OIL AND WATER ARE MERGING IN MIAMI!! WHAT IT MEANS FOR DOMAIN INVESTORS & OTHERS. WILL YOU PARTICIPATE OR SIT ON THE SIDELINES? There are 8 billion people on Earth. Thousands of people in the domain industry saw the same opportunity. Only 55 builders raised their hands. What do those 55 builders have in common? 🌱 They recognized an opportunity. 🌱 They took action. 🌱 They did not wait for permission. 🌱 They are self-motivated. 🌱 They brought their own talents, visions and passions. 🌱 They accepted responsibility for turning possibility into reality. 🌱 They kept building while everyone else watched from the sidelines. Different people. Different countries. Different talents. Different businesses. But they share the qualities from which nearly every meaningful success begins: Vision. Initiative. Conviction. Motivation. Action. These 55 builders are the advance party. In November, the next group will come off the sidelines. For 30 years, domain investors and builders have been the oil and water of the Internet. Domain investors accumulated extraordinary digital land. Builders, engineers and technologists possessed the talent to build on it. They occupied the same Internet, but rarely shared the same language, incentives or destination. They were almost polar opposites. That is changing. OIL AND WATER ARE MERGING! @NamesCon and @CloudFest are bringing these 2 worlds together in Miami. One side controls extraordinary digital assets. The other side knows how to build, develop, and operate. For the first time, they have every reason to move into the future together. I have watched this evolution from the front row for 7 months. It did not begin this way. It revealed itself one builder at a time. The Beanstalk Challenge has already demonstrated what happens when domain assets, builders, technology, vision, sweat equity and shared economics come together. November is where the larger merger becomes visible. I have not attended an industry show since I closed T.R.A.F.F.I.C. in 2014. Why am I attending now? Because there is finally a reason to go, and it extends far beyond the Beanstalk Challenge. The domain industry has been STUCK for YEARS! It is no longer stuck!! Displacement creates opportunity. This show will not merely help determine the remainder of 2026 or even 2027. It could help determine the direction of the next 5 years. There will be two groups afterward: Those who recognize the magnitude of this merger and participate in it. And those who remain exactly where they are. For the NEXT 30 years, people will offer all kinds of reasons why they missed this moment. Some reasons will be completely valid. I get that. But if your excuse is not valid, think carefully. The train is already moving. The question is: Do you want to participate in the next phase, or watch it happen from the sidelines? #NamesCon #CloudFest #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #Builders #Startups #Entrepreneurs #DigitalAssets #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #DomainKing

BREAKING: THE BUILDERS ARE ABOUT TO BECOME OWNERS OF THE BEANSTALK CHALLENGE!!!! Last night, I recognized an extraordinary residual benefit created by the 6% Founders Pool. When I created that pool, the original purpose was to motivate great builders to raise their hands and help establish the Beanstalk Challenge. But something even more important happened. Those 18 Founders did not merely gain a vested interest in their own businesses. They gained a vested interest in the success of the entire Beanstalk Challenge. That is why you see builders supporting other builders. EVERYONE SHARES IN EVERYONE’S SUCCESS. So I have decided to expand that winning formula and make the Beanstalk Challenge even more builder-owned. I am creating an additional 2% Builder Achievement Pool for a limited number of builders who reach a defined performance standard. It will not be awarded merely for raising your hand. Builders will have to survive the clawback, build a real operating business, produce measurable results and generate enough revenue and profit to strengthen the Beanstalk Challenge itself. In other words: THEY WILL EARN IT. I am not merely giving builders control of seven and eight-figure domain names. I am giving them a stake in their own future and ownership in the ecosystem they are helping create. NOBODY ELSE DOES THAT. Call it an affiliate program like no other. Call it an acceleration program. Call it very generous. Call it a guy in his mid-70s determined to fulfill his three-decade dream. I call it creating the conditions for everyone to win. They build their business. They build the Beanstalk Challenge. Then they can earn ownership in both. The qualification standard, participation cap and legal structure are now being finalized. The only downside is that I will share more of the profits. But when everyone is financially motivated to recruit, promote, connect, support and accelerate the entire ecosystem, there should be considerably more profits to share. Between the 6% Founders Pool and the new 2% Builder Achievement Pool, I will share 8% of the Beanstalk Challenge. In return, the Beanstalk Challenge will create a powerful network of financially aligned amplifiers. That is a formula that will be very difficult to beat. Again, it is a win-win situation. That is how I roll. That is how I have always rolled. I look for ways to make it difficult for people to say no and easy for them to say yes. The Beanstalk Challenge will not merely be built by builders. IT WILL BE OWNED BY BUILDERS. Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #Startups #Founders #Builders #DomainKing #Entrepreneurship

When I created the Beanstalk Challenge Founders Club, I reserved 6% for the first 18 founding builders. The purpose was simple: Reward the people who raised their hands first and motivate talented builders to join us. I needed the rocket to lift off. And that was the incentive. But something much more powerful happened that I never consciously designed. Those 18 founders now have a vested interest in two things: 🌱 The success of the individual businesses they are building. 🌱 The success of the entire Beanstalk Challenge. That creates alignment throughout the ecosystem. When one builder succeeds, the Beanstalk Challenge becomes stronger. When the Beanstalk Challenge becomes stronger, every builder benefits from the additional credibility, attention, opportunity and value. That is why you see builders supporting one another, sharing posts, offering encouragement, exchanging ideas and opening doors. Everyone shares in everyone’s success. One builder’s rocket does not diminish another builder’s opportunity. It adds power, attention and credibility to the entire launchpad. The builders strengthen their businesses. Their businesses strengthen the Beanstalk Challenge. And the Beanstalk Challenge strengthens every builder. That is what a winning formula looks like. When something is structured correctly, people do not win in only one way. They win in multiple ways. Nobody has to lose for somebody else to win. That is the greatest strength of the Beanstalk Challenge. Every single step is a win-win situation. EVERY. SINGLE. STEP!!! Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Founders #Builders #Startups #Domains #DigitalAssets #domainking

For those that wish to proudly display Beanstalk Challenge badges on their sites, we have 3 versions. Founders Badge Inaugural Badge Supporter Badge Last night I am unveiled the Founders badge. Today the badge for those that are participating in the inaugural season for all builders. And later today, I will unveil the supporter badge for those that just want to support the effort. #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DigitalAssets #DomainNames #Founders #Builders #Entrepreneurs

For those that wish to proudly display the Beanstalk Challenge participation badge on their sites, we have two versions. Founders Badge Inaugural Badge Tonight I am unveiling the Founders badge. #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DigitalAssets #DomainNames #Founders #Builders #Entrepreneurs

FROM 30 YEARS OF DIGITAL SEEDS TO 62 STARTUPS: TODAY I REVEAL THE OFFICIAL BEANSTALK CHALLENGE FOUNDERS CLUB. The complete list appears below. But first, understand what these founding builders helped create. For nearly 30 years, I invested more than $10 million acquiring thousands of extraordinary domain names. I paid the renewal fees year after year. I rejected offers. I never lost faith in what I had assembled. But even the greatest digital assets remained trapped inside Tiffany showcases. Until 205 days ago. On March 3, 2026, I launched what I thought would be a contest. It became something much larger: THE WORLD’S LARGEST DOMAIN-POWERED STARTUP FACTORY. 🌱 62 startups 🌱 55 builders 🌱 Nearly 50 live businesses 🌱 More than $200 million in category-defining domain assets being activated 🌱 Virtually no centralized payroll, employees, debt or office infrastructure The Beanstalk Challenge™ does not merely create websites. We create real businesses, world headquarters and skyscrapers. I provide control of an extraordinary 7 or 8-figure domain name. The builder provides the passion, talent, vision, technology and sweat equity. They do not begin millions of dollars underwater. They do not have to purchase the domain, create a massive payroll, surrender their equity or burn money for years merely trying to reach the starting line. They begin at the starting line with the rocket already built. Every builder also brings a network of customers, investors, vendors, associates, relationships and attention. One success strengthens the entire ecosystem. One breakout attracts attention. Three breakouts prove the model. And we do not need 62 unicorns. We only need a few rockets to reach orbit before everyone looks differently at the entire launchpad. From the beginning, I positioned myself between Mr. Wonderful and Mr. Beast: Mr. Wonderful’s business discipline, economics and accountability. Mr. Beast’s spectacle, generosity and attention. The Domain King’s digital real estate. I am not looking for funding. I am not looking to sell. I am looking for recognition and understanding of what has been created and the 30-year journey that made it possible. NamesCon Miami was originally supposed to be the launchpad for the Beanstalk Challenge. But the launch has already happened. @NamesCon will now be our first homecoming. The builders, businesses, judges, domains, Bentley and complete ecosystem will come together in one place for the first time. T.R.A.F.F.I.C. helped create an industry. My sales helped establish the value of digital property. The Beanstalk Challenge is demonstrating what those digital assets can become. And none of this would exist without the people who raised their hands, accepted the challenge and helped lay the original foundation. THE OFFICIAL BEANSTALK CHALLENGE FOUNDERS CLUB 🌱 Michael Doyle 🌱 Andrew Hazen 🌱 Lance Block 🌱 Darryl Lopes 🌱 The Graduates (Nena &Veronica) 🌱 Rody Oversloot 🌱 Chad Folkening 🌱 Todd Ryan 🌱 Mark Hoffmeister 🌱 Arturo I. Monreal 🌱 Amanda Jaye 🌱 Joshua Goddard 🌱 Dan Schmitz 🌱 Luke Heron 🌱 Dave Villacreses 🌱 Ed De Jesus / Marcos Klingler 🌱 Steve Epstein 🌱 Cory Greenberg / Mark Lombardi CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU!!!! These are the founding builders and teams who helped turn an idea into an operating ecosystem. They did not wait for permission. They raised their hands. They showed up. They started building. The Tiffany cases are unlocked. The domains are alive. The world headquarters are being established. The skyscrapers are rising. And the Beanstalk is still climbing. Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #Startups #Founders #Builders #DomainKing #Entrepreneurship

Now that the clawbacks are behind us, tomorrow, I will be publishing the: Official Beanstalk Challenge Founders Club List!! #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #Startups

And today we also added another new and talented builder that picked two domains that haven't been spoken for before. TipLine .com PollBet .com Both will be online and active next Monday. And we're climbing again!! 62 Start-ups 55 Builders Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀

3 NEW TALENTED BUILDERS JUST RAISED THEIR HANDS! They are stepping up to take over: 🌱 Banker .com 🌱 IncomeProperty .com 🌱 SiteCop .com The clawback is already creating new opportunities. 60 STARTUPS. 54 BUILDERS. Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #Startups #Builders

Which domain game are you playing? The 1996 version? Monetization The 2016 version? Activation The 2026 version? Mobilization The 2027 and beyond version? The Realization Era. Each one has a different playbook in case you haven't recognized it. And each and every portfolio now has a different path that it had just a year ago. So if you haven't gone through your portfolios to realign your domains, you are going to be undervaluing and overvaluing the future. The game is changing before your very eyes. Do not get stuck in the wrong game. This is the moment to realign. That moment won't last long. #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets

Me and my pal @Berkens having lunch in Boca. Next time we will get a booth. 🤣

Me and my pal @Berkens

DID THE BEANSTALK CHALLENGE JUST EARN ITS FIRST $250 MILLION? The thing most founders and Harvard professors ignore: Money it never had to spend. The first profit is the money you don’t lose. The traditional startup begins millions of dollars underwater: 🌱 Buy the category-defining domain. 🌱 Hire the team. 🌱 Create the payroll. 🌱 Raise money. 🌱 Surrender equity. 🌱 Burn cash for two or three years. 🌱 Hope something eventually works. Beanstalk reverses the entire sequence: 🌱 The extraordinary domain is contributed. 🌱 The builder contributes passion, talent, vision and sweat equity. 🌱 There is virtually no debt, payroll or overhead. 🌱 The business is built and demonstrated first. 🌱 Money and opportunity are attracted afterward. They do not need to travel around with a tin cup, selling blue sky and begging people to believe. They can build something real, point to it and say: HERE IT IS. IT WORKS. More than $200 million in category-defining domain assets have already been activated without the builders having to purchase them. And when you add a reasonable $50 million estimate for the payroll, overhead, dilution and other costs the traditional model would require, the total economic value reaches $250 million. 55 STARTUPS. 48 BUILDERS. 48 LIVE. 7 IN BUILD. Did the Beanstalk Challenge literally collect $250 million in revenue? No. But did it put $250 million of economic value to work by eliminating the acquisition costs and financial weight that would otherwise stand between these businesses and the starting line? You tell me. The Beanstalk Challenge hasn’t burned millions trying to reach the starting line. It begins at the starting line with the rocket already built. Not only are we the largest startup factory in the world. We may also be the most capital-efficient. Real investors appreciate that. Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #Startups #Founders #Builders #DomainKing #RealEstate

Need your help please. If you have an iPhone 17 Pro Max or iPhone 18 Pro Max, please tell me if the newly updated BeanstalkChallenge.com website is loading properly IN SAFARI. Below on the left side is the way it's loading on my phone, which is NOT right. On the right side is the way it should be displayed as it us on Chrome. Also let me know if you put it in landscape, if you can see the blurb on the side there or does it not appear when you scroll down? And any device, if you see anything that doesn't look right, please post a picture. THANK YOU!! #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #DomainKing

THIS IS WHAT THE BEANSTALK CHALLENGE IS REALLY ABOUT. I received this from Josh, the builder behind VirtualTours .com and Property .com just a fee minutes ago and I am COMPELLED to share it: “Rick, thanks again. I am having the time of my life, and so is my Dad. He is working really hard beside me. We are a team. You, me, him and all the rest of the builders! He swears all this is a kind of Fountain of Youth elixir. I’ve never been so excited, and I’ve never seen him so excited.” WOW!!! This is bigger than building websites. It is about awakening talent, creating opportunity and giving people something meaningful to build together. A young man and his father are working side by side, having the time of their lives, bringing two extraordinary domains to life. And the fountain of youth, example, is the exact same thing I'm experiencing. I haven't had this much energy since I was 21. But the excitement level doesn't match anything I've experienced in my entire lifetime. When I get notes like this, besides being emotional it just adds to that energy and excitement level. That is the Beanstalk Challenge. That is the Mobilization Era. This is how legacies are created and how dreams become reality. Each builder has a chance of not only building a skyscraper, but building a legacy and a story that they can be proud of. Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #Startups #Founders #Builders #DomainKing #RealEstate

THE OFFICIAL BEANSTALK CHALLENGE CLAWBACK LIST DAY 201 We reward execution, and we reclaim stagnation. Today, accountability becomes action. The current clawback list includes 27 domain assignments involving 10 builders. DNS is being updated TODAY. However, before any domain is permanently reclaimed and reassigned, every builders domain named below has one final opportunity: Raise your hand RIGHT NOW and have a legitimate operating business live within 7 days. CodeWizards .com SiteCop .com Retrain .com Oral .com RVSource .com Middleman .com (7 day extension) WorkSmarter .com Cutie .com LoveGuide .com TaxPlanners .com Homemade .com CompanyRatings .com AiDesigns .com eDivorce .com Thumbnail .com eGold .com CourtOrder .com SaveMe .com Schmaltz .com IncomeProperty .com Weapons .com Boardroom .com Solicit .com Sparklers .com Banker .com FaceFind .com CarLocators .com If your domain appears on this list and you intend to execute, contact me immediately. No response and no legitimate business within 7 days means the domain will be permanently reclaimed and offered to another qualified builder. If you are a qualified builder and you see a name on this list that you think you can execute on, contact me immediately. The Beanstalk Challenge provides extraordinary opportunities, but nobody receives the right to occupy one indefinitely. The domain may be free. The opportunity may be priceless. But the right to keep controlling it must be earned through execution. The opportunity is generous. The accountability is absolute. When execution stops, the opportunity moves. Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #Startups #Founders #Builders #DomainKing #RealEstate

THE BEANSTALK CHALLENGE MARCHES INTO THE FUTURE AND THE HISTORY BOOKS. DAY 200: A DEFINING MILESTONE REPORT We reward execution, and we reclaim stagnation. As I finalize the Beanstalk Challenge clawback list, it currently includes 25 domain assignments but involving only 10 builders. Only losing 10 builders is actually a bright spot. And a couple of them may still step up to the plate. The nonperformance is concentrated within a relatively small group, while about 50 startups are live and moving forward. DNS will be updated tomorrow. But before any domain is permanently reassigned, everyone on the clawback list will receive one final opportunity: Raise your hand RIGHT NOW and have a legitimate business live within 7 days. No response and no live business means the domain will be reclaimed and offered to another qualified builder. This is not punishment. It is discipline. VirtualTours .com and MANY others showed everyone what can happen when a builder receives an extraordinary opportunity and executes. The clawback establishes the standard. VirtualTours .com and numerous others demonstrated the reward. The domain may be provided for free, but the right to keep controlling it must be earned. Nobody gets a free ride. I will publish the clawback list tomorrow. The original goal was 18 builders, 18 startups and we will end up with 3X that and many more. Thank you to all the builders and to you, the audience, that are cheering them on!! Bingo. Bongo. Beanstalk. 🌱👑🚀 #BeanstalkChallenge #Domains #DomainNames #DigitalAssets #Startups #Founders #Builders #DomainKing #RealEstate

VirtualTours.com sat in my portfolio for more than 29 years after a $100 hand registration. It was never for sale. At the same time, I never had one truly serious conversation about it. For 29 years, it was a beautiful domain sitting pretty in the showcase. Those days are over. Today, VirtualTours.com is no longer merely a domain. It is a full-fledged business with depth, character, a cutting-edge look, reasonable pricing, and a direct path to revenue. The showpiece has become a thoroughbred. And before it has even left the starting gate, you can already see its speed, strength, and direction. It was born to run. This 21-year-old builder may have just changed his destiny. And VirtualTours.com isn’t even his power play. Wait until you see the unveiling of Property.com next week. I have told him several times: There is only one Bentley. Then I thought back to when I was 21, beginning my very first day as a road warrior behind the wheel of my 1974 Javelin. What would it have felt like to know I had a legitimate chance to earn the keys to that Bentley by building something extraordinary? Oh shit. That is when the full weight of what we created hit me. #BeanstalkChallenge #DomainNames #Domains #DigitalAssets #Founders #Builders #Entrepreneurship #DomainKing