advice Someone offered to purchase my Instagram username

[Sina365]

Hello, I created a unique Instagram username/handle that someone is interested in buying from me. He asked how much I would sell it for. He is an established photographer and says he has a small shop with my username as the store's name, so he would like to have social media account for it as well. I've never sold a domain or anything like an online username before. Since social media is so popular these days, I want to make sure I'm making the right move. I would appreciate any advice. Thanks!

 

[cdboard]

first thing I would do is verify this:

"established photographer and says he has a small shop with my username as the store's name"

also check google streetview to see if it is a small shop.

 

[Sina365]

first thing I would do is verify this:

"established photographer and says he has a small shop with my username as the store's name"

also check google streetview to see if it is a small shop.

Do I say something like: "What is your store's address &/or website?" Also, what would this tell me about him as a buyer? Thank you.

 

[cdboard]

he told you the store name. he's a photographer. take that and start an internet search.

 

[platey]

this could be a new trend of buying usernames and or profiles etc but the problem comes

when there is content on a username as obviously the content is legally owned by the creator of the username etc

but i'm interested to see if you do sell your username and how to go about it and how much it sell for

i own @loveart.gallery on twit and used to own the .gallery version of the domain

but i also own a .com domain with the exact same spelling as twit username so i could sell domain and username as a package but wouldnt know what the username is worth