Is it allowed to sell Twitter account with a lot of Followers?

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  1. #1
    G'day every one in Dp,

    Just wondering does it allowed to sell a Twitter account with a huge number of followers? I have a strong doubt about it but recently i found at BST forum that someone had successfully sold a facebook account with xxxx+ friends. Can any one please confirm me about it?

    Thanks in advance
     
    n3o_the_on3, May 27, 2009 IP
  2. mentos

    mentos Prominent Member

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    Its illegal to sell as the twitter TOS state that the transfer of ownership which involve monetary or non monetary transaction is consider illegal.
     
    mentos, May 27, 2009 IP
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    kittyluver Notable Member

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    Yes.. Twitter will ban the member after selling the account.
     
    kittyluver, May 27, 2009 IP
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    ~kev~ Well-Known Member

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    Its not your account to sell. That twitter account belongs to the owner of twitter. You own nothing at twitter, you do not own anything on that site or server.

    Because you do not own the account, you can not sell something you do not own. That would be like taking a car you borrowed and selling it.
     
    ~kev~, May 27, 2009 IP
  5. n3o_the_on3

    n3o_the_on3 Well-Known Member

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    Thank you every one for advise.
     
    n3o_the_on3, May 27, 2009 IP
  6. Sensei.Design

    Sensei.Design Prominent Member

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    #6
    it's not forbidden to sell them, I already heard about a marketplace
     
    Sensei.Design, May 27, 2009 IP
  7. sourcez

    sourcez Peon

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    It's in the terms; these people might just be doing it on the hush. Most major companies will shut you down sharpish if they think you're making money out of "their" account.
     
    sourcez, May 27, 2009 IP
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    Sensei.Design Prominent Member

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    thats why the bbs paid over one million dollers to the blogger who opened their account and they also hired him as a blogger.... doesn't sound that bad
     
    Sensei.Design, May 27, 2009 IP
  9. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Account sales are not allowed at DigitalPoint - regardless of the Twitter TOS.
    If you see a sale please use the report button to notify the mods.
     
    sarahk, May 27, 2009 IP
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  10. A Yellow Fellow

    A Yellow Fellow Peon

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    #10
    it's only illegal if you get caught :)
     
    A Yellow Fellow, May 27, 2009 IP
  11. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Indeed. You'd still be better off trying to sell on some other forum than here.
     
    sarahk, May 27, 2009 IP
  12. Valley

    Valley Peon

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    Hi Sarah.
    Out of sheer curiosity why do account sales get cause such offence on forums?
     
    Valley, May 29, 2009 IP
  13. sarahk

    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    People were selling accounts that required a degree of verification and so people who weren't eligible were getting them that way. There was an element of identity theft and breaking the TOS of the other site.

    After untold complaints of scamming, theft, fraud etc for which we were being asked to act as judge and jury it was felt that the most responsible solution was to not allow account sales.

    Now, I'm sure some accounts can be sold by the sites that issue them but we're not about to go scanning the TOS of all of them, and keeping up to date with changes to the TOS. It's far more practical to make a blanket ban.

    As for digitalpoint accounts, they should not be sold - however it would be naive to believe it doesn't happen. An account with 5000 posts and 100 iTraders is very valuable - a dishonest person can create havoc if they buy an account like that. It's why we have the phishing issues etc - people want to control the accounts and then either use them or sell them.
     
    sarahk, May 29, 2009 IP
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    Twitter prohibits any of their accounts to be sold. People do it all the time though and it's very hard to get caught. I don't advise selling your Twitter account or ever buying one.
     
    BrassDash, May 29, 2009 IP
  15. Valley

    Valley Peon

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    Ah.
    Understand now.
     
    Valley, May 30, 2009 IP
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    lifeplayer Notable Member

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    Of course no, they will ban / delete the account when they found out
     
    lifeplayer, Jun 12, 2009 IP
  17. tarundrebellian

    tarundrebellian Guest

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    #17
    It is illegal
     
    tarundrebellian, Oct 5, 2009 IP
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