Procter and Gamble Newest Entry in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Poster Boy!

Afternoon Folks!!


In the highest profile Reverse Domain Name Hijacking case in History, DomainNameWire is reporting that Procter and Gamble has been found GUILTY of Reverse Domain Name hijacking Swash.com! They join the list below that will be displayed each and every time one of these cases comes out.


Procter and Gamble and their Attorney got their asses WHOPPED as you will read in RED below direct from the panel in what is on of THE single most stinging decisions I have ever read.


Here is the panels SPANKING of Procter and Gamble and their Attorney!




7. Reverse Domain Name Hijacking




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The Respondent has requested that the Panel issue a finding of abuse of this UDRP proceeding or “reverse domain name hijacking” per the UDRP Rules at paragraph 15(e). The Panel notes that panels do not usually issue such a finding in a case where a complainant has prevailed with respect to two (in the present case not unanimously) of the three elements required under the Policy. See, for example, National Trust for Historic Preservation v. Barry Preston, WIPO Case No. D2005-0424 (“Inasmuch as the Panel has found that the Complainant has incontestable rights in its HISTORIC HOTELS OF AMERICA mark, and that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar to that mark, the Panel finds the Respondent’s claim of reverse domain name hijacking unpersuasive.”); Globosat Programadora Ltda. v. J. Almeida, WIPO Case No. D2005-0199; and Interep National Radio Sales, Inc. v. Internet Domain Names, Inc., WIPO Case No. D2000-0174.


However, the Panel does not believe that the present Case represents a normal circumstance. The Panel notes that the Complainant, The Procter & Gamble Company, is a premier marketer and advertiser of consumer products in the United States of America and in many other countries. It is impossible to believe that the Complainant, who employs ultra-sophisticated marketing methods, was not aware that the disputed domain name, <swash.com>, had been registered and used by other entities for some years when the Complainant introduced its SWASH product line in 2009.




The Complainant and its legal counsel are not strangers to the UDRP process. See, P&G Prestige Products, Inc. v. Ryogo Sugai, WIPO Case No. D2009-1098; The Procter & Gamble Company v. Richard Jones, NAF Claim No. 1266787; The Procter & Gamble Company v. William Vaughan, River Cruise Investments Ltd., WIPO Case No. D2008-1164; The Procter & Gamble Company, P&G Hair Care, LLC v. Domain Admin, WIPO Case No. D2007-1040; Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Johnny Carpela, NAF Claim No. 625591; The Procter & Gamble Company v. Hong Gil Dong, NAF Claim No. 572962; et cetera. Therefore, the Panel (by a majority) concludes that the Complainant must have known that, once the relevant facts of this case were uncovered, a UDRP panel could not possibly find that the disputed domain name was registered in bad faith. To have filed the Complaint at this relatively late date – more than eleven years after the registration of the disputed domain name and several years after its acquisition by the Respondent –seems a grotesquely unfair attempt to wrest ownership of the disputed domain name from the owner. See, Proto Software, Inc. v. Vertical Axis, Inc/PROTO.COM, WIPO Case No. D2006-0905 (“The Panel considers that the Complainant is represented by Counsel who even on a rudimentary examination of the Policy and its application in this area should have appreciated that the Complaint could not succeed where the Respondent’s domain name had been registered three years prior to filing a trademark application or actual use of the mark.”); and carsales.com.au Limited v. Alton L. Flanders, WIPO Case No. D2004-0047 (“In the Panel’s view a finding of reverse domain name hijacking is warranted if the Complainant knew or should have known at the time it filed the Complaint that it could not prove one of the essential elements required by the Policy.”)



The entire Panel finds it more extraordinary still that in its Complaint the Complainant represented the SWASH brand to be a worldwide brand of longstanding with multi-million dollar sales, stating that over the last 4 years alone the brand had gained sales of over USD 40,000,000. When this was challenged by the Respondent, the Complainant was forced to admit that the brand had only been on the market for 4 years, that sales had been restricted to the USA and that sales over those four years had totaled underUSD 60,000.
Had the Respondent failed to respond, there is a very real risk that the Panel, relying upon the 1993 International registration and the substantial sales volumes claimed for the brand, would have found in favor of the Complainant. This Complaint fell very far short of what the Panel was entitled to expect from a Complainant of this stature.


In all of the circumstances present here, the Panel finds that the Complainant has abused the process in an attempt at reverse domain name hijacking in contravention of the UDRP Rules at paragraph 15(e). The Panel majority also finds the Complainant has attempted reverse domain name hijacking because it must have known that the Respondent did not know of (nor had any reason to be aware of) any relevant trade mark rights in the SWASH name when the Respondent registered the disputed domain name in 2004.





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For completeness, the Panel acknowledges the Respondent’s contention as to the Complainant’s true motivation behind this administrative proceeding (see paragraph 5D above), but does not regard it as necessary or appropriate that it should address the point.


8. Decision


For the foregoing reasons, the Complaint is denied. The Panel also makes a finding of reverse domain name hijacking against the Complainant.






I have 29 30 34 such cases so far and each win will discourage the next would-be hijacker. A tip of the hat to all owners below that fought and a big congrats to the attorney that represented them! I will list any and all cases as I learn of them.


And a special tip of the hat to John Berryhill who is the leading RDNH attorney in the world. I am counting and will post how many wins he has recorded on behalf of his clients.


SaveMe.com The Grand daddy of RDNH. Here is my post on this very big win against Márcio Mello Chaves, aka Márcio Chaves aka Marcio Chaves.


The Complainant is G.W.H.C. - Serviços Online Ltda., E-Commerce Media Group Informação e Tecnologia Ltda. of Sao Paulo, Brazil, represented by Almeida Advogados, Brazil. Found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking


Case #1 is our Friend Scott Day of Digimedia who won a $100k+ judgment against GOFORIT ENTERTAINMENT, LLC who IS a REVERSE DOMAIN NAME HIJACKER.


Case #2 Rain.com Media Rain LLC engaged in Reverse Domain Hijacking


Case #3 CinemaCity.com The Complainant is Prime Pictures LLC of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (“UAE”), represented by Law offices of Vince Ravine, PC, United States of America (“USA”). Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #4 CollectiveMedia.com The Complainant is Collective Media, Inc., New York, United States of America, represented by Lowenstein Sandler PC, United States of America is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #5 Elk.com The Complainant is ELK Accesories Pty Ltd. of Preston, Australia represented by Pointon Partners, Australia is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #6 ForSale.ca Globe Media International Corporation is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #7 Mess.com Kiwi Shoe Polish Company, The Complainant is Mess Enterprises, San Francisco, California, of United States of America, represented by Steve Clinton, United States of America is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #8 Goldline.com The Complainant is Goldline International, Inc., represented by Spataro & Associates is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #9 K2R.com The complainant is a Swiss company, K2r Produkte AG of Haggenstrasse45, CH 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #10 CarSales.com The Complainant is carsales.com.au Limited of Burwood, Victoria, Australia represented by Corrs Chambers, Westgarth, Australia is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #11 Proto.com The Complainant is Proto Software, Inc., New York, New York, United States of America, represented by Byron Binkley, United States of America is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #12 TrailBlazer.com Trailblazer Learning, Inc. represented by COO Brett W, Caledonia, Michigan is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #13 DreamGirls.com The Complainant is Dreamgirls, Inc., Tampa, Florida, United States of America, represented by Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, LLP, Los Angeles, California, United States of America and have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case #14 Mexico.com The Complainant is Consejo de Promoción Turística de México, S.A. de C.V., Colonia Anzures, Mexico, represented by Bello, Guzmán, Morales Y Tsuru, S.C., Mexico is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


Case #15 Windsor.com Complainant in this administrative proceeding is Windsor Fashions, Inc., a California corporation with a principal place of business in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. Complainant is represented in this proceeding by Abraham M. Rudy, Esq. and Julie Waldman, Esq., Weisman, Wolff, Bergman, Coleman, Grodin & Evall LLP, Beverly Hills, California, United States of America. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case #16 Mindo.com Complainants are Scandinavian Leadership AB and Mindo AB of Uppsala, Sweden, internally represented. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case # 17 and Sha.com he Complainant is Albir Hills Resort, S.A. of Alfaz del Pi Alicante, Spain, represented by PADIMA, Abogados y Agentes de Propiedad Industrial, S.L., Spain. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case # 18 etatil.com The Complainants are ÖZALTUN OTELCİLİK TURİZM VE TİCARET LTD. ŞTİ. of Istanbul, Turkey, Allstar Hotels LLC of New York, Unites States of America and Mr. Metin ALTUN of Istanbul, Turkey, represented by Istanbul Patent & Trademark Consultancy Ltd., Turkey. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case # 19 Takeout.com. Complainant is Tarheel Take-Out, LLC of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America (“U.S.”), represented internally. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case # 20 WallStreet.com The Complainant is Wall-Street.com, LLC of Florida, United States of America (the “United States” or “US”), represented by Flint IP Law, United States. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case # 21 parvi.org found for the complainant in 2009 but in 2012 the courts rules that theCity of Paris, France was guilty of 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacking' in a landmark case that resulted in a $125,000 judgement against the city.


Case #22 Gtms.com The Complainant is Sustainable Forestry Management Limited, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda, with its principal place of business in London, United Kingdom. The Complainant is represented by its general counsel, Mr. Eric Bettelheim. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'.


Case #23 PetExpress.com The Complaintant is Airpet Animal Transport, Inc. represented by Mark W. Good of Terra Law LLP, California, USA. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'


Case #24 ColdFront.com Complainant is Personally Cool Inc. (“Complainant”), New York, USA. They have been labeled a 'Reverse Domain Name Hijacker'


Case #25 Unive.com Complainant is Coöperatie Univé U.A. of Arnhem, Netherlands, represented by Novagraaf Nederland B.V., Netherlands. 'Given the circumstances, the Panel finds that the Complaint was brought in bad faith, in an attempt at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, and constitutes an abuse of the administrative proceeding'


Case #26 eCase.com AINS, INC. (“Complainant”), represented by Janice W. Housey of Symbus Law Group, LLC, Virginia, USA. The panel concludes that the Complaint was brought in bad faith in an attempt at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.


Case #27 TinyPrint.com Complainant is Tiny Prints, Inc. (“Complainant”), represented by CitizenHawk, Inc., California, USA 'Complaint was brought in bad faith and that, accordingly, Complainant has attempted to engage in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking'


Case #28 Enki.com Complainant is Enki LLC (“Complainant”), represented by Eric A. Novikoff, of California, USA. 'This is a frivolous proceeding which should never have been filed by Complainant. Accordingly, the Panel finds that Complainant is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking'


Case #29 SFM.com Complainant is State Fund Mutual Insurance Co. represented by Peter G. Nikolai, of Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A., Minnesota, USA The Panel finds 'Complainant has engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.'


Case #30 Swash.com Complainant Procter and Gamble Represented by Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL. Procter and Gamble is a Reverse Domain Name Hijacker


'It is impossible to believe that the Complainant, who employs ultra-sophisticated marketing methods, was not aware that the disputed domain name, <swash.com>, had been registered and used by other entities for some years when the Complainant introduced its SWASH product line in 2009.


The entire Panel finds it more extraordinary still that in its Complaint the Complainant represented the SWASH brand to be a worldwide brand of longstanding with multi-million dollar sales, stating that over the last 4 years alone the brand had gained sales of over USD 40,000,000. When this was challenged by the Respondent, the Complainant was forced to admit that the brand had only been on the market for 4 years, that sales had been restricted to the USA and that sales over those four years had totaled underUSD 60,000.
Had the Respondent failed to respond, there is a very real risk that the Panel, relying upon the 1993 International registration and the substantial sales volumes claimed for the brand, would have found in favor of the Complainant. This Complaint fell very far short of what the Panel was entitled to expect from a Complainant of this stature.


In all of the circumstances present here, the Panel finds that the Complainant has abused the process in an attempt at reverse domain name hijacking in contravention of the UDRP Rules at paragraph 15(e). The Panel majority also finds the Complainant has attempted reverse domain name hijacking because it must have known that the Respondent did not know of (nor had any reason to be aware of) any relevant trade mark rights in the SWASH name when the Respondent registered the disputed domain name in 2004.'


Case #31 3dCafe.com Complainant is 3DCafe, Inc. (“Complainant”), represented by Danielle I. Mattessich of Merchant & Gould, P.C., Minnesota, USA. The panel finds 'Complainant acted in bad faith. The Panel therefore makes a finding of reverse domain name hijacking.'


Case #32 xPand.com The Complainant is X6D Limited of Limassol, Cyprus, represented by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, United States of America. 'The Panel therefore accepts the Respondent’s allegation that the Complainant is using the UDRP as an alternative purchase strategy after the acquisition of the disputed domain name failed. Therefore, the Panel finds that the Complaint was brought in bad faith, in an attempt of reverse domain name hijacking: The Complainant knew or should have known at the time it filed the Complaint that it could not prove that the domain name was registered in bad faith.'


Case #33 Webpass.com The Complainant is Webpass, Inc. of San Francisco, California, United States of America represented by Law Office of Richard J. Greenstone, United States of America.


D. Reverse Domain Name Hijacking


Paragraph 1 of the Rules defines Reverse Domain Name Hijacking:


“Reverse Domain Name Hijacking means using the Policy in bad faith to attempt to deprive a registered domain-name holder of a domain name.”


The general conditions for a finding of bad faith on the part of a complainant are well stated in Smart Design LLC v. Carolyn Hughes, WIPO Case No. D2000-0993 (October 18, 2000):


“Clearly, the launching of an unjustifiable Complaint with malice aforethought qualifies, as would the pursuit of a Complaint after the Complainant knew it to be insupportable.”


These conditions are confirmed in Goldline International, Inc. v. Gold Line, WIPO Case No. D2000-1151 (January 4, 2001) and Sydney Opera House Trust v. Trilynx Pty. Limited, WIPO Case No. D2000-1224 (October 31, 2000) (where the condition is stated as “the respondent must show knowledge on the part of the complainant of the respondent’s right or legitimate interest in the disputed domain name and evidence of harassment or similar conduct by the complainant in the face of such knowledge”), which in turn cites Plan Express Inc. v. Plan Express, WIPO Case No. D2000-0565 (July 17, 2000).


The Complainant knew when it filed the Complaint that the registration of the disputed domain name preceded by several years any rights that the Complainant may have acquired in the mark WEB PASS. Indeed, the Complainant annexes a printout of the WhoIs registration to the Complaint, and that printout indicates that the domain name was created well before the Complainant’s first use in commerce of its mark. In this Panel’s view, this is sufficient to find reverse domain name hijacking. See NetDeposit, Inc. v. NetDeposit.com, WIPO Case No.D2003-0365 (July 22, 2003) (finding reverse domain name hijacking because “Respondent's domain name registration preceded the Complainant's creation of its trademark rights”).


The Panel finds that the Complainant has attempted Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.


Case #34 BSA.com Complainant is Bin Shabib & Associates (BSA) LLP (“Complainant”), represented by Jimmy Haoula, United Arab Emirates.


The panel finds that Complainant has failed to present any evidence to support its claimed rights in the disputed domain name. It only provided an application for trademark registration which does not establish any enforceable rights under the UDRP. It did not offer any evidence to support a finding of common law rights in the disputed mark. Also, the Panel finds that Complainant knew or should have known that it was unable to prove that Respondent lacks rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name or that Respondent registered and is using the disputed domain name in bad faith. Based on the foregoing, the panel finds that reverse domain name hijacking has occurred.


See NetDepositVerkaik v. Crownonlinemedia.com, D2001-1502 (WIPO Mar. 19, 2002) (“To establish reverse domain name hijacking, Respondent must show knowledge on the part of the complainant of the Respondent’s right or legitimate interest in the Domain Name and evidence of harassment or similar conduct by the Complainant in the fact of such knowledge.”); see also Labrada Bodybuilding Nutrition, Inc. v. Glisson, FA 250232 (Nat. Arb. Forum May 28, 2004) (finding that complainant engaged in reverse domain name hijacking where it used “the Policy as a tool to simply wrest the disputed domain name in spite of its knowledge that the Complainant was not entitled to that name and hence had no colorable claim under the Policy”).


Having failed to establish all three elements required under the ICANN Policy, the Panel concludes that relief shall be DENIED. The Panel further finds that Complainant engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking.'


My hope is this is the last RDNH case I will ever have to post. The reality is this post will be re-posted EVERY SINGLE TIME there is a case of RDNH. Every time and now maybe some value based companies will think twice before flirting with this tactic and come to the bargaining table un good faith instead of being labeled forever with bad faith. The net is written in INK!


THOU SHALT NOT STEAL! Stop trying to steal and start doing BUSINESS! Feel free to repost FAR and WIDE!


Rick Schwartz



Final Results of First Ever Domain Lease Draft

Morning Folks!!


Congratulations for a job well done. If folks could have been on our call of 14 you would have known what a great team we have assembled. Congrats, good luck and now on with it!!


Below are the selections in the first draft and more information will be coming about the top 25 domains as well as the remaining domains. None will be forgotten and none will be left behind. This is the first step in a long and fun journey done transparently in front of the WORLD!





































































Brandon Breshears
GoldWanted.com
SilverWanted.com
Ebet.com
CashForJewelry.com
BikeRentals.com
SeoConsultant.comm
BassBoat.com
BassBoat(s).com
EmailLists.com
LatinMingle.com
carburators.com
janitorialsupply.com
Searchengineranking.com
FuneralCaskets.com
Herbals.com
GourmetChocolates.com
BuyMutualFunds.com
CrowdFundingSeminars
Peridot.com































































































































































































































Newgrl/Angela
FreePsychicReading.com
Cues.com
TattooSupply.com
HomeSafes.com
NightClubFurniture.com
Lifts.com
LogoDesigns.com
LivePsychicReading.com
Toshi Endo
bodymakeup.com
nicotinepatch.com and plural
finddeals.com
lookperfect.com
advertisingcompany.com
wholesaling.com
dailysupplement.com
weightlossdiet.com
invoicefactoring.com
bankandloan.com
onlinemarketingseminar(s).com
Christian Cavin
BachelorDegrees.com
SeniorDating.com
LaserPrinters.com
MotorScooters.com
MiniLaptops.com
PayrollChecks.com
Arrows.com
Associations.com
Dens.com
eChecks.com
CheapSunglasses.com
Carnations.com
BillPayments.com
InsectRepellent.com
WholesaleFurniture.com
eFurniture.com
FurnitureLeasing.com
GarlicBread.com
Fraudulent.com
Astrologist.com
Anthony Silva
caribbeanhotels.com
americanoil.com
customskis.com
computerservice.com
computercourses.com
handicapper.com
goldfutures.com
freightrate.com
forextraining.com
fiberglassboats.com
menscologne.com
industrialtools.com
HuntingEquipment.com
preapprovedloans.com
pinkroses.com
needcashfast.com
realestateprivatemoney.com
truckdealership.com
timeshareresort.com
studpoker.com

















































































































































































































































































































































Joshua Fahrer
2016.com
IrishWhiskey.com
KitchenFaucets.com
GuitarCases.com
Biker.com
Amps.com
3dcamera.com
Ailments.com
Convertible.com
Spoons.com
Fisherman.com
Tuscany.com
LouisianaInsurance.com
Freetrialcode/freetrialcodes.com/TrialCodes.com
Waterjetpack/waterjetpacks.com
Celibate/Celibacy.com
Asianmassage.com




























































Dr. Domainer
Artist.com
CheapestFare.com
CheapLand.com
Consoles.com
Earmuffs.com
GoBet.com
GrandSlam.com
Hologram.com
JobWanted.com
Plans.com
SelfEmployed.com
SexChange.com
SpaceCakes.com
UKProperty.com
Unemployed.com
VideoDates.com

cheapestfares.com
Brian Fracaro

TabletComputers.com
DivorceAttorneys.com
NYC.biz
RetirementAccount.com
Lost.com
BedSheets.com
KingSizeBeds.com
QueenSizeBeds.com
CRMSoftware.com
PearlNecklace.com
Banker.com
DiplomaOnline.com
SurgeProtector.com
Stud.com
Bluffing.com
Mens.com
Hebrew.com
ServiceDepartment.com
Colds.com
Inheritance.com
RoomDivider.com
BridalPhotography.com
Cate Colgan
BankruptcyConsult.com
ClothesRack.com
EngagementJewelry.com
FixedLoans.com & AdjustableLoans.com
GiftsForMen.com
GiftsForWomen.com
Golfing.tv
Influential.com
OnlineRealty.com
RefinanceLoan.com
RunwayShow.com
ShoeRack.com
SalesTips.com
Succeed.com
Telemarketers.com
Unsweetened.com
Dara Celestin
realestatelaw.com
OnlineTutors.com & OnlineTutoring.com
livingtrusts.com
Enlargement.com
veneersurgery.com and veneerfinancing.com
CheapBusinessCards.com
CommericalCarpet.com
CommericalCarpets.com
ConsultingJobs.com
DailyPrayer.com
DogTShirts.com
LawsuitSettlementLoan.com
LawsuitSettlementLoans.com
MeetPartners.com
ShopCellPhones.com
SportsDigest.com
TenantAttorney.com
Eustorgio Guzman
Millonario.com
FreeBeer.com
Flipping.com
cheapestprice(s).com
UsedLamborghinis.com
Dailymillions.com
corporatejetsforsale.com
NetworkingParties.com
Dailyspecials.com
24HourGym.com
OnlineMarketingBusiness.com
corporatejetforsale.com
Playsexgames.com
Cannabisfood.com
Gotopless.com
Partypalace.com
Makeextracash.com
ImmigrationLawOffices.com
PaperbackBooks.com


















































































Michael Hudak
ubuy.com
saws.com
mitresaws.com
startupfunding.com
autoclassifieds.com
prefabhomes.com
start-up.com
fixed.com
DNA portfolio
Cutie.com
SportsWeekly.com
Trial Lawyers.com
Organizations.com

Invites.com
Dispensaries.com
MarijuanaDispensaries.com
BirthdayParty.com
sexyunderwear.com
pokertours.com
personalchefs.com
bridalshowerregistry.com

Rick Schwartz
JointVentures.com


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Ladies and Gentlemen of JointVentures.com, START YOUR ENGINES!!

Morning Folks!!


Here is the bidding order. Please move your selections along. Once published and it is your turn you have 90 seconds to make your selection. That will insure that things move along quickly. Faster would be even better. ;-) So reload every 15-30 seconds when you are coming up and make sure you have another clean browser just in case cache is king. ;-)


You are picking the artillery you are arming yourself with to go battle the marketplace snd find homes for these great names and the opportunity that each domain name comes with. Priceless! Once again we enter a UNIQUE MOMENT IN TIME! A time that decisions made will be everlasting and permanent.


In every field there are competitors and one is always smarter than the other. More aggressive than the other. More focused than the other. More passionate than the other. More of everything you can think of. FIND THAT GUY! Your mission is to find the smart guy that gets it and is hungry as you and me! SIMPLE!


All I ask is that you go in order and do it as timely as possible as not only are others waiting, but the eyes of an industry are on us. We try big things and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. So, each does their job on this TEAM and we WIN!


Michael Hudak will start the process at 10:05AM if this posts timely. Once a selection is made, please cross off your list if you have it on there.


If you pick any of the following domains you will LOSE YOUR PICK POSITION. DELETE THESE NAMES FROM YOUR LIST FOR TODAY. We will focus on these names in the coming days.


CATER.COM

COLLECTIVES.COM

DISPENSARIES.COM

DISRUPT.COM

DIVORCING.COM
HOLOGRAM.COM

HONDURAS.COM

LMAO.COM

PANELING.COM

PASTRIES.COM

PHYSICAL.COM

PLUMBERSUPPLY.COM

RINGS.COM

ROOFS.COM

SLOGANS.COM

SOCCERBALLS.COM

STEMWARE.COM

STOP.COM

STRINGBIKINIS.COM

STUFF.COM

TAXPLANNERS.COM

TEABAGS.COM

TORTILLAS.COM

TRADESHOWS.COM

TRAVELCOACHES.COM

WEIGHTS.COM
Bidding Order

1. Michael Hudak

2. Brian Facaro

3. Joshua Fahrer

4. Anthony Silva

5. Cate.TV Colgan

6. Brandon Breshears

7. Dr. Domainer

8. Angela (Newgrl)

9. Dara Celestin

10. Eusorgio Guzman

11. Christian Calvin

12. Toshi Endo

The available list is here less the list I posted yesterday that will be treated as special cases.


http://www.ricksblog.com/2013/02/the-entire-2013-jointventurescom-domain-leasing-list.html


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T-Minuus 2 Hours and Counting!

Morning Folks!!


In just a little over 2 hours we will do something unique and different and it will be done transparently right in front of everyone. The naysayers can continue wasting their time and energy while you watch a dozen motivated folks take the positions and begin to move these 18 wheelers over the crest of this monster of a mountain. While they root for our failure each success will be a dagger to their being.


If nothing else we have defined progress! We have done this entire undertaking in front of everyone. Each day methodically moving just a little bit closer to a HUGE goal. A goal that if and when achieved will change the way all non pigeon shit farmers do business.


You can own 100% of pigeon shit the size of a grape or you can share in the rewards of 5% of an asset the size of a watermelon. 5% of something vs 100% of NOTHING! or .NOTHING or .Pigeonshit


See you at 10AM EST TODAY!


Rick Schwartz


Announcing the Domain Lease Draft, LIVE on RicksBlog.com Saturday at 10AM

Morning Folks!!


Are we having fun yet? Danny and I are going to keep moving this mountain and have some fun doing it and involve as many of you as want to be involved.


The 'Pick Your Properties' Reverse Domain Draft will be Saturday at 10am EDT and our 12 member sales force will select the domains they go to market with. So team, if you can make it, we'll do it live, right here on RicksBlog.com tomorrow. If not, see the P.S. below.


One BIG change to what was announced before and its one you need to take notice of: ALL of our listings are in play...y'all can have the pick of the pick and show people what you/we can do when you take a hungry tiger and take the bars off the cage. With one caveat. The 25 free agent domains below are off limits as far as exclusivity, however you can still market to your very targeted clients. We will also assign you one of these names IF you lease a domain OR you have a significant relationship with a specific domain name.

So, for every lease written you get to pick one domain from the following list to add to your roster. So there is a sense of urgency to all this because when we roll into T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in May, our goal is to have a handful of leases to waive around as we move the ball forward.

At 10AM tomorrow we will list the domains, announce the bidding order as far as the sales team. Each team member will be able to pick one domain per round for the first 5 rounds and then 2 domains a round for the next 5 rounds. That will give each of you 15 names to focus on. This is all subject to change but we are trying to keep it as simple and transparent as possible and will clearly state everything at 10AM.


CATER.COM

COLLECTIVES.COM

DISPENSARIES.COM

DISRUPT.COM

DIVORCING.COM
HOLOGRAM.COM

HONDURAS.COM

LMAO.COM

PANELING.COM

PASTRIES.COM

PHYSICAL.COM

PLUMBERSUPPLY.COM

RINGS.COM

ROOFS.COM

SLOGANS.COM

SOCCERBALLS.COM

STEMWARE.COM

STOP.COM

STRINGBIKINIS.COM

STUFF.COM

TAXPLANNERS.COM

TEABAGS.COM

TORTILLAS.COM

TRADESHOWS.COM

TRAVELCOACHES.COM

WEIGHTS.COM

So print out the listings from the blog, sharpen your pencil, grab a highlighter, put your game face on and get your 'list' together of which properties you want to pick to represent that no one else on our official team but Danny Welsh will be able to market for 3-6 months...
If you want a SalesTips.com tip on which of our 6 figure and up dollar domains you SHOULD pick to sell...it's simple:
1. If you already have C-level decision maker contacts in 'industry', pick an 'INDUSTRY.com' style domain names to represent (example 'GoFishing.com')
2. If you already have a hobby in an area and interest or passion for something that has a social group attached to it, then pick a SOCIALGROUP.com domain name (example Fisherman.com)
3. If you already use a product, love it, and know just which types of companies should want PRODUCT.com, then pick that one (e.g. BassBoats.com)
And so on and so forth. It's not hard. Rick and I picked less than 1% of 70,000 domain names, and thanks to our inaugural clients we were able to get the best of the best in value.
Now you guys get to each pick 10 to start with, start selling that value at a very affordable lease price...and then away we go!

'See' you Saturday at 10 AM EST right here on RicksBlog.com
And maybe in person May 27th in Vegas too?
Up to you.

Danny Welsh



PS If you can't do Saturday, send me your preferred list via email in order from 1 to 200 and Saturday I'll pick on your behalf from your choices and what's still available.
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So you Think Rings.com is Best for Jewelry? I Think not!!

Afternoon Folks!!


It would be the knee jerk reaction of most to believe Rings.com should end up with a jewelry store. But is that REALLY the highest and best use? Absolutely not! As we have it the value is $3.5 Million. But how can you make that same domain worth 10x that? I have the answer.


The PERFECT use for Rings.com would be for Bing.com to go after Google Circles. That's the single best use at this point in time. Imagine making that sale. Persuading folks in power to make a decision that what we have can be useful in what they are trying to achieve. SIMPLE!


Maybe showing a strategic way to a common end has value? Maybe more than you might think.


Have a GREAT day!

Rick Schwartz


There IS no “.com” monopoly and so “.whatever” is doomed to be (at best) second best

Morning Folks!!


You are about to see a full court press from every registrar out there. Yesterday you saw Godaddy.NOTHING. They have a lot at stake here. If .crap, craps out....then what? So imagine all the dollars that are going to be spent trying to brainwash people that inferior is superior. That's gonna be some trick. Tulips anyone?


But that has nothing to do with this post and not sure why I even went down this road. Maybe just as a warning not to swallow the bait as tempting as it might be.


Have you ever thought there might be a “monopoly” on “.com” domain names because most of the best of them are owned and not being “used” as you see it?


Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly and maybe you'll see more of what Danny Welsh saw when he had the 'ha!' moment that matched my own 'ah' many years ago. Ah+Ha = Ah-ha! Get it? BTW, I’m genuinely sorry your customers email me every day when they want to buy from your established company. But you can’t say I didn’t tell you it would happen…and all this unpleasantness could have been avoided if you just hadn’t RUSHED to make thewww.wrong.choice :(


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Rick Schwartz



By Danny Welsh
JointVentures.com
There's no '.com monopoly' and there is no shortage of extremely valuable .com domain names available for your business idea. If you believe that, you’re wrong. So what happened and why can't you buy the eRealEstate property you've got your eye on?


Read this blog and you’d understand why it’s YOUR fault you were asleep at the wheel for all those years and now are about to CRASH head-first into a future others predicted, transparently TOLD you would happen, and you went forward with driving a www.domain.crappy vehicle anyway.


It’s just timing and circumstances and human nature that has proven to turn the exchange of cash for one $100 bet many years before into an asset such as1019.com or Queen.com, while all attempts to copy and sell, buy, market/promote or make money with a 'good enough' alternative for either has proven a risky gamble with SIGNIFICANT consequences.
Just ask the fine folks at Ebid.net how many calls and emails their customer service handles weekly because their customers are confused.
We're not even sure it'd be legal for us to read the “confusion email” from their customers who don't even know what “.net” IS and regularly email someone that doesn’t exist to an @ebid.com email address no one marketed to them…when they want to buy or need support of some kind from ebid.com.


So once we realize it happens, we don't want to read sensitive information. But if you think hundreds upon hundreds of customers and prospects don't regularly email @Ebid.com email addresses --many times with credit card numbers, orders, personal information etc-- then you're in fantasy land that nothing more than a simple AUTORESPONDER EMAIL TEMPLATE I set up saying 'Sorry, wrong number!' would expose in a SHATTERING EXPLOSION that would have Rick Schwartz and Danny Welsh and getting this huge problem you've been ignoring handled NOW an URGENT and IMPORTANT topic of conversation at every executive meeting in your company starting...RIGHT NOW.


Rick Schwartz TOLD companies like that it would happen and they built their online company on sand anyway, sand that might simply WASH AWAY as their profits ERODE handed off one customer at a time to a competing auction company that does the same thing Rick Schwartz knew a company in the future would WANT to do because he had their 'Big Idea' years before they did when he staked his claim on the eBid.com eRealEstate property perfectly suited for an online auction company.


That doesn't make him a bad guy.
It makes him a bit of a sage, but even the most uncanny predictors of the future are rarely believed until that future unfolds.
Well, that future Rick predicted in 1993 is here....NOW
If your business wants to be 'good enough' for years, you can do that for an $8.99 gamble and register any old www.domain.crap such as a '.net' domain name.
If you want to be perceived as a market leader in MINUTES, protect your company from future leaks and failure...you can do that too.
Here's the part you need to understand if you followed the 'due diligence' bread crumbs we've left out for you to educate yourself on why doing business with us is a good idea...the same ones that led you without us in most cases spending a single PENNY for you to be right here, right now alonngside your customers AND competitors.


If you want
PRODUCT.com or
SERVICE.com or
SOCIAL.com or
###.com or
ABCD.com
Then simply bring your checkbook and your big ideas because the guy who can make that happen for you ain't selling for nickels when there are millions to be made with the RIGHT buyer of their eRealEstate asset...ESPECIALLY with a flood of www.domain.imitations about to flood the market and make the confusion even WORSE.
Choice is each business owner's to make for themselves!
Gamble? (.net)


Invest? (.com)


Dicey? (.co)


Proven Sales Increase? (.com)


Who had YOUR 'big idea' first?


This is a fork in the road, Mr. Business Owner.


Which path do you want to take?
I know which path -I- chose to partner with and lease eRealEstate from domain owners among the '500' and while the path is not yet completely paved, the price and terms have been more than fair so far.


And the mountain to climb gets easier the moment you choose an ALLY who has already had your big idea (or something like it) and been to the top and can talk you through getting there too.


The guy's extending a hand of friendship...and if you don't take it and your competitor does...


Who is to blame?


Not the Rick Schwartz I know better everyday and am coming to trust as among the greatest allies I ever thought I might have the good fortune to meet.


Want to go to the top of your niche?


Then the first step up the mountain is to make Rick an offer he can't refuse...


See you at the Top!


Danny Welsh
JointVentures.com

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Breaking: JointVentures.com Announces Entire 2013 Sales Team!

Afternoon Folks!!


You can only climb a mountain one step at a time if you want to get there and get there safely. We are about to announce our 12 member sales team and this is a very big step in building a 'Gung-ho' organization. What is a 'Gung-ho' organization? Well that is pretty simple. And there may be a variety of definitions. Mine is when every member of a team is passionate and motivated striving for a common goal.


We advertised for 12 we got 12. We advertised for a sales manager and we got a sales manager. Before you do something you have to have the idea and the dream and then tell the world. That is the same with selling or leasing a domain or anything else you might do in life.


As early as Saturday we will have a LIVE 'Domain Draft' similar to pro sports. We expect 10-15 rounds of which each sales team member selects up to 20 domains to personally market. The first 3 team members that secures 3 paid leases by TRAFFIC, will get a FREE ticket to TRAFFIC and join Danny and myself on stage.


This will not be easy but it will be easier as time goes on and that is the thing to remember most. There will be resistance but that can be overcome with solid arguments backed up by numbers and examples.


The top 25 domains may or may not be up for Draft. To represent those domains, you will have to earn that privilege by demonstrating results. Those domains Danny and I will personally work until things shake out. But we will announce all the other details by Friday.


So without further blah, blah, blah from me. Let me present the 2013 JointVentures.com sales force. Each of which you can meet via their video applications. I see a lot of desire there and I think their hunger and desire may just get this monster of a movement to be a success.


Angela (Newgrl)

Brian Facaro	

Anthony Silva

Cate Colgan

Brandon Breshears

Toshi Endo

Joshua Fahrer

Eusorgio Guzman

Dr. Domainer

Michael Hudak - Sales Manager

Christian Calvin

Dara Celestin





None of us knows where this journey will lead. For some it may lead nowhere.

For others it may be life changing or it may just turn into an education.

There will be headwinds and there will be noise, but nothing will hold back the wave of domain leasing! 

We believe it will and can be profitable for many years.

With each lease will be more oxygen to work with.

With each lease the next one gets just a tiny bit easier.

With each lease we demonstrate the viability of this model.

With each lease there is one more reason not to sell your domains.

With each lease it will point to the elements that make certain domains attractive to lease.

With each lease you will once again see a rapid rise in domain name values and demand.

With each lease you are watching something unfold 20 years in the making.

But it does not stop there. It only starts there.

Next is a success, longevity and an exit plan for both sides.

Have a GREAT Day!

Rick Schwartz

Breaking: Michael Hudak Named JointVentures.com Sales Manager

Morning Folks!!


Each day we blaze a little bit further down the trail. Some days are not easy. Some days we make strides. Today is such a day.



Danny and I are thrilled to announce the appointment of Michael Hudak to lead the JointVentures.com sales team. There were 2 other folks we seriously considered and that means we will have a deeper bench than I fist thought.


Other members of the team will be announced soon.
'Michael Hudak is a self motivated entrepreneur with a deep understanding of sales, start-up ventures, financial services, high level corporate structure, domain branding, investing as well as leasing and selling.
He holds a Bachelors degree in finance and has a self proclaimed PHD in people and real world business. Michael's joint startup NewYorkEvents.co has recently been covered on some big blogs and across many internet event partners and sites. He is also a partner of the first in person monthly venue for professional networking for finance professionals in New York- NYFSP.com.
Michael has achieved success with buying and selling domain names, creating revenue producing online properties, building businesses from the ground up and building a vast network of like minded professionals- both online and in person. Recently, Michael has taken the lead of a sales force headed up by Rick Schwartz and Danny Welsh at JointVentures.com and is ready to help set the gold standard in the domain leasing space.'
Congratulations Michael and spread the news!! Building the future one day at a time right in front of everyone! Maybe someday this will be something more than just a blog post.


Have a GREAT Day!

Rick Schwartz


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BREAKING!! The Entire 2013 JointVentures.com Domain Leasing List.



Rick’s Board is Back! Domain King’s Joint Venture Group Grand Opening!!!

Morning Folks!!


I started posting on my first 'Forum' back in 1996 and opened the first domain forum in 2000. It was always hard to control the noisemakers and folks that only purpose for living was disrupting things.


Well with the way Linkedin works, that problem has now been effectively solved. So for professional domainers and end users, may I present the all New Rick's Board at Linkedin.


Domain King's Joint Venture Group


Professional Collaboration is alive and well. Real names, real faces, real people real business.


Have a GREAT day!

Rick Schwartz

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