X’s service has begun to form a plan to increase the revenue by selling dormant usernames. According to recent changes found in X’s web app, the company is establishing a “handle investigation” process that will allow Verified company – Companies and other companies that already have X subscriptions every month – to bid on abandoned X handles. According to an FAQ discovered in the web app, these bids will start at $ 10,000 and can be over $ 500,000.
The updates were first Stained By the opposite engineer Nima Ouji, who told TechCrunch that she saw the changes on the web app directly on Wednesday. Websites that companies can achieve a handle are still not live to the public.
The concept of money -making by selling handles is something to be wandered under the ownership of the Elon Mask. New York Times Report The company that still called Twitter on January 2021, considering the establishment of an online auction process for bid on handles.
There is also musk Long -idea support For active users to free the Namespace of X Already deleted several disabled accounts In service Back in May 2023The
In November 2023, Forbes Also had the report that had reported Actively requesting buyers Who may be interested in achieving unused handles, but not a formal announcement. Of x’s Documentation on Disabled Accounts The company that “cannot disclose the disabled username at this time”, though there is something Report People who buy usernames in X outside of an official process.
Companies can create an earning flow beyond the X subscription, advertising and developer access to their desired usernames. This step can encourage the post if the other X users do not make their handle dormant and then want to go for sale.
Until now, X users in the FAQ give the Handle investigation, how the sales process is and how the transfer will work, including the process of the X users to answer a handful of questions about the process.
Still the non-public website explained, interested users will work with an automated support bot to start an inquiry about the username they want to buy and the handle will respond to X if the handle is available in three business days. After purchasing the handle, it will be transferred to the new owner within one or two days, or it may be transferred to another already -owned account of the business, FAQ said.
Depending on the number and size of the website notes, the number and size of the quote can also be available for buying multiple handles at once.
XK was asked to comment on his plans around the handles but did not respond.