I was reading how for one company that is launching a new platform that you are actually able to go register for an account name right now. As a result there are a ton of people scrambling to get their desired usernames whereas some think it is silly where they feel it is just a name. From what I learned you should always try and register these kinds of things as early as possible as it can be taken just like that.
I remember way back I was actually thinking of registering my own name as a dot com but thought back then no one would have the same idea as who wants to register their name as a website? Well in about a month or so it was taken. It wasn’t until a few years later where people started to see the value in it and it’s too bad I didn’t do it sooner. Ever since then I always registered for my names as fast as possible. Many people are shocked on how I have my own name as my handle on various social media sites as an example and it makes it so much easier even as a business card.
For example, in telling people a social media handle I can just say to type in my name as opposed to having strings of characters on top of the name itself. At worst you can always give it away too if you don’t want it. But getting it from someone else would be really tough. Look at the millions that people pay for certain dot com names as an example. So always act fast.