Tweexchange: Exchange, Buy or Find Twitter Usernames
Twitter names are suddenly becoming a lot hard to come by. Tweexchange aims at capitalizing on this increase in traffic Twitter is seeing by providing a marketplace for Twitter memebers to exchange, buy or find Twitter usernames from other existing members.
When you head over to Tweexchange you can search for you desired username and it also shows you what names are taken and recommends alternative usernames you might want to use. The site also lists Twitter handles for sale, which could be a lucrative business if the handles listed for sale are actually desirable.
If you do see a Twitter name available that you’d like to buy or negotiate, Tweexchange lets you send the owner a Tweet or email inquiry. Selling “free” Twitter names is apparently ‘against Twitter rules’, but it’s unclear as to how and if Twitter is enforcing this rule.
“Twitter Squatting” is become a popular phenomenon. People are taking up brand names, company names and famous individuals’ names as user names in the hopes of cashing in big one day, like many who bought popular domain names have in the past.
Tweexchange is a great idea but im not too sure if Twitter will allow this service to continue, but I cant really see why not, at the end of the day Twitter obviously has final say on all Twitter names and who owns them.
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Good post, http://assetize.com is another site that does this. It’ll be interesting to see what happens with account sales, and if it becomes as popular as domain names.
I’ve listed on both tweexchange and assetize, and assetize seems to be a little easier to use – can tag accounts with keywords so that buyers can find them. If you’re looking to buy or sell, give it a try