Elon Musk may charge businesses $1,000 per month to maintain their Twitter gold badge: reports

According to a report by social media consultant Matt Navarra, businesses may have to pay over a thousand dollars per month to retain the gold verification badges. An additional $50 per month for affiliate accounts was shared by Navarra,The report was confirmed by tech news site,the information which said that the price structure could be changed.

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Twitter is reportedly emailing businesses offering gold check mark verification for $1000 PER MONTH!

And affiliate account verification for $50 each per month pic.twitter.com/hohTPKLKdi

— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) February 3, 2023

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The verification plan, formerly known as Blue for Business, will be launched soon. There is an option to access it early through a waiting list. A lot of people didn't like Musk's efforts to ramp up subscription revenue with the $8 per month Twitter Blue service. The gold check marks were introduced by Musk while relaunching the plan in December last year as a replacement for the blue ticks, which were bought by individuals.

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Musk said on August 7, that he had the financing to take the company private. During a 10-day period before the stock fell, the stock surged after Musk abandoned a deal in which he never had a firm financing commitment, based on evidence presented during the trial.