{"id":258872,"date":"2023-11-06T06:55:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=258872"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:45:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:45:30","slug":"x-is-reportedly-selling-exclusive-handles-for-50k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/x-is-reportedly-selling-exclusive-handles-for-50k\/","title":{"rendered":"X is reportedly selling exclusive handles for $50K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

X, previously recognized as Twitter, seems to be accelerating its initiative to market inactive user handles, aligning with a strategy earlier hinted at by owner Elon Musk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a recent report by Forbes<\/em><\/a>, the transition at X<\/a>, once known as Twitter, is picking up pace with the sale of dormant user handles now underway. A unit within the company, named the @Handle Team, has rolled out a commercial avenue for securing rights to handles that have been long abandoned by their initial registrants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\r\n X (Twitter)<\/span>\r\n DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n <\/div>\r\n
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Selected potential purchasers have received direct communication from X, proposing a uniform fee of $50,000 to commence the transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These insights emerge from emails, excerpts of which Forbes has confidentially reviewed but chosen not to disclose in full. The emails were sent by individuals currently employed at X and draw attention to the updated protocols and pricing structures for @handle transactions recently put in place by the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes reached out to X’s press email for comments, receiving only an automated reply stating: \u201cBusy now, please check back later.\u201d The blueprint for Musk’s company to initiate such a sales mechanism has been a subject of speculation for several months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk himself, as early as November 2022, mentioned on the platform that a “vast number” of user handles had been secured by “bots and trolls,” announcing intentions to “free them up next month.” This prompted a user to propose a “Handle Marketplace” for account sales, which would include a transaction fee for the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some have simply been abandoned, but vast numbers of handles were consumed by bots\/trolls. Aiming to start freeing those up next month.<\/p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 24, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>