I would say about 50% of the domains that I own would fit into the “brandable” category of domain – so several hundred names. I have about 100 names on BrandBucket, about 100 names on Brandpa and lately, I’ve been adding some names to SquadHelp. For those who aren’t familiar with the name, SquadHelp started back in 2010 or so as a company that allowed people needing a name to set up contests where “creatives” (the term to describe the people that participate in these contests) can join the contest and search for a name for the buyer. Those names are submitted, and the buyer rates the submissions and ultimately (hopefully) chooses a winner and the winner wins a prize. I’m not aware of all of the specifics, but I think that those submissions were typically unregistered domains. SquadHelp still does this, but sometime last year they launched a premium marketplace where domainers such as ourselves can submit names. They approve / reject like the other marketplaces do, and the names can be submitted to contests or be purchased by someone browsing the marketplace and deciding to buy it. So that puts them in the competitor zone with the likes of BrandBucket and Brandpa. The other day I received their Q1 2019 Update email where they gave some stats with comparisons to BrandBucket and Brandpa specifically. Using tools such as Alexa, SEMRush and SimilarWeb, SquadHelp made the case that they are more popular and drive quite a bit more traffic than both of the other sites. A lot of this traffic comes from paid ads where they show Brandpa at $0, and themselves at 3x the paid traffic of BrandBucket. That is an important metric and a significant difference. Commission rates at these marketplaces are high, and you would expect a nice chunk of that to go to paid advertising. I didn’t want to get into all of the details by marketplace with this specific post, but I did want to ask about others experiences with SquadHelp specifically so far with regards to the premium marketplace. Please leave a comment if you have something to share about them. 
Here are today’s names. Make sure to click on the names to see the current price and to help DSAD keep on keeping on.
Other Names Up for Auction
ilp.net comparables show that this should sell for around $500, but the reserve is $5K – $10K. good luck.
UniversalCase.com 19 years old. No reserve at $6. Everything valuable needs a case. This is your company
rmb.com now this one is interesting. RMB is the currency symbol for the Chinese Yuan. bidding is currently over $50, but the reserve is over $200K. you would think big Chinese money would come out to play for this one.
HealthOutreach.com nice health related name sitting at $69 with 20 bids
TheConsultingGroup.com 3 words, 18 characters and I think it’s worth a good chunk of change. at $69 with 15 bids
ReadyCloset.com ready made closets are a big business
Godaddy Domains With Multiple Bids
78782.com what a fantastic 5N with a pattern. this is going to go for a lot
16252.com another $1500+ 5N expiring
eacx.com couple of 4L’s
ProDoors.com door professionals
NextGym.com a real gym or gym equipment
LeisureGuide.com if you need a guide, you are doing it wrong
DeSade.com bids are probably for Marquis de Sade – a french nobleman whose name inspired the words sadism and sadist
MediaLion.com nice media name
ToMoon.com looks like we will be back soon, but I’m not sure what the use for this domain is
ThreatLock.com security software / security system
uBills.com bill aggregation / payment? seems so 2000’s
blasti.com blasty.com is a company that focuses on copyright protection yet I see no trademark for the term
AstrologyNow.com if you believe in such things
BitScene.com crypto scene
GameMafia.com esports team
igamez.com igames.com looks like a Chinese pirated movie site (home page NSFW)
cakenj.com cakes in New Jersey
OooAh.com refreshing or whatever…
LuxTux.com nice little ryhming name for tux rentals / sales
FanWays.com decent sports or sports betting name
DoSushi.com good marketing name for a Sushi place but probably not worth much
Godaddy Domains With No Bids
PaintTeam.com very surprised this one has no bids. it will sell to an end user at some point
seochk.com SEO analyzer
locoville.com crazy ville
OnCancer.com cancer info / forums
CannaCourse.com learn how to grow
AlamoLab.com I said to myself I can’t believe there isn’t an Alamo labs in San Antonio. looked it up and of course there is – at AlamoLabs.com
FullBonus.com the best kind of bonus
GreyOctopus.com color + animal and they often do look grey or gray (and that’s the problem with that color)
ThirstPro.com sports drink
LuckyLime.com nice alliteration
PVRTV.com PVR / DVR basically the same thing, but DVR has won out
PacificWish.com sounds nice
DNdeal.com domain deals
USAPHD.com USA PHD
DroneInjury.com drone repair
Intersting 5L’s With Multiple Bids
QEIP.com has one of the best domain sales newsletters in the biz. Take a Look
xeena.com
deaux.com
husid.com
wenzo.com
pozla.com
scrun.com
Intersting 5L’s with one or no Bids
sirmr.com
zateo.com
bulcy.com
zelmy.com
swifo.com
agaio.com
ftish.com
UpFew.com
regey.com
Other Brandables With No Bids
bevium.com
rolono.com
chewya.com
relvia.com
FabFar.com
aitive.com
chestx.com
coldza.com
viaion.com
gasful.com
UpOasis.com
corvison.com
balivia.com
whizlo.com
fivefy.com
townsly.com
vivuvi.com
Great post Travis. I just signed up for SquadHelp recently and have only submitted 1 name there thus far. However, the paid advertising aspect makes me really think twice about where I’ll be putting my more brandable names going forward.
Thanks Tom. There are some other differences between the marketplaces to consider, but that is for another article. Paid advertising is big though.
I’ve used BrandBucket and Brandpa for quite some time and both marketplaces have been very good for me. I only have 7 premium names on SquadHelp so far. Only started there a few months back so no sales yet. If sales there are turn out to be as good as the other two marketplaces I will indeed be very happy. The downside for me with SquadHelp is that most of their suggested prices are much lower and for me my acceptance rate has not been as good. Still I have some nice looking logos there and all hopefully will be great.
I agree on the pricing. If it leads to more sales, then it might be worth it. I’ve had the opposite experience with regards to acceptance rate. Mine has been very good at SquadHelp so far.