{"id":5530,"date":"2014-03-01T15:38:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T15:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/?p=5530"},"modified":"2014-03-01T15:38:15","modified_gmt":"2014-03-01T15:38:15","slug":"facebook-page-vanity-url-without-25-likes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/myglasseye.net\/news\/facebook-page-vanity-url-without-25-likes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get a Facebook Page vanity URL without 25 Likes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve recently started a few Facebook pages for my various sites, such as my professional photography<\/a>, a hobby review site I’m working on, and this site itself (myglasseye.net, in case you weren’t paying attention).<\/p>\n

When you create a Facebook fan page, by default it will have a URL that looks like this: facebook.com\/pages\/page-name\/1234567654321. Pretty ugly. It used to be that you needed 25 Likes for that page before you could use the ‘vanity URL’ option to change it to something like: Facebook.com\/page-name. Back in 2011 Facebook changed that rule to allow a vanity URL when you set up the page, with no Likes required.<\/p>\n

HOWEVER!<\/p>\n

I just tried to create a vanity URL for this site’s Facebook page, and it told me I needed 25 Likes. Hmm. Why? Did a bit of Googling, turns out that actually every admin only has one single ‘free pass’ to create an immediate vanity URL. After you’ve used it, you’ll need 25 Likes again.<\/p>\n

Like I say, I’m an Admin for several Pages on Facebook. The first time I created a vanity URL using was for my photography Facebook page, using my free pass. When I earned over 25 Likes for that page I must have been granted a second free pass (or I got a ‘refund’ on it!) which I inadvertently used on a page for a different site I’m building.<\/p>\n

So now I’ve got no free passes, which means every new vanity URL I try to set up will require 25 Likes.<\/p>\n

The solution<\/h2>\n

In order to earn an immediate ‘free pass’ to create a vanity URL for my new Facebook page without waiting to accrue those 25 Likes I can add a new admin to my FB page. It has to be someone I know and trust and who has not yet used up their ‘vanity URL free pass’ and doesn’t want to use it themselves.<\/p>\n

Once they’re added to the page Admins they can log in to the page and create the vanity URL straight away!<\/p>\n

Obviously you’re going to want to have someone you trust completely do this – a family member or good friend. And, just to be sure, I’d be sitting over their shoulder while they do it! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Hope this helps, thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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