Menu
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Awards
  • Privacy Policy
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Awards
  • Privacy Policy
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • RSS
TheDomains.com

Rick Schwartz is King of The Deplorables

February 20, 2017 by Raymond Hackney

Hillary Clinton spoke at a fundraiser on Sept. 9, 2016, in New York City. She said the following:

“I know there are only 60 days left to make our case — and don’t get complacent, don’t see the latest outrageous, offensive, inappropriate comment and think, well, he’s done this time. We are living in a volatile political environment. You know, to just be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables.

And with that Hillary Clinton started a movement that she certainly did not want to be responsible for, around the country Trump supporters started to call themselves “deplorable” or “the deplorables.”

Memes were everywhere,


So how does Rick Schwartz fit in ?

Rick spent $26,742 to acquire the following:

  • Deplorable.com
  • Deplorables.com
  • BasketOfDeplorables.com

Now deplorable.com had been registered since 2000. The other two names were regged the day after Hillary Clinton disparaged Trump supporters. Deplorables.com was registered by an Australian registrant. It then moved to privacy two days later and then Rick. The domain was previously registered but dropped in 2012.

BasketofDeplorables.com was registered under privacy immediately.

There are plenty of people making money off the deplorable brand.

Here is a tshirt at TeeSpring.com

Basket of Deplorables

$24.94 for this long sleeve tshirt. This looks to have been part of a fund raising campaign. The site says this is the last day to order.

Last day to order!

We reached our goal! You can keep buying until the campaign ends!

You can do a Google search and find plenty of people selling apparel and other merchandise.

Trademarks

Some are already moving to TM the term.

Word Mark THE DEPLORABLES
Goods and Services IC 024. US 042 050. G & S: T-shirts and printed posters
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 87171491
Filing Date September 14, 2016
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) Tom Kurzeja INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 17 Barkley Lane Apt 208 Gaithersburg MARYLAND 20877
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE
Word Mark BASKET OF DEPLORABLES
Goods and Services IC 021. US 002 013 023 029 030 033 040 050. G & S: Coffee mugs; Coffee cups, tea cups and mugs; Glass mugs; Glass carafes; Glass jars; Glass storage jars; Mugs; Mugs, not of precious metal; Beer glasses; Beer mugs; Earthenware mugs; Porcelain mugs; Shot glasses; Tumblers for use as drinking glasses; Whisky glassesIC 025. US 022 039. G & S: Button down shirts; Shirts; Shirts and short-sleeved shirts; Shirts for men, women, children; Sweatshirts; Sweatshirts for men, women, children; Undergarments; Camp shirts; Graphic T-shirts; Henley shirts; Hooded sweatshirts; Hooded sweat shirts; Knit shirts; Long-sleeved shirts; Moisture-wicking sports shirts; Night shirts; Open-necked shirts; Short-sleeve shirts; Short-sleeved shirts; Sleep shirts; Sports shirts; Sports shirts with short sleeves; Sweat shirts; T-shirts; T-shirts for men, women, children; Tee shirts; Yoga shirts
Standard Characters Claimed
Mark Drawing Code (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
Serial Number 87242937
Filing Date November 20, 2016
Current Basis 1B
Original Filing Basis 1B
Owner (APPLICANT) Yuskiewicz, Susan M DBA Susan’s Creative Creations INDIVIDUAL UNITED STATES 12223 Highland Ave, Suite 106, Box 761 RANCHO CUCAMONGA CALIFORNIA 91739
Type of Mark TRADEMARK
Register PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator LIVE

There are currently 21 different entities with a TM surrounding the terms deplorable,deplorables or basket of deplorables.

Fox News published an article today,

The mainstream media hates deplorables — and they aren’t fond of Trump either

It will be interesting to see if the buzz and use around deplorable(s) lasts for the entire Trump presidency. I am sure Rick can find a creative way to make some money with these names if he decides to.

Share
Share on Facebook
Share
Share this
Share
Share on Google Plus

Filed Under: Domains, Rick Schwartz

About Raymond Hackney

Raymond is a writer, domain trader and consultant based in Pennsylvania. Raymond is the founder of 3Character.com and TLDInvestors.com.

« The good, the bad and the ugly – Escrow.com
Sedo weekly sales led by Defiant.com »

Comments

  1. Texan says

    February 20, 2017 at 7:57 pm

    Rick is the man ! Cannot believe there are trademarks.

  2. Domain says

    February 20, 2017 at 7:59 pm

    Great story Raymond.

  3. Darko says

    February 21, 2017 at 12:36 am

    Rick is the king! 🙂

  4. Julio Maysonet says

    February 21, 2017 at 7:13 am

    Now I understand why he is known as the KING!

  5. steve says

    February 21, 2017 at 3:40 pm

    I hope Rick can flip these and make a fortune.

    Trump definitely has a loyal base in the millions, so I’d assume the “deplorables” moniker has some “staying power”

    has anyone tracked the top T-shirt sales on Amazon or CafePress or the leading T-shirt sites?

  6. franka says

    February 21, 2017 at 8:57 pm

    Please inform Rick that these 2 domains are for sale ,
    kingofdeplorables.com .
    thekingofdeplorables.com

  7. domain guy says

    February 22, 2017 at 5:38 pm

    No its the exact match that’s important. What you are seeing here is domainers capitalizing on speculation. When you have a tm on the principal register this is serious business. Again Hillary missed the boat and failed to register clintinkaine.com which is now controlled by the trump organization.

  8. John says

    February 22, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    I’m not going to explain how I blew it when I’m fairly certain I could have beat everyone to two them this time, only that I still regret it. 🙂 But of all people I’m glad it’s the King who has them now. 🙂


Recent Articles

  • The Greatest Domain Stories of all time – Part 1
  • Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Borj.com
  • Godaddy earnings beat by $0.13, revenue topped estimates

Recent Comments

  • John on The Greatest Domain Stories of all time – Part 1
  • Francois on Rick Schwartz details every domain he has acquired since 2022
  • Zip on Rick Schwartz details every domain he has acquired since 2022
  • John on Rick Schwartz details every domain he has acquired since 2022
  • John on Rick Schwartz gives positive remarks on new domain appraisal tool

Categories

Archives

Copyright ©2025 TheDomains.com