Today we’re rolling out a number of changes, including the ability for domains to be sold by instalments: To accomplish this we’ve also launched a new checkout, faster payouts system, and finance centre for sellers. Let’s break it down. Payments by instalments One of the most often requested features, we have good reason to believe […]
A little over a year today, Brandpa sold its first domain name. Since then we’ve been growing pretty damn fast. Let’s take a look at what happened between April 2017 – April 2018. Sales This is a graph of how much Brandpa paid our sellers each month: April 2018 is only half over as we write […]
We recently took 2 weeks off to redesign and rebuild all of Brandpa’s systems. And now we’re back, with plenty to share. Seller’s dashboard This has been rebuilt from the ground up with a tonne of refinements: We now tell you roughly how long a stage will take, e.g. how many days appraisal is currently […]
You can now redirect your domains to us by changing their DNS records. To do that, you’ll need to edit the nameservers for your domain in your registrar’s control panel. Set the first and second nameserver to: ns1.brandpa.com ns2.brandpa.com Leave any other nameservers blank. Your names won’t be redirected to us straightaway due to a […]
As of today, sellers can feature their Brandpa names on their own websites with Brandpa widgets. Two types of widget are available: Grid and Carousel. Grid widget This widget displays domains in a grid, and is ideal for featuring a large number of domains at once. You can choose the order of the domains that you […]
Domains which were registered more than one year ago are now automatically highlighted on their right-hand-side: These names are also all tagged Aged domains, aiding our SEO for this term. We may add a search filter for aged domains in the near future. We’ve redesigned our listings pages to highlight age and other premium aspects […]
Brandpa sellers may now pay for their domain listing fee via PayPal. We still support Stripe payment via all major credit cards if you prefer. To pay via PayPal simply view your list of domains that are pending payment and click the new yellow PayPal button, pictured above.
From today, Brandpa will charge a small fee for each new domain of $5. This is a one time fee paid when your domain is approved and you wish to proceed with listing it. Payment is easy and can be made online via debit or credit card directly from your account admin area. Simply select the domain you want to pay a listing fee of […]
Brandpa now identifies what domains are getting the most interest, and uses this information to help drive sales. How it works We consider a name “hot” if it is getting an especially high number of positive signs in the past 7 days, including: Page views Enquiries Favourites Hot names are determined automatically. The details of this are purposely kept secret […]
We now offer visitors the ability to emailed when new domains are added to Brandpa. We’re familiar with the newsletters provided by other websites that sell domains, and we found many of them overwhelming. Showing your potential customers 1,000+ new names every week isn’t helpful for the reader or for the people selling those domains. […]