When a brandable marketplace...

[tomcarl]

....lists their top brandables on another marketplace, you can pretty much say the ship has sailed.

 

[Archangel]

I honestly believe BB will become 'just another sales platform.' BIDO did just the same. Now, BIDO is worthless unless you wanna make $20 off a regfee domain or something.

I would just like to say Congrats to Brand Bucket for breaking the 6000 mark for domains listed there.

I remember when they would say that we like to keep our inventory small so a person could go through it while drinking a cup of coffee. You better have a cup the size of a pool because it's going to take a long long time now.

 

[TravisS]

^ Imagine that mindset with a company monopolizing everything. I'm sure PayPal, eBay, etc would say the same thing.

I prefer "The customer is always right"

An informed customer...lol (kidding). I agree w/ some of the points you guys are making, but I'm just looking at it from the outside. BB is getting berated all the time in what I would define as "petty" at times. It's not so much constructive criticism as it just blatant attacks. And you can't expect a business to just cower in the corner.

 

[gina ferrano]

I'm impartial, as I currently don't have my names listed anywhere, much less sold any. Though as of now I have names accepted at all three marketplaces waiting to go live. And it is just my opinion, as a female domainer in a male dominated industry, that semantics aside, words like petty and negative are my perception as there seems to be a bit of anger seething in the undertow. A public forum one should be able to discuss, agreed. But lambasting others for stating an opinion only proves my point about vitriol and beating ones chest to prove who is right/wrong.

 

[NameOffice.]

An informed customer...lol (kidding). I agree w/ some of the points you guys are making, but I'm just looking at it from the outside. BB is getting berated all the time in what I would define as "petty" at times. It's not so much constructive criticism as it just blatant attacks. And you can't expect a business to just cower in the corner.

Being the owner/operator of Brandroot I know it's probably not wise for me to keep interjecting here, as it simply sounds competitive (it's not), it's the passion I had against BB that energized me to start Brandroot. For the most part I was ignored and was treated as very "petty." All of these attacks I believe arise from people experiencing similar there. It's odd to see so much distaste for a company that makes a lot of people money. But there's a reason for it. The overall sentiment towards BB constantly arises as being hostile, frustrated and resentful. The pettiness you always hear is because of the lack of appreciation they show for their sellers, but I think that's changing now that there are several different options for sellers (not to mention their exciting new website design and new Libyan .ly listings).

 

[tomcarl]

I'm impartial, as I currently don't have my names listed anywhere, much less sold any. Though as of now I have names accepted at all three marketplaces waiting to go live. And it is just my opinion, as a female domainer in a male dominated industry, that semantics aside, words like petty and negative are my perception as there seems to be a bit of anger seething in the undertow. A public forum one should be able to discuss, agreed. But lambasting others for stating an opinion only proves my point about vitriol and beating ones chest to prove who is right/wrong.

You have names accepted in all three marketplaces waiting to go live? If this is true, you'll be receiving automated emails from BB stating you have to take down your listings from the other 2 marketplaces which is the whole point of what you're calling "Petty"

On that note, I am done responding here. Some people obviously want to debate for the sake of debating and aren't even aware of the points being made.

 

[hookbox]

In the past Brand Bucket had no competition and could do whatever they wanted whenever they wanted. The problem is they continue to have an arrogant attitude toward the very people that put food on their plate. What was once no competition has ballooned into many sites selling brandable names. They have lost tons of sales to BrandRoot, Namerific etc…. I know this for a fact because I have sold names on their competitors sites. Sites that didn't exist a year ago. Names that they even rejected sometimes by their so called "Brand Bucket Linguists" LOL

I remember when I sold my first name there and I didn't even receive as little as a thank you from them when I put $1,000 worth of commission in their pocket. They did nothing to sell that name and they can't even send a simple "Thank You" email. You may find that petty but I say that's just bad business. From that day forward I never submitted another name to them and only submitted to their competition in hoping that competition would put them out of business. In reality their arrogance is going to put them out of business.

I could deal with the petty things but the lack of respect they give to people that make them money by making us wait weeks and sometimes months for a yes or no on names is ridiculous. I am not the only one fed up with them but one of the only ones that isn't afraid to voice their opinion.

 

[gina ferrano]

You have names accepted in all three marketplaces waiting to go live? If this is true, you'll be receiving automated emails from BB stating you have to take down your listings from the other 2 marketplaces which is the whole point of what you're calling "Petty"

On that note, I am done responding here. Some people obviously want to debate for the sake of debating and aren't even aware of what they're doing.

Calm down. I never stated the same names. Different names in different market places. I understand exclusivity is the case with both BB & BR. I have no problem with that. Reading a bit into it. Angry much?

 

[tomcarl]

Angry, no. Italian, yes.

 

[gina ferrano]

Angry, no. Italian, yes.

I'm Italian too. lol

Capo caldo, ottenuto. Ma sul serio non è necessario saltare alle conclusioni. Lei è molto aggressivo.

 

[NameOffice.]

In the past Brand Bucket had no competition and could do whatever they wanted whenever they wanted. The problem is they continue to have an arrogant attitude toward the very people that put food on their plate. What was once no competition has ballooned into many sites selling brandable names. They have lost tons of sales to BrandRoot, Namerific etc…. I know this for a fact because I have sold names on their competitors sites. Sites that didn't exist a year ago. Names that they even rejected sometimes by their so called "Brand Bucket Linguists" LOL

I remember when I sold my first name there and I didn't even receive as little as a thank you from them when I put $1,000 worth of commission in their pocket. They did nothing to sell that name and they can't even send a simple "Thank You" email. You may find that petty but I say that's just bad business. From that day forward I never submitted another name to them and only submitted to their competition in hoping that competition would put them out of business. In reality their arrogance is going to put them out of business.

I could deal with the petty things but the lack of respect they give to people that make them money by making us wait weeks and sometimes months for a yes or no on names is ridiculous. I am not the only one fed up with them but one of the only ones that isn't afraid to voice their opinion.

BB owns Namerific now. From what I've heard, namerific has wait times exceeding 6 months. They sure bought a piece of work.

 

[hookbox]

I heard that through the grapevine a couple months ago but was never confirmed. The saying "If you can't beat them join them" or "If you can't beat them buy them out" works perfectly here. I guess it's time to remove my names there also.

Any place that lists a name like Sexipedia.com for $142,999 is absolutely clueless anyway.

 

[DU]

(not to mention their exciting new website design and new Libyan .ly listings).

I couldn't find any obvious statement to the fact that Libyan domain names cannot insult religion or politics, or be related to gambling and lottery industry or be contrary to Libyan law or Islamic morality.

Doesn't sound too bad but I'm not sure where the line is drawn - pretty sure my current avatar is not allowed but it could very well be that any image too revealing would be promoting immorality?

Where's the clear Buyer Beware? {perhaps I just overlooked it}

Long awaited logos conveniently drop the dot too...

 

[forge]

On that note, I am done responding here. Some people obviously want to debate for the sake of debating and aren't even aware of the points being made.

Come on, man, that "I am done!" line is by far the lamest entry from the Big Book of Forum Etiquette and Faux Pas. I'm sure you're better than that.

 

[Archangel]

I searched Google for BrandRoot, The #1 result in organic was for BB. Wonder if BrandRoot, was bought out, too

BB owns Namerific now. From what I've heard, namerific has wait times exceeding 6 months. They sure bought a piece of work.

 

[NameOffice.]

I searched Google for BrandRoot, The #1 result in organic was for BB. Wonder if BrandRoot, was bought out, too

Lol, I think you may have mistyped something...

 

[JB Lions]

Lol, I think you may have mistyped something...

I think you'll have trouble finding BB in any organic search results... let alone the keyword "Brandroot"

BB meaning BrandBucket?

for brandable business names, you guys are 1, 2

https://www.google.com/search?q=Brandbucket&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=sb#rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&q=Brandable Business Names

Site command also gives me About 64,800 results, all with the new https

So this - "but you've sacrificed pretty much all of your rankings in Google"

is false.

From an outside perspective, since I don't have names with any of you guys, it comes across a little low brow your posts. If you want to compete, just beat them at the brandable domain game and let that do the talking. Stuff like you mentioning them changing to https, is probably meaningless to most people, since most just care if they can sell a domain there or not. Focus on real selling points.

 

[gina ferrano]

Rader, not sure you saw other threads pertaining to BR, but wondering why there's such a backlog on names at present @ BR (description, logo, live) I do find it a bit ironic that BB is moving much, much more quickly all of a sudden. Though it may be that competitive spirit at play.

 

[Archangel]

When I search BrandRoot, BB is at the top of the page. But it's a paid ad, not organic.

That begs the question: Is that intentional? Did BB bid on the keyword 'brandroot'? If so, shame on those assholes.That's pathetic--trying to steal another company's business using the other site's own name!

Precisely why the ad isn't on your screenshot, I dunno.

Lol, I think you may have mistyped something...

 

[DU]

What am I doing wrong? I don't find anything like you guys

 

[gina ferrano]

When I search BrandRoot, BB is at the top of the page. But it's a paid ad, not organic.

That begs the question: Is that intentional? Did BB bid on the keyword 'brandroot'? If so, shame on those assholes.That's pathetic--trying to steal another company's business using the other site's own name!

Precisely why the ad isn't on your screenshot, I dunno.

Not sure what you're seeing I see brandroot, no paid ads.