Defining a New Mission, New Path for a New Era vs. "A Kodak Moment" Morning Folks!! Mission Accomplished. I had time to think, reflect and verify. Mission Accomplished. So what I have tried to do is re-adjust and re-evaluate to a world where Domain Names are no longer an unknown. Quite the opposite. The entire world now knows that it all starts with a domain name. Every business, every idea, every ch...
Rick Schwartz - 13 hr 34 min ago
My Personal Pick for Rookie of the Year in Domaining for 2011 Morning Folks!! I never did this before. But it has been several years since someone new in the domain industry has burst on the scene and made such an impact. I appreciate folks that try and further the domain business and understanding of domain names. Who reach out to new audiences to expand the pie. 2011-2012 will be remembered a...
Rick Schwartz - Monday, January 16, 2012 - 8:37
The FUTURE Will be in Sub-Domains and I have PROOF! R.I.P. iReport.com Morning Folks!! No, I am not blogging again. But as I said, I would chime in from time to time when I discovered something or had something to say etc. A few weeks ago I discovered something very powerful and done by a company that was here before most knew what the Internet even was. I heard CNN.com long before I actually made it on...
Rick Schwartz - Friday, January 6, 2012 - 12:9
Mission Accomplished! My Last Regular "Daily" Blog Post. Morning Folks!! It's December 1, 2011. I started writing this post weeks ago and waiting for just the right moment to publish. Over the last weeks I have posted a strong summary of the events and the vision I have now and the one back in 1996. I admit it is boring. Virtually nothing has changed in that period of time other than th...
Rick Schwartz - Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 6:46
How to sell a Domain Name (Part 1) and 20 Ways to do it Better (Part 2) Afternoon Folks!! I am always told I am wrong when it comes to sales. But I have a very deep belief in certain aspects of a sale. A sales equation of sorts. I know the difference between somebody wasting your time and an actual buyer. Not knowing is not only time consuming and costly but you are letting other opportunities pass you b...
Rick Schwartz - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 15:53
Some of My Most Satisfying Posts. My Top 20, Right Here! Morning Folks!! The past few months I finally have some satisfaction in that the posts I made were some of my most meaningful. Almost like a summary of everything I have believed and accumulated over the years. Not just domaining years, but all my years. With the blog I tried to recreate what I had first written back in 1996 and 1997...
Rick Schwartz - Wednesday, November 30, 2011 - 6:10
The Early 70's and Living in a Trailer Park. High School in New Hampshire and California. Evening Folks!! I never discussed my early life but as I put things together on this blog to fill in the blanks I want to let folks know that the path is never easy nor is it valid to look at the end of the path to make a determination on things. I got handed NOTHING! I worked hard all my life and still do even though I don't have to...
Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 17:28
Most Expensive "Grass" EVER! Marijuana.com sells for $4.2MM Morning Folks!! Can't make this stuff up. Marijuana.com sells for $4.2MM. Let's Party! "The executives involved obviously have a sense of humor, but General Cannabis is a serious business: it’s traded on the OTCQX market, and a year ago it acquired WeedMaps, a popular ‘Yelp for Cannabis Dispensaries‘ site with a large following. Weed...
Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, November 29, 2011 - 5:49
It Starts with an Idea and Ends with an Equation. Key to Success in Domains and Beyond! Afternoon Folks!! An idea does not mean much unless you follow thru and the EQUATION works. Equation? What's that? What does that have to do with domain names? Well, simply put, the equation is everything. It will prove you wrong or it will prove you right. It will give you the right direction if you use it and it may keep you lost i...
Rick Schwartz - Monday, November 28, 2011 - 18:35
A Job that was a Matter of Life and Death. Circa 1979 Morning Folks!! So earlier I told you the story about my 1977 Cadillac. But that story led to other events and other events led to the future. They day before I introduced you to "Sampson" and "Ribeye." If you have not read those 2 posts, please read them first so this story makes more sense. I had that car for only 2 1/2 years and p...
Rick Schwartz - Monday, November 28, 2011 - 11:3
The New Orleans 1977 Pontratrain Cadillac Story Morning Folks!! In September of 1976 I left the furniture factory in Miami and decided to trade in my 1976 Grand Prix that was only 6 months old but had like 60,000 miles in for a new Cadillac. I bought the Grand Prix on a Saturday when I was in Mobile, Alabama. Actually I had bought a Plymouth Cordova earlier in the day. But after 3...
Rick Schwartz - Monday, November 28, 2011 - 5:30
My Goal of Getting a Stutz Blackhawk VII Realized 25 Years Later. Evening Folks!! After my Saturday blog post, I ran across a few other old photos of cars and such I have had and stories to go along with it. Tomorrow I will post my 1977 Cadillac Story and how hard it was to buy. I saw one for the first time when I was in High School. When I was 18 or 19 I went into this car dealership with my frien...
Rick Schwartz - Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 16:48
Are you a Domain Investor or a Domain Flipper? Morning Folks!! Have you ever stopped to think long enough whether you are a "Domain investor" or a "Domain flipper." Some are both but there is a huge difference. The last thing I want to do when I buy a domain is flip it. Even folks that flip domains for a living may want to adjust. The first thing I do is study the domain name. Mo...
Rick Schwartz - Sunday, November 27, 2011 - 6:7
Lord Knows I Can't Sing. Meet "Sampson" and "Ribeye" Circa 1975. How I Competed in Those Days Morning Folks!! I can't sing. I was kicked out of the Glee Club for 2 years in a row in 7th and 8th grades and also in the 4th grade. As evidenced by American Idol, we would all like to think of ourselves as the next great singer. There were always two things I was jealous about when it comes to singers. First is they can sing. That...
Rick Schwartz - Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 6:0
.Whatever in 2000 and .Whatever in 2012. The Same Story, the Same Stubborn Domainers. Morning Folks!! My views back in the 1990's only get stronger today with more and more proof. My words then are almost identical to my words now. How can that be? It can be because almost ALL the evidence that has come in during those 10-15 years support what I say. That means I get to be even more certain of things. I don't have to ...
Rick Schwartz - Friday, November 25, 2011 - 20:45
Think of "Domains" Like you Think of "Diamonds" Morning Folks!! If you want to know what makes one domain have great value and one domain have almost no value, you need to look no further than the Diamond Business. For years I tell folks to get the best domains they can. That would be like me telling Diamond miners to get the biggest and best diamonds. Here is the parallel that I ...
Rick Schwartz - Friday, November 25, 2011 - 6:21
Thankful for being in the Greatest Industry in the World!! Morning Folks!! I have seen a lot of Thanksgivings come and go since I started investing in domain names. The landscape today looks nothing like it did a decade ago and nothing like it will look like in 10 years from now. We are the "Homesteaders" of this era. It’s really that simple. We are in a great industry with unlimited opportu...
Rick Schwartz - Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 6:53
Mainstream FAILS AGAIN! Christmas Online Still not Ready for Primetime? Morning Folks!! 17 Christmas Seasons online and I am still waiting for mainstream to get it right. Whether it was eToys.com that could not figure out that when people had to put in the lose a lot of business. You type in etoys.com and got a 404 error. GENIUS! Where are we and where are we going? Well this Christmas season was a giant...
Rick Schwartz - Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 6:58
$4 Billion a DAY Pissed in the Ocean. Let's get Political Morning Folks!! I just don't get it. Like you, I am ripping my hair out. Folks want to save the world, build schools, hire teachers and all the rest. They don't seem to care about $4 BILLION a DAY in interest. $4 BILLION a DAY. How many could you feed, clothe, educate, etc. with that $4 Billion a DAY? I just don't get it. Never in my...
Rick Schwartz - Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 6:40
Property.com Launches as Category-Defining Portal for Massive Commercial and Residential Property... Evening Folks!! eReal Estate Holdings, LLC, owner and operator of Condo.com and Houses.com, today announced the official launch of their third category-defining domain - Property.com ( This latest addition extends the Company''s online real estate platform into the massive global commercial real estate market.
