2 years ago... I would have jumped on this program.
I joined BrandBucket in Oct 2014, submitted 930+ names and had 330+ accepted (published). Almost all the names were handregs. I had this ambitious goal and was driven to be one of the Top 10 players on the platform in account size. Along the way, I met several terrific and extremely insightful individuals. Most I met thru this thread and the NamePros Forum.
For the model I mentioned above, this new program is outstanding and I give kudos to BB for giving it a try.
But...
I would like to share this for anyone new to the "brandables" party....
I quickly realized over the past 2 years that ROC (return on capital) was key to "brandables" success. Revenue / total inventory is a terrific metric for measuring performance. And if your Sale $ average per inventory count did not exceed your Cost $ per inventory count on an overall litmus test, then you should reflect on your domain investment approach.
Along those lines, if you invest in "brandables" (whether on BB or any other marketplace) and do not receive at least a 2% sales rate on your inventory, you should seriously either consider selling off your portfolio to someone else and investing in all natural, piles of Flamingo shi*... or you should seriously consider finding ways to drive traffic to you each and every individual SLP (sales landing page) for each and every name you have listed on the site.
Sitting back and dreaming of riches is fun over drinks at New Years.
But taking action to help drive your sales rate and increase your cash flow is key to success.
Domains are investments, not trophies!!
Overall - I give kudos to BB for providing a program that would cut cost for those looking to ramp up and are dancing the "brandables" waltz. My only question... are you tracking size or taking action to drive ROC?
I hope the feedback is helpful...
-Jim