The results of our poll for greatest domain investor of all time are in. The poll was also conducted on Namepros to see how different audiences view the best. Rick Schwartz won going away at both sites. Rick took 24% of the vote here at TheDomains.com and 32.7% at Namepros. Frank Schilling took second at Namepros. Frank was behind both Mike Carson and Andrew Rosener at TheDomains. They tied for … [Read more...]
A no holds barred interview with Rick Schwartz
Rick Schwartz answers a multitude of questions on topics such as new gtlds, the future of domaining, valuation and a host of other things. I hope you enjoy the interview and thanks to Rick for taking the time. Q1) You have been doing this a long time, are you still excited by domain investing and if so why? I would say I’m more excited than ever. I’ve seen domains since they were basically … [Read more...]
“Domain trading can be the most rewarding hobby and a fantastic business if you understand it”
Nic.at published a look at domain name trading and referenced some words of wisdom from Rick Schwartz and contrasted them with a new trader starting out, Niels Buntrock. From the article: Several hours a week dedicated to domain trading Schwartz has to be something of an outlier in this industry, though. In an interview with domain.com he shares a number of his hottest tips for people … [Read more...]
“he can only talk his crap to the dumb poor and deluded”
Do you follow and read Rick Schwartz? One Namepros member believes you are dumb, poor and deluded. So yesterday Donuts started tweeting at Rick Schwartz and promoting their premium new gtld inventory. Donuts tweets Rick tweeted this morning Elliot Silver covered the tweets on his blog and the discussion has spilled over to Namepros with one poster blasting Rick. MSN-Domains … [Read more...]
Mike Mann proclaims himself to be the “Domain King”
So it seems Mike Mann is calling himself the real domain king, a thread has started on Namepros to see who members consider the real domain king? I hereby proclaim to be the one & only "Domain King" (TM) and ruler of the kingdom, challenging Rick's mark. Any respectable domainer will tell you I have more skill and deserved this coronation. He is now subjugated to "Domain Queen" (TM). We are … [Read more...]
Have you dropped all your domains?
So a year ago Rick Schwartz tweeted out that 90% of all domain investors should start over. 90% of every domainer should drop ALL their #Domains and start again! They are so far off the path that it is sad to see. #gtld#Startups — Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May 16, 2017 The thread here got a lot of comments, some touched upon the topic of a post I wrote last week. "Are old school domainers … [Read more...]
Scandals, Crypto, Emojis – A look back at 2017
2017 is wrapping up and it was quite the interesting year in domaining. It was a year when many heard of crypto for the first time and then played the part of crypto expert. It was the year of the emoji, one excellent guide written by Michael Cyger and emoji domains were off to the races. Domaining has become to a certain degree a collection of echo chambers. Those seeking confirmation bias … [Read more...]