Andrew Baron must be pretty hard up for money. He is selling his twitter account on eBay. It has 1400 followers.
How stupid is the person who buys this? What possible value could it have in owning another persons twitter other then spamming people until they leave… and there is only 1400 followers… I mean i have only been using it for a month and have more then that account.
Here is the auction
Love this quote from the auction
Finally, I’d just like to give props to all of you out there who are following me on Twitter. No offense what so ever – we can easily find each other again.
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August 19, 2009 at 10:24 am
lol its look so weird
April 25, 2008 at 4:38 pm
You can’t be serious! How is one person able to interact with so many? No wonder he’s selling, as he sure can’t be manageging!
April 24, 2008 at 3:22 pm
There are suckers everyday that will buy anything, I’m pretty sure that is what this guy was counting on.
April 23, 2008 at 6:27 am
Hey ! I’ll bid on anything. Would anybody like to buy my molar that I had extracted 20 years ago? Always wanted to do that – but thought my listing would get” pulled” by eBay !! HaHaHa.
April 17, 2008 at 4:39 am
Another way to get backlinks! That is really a cool idea..
April 16, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Considering ebay no longer accept auctions for “digital products” I wouldn’t be supprised if the auction is pulled.
April 16, 2008 at 10:46 am
This is hilarious, and it’s certainly a dumb move for anyone who buys it.
April 15, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I can’t believe that as of now, there have been 40 bids on this auction, crazy!
April 15, 2008 at 10:18 am
I think there are some people on eBay who will buy anything…or they’re just desperate to “get rich quick.”
April 15, 2008 at 9:08 am
Sheer Stupidity
April 15, 2008 at 4:12 am
The most foolish one to be here is the buyer, what is he going to get for $1500 he is spending here?
April 15, 2008 at 1:26 am
This is a pretty decent example of linkbait imo. The success is entirely due to the novelty value of this experiment, dont expect to see it replicated…hahahah…13,000 odd pageviews ain’t bad
April 14, 2008 at 10:56 pm
It’s slowly creeping up ($1550) as of this comment with 40 bids.
~Terry
April 14, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Pretty insane on the Twitter account, it’s over $1,500 now on eBay and there’s been more than 13,000 pageview on the auction.
April 14, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Hey, if somebody is willing to pay, Why not!
April 14, 2008 at 3:10 pm
That’s funny. I just got my own Twitter account – I have one follower so far!
I actually saw someone on Craig’s List trying to buy a highly well-commented ebay account.
It’s the internet. There’s always someone out there trying to sell something – and probably someone willing to buy it.
April 14, 2008 at 2:23 pm
You’re only helping him by posting this
April 14, 2008 at 1:34 pm
How much can I get for my account? I think I have 2 followers.
April 14, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Not if the “BUYER” screws him over
April 14, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Twitter is for twits anyways
April 14, 2008 at 12:07 pm
More to the point I think the value for the purchaser, like the seller, is in the publicity they will get for purchasing the Twitter account, regardless of what they do with it. The links and coverage alone will probably be worth tens of thousands of dollars.
April 14, 2008 at 10:50 am
WTF kidding people???
BBC would never sell their twitter account, seller’s a scammer for sure!
April 14, 2008 at 10:49 am
Twitter has no such rules but digitalpoint has lol..
April 14, 2008 at 10:40 am
and now we have another auction on eBay for An even COOLER Twitter Account and Followers for Sale – a WHOPPING 1,483 followers! only $0.01, bargain if you ask me lol
April 14, 2008 at 10:06 am
My expression was the same. 34…wtf!
And it is more than 1000$$… OMG. Make a twitter account, get some followers in a month and bam!
Sell it for more than 1000? wow!
April 14, 2008 at 10:04 am
Absolutely. People also sale Digital Point accounts. One of them had asked me if I wanted to buy. Why? It has good itaders lololololol
April 14, 2008 at 10:04 am
hahahahaha!
I knew it was coming for!
Anything going popular is for sale these days :p
April 14, 2008 at 9:40 am
This was bound to happen. If people sell myspace and facebook accounts, they of course are going to sell Twitter accounts.
April 14, 2008 at 9:18 am
I could see value if the name being used was webmonkey or something generic, but unless your name is Andrew Barron, just doesn’t have the same value.
April 14, 2008 at 8:32 am
Hey link bait can easily be content medium portable. If it draws links to a piece of content or resource, it’s link bait as far as I am concerned and we all know I am an expert at these things
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April 14, 2008 at 6:56 am
That had to be linked to a blog, to be called a pure link bait lol
Twitter account link baiting???
April 14, 2008 at 6:35 am
I am looking at the price and that seems really stupid, $1,125, huh?
April 14, 2008 at 6:20 am
Quite a cool link bait if you ask me. He will probably pull the auction before it ends.
April 14, 2008 at 6:15 am
1125 shows that each follower is valued at $1 lol!!!
April 14, 2008 at 5:09 am
haha, if he can be able to sell it then he will have the last laugh!
April 14, 2008 at 3:30 am
Hope the buyer atleast understands what the value of that account would be, as most of the followers would be unhappy about the previous owner.
April 14, 2008 at 3:29 am
Might be some one who went there bid on it, but the sale really got viral.
Techcrunch also wrote about it… and many other blogs too!
April 14, 2008 at 3:03 am
can u ba my bf
please
April 14, 2008 at 2:56 am
The question is how long before shoemoey and John chow chow sales their account on ebay. This may be the new trend in the money making scheme of the internet gurus.
April 14, 2008 at 2:56 am
Hey shoemonwy
Think I\ve seen about 10 articles describing this “twitter-account-selling” auction.
The seller has been absolutely smart making the stupidest action a gold mine by using our blogs as promoters.
It reminds me – I’m selling my feedburner domains -I have kinda creative domain names.
Anyway – I bet some idiot will buy it.
April 14, 2008 at 1:15 am
Lame. You could easily get that many followers by actively engaging yourself on the social network and actually networking. Add people and they will follow. If you buy the account and spam it to death, don’t expect to have those followers last for very long.
That said, I can’t believe that the auction is at $1125. Someone is seriously desperate. I could have done social media consulting for Twitter for half that price and given a lot more value.
April 14, 2008 at 12:53 am
I guess this is no different than buying a myspace account with lots of friends, and that seems like a booming business for some people. Maybe this is the next step in that enterprise.
April 13, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I know. In the auction he says he isn’t really using the account, but then he goes on to say he will start another account.
I’m wondering how many of the 1400 or so are going to sticck around when they find out they have been sold on ebay?
~Terry
April 13, 2008 at 11:10 pm
I wonder if the bid got this high because someone from this blog is bidding on it. You may have unwittingly help him out Shoe. That’s very nice of you
I guess I’ve seen people spend their money on worse things.
~Terry
April 13, 2008 at 10:12 pm
If he did it for the link bait that was a good idea. He’s all over techmeme which could be good for him but selling the account is a total joke.
April 13, 2008 at 10:08 pm
There is always a saying -
Do tomorrow’s work today, and today’s Now!
So Shoe did it lol
April 13, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Yep, monetizing the poor followers is not at all good.
April 13, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Aw, no fair… I was going to write on this tomorrow.
April 13, 2008 at 8:17 pm
ive been trying to look for the real value of twitter until this crazy idea errupted! TWF!..
.. i might as well work on twitter lolz!
April 13, 2008 at 7:52 pm
I was wondering who would make more money Shoe or Andrew… Why wouldn’t he put in the link, he would be crazy not to…
April 13, 2008 at 7:50 pm
being the first seems t obe the thing to do…
April 13, 2008 at 7:45 pm
just being the buyer gets the buyer some attention. similar to how that one casino kept buying all the odd ebay auctions.
April 13, 2008 at 7:08 pm
It seems inconceivable that someone believes that this is worth nearly $1 per user (at the current bid).
I can think of a lot more profitable ways to invest $1000 than trying to monetize someone’s twitter followers.
April 13, 2008 at 6:54 pm
The auction has 34 bidders so far and is up to $1,125! Somebody must think it has value. That’s crazy…
April 13, 2008 at 5:34 pm
This is crazy, then maybe create one of those accounts a month and sell to make a tidy little income. Weird is the word.
I have one that has 330 followers, I hold out to get a few more coins
April 13, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Im gonna beat him by selling my yahoomail account
April 13, 2008 at 5:25 pm
This is getting weird these days.Web 2.0 style.
April 13, 2008 at 5:24 pm
If this becomes a widespread practice, it could be the end of Twitter as we know it.
By the way, if 1,397 followers are worth $1,125 (currently), is it safe to say Robert Scoble could sell his account (with 18,951 followers) for $15,261?
April 13, 2008 at 5:18 pm
doesn’t make sense to met at all, crazy thing is it’s worth over $1100 so far…his quote is classic!
April 13, 2008 at 4:43 pm
/unfortunately the seller can reclaim feeds if the buyer pulls out
April 13, 2008 at 4:41 pm
What we can do is BID VERY VERY HIGH and just end up cancelling the purchase after you win. I’ve seen this happening a lot when Wiis were REALLY in demand
The seller is going to end up paying huge fees
April 13, 2008 at 4:08 pm
WTF (cont’d) – the bloke is using Craig’s List to blag 2-day ‘guest slot’ on his twitter for US$ 150! See http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/com/640829551.html
Hopefully Jeremy won’t get any ideas and start billing folks for leaving comments on the shoemoney blog. Wot next?!
April 13, 2008 at 3:54 pm
Also how silly is it to bid more than $US 1,000 on an item from an eBay seller with zero-zilch-zippo feedback?!
And, no offense shoe, but why did you not route the link to his listing through your AuctionAds / ShoppingAds account? Maybe the buyer of that twitter thang will earn you a bit of dosh in commission
April 13, 2008 at 1:47 pm
The bid is up at $1000+ now! I don’t know which is more sad: selling the account or buying it for $1000+. For that amount you could easily build your own Twitter account with 1400 followers.
/Andreas
April 13, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Agree it’s attention bait, when is the last time you heard anything about rocketboom since cogdon left?
April 13, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Andrew is looking for the Buzz and it’s working: first title homepage of Techmeme
April 13, 2008 at 12:44 pm
On the other hand, you got to hand it to him, he’s making money out of thin air, with no monetary investment.
A silly concept, yes. A good idea for fast cash? You bet. Wish it was me? Definitely.
*runs off to try to copy that loser…
April 13, 2008 at 12:09 pm
If people are willing to buy it then maybe there would be a new market in twitter sales. Must be link bait or something similar
April 13, 2008 at 11:46 am
This will be pretty interesting to follow. In the last week we’ve had prominent figures delete their twitter account all together and now someone has decided to put their account up for sale, what’s next?
April 13, 2008 at 11:38 am
Selling your twitter account would have been a nice link bait, wish I would have thought of it
April 13, 2008 at 11:26 am
Man was there a need to sell your IM type account?
Andrew now gives many people an idea to make money in a new way!
April 13, 2008 at 11:08 am
It looks like Rocketboom is going Boom in his face. How can you sell a community? Sure it can be used as a market list, but only for the community it was founded on. The second I’d get new tweets about something I didn’t sign on to get, I’d unfollow. Bad idea. Looks like he should have stayed teaching at MIT.
April 13, 2008 at 11:07 am
I am fairly sure that Andrew really isn’t selling the account. I think this move was more of a publicity stunt and a point maker. The correlation I see here is the idea that following his twitter feed is opt in, kinda of like subscribing to a blog’s RSS feed. He might be making the point of “If it is ok to sell a blog, why isn’t it ok to sell a twitter account?”
Just my 2 cents.
AJ Vaynerchuk
@ajvchuk on twitter
April 13, 2008 at 11:07 am
Wow I can’t believe it’s going for $500+ . Lame. I can see where a Twitter account with a generic name might be worth something but not a personal account with a real name.
April 13, 2008 at 10:46 am
Hehe, funny way he have made such amount of followers. By following others himself. The account is not worth anyway near $500. Some place under $100 in my opinion.
April 13, 2008 at 10:39 am
I am more shocked by the price it currently shows.. Insane!
April 13, 2008 at 10:36 am
People follow others on twitter for a reason. I don’t see the value in buying someone else’s account and monetizing their following.
April 13, 2008 at 10:30 am
I don’t know jack about twitter, but it seems to me this “list” for sale is not really a list if it is based on followers.
When someone follows you, you don’t have their email right? Nor do you have any control over them not following you any more.
To the current high bidder, if you are reading this… I have a great startup idea I need investment money for. It will revolutionize the Internet and make money from ads. It is a combination of Digg, Myspace, Twiiter and Web 4.0 technologies. Please “follow” me in twitter for more information.
April 13, 2008 at 10:27 am
LOL – desperate times call for desperate moves!
April 13, 2008 at 10:08 am
that quote is funny on a couple of different levels.
April 13, 2008 at 10:03 am
Current bid $510 with 26 total bids. I really hope that is a joke because a twitter follower is not worth more than $0.25 each in my opinion.
April 13, 2008 at 9:56 am
Haha, who said stupid ideas can’t make money?
Lol, his highest bid is already at $500+! That’s a pretty good return for nothing and there’s no guarantee.
April 13, 2008 at 9:49 am
I’m assuming the same dynamics which drives blog sales will drive Twitter sales. Although Twitter is way more personal and intimate, all lists have value. Monetize, monetize, monetize