The internet is a breeding ground of global brands. Once you get there, you'll find bankers, designers, manufacturers, payment processors, logistics providers, and many other talented contacts. If you have a good idea, you'll have every opportunity to get the help and become a global brand. What do global brands look like? One common feature is the use of a brand-matching .com domain as their digital … [Read more...]
Branding 2.0 and domains
Image courtesy of various brands While traditional branding (Branding 1.0) focuses on "what", domains add the "where" dimension to it. Well, I must say that I'm not a branding expert, so my knowledge about branding may be limited. As I understand, Branding 1.0 is about associating a brand with "what". When you think of a brand, you automatically think of a product or a service. Conversely when you think … [Read more...]
The most valuable brands by country
A lot of domain owners focus on brandable domains and brandable marketplaces have been in vogue for awhile now. An interesting look at the value of brands from a country perspective. HowMuch.net put this together, from their website: We got our numbers from the good folks at Brand Finance, who gave us a sneak peak at their 2018 list of the Global 500 most valuable brands in the world. They … [Read more...]
How can I sell my brandable names fast ?
One of the most frequent questions domain investors ask is, "How can I sell my brandables fast ?" The honest answer ? You can't. At least you can't consistently at retail pricing. Most of domain discussion focuses on outlier sales, because there is no way to know the ins and outs of every portfolio. A lot of brandable domains have been held for years or the name has been dropped several times. So … [Read more...]
Buzzlike.com gets the rare double flip in the same month
Buzzlike.com was a domain name that was expiring on Name.com back in March. A couple brandable investors were eyeing the domain name. Nat Hunt posted on Namepros that he was waiting for the name to get a little cheaper on the Name.com expiring platform. Michael Krell beat him to it and purchased the domain for something like $40. So Michael ended up selling the domain on BrandBucket in September. The … [Read more...]
Brandable Bits – BrandBucket approaches 40,000 names – CheapDomains new player on the scene
Welcome to another edition of Brandable Bits, we take a look at what's going on with the people and companies in the brandable domain space. BrandBucket approaches 40,000 names BrandBucket is approaching 40,000 names listed. Last July the company was at 15,000 and in a little over 14 months the company will be + 25,000 names. Some have wondered if BrandBucket will pause submissions at 40,000. They … [Read more...]
Wholesale speaking, the bloom is off the BrandBucket rose
Back in 2015, without discussing it in the BrandBucket experience thread on Namepros, a couple of members Brand Pluck and Crocodile Dundee started a new kind of auction. They were auctioning off brandable domain names that had been accepted by BrandBucket. After this a few others took notice, and some others were reporting these threads as a violation of BrandBucket’s TOS. The auctions saved a step … [Read more...]
Behind The Keyword – Spotlight on “Media”
Welcome to Behind The Keyword, I will be taking a look at the most popular keywords that sell, get listed and get developed. Whether it be on big marketplaces like Sedo and Afternic or specialty sites like BrandBucket. Today we are looking at the keyword - Media Some Media related statistics: 7,740,000,000 results for the keyword in Google using "Media" "Media" is the 8th most popular … [Read more...]
When it comes to domain sales Bird is the word
From restaurants like Red Robin, to ice cream brand Blue Bunny to email marketing service Mail Chimp, branding that incorporates an animal or creature is very popular. So I decided to take a look at which animals rule the roost when it comes to domain sales. Up first is Bird Namebio lists 54 sales with the keyword bird in the last position, a couple of these names needed to be removed as they were … [Read more...]
Brandable Bits for 9-12-16 Not Everyone likes getting contacted by BrandBucket
Brandable Bits - Bite size nuggets of Brandable news and info BrandBucket reaching out to some domain owners is not welcomed BrandBucket has apparently been emailing some people to come sell their domains on BrandBucket and some do not like it. One commenter here said the following: Mike says August 28, 2016 at 10:04 pm (Edit) Can you tell Krell to stop spamming is offering to sell our 5 … [Read more...]
