Tried and Tested Solution to “This page isn’t eligible to have a username” Facebook Error

Facebook not only allows you to communicate with the world, but also gives you the opportunity to make your brand speak. If you are in any type of business, you must be familiar with the prominence of a Facebook page. It gives your brand a large audience to target with minimal effort.

Having said that, Facebook Pages have their own number of issues and if you handle one, you must have faced this error message.

“The username is not available. This page is not eligible to have a username.”

It can be a bit tricky to change the username; however, we have found a way out and have provided it in this guide.

Let’s start with the causes:

1. If your Facebook page is new and does not have a minimum of 25 likes.
2. You must be the Page admin to create the username.
3. You may also need to verify your Facebook page to create a username.
4. Your personal FB account needs to be verified.

Additionally, there are certain guidelines provided by Facebook related to creating a username or screen name.

Steps to Create a Facebook Page Username

If you are an administrator of a Facebook page, you must follow the steps indicated to create a username:

1. On the left side of your page, click Create Page @Username.
2. Enter a username and, if available, click ‘Create Username’.

It sounds easy right? Only until you find the error message ie “this page is not eligible to have a username”.

Let’s move on to the solutions.

Steps to fix “this page is not eligible to have a username” error with Facebook page

First, you need to make someone else your Page admin temporarily, and then let them try to add the username for you. It can work if you choose that friend who doesn’t manage any other FB page.

1. Sign in to your Facebook account, go to your Page Settings, and then click Page Features.
2. You will see a text box under “Assign a new page role” where you need to write the name or email or the person you want to make an administrator or give the administration rights; select the person from the list.
3. Next, click on “Editor” and change it to “Administrator” and then click “Add”.
4. The person you selected will receive a notification informing you that they have become the admin of your Page.
5. If you have the assigned administrator’s login credentials, you can either sign out of your account and then sign in to your account or ask them to sign in to your account to change the username.
6. In the menu bar at the top right, click the arrow, and under the “Your Pages” heading, select the page for which you want to set the username.
7. Then click About > Create @username page.
8. Type any username you want and check if it’s available as each page can only have one unique username so other Facebook users can easily tag you.
9. Click “Create Username” and you’re done! Your username is ready. Make sure to remove your friend as a Page admin once you’ve established the username.
10. If Facebook still remains this username is not available, you can try similarly with other friends’ accounts.

The exact reason why you are facing this error is not yet known, however, for most of the FB users including me, this solution has been proven to work.

I hope it helps you too.

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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI