Twitter considering selling usernames to boost revenue: Report

Twitter has considered selling usernames to generate new revenue as its owner, Elon Musk, tries to resuscitate the company’s business, two people with knowledge of the plan said.

Twitter employees have held conversations about selling some usernames for the service since at least December, the people said. Engineers have discussed running online auctions where people can bid for the usernames. It’s unclear if the project will move forward and if the plan affects all usernames or only a subset, the people said. But Musk said last month that he wanted to start eliminating inactive accounts on Twitter and free up 1. 5 billion usernames. Only certain usernames — such as those of well known people, brands and popular names — may have value.