sales Domain Sales Tip: Register Corresponding Social Media Usernames

Very impressive tactic James. Will be sure to give this a try if the opportunity ever arises

Thanks @mcbean187381 - let me know if you do this & how it turns out!

Great way to close a sale. You never know what will please a buyer and they just might pay you.

Great advice. People underestimate the power of social media usernames and handles.

In my case, I find it very rare for the twitter handle to be available. Consider yourself lucky if you do. I tend to have some luck when it comes to Facebook usernames.

Every username/handle should be picked up upon registering or acquiring.

Twitter of course doesn't allow multiple accounts under one email, instead of having to use different email addresses, simply put a dot somewhere in your gmail address (assuming you have one).

So if your email is [email protected] you can simply use [email protected].

Sending an email to the second address with the dot still go to the original email.

Interesting tip, thanks for sharing this.

If only it was easy to get usernames that are already taken and have not been used.

I also include LinkedIn and Facebook when possible to sweetened the deal...

I find this practise unethical and borderline profiteering. If I were a potential buyer being offered a twitter account as part of a sale for a higher cost I would simply walk away as it would wreak of desperation to me.

Nothing personal here of course, I'm speaking of the concept in general.

This is a great idea, including the Twitter user name but this is a gamble.

I had run into a similar situation but I had already registered the Twitter username because I was planning on developing a website with the domain, so I got the Twitter name in good faith.

After I had decided I wasn't going to pursue developing the name into a website I had a buyer for the name lined up. They had found that the matching Twitter ID was reg'd (to me unknowingly). They told me they wanted the matching Twitter ID and I told them I had registered it, planning to use it for my site.

They told me they would only pay the price I was asking if I threw in the Twitter ID. I said fine since I wasn't going to use it anyway.

The buyer had contacted Twitter without me knowing to see what they had to do, if anything, to transfer the account from me to them. They wanted to make sure Twitter wouldn't take/suspend the account/ID later.

Twitter said that if the name was being bought that was a violation of their terms and the account would be suspended. Twitter's official response to them and to me when I had contacted them was that if the Twitter name is adding value to something being sold then that could constitute value in the name and could be seen as selling the name.

They told them (and myself) that they would look at it on a case by case issue to see if the transaction would be considered buying a Twitter name.

Now, does this mean they will seize/suspend the Twitter account/ID if you do this? Maybe, maybe not.

I know this happens often and there usually is not any problems. I just want you guys to know from my own experience so you are informed as to what to be careful of and don't wind up with a PO'd buyer IF it does go bad and Twitter takes and suspends the account.

I think as long as you aren't making a big deal about it and are cautious not to list it as part of what is being sold, but a bonus or perhaps a "I'll even throw in the Twitter ID" then you will be fine.

Just make sure there is nothing that can be found online that might be taken by Twitter as selling a name.

@Electric-Shadow

It is perfectly ethical. You're simply taking the time to show the buyer that the handle/username can be secured by doing the busywork for them, which provides them with peace of mind. The buyer then has one less thing to worry about. It also saves them time from having to check availability and secure it on their own. Time is money.

This is the very definition of a win/win!