[Journey] Claiming Rare Usernames

[hog]

So like I previously mentioned in my Introduction I am working on a project for checking username availability on discord and various platforms. Well so far my tool has been “somewhat” successful…? For some reason my tool will read usernames as “available” when this is untrue. This happens for my instagram tool as well. One of the main issues I believe is happening is the tool cant differentiate between a “suspended” username and an “available” username. Any tips? Any recommended proxies for this type of project? Any ideas on a different approach? Im all ears….or eyes… lol! Thanks for reading!

 

[RichMedusa]

Is this tool working the same for all those various platforms? Or is this problem just happening with a specific platform? Good luck, this is an interesting journey, I hope you can keep us updated about your next steps on it.

 

[HenryObi]

So like I previously mentioned in my Introduction I am working on a project for checking username availability on discord and various platforms. Well so far my tool has been “somewhat” successful…? For some reason my tool will read usernames as “available” when this is untrue. This happens for my instagram tool as well. One of the main issues I believe is happening is the tool cant differentiate between a “suspended” username and an “available” username. Any tips? Any recommended proxies for this type of project? Any ideas on a different approach? Im all ears….or eyes… lol! Thanks for reading!

Set your tool to check for account/username status if it's suspended or not. There should be a way to do so.


This is actually a unique journey. How do you intend to bank from this?

 

[hog]

Set your tool to check for account/username status if it's suspended or not. There should be a way to do so.


This is actually a unique journey. How do you intend to bank from this?

There is a community based on buying and selling rare or “OG” usernames. I plan on finding a few low tier usernames that still hold some value and building a reputation in the community so I can eventually move up into selling hightier usernames (Worth $1k+ depending on the username)

 

[hog]

Is this tool working the same for all those various platforms? Or is this problem just happening with a specific platform? Good luck, this is an interesting journey, I hope you can keep us updated about your next steps on it.

It seems to happen with just about every platform I try (Instagram,Discord,Kick,Twitter) So far the most successful platform I have tried is YouTube but even then I sometimes get false positives on usernames being “available”. I believe its a limiting issue or Youtube is redirecting me to maybe a login page or something else.

 

[hog]

[UPDATE]

So far I have remained unsuccessful at creating a tool for checking Instagram username availability, however I have successfully created a tool for the streaming platform “Kick”. Kick has a public api which allows a easier access to username info compared to Instagram’s private api and strong security with high rate limiting. I will continue working on finding a way to successfully check for available Instagram Usernames and update you all with any Success.

 

[Proxy Cake]

Really interesting, never seen a journey like this. Best of luck

 

[Jack Charlie]

Have you tried checking for account metadata using official APIs or tools like Puppeteer to detect UI differences

 

[Rank Crafter]

Interesting project I’ve seen similar issues before where suspended or banned usernames return ambiguous responses that get flagged as “available” by basic checkers. It usually comes down to how the platform structures its status codes or error pages. In some cases, you have to look deeper into the response body or headers especially if you're not getting clear 404s or 200s.