Facebook: commercial page without linking to the personal page

A friend just asked me: How can I have my Facebook business page separate from my personal profile? Here is the answer.

The situation my friend was in was this: she wanted to separate her personal page, which she used for friends and private interactions, from her business presence on Facebook.

Creating a business page

To clarify: you can only create a business page when you already have a personal profile page which you then manage any other additional pages. It doesn’t matter who is managing a business page and this is how we can create it without an apparent link to a personal page.

Creation and administrator

To unlink your existing business page from your personal profile, you must first create a personal administrator profile. To do this, you must create another login with a second email address that you have access to. Be sure to remember the combination of this email address and password so that it is not confused with your main account.

Management change

Once you have created your administrator profile, find your company page and click “Like” for your administrator to become a member. Go back to your main account (for this you need to log out and log back in) and go to where you can edit your company page. In the left navigation bar, you will find an option called ‘Manage administrators’; click this option. In the navigation window that will open, you have the option of adding another administrator by typing the email address or name of the administrator that you used when setting it up. Once you have saved your changes, you can remove yourself (the primary account holder) as an administrator.

Members – Friends

Once this has happened, you will still have the same members as part of your page and the same people as your personal friends on your main account. In case you have made friends that you prefer to have only as members related to your business, you can simply remove them as friends from your main account. Don’t worry, they won’t be notified.

Advantages and disadvantages

The advantages of this solution is that you have a clear distinction between your personal profile page and your business presence, if that is important to you. You can direct your business contacts to your business presence on Facebook and your friends to your personal page. Remember that even your business contacts will know your personal name and can find it when you search, but it is your decision whether you want to approve them as friends.

The main disadvantage of this solution is that you have to log in and log out when switching accounts. If this doesn’t matter to you, this solution is fine for you.