Let's say you want to start a hobby blog, create a Twitch channel, or launch a new company and you intend to be active across several social media sites. For this, in order to minimize confusion, you want to make sure that you can use the same username for all of them.
After all, consistency is important. If you're @NextDoorBakery on Twitter but TheNextDoorBakery on Facebook and /u/RealNextDoorBakery on Reddit, it can be a mess to manage and you may confuse your customers and/or fans. You'll also want to grab NextDoorBakery.com if you can!
And that's where namecheckr comes into play.
The site is super easy to use. All you have to do is type in the username you want to check and the site will automatically search through dozens of social media sites to see if that username is available. And when I say dozens, I mean it. The following sites are searched as of this writing:
- Blogger
- Domain (.com)
- Domain (.net)
- Domain (.org)
- Dribbble
- Ello
- Feedburner
- Flickr
- Foursquare
- GetSatisfaction
- Github
- Google+
- IFTTT
- Last.FM
- Meetup
- Myspace
- Papaly
- Spotify
- StumbleUpon
- Tumblr
- Vimeo
- YouTube
Plus dozens of others. Just keep searching for usernames until you find one that's available on all of the sites you intend to use, and don't be afraid to tack on modifiers like "The" or "Real".
Website -- namecheckr
What kind of endeavor are you pursuing with your new social media name? Are there any other nifty tools like this that can come in handy? Share with us in the comments!