Israel Meléndez Sells @Israel Twitter Username For Six Figures
Amit Chowdhry | September 15, 2010 | 949 views | Add a CommentCategorized under Chaim Shacham, Israel Meléndez, Twitter

Israel Meléndez has sold the @Israel Twitter user name for a six-figure sum. Back in 2007, Israel created a Twitter account under his name and this year he was approached by the state of Israel. The sale went through even though Twitter has a state policy of preventing username “squatting.”
