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  • @Jelly Guy: Jelly Did Offer To Buy Twitter Handle, But Not Enough

    As reported last week, Jelly tried to get the @Jelly Twitter handle from a guy from Long Island, who has had control over it since 2008. The new app from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone just launched, and it makes sense that the company would want to have the obvious Twitter account to go along with it. @Jelly told us that he had not received an offer, and was considering just giving the handle to them, but ultimately decided to keep it, and started using it to promote his band The Rats Asses. Jelly he said, is a nickname he holds dear to his heart.

    Well, we’ve learned a little more about the story now after a conversation with Mr. @Jelly. Jelly did in fact make him an offer, but he signed a non-disclosure agreement, so he won’t say how much it was. Obviously it wasn’t enough.

    He says the offer was “very low” and that they were not interested in negotiating further. He said he was originally going to take the offer, but decided to try and negotiate higher, but they weren’t having any of it. He said he thought about how long he’s had the name, and decided he’d rather keep it, but if they had gone up a little, “we’d not be having this conversation.”

    Something tells me this isn’t over.

    @Jelly has started linking to the site: JohnJelly.com where he recommends some of his favorite sites.

    On Friday, Jelly went forward with a different new Twitter handle: @AskJelly (it had been @JellyHQ).

    Perhaps Jelly will be content with this one, but still, who doesn’t want to own their brand?

    We’re still waiting for some Rats Asses uploads.

    Image via @Jelly

  • @Jelly Guy Decides To Keep Twitter Handle, Promote His Band ‘The Rats Asses’

    Twitter co-founder Biz Stone’s new app Jelly has a lot of people talking, and has been named as one of the best new apps in Apple’s App Store (it’s also available for Android). The company is not having a lot of luck getting the @Jelly Twitter handle, however.

    Currently, Jelly operates on Twitter under @jellyhq. This week, after launching, Jelly reached out to the guy who does have @Jelly, asking if he wanted to trade names. He asked what was in it for him, and then the conversation went private, as @jellyhq took it to direct messages.

    @Jelly told us on Twitter that no offer had been made, but said he was considering just giving the company the Twitter handle, though the name “Jelly” is his nickname, which he said he holds dear to his heart.

    @Jelly has now decided, however, to keep the handle, which he has had since 2008, though he’s not been active for most of that time. In fact, it was the launch of Jelly that brought his attention back to the Twitterverse, and now he’s more active than ever.

    I guess that’s a small victory for at least one of Stone’s companies (though he stepped away from Twitter in 2011).

    @Jelly has spruced up his Twitter profile. He’s no longer sporting a picture of Caillou for his profile, and is now rocking his own pic, and the text, “Becouse, I don’t give a rats ass…” (sic). And where he was previously featuring a link to Google+, he’s now promoting his band The Rats Asses. The band, according to its site, was formed “while its original charter members were hanging out and smoking weed.” He tells us he’ll be uploading some tunes this weekend.

    The Rats Asses

    We’re looking forward to it.

    Image via TheRatsAsses.com