A few weeks back Facebook started allowing users to claim a unique username for their profiles. For example, I grabbed http://facebook.com/christinegallagher for my personal profile.
At the time they were letting those with 1,000 fans or more as of May 31st get one for their own Fan Pages, and many people who didn’t qualify were a bit annoyed at this limit. A few days later, Facebook announced that at the end of the month they would be lifting the limit to allow anyone with less than 1000 f
ans to claim their Fan Page username.
It was then explained that those users with 25 or more Fans would be eligible. But suddenly today it was announced that you would need 100 Fans, not 25. The announcement came out of nowhere, with no explanation.
Hmmmm. More annoyed people. I myself only started my Fan Page about a month ago so I only have about half that amount. I think the worst part about it is the way Facebook seems to change their eligibility guidelines willy nilly.
I noticed today that I was getting a lot more people requesting me to fan their page–must be that race-to-100-fans panic. 
While I am not exactly panicking, I did expect that I would be able to get my URL up until today, and that kind of stinks.
Do you have any thoughts on this? Will you have enough fans to grab your URL? Let me know in the comments.
I don’t think I have any fans yet. I think I have more time ahead of me, than behind me though
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Facebook will give $50 in free advertising. Maybe you can take advantage of one of those offers to get people to join.
You probably want to try letting people know on Twitter (if you haven’t done this already. I also would suggest sending out as many fan welcomes as you can. I just joined so that’s one less slot you have to fill.
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@J.D.–Alright J.D., now I need to go searching for this Fan page of yours .
I’ll keep on ya about it!! 
@Karl–Thanks for the tips! Facebookers are pretty cool. I sent out some suggestions and as of now have 121 fans! Really shows the viral power of Fan Pages! Now, if only they would fix the bug in verifying my acct. so I could claim my URL! No luck so far…
(And thanks for fanning my page!)
Christine, I feel your pain. I too, just put up my Initially You Too-Personalized Presents Plus PAGE on Facebook. I have 55 fans. I have an IY2 GROUP too, but don’t know how or if you can combine them to make the minimum. Any hints on how to get more fans legitimately, but quickly would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Sharon-The Present Pro
@Sharon–You can’t combine the two, but what you can do is suggest to them to become a Fan. Nothing wrong with that. So suggest to your friends and the group members. I decided to do that yesterday and it multiplied….I started with 49 fans yesterday morning and as of today, I have 240 fans. Don’t be shy, it works!
Thank you for the support. Now I just need my college aged employee to help me “put out the word” officially & appropriately.
I still want to prove you can teach a “seasoned entrepreneur” (in biz since 1972) new tricks
I was bummed because I just started my fan pages so they’re not all up to 100 yet! Hopefully soon.
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@Sharon–Yes, we’re all having to learn new tricks on a weekly basis it seems–social media changes so fast!
@Loretta–I know, it is a bummer. But definitely try suggesting your Page to the friends you have on your personal profile. I did that and the fans just seemed to grow exponentially!