Rick Schwartz is back on Twitter. The “Domain King” rejoined Twitter within the last several weeks, and he picked up pretty much where he left off – dishing opinions and insights about domain names.
About an hour ago, Rick shared the purchase prices for a group of adult related domain names he owns. He did not share the dates of purchase, but you can bet it was many years ago.
Here’s the tweet where he shared what he paid to buy some of his domain names:
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.
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.
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1Stop buying PigeonShit! Bye Bye! HNY!#Domains #Startups #Marketing #branding #sales #bitcoin #Crypto #GTLD pic.twitter.com/Yl8JZrsShD
— Rick Schwartz 👑 (@DomainKing) December 30, 2017
Rick stopped regularly publishing articles on his popular blog (RicksBlog.com) in 2014. Within the last several months, Rick began using Twitter to share domain industry thoughts and insights. It was an opportunity for people to chat with Rick and read his
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
Although Rick did not announce the value of the deal, he did reveal that he will retain a 10% interest in the new company. Rick mentioned that he will “hold the paper,” and I believe that means the deal is
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.
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
I know there are many people in the domain name space who also buy cryptocurrencies. Some people are long on these currencies, and others trade them because
