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quick question – can a fb profile transfer to business page? (8 posts)

Melissa Holmes said
1 year ago:
Someone is looking to correct their Facebook by switching from using a personal profile to a business page.
My question is…
Do they have to start from scratch or is there an option to switch the page over?
I remember previous questions similar to this – but wanted to check with all of you first!
Thanks!
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Jules Webb said
1 year ago:
@melissaholmes I haven’t done this before, but here’s a link that will help.
http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=116067818477568#How-do-I-convert-my-personal-account-to-a-Facebook-Page?
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Scott Prock said
1 year ago:
I second the recommendation by @juleswebb with one caveat … before converting make sure the profile content gets downloaded (saved). There is a mention in the link shared by Jules and a link to the download helper.
… Scott
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Jill Tarabar said
1 year ago:
We switched from a profile to a business page over a year ago by first setting up our business fan page, inviting our over 700 friends to like us and then removing all content from our profile and posting a message stating that we wouldn’t be posting anything new on the personal page and a link to our new business fan page. From that point on, we only posted to our business page.
Once our fans outnumbered our friends – which took at least 6 months – we “turned off” our profile page. We didn’t delete it – it still exists – but we deactivated our account and now only concentrate on the business page:
https://www.facebook.com/ImpactThriftStores
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Melissa Holmes said
1 year ago:
Thank you JUL!
They transferred successfully!
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Jules Webb said
1 year ago:
@melissaholmes Yeaaaaa! Good to hear
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Moin Shaikh said
1 year ago:
@melissaholmes i did this for many friends, let me know if you have any trouble in executing the process as mentioned above by @juleswebb
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Eddy Sleiman said
1 year ago:
Good one @juleswebb
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