BrandPa.com Experience (Brandable Domain Marketplace)

[Chris Hydrick]

BrandPa.com has announced their presence on NamePros...

Hi there! I'm sorry your experience with BB wasn't pleasant :/ If you'd like to try our marketplace please don't hesitate to do so We're new in the domaining industry but very eager to learn! Let me know what you think or if you have any questions This is us: https://brandpa.com/ (or if you'd like to read about the sellers' rules visit this page: https://brandpa.com/start-selling)

Look forward to hearing from you!

Granted, the above post is from the BrandBucket experience thread, and will likely be deleted for being off topic / wrong thread, it was the first time I heard of them. The founder, @Jowita Emberton, had introduced herself in an earlier thread:

Hi guys! NamePros is a great website to get invaluable information about the domaining industry. As a reader, I'm here pretty much every day. As a writer, I'm starting today

I'm the founder of Brandpa (brandpa.com), a domain name marketplace similar to BB, BR or Namerific. We use AI and human knowledge to create and judge the names’ value according to how easy to pronounce and catchy they are.

I'm here to learn, get to know you and your recent experiences with other brandable name marketplaces We're still developing the business so any insight on our site (brandpa.com) or anything you're missing from other marketplaces will be very useful

Thanks!

I'm creating this thread to discuss their marketplace, and for those who have experiences with them.

Here's what I know so far:

The founder, @Jowita Emberton, runs two other online businesses according to her LinkedIn page.

Delighten.co.uk - Web / brand design firm.

Weddination.com - Polish wedding services

According to her LinkedIn, she has been operating BrandPa since August 2016. Though, the last cached Archive.org screenshot is a server error on October 4, 2016 HERE

BrandPa.com (2006) is registered to Oliver Emberton, founder and managing director of SilkTide.com.

Currently, there are 562 domains published / listed on BrandPa. It appears most domains listed are handregged by the owners. Not 100% on this; I will run a check when my program is working again.

After reviewing their listings, I found two errors.

The domain regged is MonoRaptor.com, but the text reads ManoRaptor.com

The domain regged is UnknownVenues.com, but the text reads UnknownVenus.com

At first look:

Pros

• No Listing Fee
• FREE Logos
• Domain Owner sets price ($1,000+)
• Forwards all offers for sellers consideration
• Brandpa is a pretty memorable / catchy brandable domain.
• Select 'On-Sale' marketing section

Cons

• Low Alexa Ranking (4,557,819)

• New site. Assuming low organic traffic, and low type-in traffic due to quality and quantity of inventory.
• Piggy-back branding off BrandBucket in site footer see below

• Reviews are all from .co.uk domains, yet BrandPa doesn't sell any .co.uk domains. A quick glance at other domains owned by the reviewers and I wasn't able to verify any brandable .com's with history tracing back to BrandPa.

Personal thoughts: I respect that they "allow the seller to submit more domain names" by not charging a listing fee. To me this shows they are willing to work for your exclusivity. Should they gain popularity, I wonder if they'll sustain this business model and/or if their logo / listing quality will decrease over time when resources are spread across the masses.

@Jowita Emberton = Feel free to comment / fill in any of the blanks.

 

[Kamaldeen]

Paypreneur.com
Accepted for 5k not listed yet

 

[ResoluteDomains]

SYMBOVIA (king) accepted and now listed at $3195

 

[anantj]

Forgot to mention: Had another sale at BP for ~$2XXX last week. Still awaiting the payment but the domain has been transferred

 

[nitg16]

Forgot to mention: Had another sale at BP for ~$2XXX last week. Still awaiting the payment but the domain has been transferred

Nice, what is your brandables portfolio size?

 

[anantj]

Nice, what is your brandables portfolio size?

Total? Maybe around 200-300. On marketplaces? Approx 105 on BB and 24 (now) on BP.

 

[nitg16]

Total? Maybe around 200-300. On marketplaces? Approx 105 on BB and 24 (now) on BP.

Great, congrats.

 

[anantj]

Great, congrats.

Thanks. Fortunately, for me, I'd offered both the domains sold on BP for under $50 to resellers here on NP. They tried to further lowball me and I decided not to do the deal at their offered price. So glad I did not!

 

[nitg16]

Thanks. Fortunately, for me, I'd offered both the domains sold on BP for under $50 to resellers here on NP. They tried to further lowball me and I decided not to do the deal at their offered price. So glad I did not!

If you don't mind, can you share the niche for both domains (unless they are pure made-up words)?

 

[myfavorite]

Forgot to mention: Had another sale at BP for ~$2XXX last week.

Congratulations. From your experience, can you say any observed sales rate or pattern? That is average number of sales per month or average percentage sales per year?

 

[AuctionBio]

Two domains accepted
Attemptable.com and CodeDrift.com

Will be up soon, waiting for listing, total i have 3 now on bp

 

[anantj]

If you don't mind, can you share the niche for both domains (unless they are pure made-up words)?

They're made up brandable domains!

Congratulations. From your experience, can you say any observed sales rate or pattern? That is average number of sales per month or average percentage sales per year?

Not really. I've not had sufficient sales myself (as I mentioned, this was only my 2nd sale) so I don't have enough data to discern a pattern yet. Unfortunately Brandpa hasn't made available any aggregate stats from the entire marketplace so I can't really provide insights to your question. What I am fine sharing is my average hold and time to sale:

Days to sell: 73 days average (for me for my two sales)
Total domains listed: 26 (24 now)

Because both the domains sold overnight, I don't have information about how many times there were viewed (or the domain landing pages were clicked through) and how many times they were favorited.

 

[OnlineDomainShop]

BP -3195$

 

[OnlineDomainShop]

BP -2195$

 

[OnlineDomainShop]

BP -2395$

 

[OnlineDomainShop]

BP -2595$

 

[Dannyboy15]

Brandpa have definitely lowered there acceptance criteria recently in my opinion. There is alot more domains being accepted i think that wouldn't have in the past. Which isnt a good thing.
I just hope it doesn't turn into a brandbucket with ALOT of rubbish names. Just my observation but maybe im wrong.

 

[Dannyboy15]

QUALITY OF QUANTITY ALWAYS WINS IN THE END!!!

 

[Haykay2005]

I just had my second sale at Brandpa.
Price $3,070
Both in this month of July
Niche : crypto

 

[ajenipa]

I just had my second sale at Brandpa.
Price $3,070
Both in this month of July
Niche : crypto

Congratulations
I think I know the name.

 

[Haykay2005]

Congratulations
I think I know the name.

No problem. handreg 7 months ago for $5.9 but I prefer not to mention the name to protect buyer

 

[freety85]

Just had my first sale at Brandpa. 15 domains listed, this particular two word name was sold after 36 days on BP. Been asked not to mention details. Very smooth transaction, Jowita was helpful and professional. Great experience.
Hope more to come...

 

[Claim.Club]

Dictaphones.com $6,495
https://brandpa.com/name/dictaphones

Ministre.com $4,195
https://brandpa.com/name/ministre

 

[Claim.Club]

ieah.com $6,495
http://brandpa.com/name/ieah

branditry.com $2,195
http://brandpa.com/name/branditry

 

[anantj]

Can we retain this thread to discuss about Brandpa's platform and sales report? Everyone appriaisal being reported here will unecessarily pollute the thread

 

[BRANDERX]

I see Brandpa is now accepting/publishing .co domains.

or is it old news?