Jagan Jag

Love Software and Domains :)

[Rick Schwartz aka DomainKing® @BettyAiProject]

For over three decades, I’ve been a .com guy. So when I say this… it carries weight. Pay attention.

Ideas came and went.
IDN... promoted by smart guys that didn't understand the universe.
.net....not interested. An orphan extension.
ccTLD's....limited Market, limited value.
1300 new gTLD's....not interested. A scheme

None of them had what it takes to break out.

They were pushed by people already invested in them.
Outside that bubble? Nobody cared. Never did. Never will.

Then AI showed up.
It made 1,300 GTLDs irrelevant… fast.

The march started in 2023.
It’s now 2026… and it’s only getting stronger.

This year alone, 36 of the top 76 reported domain sales @DNJournal are .AI. 4 of the top 10.

That’s not noise.
That’s signal.

You’re starting to see it everywhere:

•TV ads
•Billboards
•Real companies using it

Yesterday I saw a major billboard for https://t.co/sVr7xtlbhO, part of DuckDuckGo.

(I was driving so I couldn't take a picture of it, but the picture below represents it.)

That’s not speculation. That’s adoption.

I don’t own a lot of .AI domains.
I’m not chasing them.

But I know a shooting star when I see one.

And this isn’t a flash in the pan.

Why?

Because the companies building the future of AI… are using it and advertising it.

That's what gives it legs.

Public circulation.
Mass circulation.
Across multiple companies.

That’s the difference.

That’s what you need to recognize.

What other extension besides .com has ever done that?

None.

Now, let’s be clear:

The .AI game is harder.
It’s not as universal as .com.
It costs more.

But that doesn’t make it wrong.

It makes it different.

I didn’t buy .AI to flip.
I bought it to build.

.com is still the king.

But make no mistake…

.AI is the queen.

#Domains #DigitalAssets #DomainKing #AI

[RickSchwartz.com 👑 Domain King® 👑 Since 1995 @DomainKing]

"This is a powerful story with a potentially huge outcome.” — Andrew Rosener

Miracle Gro coming to the Domain Industry.

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@DomainKing Congratulations Rick. Best wishes

[RickSchwartz.com 👑 Domain King® 👑 Since 1995 @DomainKing]

Here is the actual email that I sent to @dynatodd the CEO this morning at 7:46am PLEASE RETWEET!

I tried to handle this quietly and professionally. But what’s happening at @Dynadot affects everyone in the domain industry.

Their current auction policy rewards fake bidders and punishes real ones.

I’m making my letter public so no one else gets burned.

Hi Todd,

I’m writing to you personally because I don’t want this to turn into a public spectacle. I’ve always tried to do business in good faith, and I’ve supported Dynadot for years. But the policy I’ve encountered here can destroy the very trust that keeps your company alive.

In the auction for https://t.co/Xl5h1y3l4Z, a bidder failed to pay. That means every bid that person made was invalid from the moment they clicked the button. Yet under Dynadot’s current policy, I’m being asked to pay the inflated price created by those fake bids.

To put this in perspective, imagine a real estate auction where a home is bid up to $3.5 million and later it’s discovered that every bid above $1.5 million was phony. No auctioneer on earth would expect the legitimate bidder to pay $3.5 million. They’d be out of business before the crowd left the room.

This is no different. You’re asking real bidders to pay against ghosts, while the platform still profits from the forfeited deposit of the bidder who never paid. It’s a double win for Dynadot and a breach of trust for everyone else. Even the appearance of that conflict of interest is poison to an auction business.

If I said I was angry, it would be an understatement. Livid would be closer to the truth. 

I was actually on a yacht that I chartered to be with some of the most influential domain investors in the industry when I heard the news and they heard and saw my reaction firsthand. Ask them. I hit the ceiling!!

Worse: this policy protects no one but the fakers, the fake bids and all the abuse that goes with them. That will be devastating.

Our industry isn’t huge, Todd. It’s small, tight, and built on reputation. The moment people realize this policy exists, they’ll lose confidence not just in this one auction, but in your entire system just like I did when I first learned of it. It’s a dealbreaker. It’s a trust breaker. It’s an ethics breaker. And it’s the kind of thing that can break a company.

I’ve written a detailed public post explaining the situation not to attack you or Dynadot, but to explain how devastating this policy could be for Dynadot and for everyone who depends on you. I’d prefer not to share it. But if this can’t be resolved, I’ll have no choice but to make the issue public so that others can protect themselves.

I’d rather see Dynadot do the right thing: revert this sale to the last legitimate bid, acknowledge the problem, and fix the policy going forward. You’ll earn more trust in one day than any marketing campaign could buy.

Without those steps, tell me how is it possible to ever trust your platform again? How could I ever use Dynadot again? How could I ever recommend Dynafot again without explaining the unsavory policy that comes with it?

Doing the right thing helps everyone. Your customers, your brand, and your future. Doing the wrong thing helps no one, not even in the short term, and the consequences are unknown.

Thank you for your time, Todd. I truly hope you understand how serious and important this is.

Best,
Rick Schwartz

#Domains #DomainNames #Auctions #DomainKing

[RickSchwartz.com 👑 Domain King® 👑 Since 1995 @DomainKing]

BREAKING!

After my discussions today, I’ve decided not to spend the $33,000 on the domain.

Instead, I’m directing it toward the legal side of this mess to get this investigation going!

It’s time to shine a light on what’s really going on behind these auctions, the policies, the manipulation, and the silence.

$33,000 won’t buy a domain this time.
It’ll buy accountability. 👑

[RickSchwartz.com 👑 Domain King® 👑 Since 1995 @DomainKing]

I’m opening the doors to my account for the first time in nearly 3 years.

I want everyone in this industry and beyond to see what’s really going on with @Dynadot

Please retweet as many of these posts as you can. Will you do that for me when I open the doors?

That’s all I’m asking. Let’s shine some light on this. 👑

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@BettyAiProject And Learn to become successful like you @DomainKing

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@BettyAiProject Jagan here, Want to learn how to train and use an agent. Thanks

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@DomainKing Born in India, lived most of my life in the US, recently relocated to Cupertino, CA

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@DomainKing Thank you for sharing. Its value will be recognized by the next buyer.

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@DomainKing Congratulations @DomainKing This is inspiring. Best wishes on your success.

[Morgan @morganlinton]

I taught my Dad how to run DeepSeek R1 locally. Which means you have no excuses, you can do it too.

If you access DeepSeek through their website or app, you are providing all your data to the CCP. Additionally, if you login with Google SSO, you're agreeing to give them access to gmail 👀

So, while DeepSeek is an incredible breakthrough, and super insanely powerful. You probably will want to run it locally, because when you do, through @ollama your data is kept private, you can even run it without an Internet connect.

It only takes a few minutes to get rocking, here's how to do it, a 🧵

[John Cubz @johncubz]

$50K Domain and Startup at Risk. X Blocks Premium Startup Accounts.
@NamePros
https://t.co/C4mMMh3Lse

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@exotizdotcom @cultra Ok.

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@morganlinton Thanks Morgan. Will check it out 👍

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@exotizdotcom @cultra If Shane is not interested I will take it. Thank you

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@DomainKing Congratulations Rick. Keep up the amazing work. 👏👏

[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

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[Jagan Jag @jjagan]

@DomainKing @DInvesting @Berryhillj Good points made by both of my heroes @DomainKing and @DInvesting 👍