Facebook Page Name

[Cindy Paden]

Hi all, I have a question:  I made a FB page under my name for a new business I would like to launch. 

I named it with a space between two words and got the following name:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tiny-Travelers/479606472094009


I have over 30 likes but it is not dropping the number.

About a month after I created my page, someone else created a community page using 'TinyTravelers' no space.

I think I screwed up using the space and am bummed now.  Anything I can do?  The name of my business is Tiny Travelers LLC.

Thanks for your input.

Cindy

[Peter Wendel]

Hi Cindy,

There is a process for claiming your 'vanity' URL after you get a certain number of fans - have you gone through that process? It's been a while since I looked into the details about this so I don't have the exact threshold numbers top-of-mind.

You have an earlier 'joined Facebook' date but not by much.  You have more fans, but again not by much.

In the past I have found going through the help menus and submitting 'problems' has either lead to a response from FB or a a phone number to call to get a human at Facebook for help.

Another approach is to negotiate with the folks who are infringing on your name. Better to take that approach early than to wait and let them keep running as competition?  Have you told them you were there first?  Explained that you have a registered business name that matches. (sort of..)

It does seem a problem because I could not get to you page by searching on variations of 'Tiny Travelers' with spaces and dashes.  They results always pointed to the community site and not to your page.

All my thoughts at the moment...

Cindy

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[Loyan Roylance]

Cindy,

You should be fine. Go to http://www.facebook.com/username and follow the instructions there to get your URL with no numbers.

There is nothing you can do about the other community page. Its first come first serve for the URLs.

Loyan

[Cindy Paden]

Thanks everyone for your replies.  Live and learn, I guess.