How do I choose or change my bio page address?

Q: How do I choose or change my bio page address?

Your address is the part after the slash — gomy.bio/yourname. It can use letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores, and you can change it later, though every copy of the old one stops working when you do. What is allowed Letters and numbersA–Z, a–z and 0–9 Hyphen and underscorethe-coffee-cart and mike_fitness both work At least three charactersShorter addresses are not accepted Nothing elseNo spaces, dots, slashes or accented characters A small list of words is reserved and cannot be claimed by anyone — things like admin, login, help and support. They are refused because a page at one of those addresses could be mistaken for part of the site itself. The check is on the whole address, so helpwithmath is fine even though help is not. Choosing one worth keeping You will be saying this out loud, printing it, and typing it into profiles for years. Two tests are worth applying before you commit: Say it down a phone If you have to spell it, or explain where the hyphen goes, it will cost you visitors every time you share it. Type it on a phone keyboard Underscores need a keyboard switch on most phones. Hyphens do not. Changing it later You can change your address whenever you like, from the page's settings. The moment you do, the old address stops resolving and becomes available for someone else to claim. Anything already printed will breakBusiness cards, posters, packaging, the link in your profiles, and any QR code that encodes the address directly. If the address is on something physical, change it only if you are prepared to reprint — or point a dynamic QR code at it instead, which can be repointed without reprinting. Related: sharing your page.

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Your address is the part after the slash — gomy•bio/yourname. It can use letters, numbers, hyphens and underscores, and you can change it later, though every copy of the old one stops working when you do.

What is allowed

Letters and numbersA–Z, a–z and 0–9
Hyphen and underscorethe-coffee-cart and mike_fitness both work
At least three charactersShorter addresses are not accepted
Nothing elseNo spaces, dots, slashes or accented characters

A small list of words is reserved and cannot be claimed by anyone — things like admin, login, help and support. They are refused because a page at one of those addresses could be mistaken for part of the site itself. The check is on the whole address, so helpwithmath is fine even though help is not.

Choosing one worth keeping

You will be saying this out loud, printing it, and typing it into profiles for years. Two tests are worth applying before you commit:

Say it down a phone If you have to spell it, or explain where the hyphen goes, it will cost you visitors every time you share it.
Type it on a phone keyboard Underscores need a keyboard switch on most phones. Hyphens do not.

Changing it later

You can change your address whenever you like, from the page's settings. The moment you do, the old address stops resolving and becomes available for someone else to claim.

Anything already printed will breakBusiness cards, posters, packaging, the link in your profiles, and any QR code that encodes the address directly. If the address is on something physical, change it only if you are prepared to reprint — or point a dynamic QR code at it instead, which can be repointed without reprinting.

Related: sharing your page.

How do I choose or change my bio page address?

What is allowed

Choosing one worth keeping

Changing it later

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