She has written training materials for both large and small computer companies as well as how-to and informative articles for many online publications. She holds Bachelor of Science degrees from both York College of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland. Click the box certifying that your are the owner of the business. Click on the “Is this your business” link at the left side of the page.

It’s a big myth that Facebook pages can’t be claimed or that it’s impossible to take control of a Facebook page that’s for your business but that you don’t have ownership of. The good news is that Facebook has put systems in place to make recovering or claiming a Facebook page possible. Here’s why you might need to take control of your Facebook business page and how to do it. Once you reclaimed your Facebook page, you can either merge the Facebook page to your Facebook page if you have created an official Facebook page for your business. This can make sense if both the unclaimed Facebook page and your official Facebook page have some following so this way you don’t lose any of the Facebook followers.

Our client recently lost access to his Business Manager and Facebook page. The former employee’s account was hacked and he had to prove that is the owner of the account. There are three main reasons why someone might have created a Facebook page for you. A fan of your business or brand didn’t find your official Facebook page, so he created a fan page for your brand.

Depending on which option you selected at this point, Facebook will automatically show you how to verify or merge your unmanaged Facebook page. Merging will automatically attempt to sync up with the duplicate or similar business page. Verifying will ask for your personal information to verify that you are indeed the appropriate owner for the business page.

If enough people are trying to check in, Facebook recognizes that as a real business and tries to provide that information for its users. Follow the steps through the rest of this article to claim or create your Facebook page and start reaping the rewards. How’s our guide on how to claim a Facebook page and after claiming how to merge Facebook pages, likes, and check-ins.

2) Once “Is this your business?” is clicked a pop-up will show asking if you are the official representative of the company/page. Lastly, be sure to add plenty of photos and start posting to your Facebook page to help customers get to know you better. Invite your friends and family to like and share your page to start building up your Facebook reach.

Now, you can connect the Facebook page with other assets, like ad accounts and Instagram business accounts. You can also manage the Facebook page roles and access levels from the Business Manager. If the Facebook page is unclaimed, you will see the pandjtrading label ‘Unofficial page’ under the cover photo. This is the first option in the “Describe why you are reporting this content” menu. If you don’t have proof of ownership online, you can type a thorough explanation of your claim into the box instead.