discuss Have You Ever Bought or Sold a Social Media Account?

[Yama]

When I sell websites, I also include the associated social media pages. I haven’t sold standalone social media accounts, but I have given away Twitter and Facebook page when I sold my websites. Interestingly, I have also bought a Facebook and Twitter account for marketing purpose. The Facebook account got blocked so I couldn’t use it but the Twitter account actually turned out to be a great investment, I used it to promote my websites and managed to get good traffic.

If you run social media pages for your business, transferring them during a sale is common practice, even if technically, it may infringe platform's rules. Despite policies against account selling, people do buy and sell social accounts on various platforms.

 

[Starmix25]

No, I have not sold nor bought a social media site. I am only using a media site like Facebook. It is where I display my online products.

 

[Kross]

I have always struggled to maintain a social media account for some time now. That's why I won't ever get to be involved in selling and buying of social media accounts. Some people are doing it as a side hustle. I don't think it is worth it.

 

[Reelz]

I have never sold any social media accounts but I have transferred a Facebook, Quora and Twitter account I opened for business marketing to clients upon completion of projects.

 

[King Belieal]

Selling a social media account requires that you grow the account to have a substantial number of followers and engagements. That's the level that it would attract a buyer. Ans that is what would determine the market value. Having to grow a social media account is hard work and I can't keep up with that.

 

[Shortie]

As much as I do know that people do buy and sell social media accounts, this is not something I have done. The only social media accounts I have are my personal ones or ones for my video game content creation and writing, so they wouldn't be of any use to anyone else and would not get interest even if I wanted to sell.

 

[Reelz]

I came across an online marketplace for buying and selling social media accounts. A lot of people go there to select the ones that align with their goals and preference. For me, I have never done such a thing before. I prefer to build mine from the ground up.

 

[Cpvr]

I haven’t purchased a social media account before, but one of my sisters was gifted an account on facebook a few months ago that contained 8,000 followers.

 

[Yama]

I haven’t purchased a social media account before, but one of my sisters was gifted an account on facebook a few months ago that contained 8,000 followers.

Is she getting conversion? How did the followers react to the change in ownership?

 

[Cpvr]

Is she getting conversion? How did the followers react to the change in ownership?

She is. It was a parental page and she stuck with the same concepts. I don't think she said anything about the ownership as the former owner wasn't doing anything with the page prior. She's getting good engagement on there though

 

[Harsh World]

I've had to buy Facebook accounts due to my alt bans.

 

[Zani]

No, I have not sold nor bought a social media site. I am only using a media site like Facebook. It is where I display my online products.

That is the same as me. I don't see the need to get a social media account for monetary purposes. What is the essence of why anyone would want to purchase an account? Do you have any idea about that?

 

[Cpvr]

I've had to buy Facebook accounts due to my alt bans.

Oh no, but how much were the accounts?

 

[Harsh World]

Oh no, but how much were the accounts?

You could get Facebook accounts that were a year or more old for $5 a pop if international, and I think $7 if US registration.

There are specialty sites you can order from. I didn't ever trust that I'd get an account, but $5 was worth it to see. They do deliver, or at least that one did.

 

[Yama]

You could get Facebook accounts that were a year or more old for $5

Actually, I bought a Facebook account for $5. That account belonged to a Pakistani influencer. I though I would get some sales and traffic by using that account but sadly, it was blocked and I couldn't do anything.

 

[Zani]

Actually, I bought a Facebook account for $5. That account belonged to a Pakistani influencer. I though I would get some sales and traffic by using that account but sadly, it was blocked and I couldn't do anything.

If there was a hint that the account was bought, it is going to result in the account getting blocked and that is exactly why discussions about the change of ownership shouldn't be made open.

 

[Yama]

If there was a hint that the account was bought, it is going to result in the account getting blocked and that is exactly why discussions about the change of ownership shouldn't be made open.

Even when you don't disclose change of ownership, your bought account could still get blocked.That's because social sites tracks your IP and when an account is being accessed by a new location, it will start investigating.

 

[Cpvr]

Even when you don't disclose change of ownership, your bought account could still get blocked.That's because social sites tracks your IP and when an account is being accessed by a new location, it will start investigating.

As long as the new page owner gives full access to the page, then you boot them off, it may prevent accounts from being banned. There's multiple page settings in place.

However, if you log into someone's else account, then this tends to lead to a ban.

 

[Ja sa bong]

I haven’t purchased a social media account before and I won't be looking at buying one unless I see a good benefit of doing so. Some of these accounts being sold are hacked account. If the buyer isn't careful, the account will be suspended.

 

[Apsara]

No, I haven’t and I don't think I will do it. I will rather focus on building my own social pages.

 

[Shawn]

For Facebook, you can transfer ownership but it's against their terms of service to sell it. I'm sure people violate those terms all the time but if you're caught and banned from having that page, since it is in terms, there is nothing you can legally do about it. To me, it's too risky.

The same goes with X and most other social media channels out there.

I would always advise against doing it.