollar amount volume of sales are reached).

Secure landing pages...all of them, all the time.

An absolute white label landing page. To be specific, a landing page with no reference to namesilo other than a small spot in the lower corner that says "this landing page is powered by: ". It is important that there is no clutter or confusion to anyone spending 3.8 seconds scanning the page...it MUST be clean and to the point. The reward for ns would be the commission on the sale and the 60 day lock...do not offer them the chance to look for another name other than the one they typed in.

That's all I have now...time to get in a domainer nap before getting back to it.

I agree with this 7% or lower commission. Can you imagine paying a realtor 20% commission on your home sale? This is an area ripe for modification.

 

[BMWMotoRider]

Would like ability to install Google Analytics.
Would like to set currency on per domain basis.
Would like to set fixed price with or without make offer on per domain basis, not just globally.
Ability to set installment period on per domain basis, up to 24 or even 48 months.
Effective bulk editing tools.

As others have said, SEO so landing pages appear in searches, one competitor is doing this remarkably better than all the others.

This sounds good, thanks for asking for input.

FYI: Though not a brokerage platform, I have Google analytics access on my Bodis.com listed for sale names.

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Are domain names for sale on NameSilo listed on Dofo? I am not sure, but NameSilo not indicated - Sedo, Epik, Afternic, GoDaddy, Uniregistry, DAN/Undeveloped, Dynadot are and you need to be too. I think increasingly those looking for domain names will go to Dofo to see what is for sale.

I already like much that you are doing - nice landers, reasonable commissions, flexibility in description length, good prices for those who want to keep domain on your platform, payment plans, etc.

I too would be interested in longer term payment plans and rental.

Thanks for opportunity to provide input.

Bob