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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Rules for Facebook Page Usernames

Now with the important stuff out of the way here is a short overview of the Facebook's Questions and Answers about usernames for pages. It is a good idea to get a username to promote your page with a short URL (facebook.com/mypage). You can use it in your marketing, website, business cards, etc. Now, there are some rules and guidelines:
  • You have to be an administrator of a Facebook Page to choose your username at facebook.com/username. You can manage the usernames of all your pages in the same place.
     
  • All Pages created after May 31, 2009 or that had less than 1,000 fans on that day are eligible to claim usernames if they have more than 25 fans.
     
  • Your username should be straightforward and easy to remember.
     
  • Create a username that is as close as possible to your public figure or business name (e.g. AshtonKutcher, PizzaHut).
     
  • Generic words such as "flowers" or "pizza" are not available as usernames.
     
  • If you own the rights to a given name, make it your username so that others cannot obtain it.
     
  • Usernames can contain only alphanumeric characters (A-Z, 0-9) or a period (".").
     
  • Usernames are not transferable.
     
  • Only one username is allowed per Page.
     
  • Your username must adhere to Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities.
     
  • If someone's username infringes your rights, fill out the username infringement form. For other reports of intellectual property infringement please go to: How to Report Claims of Intellectual Property Infringement.
     

How to claim your username?

Go to facebook.com/username and follow these steps.
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