Twitter Account Names

[domainseller200]

This is a question for those who 'get' Twitter and realise the power of it.

Do you see value in Twitter names and them increasing in value as time passes ?

If you do see value in them, can you give a figure where you think they are worth buying / worth a punt ?

Thanks

 

[retired_member33]

Its illegal to sell Twitter regs..

 

[boxerdogboxerdog is verified member.]

Its illegal to sell Twitter regs..

is it?...............ooops I`ve sold quite a few

 

[retired_member33]

is it?...............ooops I`ve sold quite a few

Bad boy!

Yeah its against their TOS but who cares, seen them being sold all over the place.

On a more serious note... Yes, Twitter accounts with enough genuine followers are worth good money.

 

[domainseller200]

It's illegal to sell drugs too - still brilliant money in it

It isn't "illegal" it is against the sites t&c - big difference.

Not as if the Twitter police will come and arrest me and charge me with twitter handle dealing

 

[domainseller200]

Bad boy!

Yeah its against their TOS but who cares, seen them being sold all over the place.

On a more serious note... Yes, Twitter accounts with enough genuine followers are worth good money.

I meant generic handles as opposed to accounts with followers..

 

[retired_member33]

I meant generic handles as opposed to accounts with followers..

The same goes for generics, your not allowed to sell them.

But again, who cares and who will notice..

 

[boxerdogboxerdog is verified member.]

Now look what you`ve gone and done!!

 

[domainseller200]

The same goes for generics, your not allowed to sell them.

But again, who cares and who will notice..

Lol I know that ! I meant the original question was about generics and not followers

 

[retired_member33]

Now look what you`ve gone and done!!

Better watch it!

 

[MikeJDS]

This is a question for those who 'get' Twitter and realise the power of it.

Do you see value in Twitter names and them increasing in value as time passes ?

If you do see value in them, can you give a figure where you think they are worth buying / worth a punt ?

Thanks

I do see value in some twitter names.
Obviously there are companies who would like to get hold of their own brand names etc. and would be willing to pay for it. But I think these are probably few and far between.
(Not sure on the rules of that BTW?)

Not like domain names
The problem comes if considering investing in Twitter names, is that Twitter may not last forever, so it could easily all go belly up over time.
2 years?, 5 years? 10+?.. who knows. (if your thinking of buying them)
For this reason, I wouldn't buy them!
But then again maybe a small punt?

Also, alot of potential 'end users' find it hard to understand any value even in Domain Names, let alone Twitter names. So you could be banging your head against a wall.
Plus most companies can't even crack how to even use Twitter effectively yet and some just don't understand social marketing, Full Stop!

However if you find a few good ones available.. Go for it - They don't cost anything after all.


-- So spill the beans then Frank, what have you got? LOL

 

[MikeJDS]

Got me thinking...
I don't know of any way to find out who owns a Twitter account.
Is there one?
(No smart arses say tweet them please!

Found a very interesting article worth a read, concerning a recent dispute on who owns a Twitter name & its followers.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...ccount-goes-to-court/articleshow/11262914.cms

There are 2 pages.

 

[retired_member34]

This is a question for those who 'get' Twitter and realise the power of it.

Do you see value in Twitter names and them increasing in value as time passes ?

If you do see value in them, can you give a figure where you think they are worth buying / worth a punt ?

Thanks

I've tried buying a few, as an end user (to use a domain analogy), in the £xxx range.

 

[namealot]

Not as if the Twitter police will come and arrest me and charge me with twitter handle dealing

"Don't be so sure punk...."​

 

[Blossom]

I do see value in some twitter names.
Obviously there are companies who would like to get hold of their own brand names etc. and would be willing to pay for it. But I think these are probably few and far between.
(Not sure on the rules of that BTW?)

Twitter has and will take names from people if it's clear that there's a brand issue. I believe there's even a report out there of a person having their full name username taken away from them because it was a celebrity's name and they wanted the account.

In terms of the original discussion, I personally think it's a nice match to sell a domain name and offer the equivalent Twitter name to the buyer as well. Particularly for brandable names when someone is considering starting a company off the back of it.

Twitter is supposed to be introducing a system for freeing up abandoned names but that was years ago and I'm still waiting. One thing to be cautious of though if you're dealing with a lot of them.

 

[scooter]

Plus most companies can't even crack how to even use Twitter effectively yet and some just don't understand social marketing, Full Stop!

In terms of seo, I think it will soon be going full circle. Google is not daft. It will see it/them for what they are. Massive spam machines.

I would not like to have any followers linked to people who do the below. With 5199 positive reviews, he's a busy boy and there are tons more out there doing the same.
http://fiverr.com/twitter__follow/g...your-user-name-and-pass-in-less-then-24-hours




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[AlienAlien is verified member.]

It's illegal to sell drugs too - still brilliant money in it

It isn't "illegal" it is against the sites t&c - big difference.

Not as if the Twitter police will come and arrest me and charge me with twitter handle dealing

You Twitter Dealer, you!

Fancy a quarter of TwitDeals?

Definitely good value in names, hard to register generic names and those with active followers/tweets, etc. Unsure how to estimate value though...