The operators of the super-aged domain Prodigy.com, have applied for the registration of the matching trademark, PRODIGY.COM. Registered in 1992 as one of the first few commercial domains, Prodigy.com changed hands in 2020. Media Options was the broker of the domain name; no other details were made public. The trademark was applied with a date [...] Continue reading →

Rick Schwartz promised lots of surprises when Stud.com launches on Monday, April 18th, to a select few cowboys. A couple of these surprises were revealed today! The Domain King’s new brokerage venture is an acronym, apparently, as STUD stands for Strategic Toolbox for Unfinished Domains. Enhancing the STUD acronym, Rick Schwartz secured the domain UnfinishedDomains.com. [...] Continue reading →

Good Friday is a solemn day for Christians, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus. Its message is about sacrifice, pain, and eventual hope via Jesus’s own resurrection. That’s the “good” part of Good Friday, that is referred to as “Great Friday” among Orthodox Christians. While dumb-ass ex president, Donald Trump, wished a Happy Good Friday two [...] Continue reading →

Meta domains have become popular since Facebook created Meta Platforms, Inc., as an umbrella corporation to Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp. Domain investors take note: There are many meta domains that appear “generic” but if they were registered after the launch of the Meta platform they might be infringing on pending or existing trademarks. In general, [...] Continue reading →

Google AdSense has released an update to its current policies, for ads appearing on content related to Ukraine. The updated policy states that due to the war in Ukraine, Google will pause monetization of content that exploits, dismisses, or condones the war. This is a major move by Google to deprive propaganda-driven web sites supporting [...] Continue reading →

An ongoing discussion on Twitter unveiled some interesting news: NameCheap, the world’s second biggest domain registrar, might be rebranding as Spaceship. The matching domain name, Spaceship.com, has been secured. Interestingly, there are two existing trademark registrations and one pending application at the USPTO. Here’s what we found: Registration of the mark SPACESHIP, dated 2019: Domain [...] Continue reading →

The Domain King’s latest solo project is Stud.com, a new brokerage platform promising to ruffle the feathers of the industry, under the Domain King’s guidance. Rick Schwartz’s planning of Stud.com started many months ago and Monday, April 18th has been mentioned as the “go live” date. With that in mind, we noted that Rick Schwartz [...] Continue reading →