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Kinda seems like it should be a 503 Money Unavailable.

Or 301 Moved Permanently. Or 406 Not Acceptable. Or 410 Gone. Or 417 Expectation Failed. Or 429 Too Many Requests.

So many fitting status codes to chose between I don't know what to do!

Nah, it'll go to a GoDaddy page: "buy this URL for $3.99/yr now!"

Using all of them, and switch between them? Maybe doing some AB testing to figure out which ones work best with users?

Damn, this guy HTTPs.

Username checks out.

this guy HTTPs

410 Gone is more accurate.

420 - up in smoke

402 Payment Required

They've made an oopsie woopsie.