Did You Miss Out On Your Facebook Username?
Were you sleeping on the job? It was easy this weekend because Facebook required us marketers, digital strategists, and regular folk to work on the weekend (which we never do, right…). The mad rush for a Facebook username began at midnight (eastern) this Saturday.
However if, whatever reason, you missed out on the latest 21st century gold rush you do have some recourse if your brand name has been stolen from you.
If your brand does not currently have an official page, and you have the rights to a given name today, you can proactively prevent the registration of that name by filling out the form here: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=username_rights.
If for some reason you discover the name you hold rights to is taken, you can report the infringement here: http://www.facebook.com/copyright.php?noncopyright_notice=1.
If you haven’t made the time to grab a username for your Facebook profile or page you can secure it here, http://www.facebook.com/username/.
