Domain King’s Nigerian challenger causing Grok problems

Domain King is the moniker and registered trademark of domain investor and entrepreneur, Rick Schwartz. Rick’s fundamental role as a founder of the business-centric Targeted TRAFFIC conference established him as a voice representing the domain industry. A few years ago, a Nigerian web hosting company with ties to India assumed the same brand name, operating […]

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WTF? New “domain king” using Rick’s royal insignia for #domains

Can’t believe it: someone is using Rick Schwartz’s “Domain King” brand, complete with royal crown insignia. The domain is DomainKing123.com, registered in 2018. Rick Schwartz’s brand is not only famous among the domain name community, but it’s also a registered trademark for DOMAIN KING since 2003. The clueless guy who operates this domain describes the […]

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Twitter gave the #Domain King his handle back!

Rick Schwartz, the de facto Domain King, reclaimed his Twitter handle after someone else registered it in February. Rick’s return to social media wasn’t motivated by any willingness to start posting on Twitter – far from that. In his own words, the Domain King attributed his repossession of @DomainKing to brand protection: “Getting my @DomainKing […]

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#Domainers : The Twitter account #DomainKing isn’t who you think it is

In December 2017, Rick Schwartz made a decision to withdraw from social media, and Twitter was the first one he left behind. The Domain King closed his Twitter protesting about its slow response to recover TheDomains, Mike Berkens’s account that had been hijacked for a week. During 2018, Rick Schwartz announced how much better he […]

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#Twitter protest : Rick Schwartz cancelled business account, waves farewell in 2018

Rick Schwartz announced that he’s cancelled his business account at Twitter, removed his billing info, and did so in protest. Calling Twitter a time-consuming habit that will take 30 to 60 days to break, the Domain King is walking away from the online medium next year, protesting Twitter’s lack of support in returning Mike Berkens’s […]

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Domainer Poll: Should Rick Schwartz return to active blogging on DomainKing.com?

Rick Schwartz is on a roll; the veteran domain investor recently sold 977.com to a Chinese buyer, and has been super active on Twitter. The Domain King® retired from active blogging via RicksBlog.com in 2014; in late 2015 he made a series of posts about his 20th anniversary as a domain investor. Twitter is an […]

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Bad domain karma : NiRA pulls the plug on Nigerian registrar, DomainKing.NG

Nigeria’s Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has pulled the plug on DomainKing.NG, suspending its services. The Nigerian registrar with direct ties to India, has been the focus of an Indian police investigation, after its founders were arrested earlier this month. On top of fraud allegations, potential ties to support of terrorist activities are under investigation. After […]

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Domainking.NG : Police report asserts “terrorist angle” to Indian registrar’s activities

Domainking.NG, a self-styled domain registrar asserting to be Nigeria’s top choice, is in trouble; its founders were arrested by the Pune city police early in February, accused of a variety of charges. The company’s founders operated Domainking.NG from Punjab, in India, and the local police is now taking a “terrorist angle” to the charges. According […]

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DomainKing : Nigerian ccTLD domain has stolen Rick Schwartz’s thunder!

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, is being missed among the domain community; as a blogger, he last posted in December. Rick announced his retirement after 10 years of successful TRAFFIC shows, but it seems that some folks are after his crown! It’s rather shocking seeing how a Nigerian domain registration and web hosting web site […]

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