One of my domain got approved within 4 hours of submission.
In every business there are some special perks available for special clients like super seller status.
@michaeljkrell has been working hard and building his own portfolio as well as BB's inventory.
He may choose other marketplace but he gave importance to BB. So BB shows the honor in special way.
And, there is no need to review @margotb or Boxadors domains since the domain already chose by the one who reviews other member's domains.
There is no need for second review for Boxadors domains.
IMHO,
Instead of criticizing we can spend that time to expand our portfolio.
@DKN - Could you please elaborate a bit on your name that was accepted 4 hours after you submitted it? Did you just submit it as regular through the "add domains" section, and then receive the acceptance mail right after? Personally I would be happy with an average of 4 weeks:D So 4 hours is pretty amazing.
Things may have changed since then, and it would just be nice to know if that's the case.
Zozypapa's rejected name was sold to Michael on March 30 (so it was submitted on March 30 or later). And it went live on their site a while back (I recognized the name from that auction as well).
My names that got accepted one month earlier, in early March, haven't gone live yet. And the ones from mid march and onwards have yet to be reviewed. I can't give you an "official" answer, but the statement that
"I do not get any preferential treatment in moving my names up the list of getting them published or anything" - obviously does not hold true at present.
However, I think that Michael getting preferential treatment in terms of getting his names reviewed faster is understandable, and not a big issue. After all, he is a BB ambassador, BB is Margot's own marketplace, and she is free to operate it the way she wants. BB has chosen to operate without much transparency, and that is fine. Personally I am glad that BB allows any seller to submit their names, list at their marketplace, and get more eyes on their brandable names than would have been possible if just listing them at sedo, afternic, dns. I don't think this discussion is about criticizing BB, since many people here have invested considerable time, effort, and money into building up their portfolios at BB, and in that sense have a certain stake in BB - I don't think it is an issue that people share their opinions about how it is being run. I'd say that due to the lack of transparency, discussion like this is of particular importance, as it brings up certain issues that we would otherwise not have been aware of.
And the issue that
@zozypapa has mentioned I find really problematic. Even though he is a BB ambassador, Michael should not be able to get rejected names accepted. Especially one that was rejected only half a year back. Approval should be based on the
quality of the name. In this case, it was determined only by
who submitted it.
They are saying that their policy changed. But if the name was not even good enough to get accepted half a year ago, how come it is now up with a high price tag? If that is really the case, their acceptance policy must have been changed significantly since then. I don't exclude the possibility of this of course, but it doesn't seem likely.
