Okay. Now thank you. These changes take place January 18th, 2021. I am told in this one these changes are "industry standard," so these pricing strategies were known originally. I haven't read them

Ellen, it's in the first message of the thread, here: https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/27191 "For groups upgraded after Monday, January 18th, 2021 at 9am Pacific Time,..." {Pete

Peter, that main message did not tell me the date. There were no dates cited. Do I have to go through that whole thread (it's long) to discover the date (s) all the new stuff is to begin? Ellen

This should be fixed now. Thanks, Mark

Sorry, here: https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/27191

Ellen, here are the details: https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/2719 . Pete

Can I ask when will the new price changes and whatever else goes with it go into effect? Although my 3 lists are grandmothered in, I'd like to know when these changes are going to happen. Ellen Moody

Marc Nice explanation/model. Thank you (my comment about adding 1 to 400 was obviously tongue-in-cheek.) But as I said, what you say above is true in the fictional model only when #1,001 has

Every photo in every album in my groups (including some taken yesterday) have a "Taken" date of 12/31/1969. Discussed on GMF - https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/message/35939 . Pete

Just thought folks might like to know a little more about how this business works. I don't know about Groups.io, but I have experience with the economics of providing online services. The costs are

It is called list sponsorship. I don't know the ROI a sponsor would expect, for an annual payment of US$3,000. (One person I know that sponsors such things, expects a dollar or sponsorship money to

Sorry, I meant "Drew" <donhellen@...> wrote: ---------------------------------------------------- Some ham radio groups you may be interested in: https://groups.io/g/ICOM

Mark set up the predecessor of Groups.io in 1998, having been using email lists since 1989 : https://wingedpig.com/category/onelist/ As you say, a good few years after Usenet, but still a pioneer of

Shal . . . My cable internet provider used to provide access to Usenet for free. I now pay $2.95/mo for a small number of GB of data, plenty for me since I don't download copyright protected movies

Sorry, I didn't follow the cable tv analogy. In any case there are still USENET providers around who charge individuals a mostly flat fee for access to thousands of groups. (Some people may not know

Herb, You are right, that is exactly true of a system of perks. I agree there. The group owner should be able to decide whether there are perks at all, and if so which features are tied to the perk

Ken, I understood that perfectly well. But I reject the idea that it has to be 100% one or the other. So my suggestion is that the members (and the owner) be able to make voluntary donations toward

Ken, this is exactly what I would like to see happen.

Barbara, Use the "Upgrade ($20) for one month, w/automatic downgrade to Basic after" button. Use it in a test group if you don't want to use it in a real group. It doesn't even have to be your test

>>> It just seems like it would make more sense if the subscriber were the customer instead of the group owner.<<< *** This makes little or no sense (nonsense?) from Mark’s point of view operating