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:
So we are building this business, STUD .com, and we haven’t even done the economics to see if it’s viable.
But what we know is that it’s needed and when it is unveiled you will be PROUD. If we build it right, viability will take care of itself. #BreakEven#Domains #DomainNames
— Rick Schwartz 👑 The DomainKing® 👑 Since 1995 👑 (@DomainKing) July 23, 2021
Stud .com will be subscription-based. That will help to weed out and qualify users.
What we will unveil will be unrivaled in the industry. it is being built from the ground up by #domainers with a different but proven vision.
We will empower Domain investors!
##Domains pic.twitter.com/Fohkfpqu3F— Rick Schwartz 👑 The DomainKing® 👑 Since 1995 👑 (@DomainKing) July 23, 2021
At the moment, Stud.com still shows a framed redirect to Rick’s DomainKing.com website, but Rick shared what appears to be the logo for Stud.com in a tweet this morning:
Stud .com won’t allow “Make an Offer”
Listed domains to be sold under $10k must have a BIN price. Will also have a link to “Inquire for further details”#Domains between $10k and $100k. “Price Upon Request” can be used BUT a solid price must be given to them upon their request. pic.twitter.com/YljXF9bZqE
— Rick Schwartz 👑 The DomainKing® 👑 Since 1995 👑 (@DomainKing) July 26, 2021
When Rick shared a general outline for the brokerage, I was under the impression that STUD would be used as a domain name related acronym. It’s quite likely that will still be the case. However, the imagery of a horse and horse shoe plays more into the equine relationship than domain names. The “we breed domain names” punny tagline connects the equine definition of the term with domain names.
Rick has been sharing more information about Stud.com on Twitter, and he has also been answering questions.
Very interested to hear more about what he has planned. Always nice to have more options to promote and/or sell our properties. In addition, to more networking with others in the industry and hopefully some endusers … anxious to hear more about what Rick has planned. Thanks for sharing … Ira
Hello Elliot,
If people are looking to sell their Platform Assets, We are predicting Rick Schwartz’s undying dedication to supporting the Domain community, will draw in the Premium End Users.
Why ?? Because He has EARNED their TRUSTED RESPECT .
JAS 7/26/ 2021
Hello Elliot,
Perhaps, there may be other Logo based projections of Image, being projected Subliminally.
One We are picking up on is both Race Horses and FERRARIS.
Another observation here is that now Ricks answering a bit more Questions, People will experience his Creative Minds Brilliance. JAS. 7/26/2021
METAL. TIGER
yup yup yup
Like all animals(esp the lions) in the wild, all they do is eat, shit, sleep, KILL for food and COPULATE(BREED)
maybe humans too..
Not fan of the Stud.com domain name being used for a domain brokerage, sounds like they’re brokering porn domains, but if anyone can pull it off, it’s Rick.
@mark. Only a dirty mind like yours thinks that way.
I think it is a good marketing branding strategy.
@Bull$#i! Keep shoveling
Agree Mark.
Stud is a term for the adult market or (if this was the 80s) how a mother markets her overage single son to another mother with a single daughter.
Also that tag line? Breeding domains domain names?
And that logo? Just looks cheap. Pay someone $500 on 99 designs and they’ll produce something much better.
This domain might of worked 20 years ago but it’s a different world now.
Even if Stud turns out to be a dud, the subscription model is still a great way of just paying long overdue tribute payments to the king, which people should have been doing all these years anyway. This could be a great way to make up for that. I will not be participating, however.