Namecheap is selling X (Twitter) handles
I was searching for a domain name when I noticed that Namecheap was also suggesting an inactive X handle to get which was related to my search query, as you see below. For your information, the domain "deepakness.com" is registered by me already but my actual X username is @DeepakNesss (with triple 's'), so you can see that it was suggesting me to get @DeepakNess (double 's'), as this is currently inactive on X.
Then I searched about it directly on Google and came across this page on X that shows a form titled Namecheap Handle Request, as you see below.
Apart from this, I couldn't find any more info about this anywhere when searching online. In fact, there isn't even a separate page to register handles, and it just shows when you search for domains itself. And there isn't any announcement about this anywhere.
For your information, X already has this from where they sell inactive handles as subscription. It means, you can only rent the handle and when you stop paying, your original handle gets restored.
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