Rick Schwartz

First Look at the Stud.com Logo

Rick Schwartz recently announced he would open a domain brokerage. He later revealed he would be using Stud.com, a domain name he has owned for many years. Over the past few days, Rick has been sharing more details about how Stud.com will work:

Rick Schwartz to Discuss STUD.com on Clubhouse

In late June, Rick Schwartz announced his plans to open a domain name brokerage. At that time, I speculated that he might opt to brand the business as Game Changing Domains and use the GameChangingDomains.com domain name he recently hand registered. It looks like I was wrong.

After reading additional commentary from Rick, it appears that he is moving forward with his plans using a domain name he has owned for many years – STUD.com.

Rick has teased a bit about the unique brand name over the past few days. He also announced that he will be talking about the launch of the website later today on Clubhouse with Krista Gable:

Rick Schwartz Announces Plans to Open Domain Brokerage

This morning on Twitter, Rick Schwartz announced his plans to open a domain name brokerage. Based on some of the hashtags and prior tweets, it would not surprise me if he launched a brand called Game Changing Domains with the matching GameChangingDomains.com domain name:

Rick Schwartz to Open Clubhouse Room

A few days ago, Rick Schwartz announced that he will be opening a room on Clubhouse. Dubbed “Domain King,” Rick’s Clubhouse room will become a place for Rick to share insight about domain names. The Clubhouse room will open in one week from today (Tuesday, June 15):

Rick Schwartz Agrees to Sell GoBet.com for $850,000

Rick Schwartz has been tweeting about his negotiation to sell the GoBet.com domain name. The prospective buyer started with an offer of $70,000 in June of 2019, and the buyer incrementally improved the offer since then. This morning, Rick announced that GoBet.com is “now in Escrow for $850,000 AFTER commissions!!

Rick initially tweeted about the state of the negotiation to sell GoBet.com back in November of this year when the high offer was $280,000:

“Reasonable is for LOSERS!”

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I don’t always agree with Rick Schwartz when it comes to domain name sales negotiating tactics, but I agree with his thoughts today about inquiries seeking a “reasonable” price to buy a domain name:

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