X, which used to be called Twitter, is making a new place where people can buy and sell usernames.
This place is called @Handles.
Some usernames can be bought for a fixed price of $50,000, which is about N40,000,000.
Emails from X workers, found by Forbes, confirm this project.
The rules for @handles, the fees, and how it all works have changed.
X’s support page still says they cannot give away usernames that are not being used.
Elon Musk bought Twitter (now X) for $44 billion in October 2022.
After that, the value of the social media site went down a lot.
Musk says it’s worth $19 billion, but others say it’s worth about $15.4 billion. Selling old usernames could help X make more money and get better financially.
