Atom / Atom.com - Marketplace (formerly Squadhelp)

[JudgeMind]

Hey Folks,

I've just started using squadhelp.com to list some of my brandable. So far I have 76 domains listed, there is no fee to list. I've had some decent action so far in the way of interested buyers but no sales as of yet. I've only been with them for 1 week now.

A bit of a summary review of SquadHelp:

PROS

• No Listing fee
• No Logo design fee
• Ability to submit your names to end users holding naming contests
• Ability to chat directly or send a message directly to end users.
• Stats of your marketplace domains are shown in the marketplace dashboard.
• Their customer service and support has been great, 24hr a day chat.
• Ability to increase or decrease the list price of your domains or to show a discount. You can decrease or increase the price yourself by $200. If you want to lower more, you can contact support.
• End users can shortlist your domains before they make a decision on which they want to purchase. The number of shortlists is shown in you marketplace dashboard.
• When you submit your names you get to set the price you wish to get. Because their commissions are high I recommend listing at a higher price to offset the commission costs.
• Their landing pages are fairly basic but they work. Because the marketplace is fairly new, I'm sure we will see style improvements in the future.
• One thing I really like is they accept multiple extensions. I have listed .co and .io along with .com
• Each seller gets a direct link to their marketplace portfolio, HERES MY PORTFOLIO. It is handy if your trying to p[promote your portfolio through social media.
• I like that their marketplace doesn't have tens of thousands domain listings like BB. They are fairly strict on the domains they accept to list and so this helps keep the number of domains in the marketplace down and gets your listings more exposure.

CONS

• Their commissions are very high, depending on the domain name they are usually between 30% and 35%. However, there are no listing fees, no logo design fees, so in the end their commission is very similar to brand buckets.
• Their logos are not top quality, in fact I requested to have some of my logos remade.
• I think they have a big backlog of logos to design, the wait time for logo design has been around 1 week, but your names are still listed while the logos are being designed.
• After your names are accepted you need to agree to their commission rate, at this point you also need to apply your own keywords, descriptions etc. I found this was very time consuming.

 

[pelez]

I've done the judging names thing in their back end and my names are much higher quality.

I've sold 5 names on brandbucket in this time period, and I only have 25 names listed their total.

My portofolio on BB is half at atom, but i`ve sold 2 on BB so far, and atom still 0

 

[NameGroove]

All these sellers with zero sales on Atom for years is concerning. However, I see screenshots of sales on Twitter often (and in the NP sold thread) - so some are selling there.

Like everyone else here, I've got sales on BB and none on Atom (although I've only been live for 4 mos so it's not surprising in my case).

 

[L3af]

I'm not suggesting your names aren't "high quality". But they may not be right for Atom's audience. I'm on both platforms as well - and the names chosen by BB are different than the names chosen by Atom. I also agree there is a ton of crap on Atom (which could be a good thing as it makes higher quality names stand out). With all that said, you have no sales in 3 years. So something is wrong. Either your prices or your names. Have you tried to submit your Atom premiums to BB? It'd be a good test of whether BB also thinks your names are "higher quality".

What exactly is "Atom's Audience" a good brandable is a good brandable IMO.

Only thing I can think of is my names arent optimized in the back end or something.

All these sellers with zero sales on Atom for years is concerning. However, I see screenshots of sales on Twitter often (and in the NP sold thread) - so some are selling there.

Like everyone else here, I've got sales on BB and none on Atom (although I've only been live for 4 mos so it's not surprising in my case).

So you're in the same situation and saying It's my problem and not Atom's? lol

 

[Bria]

After 4 weeks I’ve got my first sale through SQUADHELP. Pending completion of installments.

Mudaris (com)
$2299

78 domains listed

 

[Bria]

Did you do this just by listing it?