If you have created a Facebook fanpage, you also want it to be found well. Facebook therefore allows you to generate a suitable address for the fanpage. You can choose a short and catchy short URL (Vanity-Url), which can be used on business cards or newspaper advertisements, for example. Facebook calls this vanity URL “username”. Each username exists only once and can be claimed by a person or company.<\/p>\n
However, when you try to create a username, you may receive the following message:<\/p>\n
You are not eligible to create a username<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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<\/i> Cause of error and solution<\/h4>\n
To create a username for a fanpage you have to be an administrator of the site. But that alone is not enough. Before you can create a username for the supervised fanpage, the following conditions must be fulfilled:<\/p>\n
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- The fanpage must already have at least 25 Likes<\/li>\n
- You must not have created more than one fanpage lately<\/li>\n
- Your personal<\/em> Facebook account needs to be verified<\/li>\n
- Your personal<\/em> profile must not be newly created<\/li>\n
- For your personal<\/em> Facebook account, a username must be defined<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Unfortunately, Facebook doesn’t point out these prerequisites and instead only issues the above-mentioned, meaningless error message. If you have met the first requirement (minimum number of Facebook-Likes), you have to verify your personal Facebook account and define a username. These two conditions can be met quite easily:<\/p>\n
Verify your personal Facebook account: <\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Open the settings of Facebook (small arrows at the top right of the menu –> Settings<\/em>)<\/li>\n
- Switch then to the menu item Mobile phone<\/a><\/li>\n
- Enter your mobile phone number there to verify your account<\/li>\n
- Behind the added number now click on “Confirm<\/em>“<\/li>\n
- Facebook then sends you a confirmation code via SMS to<\/li>\n
- Enter the received confirmation code into the provided field<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
Set personal username: <\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Open the settings of Facebook (small arrows at the top right of the menu –> Settings<\/em>)<\/li>\n
- General account settings –> username<\/a><\/li>\n
- Choose a username for your personal Facebook account<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
If you have verified your personal Facebook account and have a username, you can then normally create a username for the fanpage.
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To set a username for your fanpage, you have to click on Info<\/em> in the left menu of the fanpage. On the following page you will find in the upper part of the menu: Create username for page<\/em>.<\/p>\n
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