When negotiating with a prospective buyer, there have been a couple of times I was asked if I own the matching Twitter handle to a domain name I have. In both cases, I did not own the Twitter nickname and it did not impact the negotiation.
I know there are some people who will try to secure the matching Twitter name to their domain name. I think it could enhance the value of domain name if the matching Twitter handle is also managed, but I have never done this before. My feeling is that someone could then ask about Facebook, Instagram, and other social media handles. In addition, most of the Twitter handles matching important domain names were claimed long ago and would take a real effort to secure.
It would be interesting to know how many domain investors secure Twitter handles / nicknames for domain names they own. It would be great for people to share insight in addition to responding to the poll below:
Have twitter accounts for 99% of my domains. also another thing to do is claim the linkedin company pages for the domain. If you want to go better claim the linkedin Group.
Instagram handles are more important IMO.
A billion active users vs. 300m on Twitter.
Lookd like Twitter is slowly dying..
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2018-07-27/twitter-projects-users-to-decline-profit-short-of-estimates#click=https://t.co/iwgGWgCPsj
Just saw a posting this week on a respectable feed about how Instagram is taking place of FB and Twitter in many social communicators (not just teens). Just regged a matching instagram id this am that covers broad demographic prospects
though ironically, instagram is owned by facebook. in fact, most “social media” is just rebranded corporate-owned media. in my opinion, print dies first and with it corporate mouthpieces like the new york times, washington post, the wall street journal, etc. cable dies second and with it corporate mouthpieces like cnn, fox, msnbc, etc. finally, i’d like to see corporate-owned “social media” die off and with it, facebook/instagram, twitter, youtube, tumblr, etc. f’ twitter and good riddance! peace
It’s good idea to secure the matching twitter handle to your domain name. However, it could impact negatively on negotiations if the Twitter handle has a small following. So I would advise you tread carefully if you plan on doing it.
Impossible to secure Twitter handles if you deal with one word domains.
if one word handle is taken, i add “dotcom”
Only with a view to end use, not for being able to offer it in case there is a sale.
when possible, i claim usernames at all of the major social networks like twitter, facebook, instagram, etc. i use tools like namechk.com and namevine.com for easy username availability searches. i’ve made multiple $x,xxx sales where the matching usernames were an important part of the sale.
pro tip: earlier this week shapathon.com sold for $786 at namejet, a great price btw. i considered purchasing the domain in part because the twitter handle @shopathon was “reclaimable”. ie, shopathonformoms.com reg’d the twitter handle @shopathon a while ago, but then dropped shopathonformoms.com and also stopped using the twitter account in 2014. by registering shopathonformoms.com, it’s possible to request a forgotten password at twitter, which would be sent to the shopathonformoms.com email address used to register the twitter account. with catch all email forwarding added to shopathonformoms.com, the forgotten password email would be received and the @shopathon username able to be reclaimed. i’ve acquired numerous one-word social media usernames which were abandoned a long time ago using this technique.
tx for the tip, i have some twitterid’s been eyeing, didnt know how to do this …much appreciated
you’re very welcome!
real world example:
twitter.com/reppable
currently reclaimable via forgotten password sent to a reppable.com email address, which is no longer registered.
i emailed repable.com and suggested they claim both for redirection purposes, but i guess they’re not interested.
repped.com previously sold for $6,000 in 2015 and similarly one-word “able” ending domains are rising in value. reppable.com is a great brand for a reg fee and the matching twitter handle would make it even more desirable.
https://namebio.com/repped.com
cheers