April 14, 2008

Twitter Account and Followers For Sale

Andrew Baron really loves his Twitter account, but he feels like he hasn't been using it the way he wants to. Instead of deleting his account, he decided it to sell on Ebay.

The latest bid is currently 1,125.00 USD. As Andrew Baron currently has 1,636 followers, this means that each follower is valuated at 0.69 USD.

The problem is that buying followers is like buying air. What do you really know about the followers of a Twitter account ? Can the buyer be sure that the information followers put in their profiles is correct ? Furthermore, what would the buyer be able to do with a list of followers from a bought Twitter account ? Are the followers part of the target audience for the goods or services you want to sell ? Will the buyer be able to sell something to them ? Can the buyer convert them into paying subscribers of whatever service ? Will the followers click on the ads on the buyers's site ? Will the followers remain followers or will they abandon ?

Will Ebay allow this sale of a digital good ? Will Twitter delete this account when the sale effectively takes place ? Who will be the next one to sell his Twitter account ?

There are clearly more questions than answers.

14 comments:

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Anonymous said...

Its all in the marketing. Shut up with your questions.

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I wonder if my twitter account will sell for that amount

SenseHow-Technology& Blogging said...

My goodness,one follower is valuated for $0.69? valuable twitter accounr

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what will be the value now for twitter accounts?

Simple Way to Use Google said...

what about twitter.com/arahevar
What Price you suggest?
I want to sell it
dhanrahe@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I have more than 11,000 followers. Suck on that.

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Anonymous said...

i am selling twitter account with 4000followers contact my skype: lockerz10 email tengotianeli@gmail.com

Jobs on a Cruise Ship said...

I also want to sell mine twitter.com/tkg0909

Jai said...

I am sure twitter will not allow the sale.. it will definitely ban the account which comprises with these cases...

Lookwoman said...

I am sell mi twitter accound www.twitter.com/lookwoman 50.000 followers ,please DM in twitter for questions .

Vendo mi cuenta de twitter, tiene 50.000 seguidores y seguidos, fieles, la cuenta esta valuada por los RT y Fav en 19.000 pesos , por favor tratar por Mensaje Directo (DM) en twitter, es @lookwoman www.twitter.com/lookwoman

Unknown said...

Good post.