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How To Set Up The Vanity Url For Your Facebook Fan Page

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In addition to “Friends help Friends: Get more than 100 fans for your Facebook Fan page” I got some questions about how to get the special url up and running. Thus, a quick how-to.

Step 1: Plan your page

Since today Facebook Fan pages can have vanity urls too. Meaning instead of the ugly

http://www.facebook.com/pages/the-long-name-you-chose/the-id-facebook-gave-you

you could have:

http://www.facebook.com/yourchoiceofname

In order to set the Facebook vanity url for your fan page, there are several things which need to be in place first.

  • You need to be admin of the page in question
  • It seems you also may need a verified account
  • You need to know which name you want for that page. Because once you have set it, you can never change it.

Facebook lists the following restrictions:

    • Create a username that is as close as possible to your public figure or business name (e.g. AshtonKutcher, PizzaHut).
    • If you own the rights to a given name, make it your username so that others cannot obtain it.
    • Usernames can only contain alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period (“.”).
    • Choose a username you will be happy with for the long term. Usernames are not transferable.
    • Your username must adhere to Facebook’s Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.

Step 2: Choose your vanity url

For choosing your pages url, visit http://www.facebook.com/username/. You will see something similar to this:

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This means, that I have set my personal username and in the bottom you do find the “Set username for your pages”. Click on this and you will see a new selection:  image

 

Now, if my page for the Global Business Women had enough fans, I could now choose to enter a name for them and show you the rest. ;)

Step 3: Setting the URL

I will follow with more information once I have a page over 100 fans to check how this goes ;)

 

Further information from the help entry from Facebook:

  • Infringement:
    If you wish to report that someone’s username infringes your rights, please fill out our username infringement form. The form is located here.
  • I am an authorized representative for a public figure, brand or business and/or hold the rights to a trademark name. My username was claimed by another user. What can I do?
    If you wish to report that someone’s username infringes your rights, please fill out our username IP infringement form.
  • What is the process to request removal of an unauthorized Page of a public figure, brand or business?
    If you wish to report that someone’s username infringes your rights, all you need to do is fill out our username IP infringement form here.
  • Will usernames such as “flowers” or “pizza” ever be available for Facebook Pages? Can I sign up on a waiting list?
    At this time, generic words are not available as usernames. Facebook encourages all users and Page administrators to create a username that closely matches the true identity of their name or business.

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