Elon Musk's X Has Started Selling Off Old Twitter Handles For Upwards Of $50,000 (1.Viewing)

X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, appears to have begun ramping up efforts to sell disused user handles, kicking off a program previously signaled by billionaire owner Elon Musk.

Emails obtained by Forbes reveal that a team within the company, known as the @Handle Team, has begun work on a handle marketplace for the purchase of account names left unused by the people who originally registered them. In at least some cases, X/Twitter has emailed solicitations to potential buyers requesting a flat fee of $50,000 to initiate a purchase.

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mcm said:

This is currently happening with Telegram. Usernames like @news, @auto and @bank all sold for over $2 million USD through their in-house auction platform. I'm not opposed to it. There is a huge (grey) market for the sale of exclusive usernames and these companies want a piece of the pie.

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