Why do I have to pay $10 to change my name

SloppyPancake66 · Mar 13, 2022

This has been an issue for over 10 years now. This is such an easy way to make money, and who knows, I'll probably change my name, and they know that. By making a fee that is not unreasonable, they know people will pay for it. The whole idea of "people changing their names all the time would be dumb" is not a good reason to con people out of $10. Server space cost is not an argument either, because unless the name is longer, the space taken up by the name will grow, and even then it would only be a couple bytes. You could easily make a limit for name changes instead of charging people real money to change a gamertag. Make a one-time change every 180 days or something ridiculous so that it discourages people from changing their names so much, but charging people $10 is morally objectionable.

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SwordofWhedon

You get one free change

If I had to speculate It’s to stop people from constantly changing their names to avoid accountability, and so it’s easy to spot your friends

I’m sure there are also people who have spent a fortune on it.

Mario.H.P.

Hello, Korei! My name is Mario and I welcome you to the Microsoft Xbox Community!

I can understand your concern and please don't worry I am here to help you.

Xbox has established that if it is your first time performing the name change it will be completely free, but if you request it again a fee will be charged. I'm sorry I can't give you better news but this is part of the policies set by Xbox.

If you have any comments or suggestions you can leave them using the following link so they can be sent directly to the Xbox team:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/account-profile/manage-account/xbox-insider-hub-report-a-problem

Please keep in mind that this is a public forum. I am an Xbox gamer like you and I am happy to help you with my knowledge. Unfortunately, I am unable to access your internal account information.

ItzMelody7057

But why do i need to pay 10 dollars to change my name, i dont find it fair. Why cant you all just change it so its free.

Why is it even such a big deal for you all in the first place. Why can you change exactly everything else but names for free?

It just feels really dumb :/

Correct me if im wrong but why in the world are you saying something untrue if you have unlimited knowledge, why do you say that i can change my name onces then change it again for free. It doesnt work like that i tried 5 Times to be exact and I need to pay, im confused.

[EX]

Hi,

yes if you have used the free gamertag change it costs 10$/€.

If you're short on money let me recommend you the MS Rewards program. If you frequently collect points you soon have enough to pay the fee for a gamertag change.

Afterwards you can buy games or add-ons with those points or redeem them for a game pass sub etc.

Smwutches

Go to the redeem page at http://rewards.bing.com and redeem Xbox gift cards.

Why do I have to pay $10 to change my name