Is it okay to take gil to delete characters (mules/alts) you own?

[Ilisidi]

how can there possibly be much demand for this with last names

If someone wants Optimus Prime, they want Optimus Prime, not Optimus Primus, Optimus Pr'ime or any other variant.

[ServerCollaps]

Cloud Strife - unpayable, haha

[Imakun]

Honestly, all the new stuff you kids come up with these days I just don't get ahah
This name thing is so ridiculous I don't even know.

[Gilraen]

Name squatting is pretty old hat. The fact it's still a thing is what amazes me, but people really love to have their vanity names. It's why the '17 Clouds' is a very real, if funny, occurrence.

[Titor]

Also not to mention that in the ToS they say not to use any other trademarked names. It would be hilarious if someone bought this, the person selling it reported them for having a trademark named, they lost it, the seller pick it up again and re-sell it.

So, I am going to go with it is probably illegal since the only 'desired' names would likely be trademarked.

[StouterTaru]

You also make a huge assumption that the name becomes available on the server right away when the character is deleted.

[Erendis]

You also make a huge assumption that the name becomes available on the server right away when the character is deleted.

It does.

/10char

[Dyvid]

Selling Sephiroth name for 10M. PST XD XD XD

[Vespar]

With the current ability to have both first and second names, this really shouldn't be an issue. Unless a person wants a very specific name that is extremely popular like.. "Cloud Strife" or something, which I believe all servers probably already have... this makes little sense. And anyone wanting Cloud, Sephiroth or other popular Final Fantasy names really needs some originality...

[Silversnow]

This may be iffy due to the fact that you are paying gil for an out of game service.