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One thing that I think that is somewhat important is having matching IG / twitter / fb / and youtube usernames that match the domain name. For example, lets say someone has the domain name supaflexxin.com and they want to develop / brand it

IMO, the branding looks much stronger when they have all of the social media usernames that match up with their company name ... so

facebook.com/supaflexxin
twitter.com/supaflexxin
instagram.com/supaflexxin
snap: supaflexxin
youtube.com/supaflexxin
gmail: [email protected] (may not be important since you can just use [email protected])

ETC. I feel like having to throw random numbers in devalues the brand a bit. like:

facebook.com/I_am_supaflexxin
instagram.com/SFlexxin
twitter.com/supaflexxin1

Of course, it won't always be possible to do this - especially with a 3 letter or short domains. I did random searches on 3,4 and 5 letter IG handles. A lot are taken ...
In these scenerios, I feel like the domainer can find a suffix or word to use after the 3 letters thats available on all platforms and use that to make all their handles match up.

How important do you personally think it is to have the social media links match up? Also, are there sites that you use where people sell or trade social media usernames?
 
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It's hard to find a good available .com that all the handles are also available. It's nearly impossible unless it's a random made up word.

Many companies just add an underscore _ or my, get, go etc.....as a prefix to their social media handles so I don't think it's that crucial.
 
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Something interesting I seen:
on public profiles with a desirable aspect (1 word, first names, 3 letters..) people will be in the comments making offers and asking how to get the name:

Some Examples:
https://instagram.com/chris
https://www.instagram.com/p/BOwPm5DgUP2/?taken-by=chris

https://www.instagram.com/sara/ (read bio)
https://www.instagram.com/joe/ (read bio)
https://www.instagram.com/brian (comments)

and many more, just search common words and first names
I wonder what people would sell them for
 
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yes it does matter a lot . matching usernames help a lot in seo and in online publicity
 
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If you need an excellent promotional effect, it is very important.Because he can produce better SEO results.
 
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Don't forget you car number plate. :)
 
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