In this world of connected network and relations, no one can stay away from the social networking flow. From a simple user to tech savvy bloggers to powerful brands targeting social media to build relations and customers. It is highly important to preserve your names or brand names in the social networking sites to get enough users attraction and it is also an essential part to giving professionalism to your brands or company. If you are an individual, your friends can easily identify you from your unique user names. So username availability check is an essential part to entering in to the social world. There are some username availability checking tools available which checks the availability of username’s on popular social media and other sites.
Namechk
This is the first one we intended to introduce to our users, due to it’s simple, easy to use interface. You can check to see if your desired username or vanity url is still available at popular Social Networking and Social Bookmarking websites. You can promote your brand consistently by registering a username that is still available on the majority of the most popular sites, which will provide a unique brand name or user name across different social media sites.
Knowem
Through Knowem, you can search over 550 popular social networks, over 150 domain names, and the entire USPTO Trademark Database to instantly find and secure your brand on the internet. The tool allows you to check for the use of your brand, product, personal name or username instantly on over 550 popular and emerging social media websites. The tool offers some advanced premium plans to grab your name and secure your brand before someone else does.
Namecheckr
You can check domain registration status and social username availability across multiple networks using Namecheckr.
Namechecklist
(http://www.namechecklist.com/)
You can use namechecklist to check if your brandname, username, domain and vanity url are still available on the worldwide web.
Domainr
When you want a short URL or something big, Domainr will find it, fast.
Usernamez
This is also a simple tool, look like Namechk. You can give a username to check it in different sites.
Claim.io
Owning your name on 300 Social media sites makes it easier for people to find you or your business online. The site also protect you from name squatting and identity fraud, minimizing risk to your brand. They offer trained professionals, they register your name, claim your Vanity URLs and insert your messaging and logo across 300 of the top social media and social networking sites. Claiming your name and other high value keywords on the most popular social networks prevents your brand from being hijacked and helps ensure that you own and control your presence online. All is good, but not free, the site offers business, corporate and Enterprise plans.
TM.biz
If you have trademarked your company name, TM.biz can monitor and protect it for you online.
Off these tools we loved the Namechk tool, it is an easy,fast and free. The best tool to check your social presence. Give a name and click ‘”Chk”, it will instantly search 157 social media sites and available domain TLD’s in a matter of seconds and shows the results. Excellent tool ! Usernamez is also has a similar interface, but failed to show results in our checking. If you are so serious about keeping your brand name, if you own a popular brand or business you can go for the professional packages, it will ensure your brand name is secure which will be an added advantage for your business. Don’t forget to share your thoughts about the tools here.
