Rick Schwartz seems to have shut down his @domainking Twitter account last week. Rick had a popular (and verified) Twitter account that shared insight and generated a great deal of discussion about domain names. I believe Rick also announced that he owns (or owned, whatever the case currently may be) seven figures worth of Twitter stock.

Rick announced his departure from blogging a few years ago, and he pretty much stayed true to that with only a handful of blog posts since that point. Today's poll question is will Rick Schwartz Return to Twitter in 2018?

You are invited to vote in the poll below and are welcome to share additional thoughts in the comment section.


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In the wake of Mike Berkens' @TheDomains Twitter account being hacked / hijacked and the lack of support from Twitter in helping to expediently recover the account, it looks like Rick Schwartz is no longer going to post on Twitter. He wrote what appears to be a goodbye tweet earlier today:

For those that Remember Mission Impossible:
The Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
This @Twitter account will self-destruct in 5 seconds.

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Stop buying PigeonShit! Bye Bye! HNY!#Domains #Startups #Marketing #branding #sales #bitcoin #Crypto #GTLD pic.twitter.com/Yl8JZrsShD

— Rick Schwartz 👑 (@DomainKing) December 30, 2017

In a deal announced via his Twitter feed, Rick Schwartz shared that he sold the Property.com domain name:

I'm happy to report after months of negotiations, https://t.co/optj5Scboq has been SOLD!!
Like the Candy(.)com deal I DO retain 10% interest in the new company and hold the paper. Congrats to all involved! Site will be online sometime in 2018. #Domains #RealEstate #Startups pic.twitter.com/DtA7R4sVoR

— Rick Schwartz 👑 (@DomainKing) December 20, 2017

Mike Mann is not one to shy away from controversy, and his Facebook post this morning shows this:



Mike seems to be implying that he is the "Domain King" rather than Rick Schwartz (who owns the Domain King trademark and has been referred to as the "Domain King" for a long time). I think Mike and Rick go back many years, so it will be interesting to see how this discussion goes.

At the end of the day, I don't really think it is important who is called the "King" of the industry. The bottom line is the bottom line, and nicknames don't really matter. Rick and Mike are both successful, and I think they both get the respect they deserve based on how the industry views their achievements. → Read More

Yesterday, there was a lively discussion about a tweet Rick Schwartz wrote regarding an an upcoming collapse he predicted. Quite a bit of the discussion centered on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, a topic I am admittedly neither an export nor someone who has much insight about.

This morning, Rick Schwartz wrote a brief series of tweets about domain names and cryptocurrency. The tweets culminated with a final piece of advice about buying domain names instead of Bitcoin:

If u buy 10 #Bitcoin u are not going to get rich. Take that $30k & buy a few nice .COM #domains & you may CHANGE YOUR LIFE! #Domains #GTLD 😎

— Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) June 7, 2017

Rick Schwartz has been tweeting regularly for a few months, often taking aim at the new gTLD program. This morning, he posted what some might say is a provocative tweet declaring "There's a COLLAPSE coming the likes of which wet eared domainers have never seen b4". Here's the tweet Rick posted:

There's a COLLAPSE coming the likes of which wet eared domainers have never seen b4. It's INEVITABLE!! Already in progress!! #Domains #GTLD

— Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) June 6, 2017