UsernameCheck has shut down

Useful service UsernameCheck.com has shut down. Seems as though there just wasn't the money opportunity, though there was definitely the interest. The site claims over 1MM uniques and over 500k usernames checked to date.

Usernamecheck No Longer Available

I am temporarily taking the usernamecheck.com functionality down. The hosting fees have become unviable for a project that makes zero income, I have attempted to keep the site running for as long as possible.

In the last 4 months we've had over a million absolute unique visitors, who have checked over 1/2 million unique usernames across 65 of the leading social networks. It's sucess was beyond anything I imagined, and I'm very proud that it was of use to so many people. Thank you all for trying it out, and thank you for the kind words I've seen online.

Any questions, comments please email info@usernamecheck.com

I've used this site many times to check not only my own names and aliases, but also brands that I work with, and even competitive brands. It was good while it lasted. The reason this is useful to a marketer, is that they can easily identify brand squatters, as well as new opportunities in the social networking world. I was tempted to register all the competitive names as well, just to slowdown and obscure them from entering the space, but the reality is that if they're not there yet, they've got enough

catch up

to do anyway.