The Pros and Cons of the New Facebook Business Page Experience
Change is never easy and can seem a bit intimidating at times, but don’t worry, because we are in this together. We have covered all your answers about how the New Facebook Page Experience works with its pros and cons and are here to help and guide you along the new Facebook journey.
What is the New Pages Experience?
According to Facebook “The New Page Experience is a way for public figures, businesses and others who want to build and connect with an audience, manage their professional presence on Facebook.” As well as provide a “redesigned Facebook Pages experience that makes it simpler for public figures and creators to build a community and achieve their business objectives.”
Let’s call it NPE for now.
NPE Page Layout
Classic Page Layout
What are the cons of the NPE?
- Page likes will not be in the new page. Yes, you heard that right. If someone likes your classic page, but DOES NOT follow the page, they will not transfer to your new page. Don’t worry, because here is how you can invite friends.
- You can only schedule posts in Facebook business suiteor creator studio and not under publishing tools.
- Classic page featuresincluding business features such as reviews, appointments, offers, check-ins and page templates will not be switched over to the NPE.
- You can manage the NPE from the Facebook mobile app,but not from a mobile web browser.
- You can only contact Facebook support through the help and supportfound under the account dropdown menu.
What are the pros of the NPE?
- A restructured new page layoutthat is neater and more intuitive.
- You can manage your business page AND your individual profile separately – switching into your new page is much easier.
- Page followers focus: if someone likes and follows your classic page, they will continue to only be a follower for the new page and added to your total follower count.
- Page roles have been replaced with Task access or Facebook access – this is a much cleaner and safer way to manage your page.
- Only if you have Facebook accessyou can manage your professional dashboard – this keeps your page safe.
- You can invite up to 200 friendsto follow your page – learn how invite friends to follow your page here.
- Simplified and more actionable insights.
- Introducing a new Q&A format – this enables you to engage in more interactive conversations.
- Safety and integrity features have been updated in order to keep Facebook a safe place for you.
How can you switch to the New Pages Experience?
Facebook released the official statement of NPEon the 6thof January 2021 and has been rolling out the NPE since then. However, not everyone is able to switch just yet. If you want to check if your page is eligible to switch over, follow these next steps:
- Log into Facebook
- Go to the settings drop-down menu in the top right of the page.
- Select Switch Profile (if available)
- Select the new page you want to open
If you cannot see “switch profile”hold tight your page is not eligible to switch just yet. The roll out is still taking place until the end of 2021.
There are some big changes and this can be intimidating, but let’s look at it like this: There are more pros than cons, and it’s going to happen whether we like it or not.Have no fear, Banter is here to help and guide youthrough the NPE development together.
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My page doesn’t wanna upgrade to new vision
Page link:https://www.facebook.com/105791111337386/posts/395390959044065/?substory_index=0&app=fbl
Page name:Target KiiD
My page doesn’t wanna update to new vision please help me to update it
Page link:https://www.facebook.com/Target-KiiD-105791111337386/
Page name:Target KiiD
Hi Target Kiid, Thanks for reaching out. Based on your screenshot, it appears you gave been blocked by FB. You may not have the correct authorization to do the request. That being said, not every page will be eligible to be converted to the NPE. Facebook is rolling it out as they see fit.
I suggest you log out, log back in and contact facebook support as they will be able to look into your page and provide assistance. https://www.facebook.com/support/
Good Luck!
my page id id https://www.facebook.com/185562599025451/
kindly help
Hi Jibril, thanks for reaching out.
What exactly do you need help with on your page? Please elaborate on what you want to achieve. It seems to be active and working as expected. Let us know and we can then advise accordingly.
My page doesn’t want upgradehttps://www.facebook.com/Young-Peezy-Wear-100334365797211
Hi Young Weezy, Thanks for reaching out – Not every FB page will be eligible to be converted to the NPE. Facebook is rolling it out as they see fit.
I suggest you log out, log back in and contact facebook support as they will be able to look into your page and provide assistance.
https://www.facebook.com/support/
All the best – keep us posted.
NPE is not reflecting correct follower number. I can go to notifications and find someone who has recently followed my page. Click on that and it shows I have 260 followers. My page only shows 47 followers.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100073335816340
Hi B bid, Thanks for reaching out.
One of the drawbacks of the NPE is the fact that “fans” or “likes” fall away. Some people may have liked your page, but not followed it and vice versa. Since this is still a very new feature, I believe there are quite a few “bugs” that need to be ironed out. Unfortunately it does have a detrimental effect on a brand.
In our opinion, we would revert back to the old version, but if you do not want to do this, I can only suggest you contact FB support directly at https://www.facebook.com/support/
All the best – keep us posted.
Do you know if NPE supports Facebook Reserve business apps? I can’t add a reserve button when switched to NPE…
Hi C Mac, thanks for reaching out with this.
Where abouts are you based? FB NPE has different features for different regions so you may simply not have access to that feature at this time.
What industry are you in so I can understand you needs a bit more? I Am assuming a Restaurant?