Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is now in the business of selling unused account handles. These handles are reportedly up for grabs, starting at a hefty price tag of $50,000.
What Happened: As reported by Forbes on Friday, X has launched a marketplace for acquiring user handles left dormant by original users. A team within the company is leading the initiative aptly named the @Handle Team.
The @Handle Team from X has reached out to prospective buyers through emails, offering a flat fee of $50,000 per handle.
Forbes, which got hold of these emails, has chosen not to reveal them in their entirety to protect the privacy of the recipients. These emails also shed light on recent modifications to X’s @handle guidelines, procedures, and pricing.
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While X’s existing username registration policy doesn’t permit the release of inactive usernames, Musk had ...