{"id":2090100,"date":"2023-11-04T13:44:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-plans-to-sell-old-x-handles-for-as-much-as-50000\/"},"modified":"2023-11-04T13:49:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:49:53","slug":"elon-musk-plans-to-sell-old-x-handles-for-as-much-as-50000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-plans-to-sell-old-x-handles-for-as-much-as-50000\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk to sell vintage X handles for up to $50k."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-plans-to-sell-old-x-handles-for-as-much-as-50000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2090100&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Elon Musk&#8217;s Bold Plan\u2063 to Monetize X: Selling Old Handles<\/h2>\n<p>Elon Musk, the visionary\u2064 behind X (formerly known as Twitter), is\u2063 exploring an innovative way to generate revenue for the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>. He is considering selling \u200doff old handles that have \u2062fallen into disuse, according \u200dto verified\u200b emails obtained\u2062 by Forbes.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>One of these coveted handles was priced at a \u2062staggering $50,000, as \u200crevealed in\u2063 the emails exchanged between X employees.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>A New Strategy Unveiled<\/h3>\n<p>When an X user remains inactive for a month, their\u200c account is deemed inactive and becomes vulnerable to\u2063 removal or potential purchase. This recent development follows\u2063 Musk&#8217;s \u2064introduction of a paid verification\u200c process, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-plans-to-sell-old-x-handles-for-as-much-as-50000\/\" title=\"Elon Musk to sell vintage X handles for up to k.\">grants users extended post lengths<\/a>, editing capabilities, reduced\u2062 ads, and higher rankings in \u2064conversations.<\/p>\n<p>While these subscription-based services aim to boost revenue for \u2064the platform,\u200b CEO \u200bLinda \u200dYaccarino has confirmed a positive \u2064trend\u200c in advertiser return rates since the summer. In fact, 90 out of X&#8217;s top 100 advertisers from 2022 have already \u200bcome\u200c back, with a total\u2062 of 1,700 advertisers returning \u2062in the last quarter alone.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these\u2064 changes, X still boasts an impressive\u200b user base, \u200bwith over 500 million\u200d monthly active users\u2062 and 1.5 million daily sign-ups.\u200d Users spend a staggering \u20647.8 billion minutes on the platform every day.<\/p>\n<p>October marked \u200bthe one-year anniversary of Musk&#8217;s takeover\u2063 of X, and it seems he is determined \u200cto revolutionize the platform&#8217;s\u2062 revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read\u200d more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2>Will I have to pay for X?<\/h2>\n<p><span>X Premium\u200b is an\u2064 opt-in, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-ambinder-the-edward-snowden-of-underachieving-click-whores\/\" title=\"Marc Ambinder: The Edward Snowden of Underachieving Click Whores\">paid subscription<\/a> that \u2062offers additional features* to improve your experience \u200bon \u2063X.\u2063 X Premium has three tiers: Basic, Premium, and \u2062Premium+, with more features available \u2062in each \u200btier. Subscribe now with\u2062 localized pricing starting at\u2062 $3\/month\u200d or $32\/year on Web in available countries. Elon Musk, the visionary behind X (formerly known as Twitter), \u2063is exploring \u2063an innovative\u200c way to generate revenue for the social media platform. \u200dHe is considering selling off old handles that have fallen into disuse, according to verified emails \u2063obtained by Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>One of these coveted handles was priced at a staggering $50,000, as revealed in the emails exchanged between \u2064X employees.<\/p>\n<p>This new strategy comes in the wake of Musk&#8217;s\u2063 introduction of a paid verification process, which grants users extended post lengths, editing capabilities, \u200creduced\u2064 ads, and higher rankings in conversations. When an X user remains inactive for a month, their account is deemed inactive and\u2064 becomes \u200dvulnerable \u2063to removal\u200b or \u200bpotential purchase.<\/p>\n<p>While these subscription-based services\u2063 aim to boost\u200d revenue for the platform, \u2062CEO Linda\u2064 Yaccarino has confirmed\u2064 a positive trend in advertiser return rates since the summer. In fact, 90 out of X&#8217;s top 100 advertisers from 2022 have \u2064already come back, with a total of 1,700 advertisers returning in the last quarter alone.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2064 these\u200d changes, X still boasts an impressive user base, with over\u2064 500 \u2062million monthly active users and 1.5 million daily sign-ups. Users spend a staggering 7.8 \u200dbillion minutes on the platform \u200bevery day.<\/p>\n<p>October marked\u2062 the\u2064 one-year anniversary of Musk&#8217;s takeover of\u200c X, and it seems he is\u200b determined \u2063to revolutionize the \u2064platform&#8217;s revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to\u2062 read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>users on the platform, for sale. This move could potentially generate revenue for X and attract users who are willing to pay for unique and sought-after usernames. Elon Musk&#8217;s innovative approach aims to monetize unused handles on his social media platform, X, as confirmed by Forbes through internal emails exchanged among X employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2090101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2090101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}