Today (25th of June 2024) HostPapa announced they have acquired Brandpa. Here we break down what this means for domain sellers on our platform. Who are HostPapa? HostPapa is a leading hosting company for small and medium businesses. In 2023, HostPapa provided hosting to over 500,000 websites. They have appeared on the PROFIT 500 ranking […]
🎉 Brandpa has been acquired by HostPapa – what this means for our designers
Today (25th of June 2024) HostPapa announced they have acquired Brandpa. Here we break down what this means for logo designers on our platform. Who are HostPapa? HostPapa is a leading hosting company for small and medium businesses. In 2023, HostPapa provided hosting to over 500,000 websites. They have appeared on the PROFIT 500 ranking […]
Brandpa enhances seller communication to boost sales
At Brandpa, we are constantly looking for ways to improve the experience for our sellers and ensure smooth, successful transactions. To further this goal, we’re excited to announce a new feature aimed at enhancing communication and reducing the likelihood of missed opportunities. Why it matters Effective communication is crucial for maintaining successful sales. Occasionally, our […]
The State of the Domain Industry 2023
In January 2023 we surveyed just over 1,000 domainers about the state of the domain name industry. We covered how they sell, what they think of the economy, their advice for other domainers and much more. Let’s dive in. People who sell domains How old are you? Most people who sell domain names online are […]
Understanding apparent drops in analytics since Feb 2022
Several sellers have noted a pattern with their analytics dropping significantly (approx 50%) in mid Feb 2022. We’ve been investigating this for some time, and can now share our findings. Short version: this doesn’t reflect a reduction in attention for your domains, but changes to our methodology and the design of our website. Overall sales […]
New feature: view analytics for sold domains
We’ve added the ability for sellers to view the analytics for your individual domains that have sold in the past: To access this, go to “Sold” under your Brandpa dashboard, click the button on the far-right side of the domain you are interested in, and click “View performance”: Note that this feature only works for […]
Hot domains, export, and analytics update
We’ve launched a few updates that affect all Brandpa sellers. Introducing hot domains A hot domain is getting unusually high interest, across a wide range of metrics. Essentially, our AI thinks it is more likely to sell. Hot domains help to create more urgency for buyers and tell sellers what parts of their portfolio are […]
Introducing free listings and much more
Today we’re making a wide range of improvements to Brandpa, which impact all sellers immediately. Free and Pro listings Brandpa now support two types of listing: Free or Pro. Free listings are new, and are designed to give you the best looking and best converting free landing page you’ll find anywhere. Each listing is decorated with a […]
How to set up a GBP account with Wise.com
If you don’t already have an account with Wise, simply register using their multi-currency account (called “borderless) here. This is a free process, although you may be asked to make an opening deposit of around £20 GBP. This is to verify your identity, and is not a fee – the money they are asking for […]
Analytics data now available to view
Following our introduction of new analytics, you can now start to view analytics information for all of your domains. Because analytics has only been live for a week, all data over covers data since 7th March 2020. How to access analytics You can access analytics by viewing your “On sale” domains. For each domain, on […]