Can you trade your Facebook vanity URL? If so, how?

I don't believe this is something you can trade, unless you want to trade your whole account. It's like trading your Twitter username. The only way you can do this is by trading your account off to someone else.

I don't think these names were intended to be traded, nor do the websites encourage this. I think with Mahalo Answers it would be even more of an issue if you were to trade your username with someone else, simply because you've answered questions, and essentially you would be a different user. As someone who is working on starting a social networking site, I'm pretty sure trading your username is not something you can do.

If your username is disconnected from a vanity URL, then I don't see why not, but this system is not in place yet. This actually relates to the "trading of Mahalo pages" questions, as there is no system in place for doing this right now on Mahalo. Now, not saying this cannot be done, I believe it would be a nice feature to have in any social networking site, and possibly a way to monetize a site (ie.

People have to pay for trading or transferring of vanity URL to another user). I think the bigger issue with our digital identity is the question, "What happens when you die?" Or, simply, "What would happen to your digital assets if you were to die?"

I know this is a morbid topic, and Chris Pirillo has a great video, and a site on this related question. So, if someone were to die, the question would be: "Where do my digital assets go if I die?" There actually is a website for this, and Chris explains it better than anyone in the video below.

So, I believe in this scenario, yes you can trade, or will it off to somebody else, but otherwise trading any sort of vanity URL most likely will need a system in place to make this a smooth transition from one user to the next. I don't believe this is something you can trade, unless you want to trade your whole account. It's like trading your Twitter username.

The only way you can do this is by trading your account off to someone else. I don't think these names were intended to be traded, nor do the websites encourage this. I think with Mahalo Answers it would be even more of an issue if you were to trade your username with someone else, simply because you've answered questions, and essentially you would be a different user.

As someone who is working on starting a social networking site, I'm pretty sure trading your username is not something you can do. If your username is disconnected from a vanity URL, then I don't see why not, but this system is not in place yet. This actually relates to the "trading of Mahalo pages" questions, as there is no system in place for doing this right now on Mahalo.

Now, not saying this cannot be done, I believe it would be a nice feature to have in any social networking site, and possibly a way to monetize a site (ie. People have to pay for trading or transferring of vanity URL to another user). I think the bigger issue with our digital identity is the question, "What happens when you die?"

Or, simply, "What would happen to your digital assets if you were to die?" I know this is a morbid topic, and Chris Pirillo has a great video, and a site on this related question. So, if someone were to die, the question would be: "Where do my digital assets go if I die?"

There actually is a website for this, and Chris explains it better than anyone in the video below. So, I believe in this scenario, yes you can trade, or will it off to somebody else, but otherwise trading any sort of vanity URL most likely will need a system in place to make this a smooth transition from one user to the next.