Rick Schwartz, also know as the “DomainKing” has partnered with Gigya and launched a website for Widgets.com. Rick had previously tried to sell the domain name in an eBay auction. The site serves as a widget directory to promote Gigya’s Wildfire product, which was created to make it easier for users to install widgets across 60 different platforms, such as blogs, social media sites, start pages and desktop applications. Wildfire reaches over 180 million unique widget viewers worldwide and tracks billions of widget impressions each month. The details of the partnership were not published.

[via Press Release]

After Rick Schwartz decided to stop blogging due to what he feels is the failure of the industry to defend itself against initiatives such as the Snowe Bill by joining the ICA, he had listed the domain name “widgets.com” for sale on eBay. The auction just ended with a high bid of US $175,100.00, but failed to meet the reserve.