I'm trying to set up a Facebook page for my website, let's call it mywebsite.com
.
I'm trying to use my domain name as web address:
Choose a unique Facebook web address to make it easier for people to find your Page. Once this is set, it can only be changed once.
When I enter mywebsite.com
, I get the following message:
mywebsite.com is taken. Please choose another Facebook web address.
Too bad, I thought. Already reserved. So I tried with one of its subdomains:
fr.mywebsite.com is taken. Please choose another Facebook web address.
Basically, it looks like anything looking like a domain name (containing dots) is "taken":
dfsjkfdhkjsqhkjdfkqsdf.com is taken. Please choose another Facebook web address.
Is it a misleading error message to say that Facebook actually forbids dots in web addresses, or is there a specific place to create Facebook pages for websites?
Best Answer
From the Facebook Help-Center regarding your Facebook Web Address, this is the section that is relevant to your issue:
In Summary
You are not allowed to use .com in your Facebook Vanity URL. Try entering just "mywebsite" instead.