FK, General complaining and flippant remarks are NOT helpful. Mark certainly deserves a modicum of considerate dialogue when it comes to matters determining what he needs to support his business and

Dear Mark, It seems as if you have chosen to monetize groups in a fast manner. Your earlier pricing policy was aiming a longer term. Although the new pricing terms do not affect earlier

Most of the groups I am part of have membership well over the 100 free limit, only a couple below and typically 1000 or more. All hobby or non-commercial groups which people simply wouldn't join if

I am seeing an issue that runs contrary to the Owner's Manual description of permissions. We have a large database in our group with more than 4K entries. I have just realized a regular non-moderator

Not to invite tar and feathering, but any thoughts on introducing an advertising model for groups that opt-in? And would that get you the revenue you need? As some have said, there are 'quiet'

Mark - I suggest that "If you are legally recognized as a non-profit organization" be reworded as "If you are a non-profit organization tax exempt under IRC Sec 501(c)(3) and other sections" since

Do you know you guys got me thinking something. And Mark, maybe you would I have some type of way of implementing this. And I know a lot of the groups that I have a part of, our ones that are free and

My neighborhood civic association dues program does exactly that, and I designed it. It's really not that hard.

Yes, but collecting 55 cents a year from each of several thousand members, then unsubscribing those who don't pay, might not be so easy to do in practice. I sure wouldn't want that chore! Drew

OK... so 50 posts a year is quiet, and 50 posts a day is busy. However, there is huge gap in the middle; the group I co - own runs to a rough average of 15 posts per day from a total membership of

Mark, the pricing page says "If you are legally recognized as a non-profit organization..." Can you clarify - are you specifically referring to 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), or other designations? It would be

50 posts a year vs 50 posts a day (....) groetjes/ĝis, Ronaldo

The average number of subscribers to each free group on Groups.io is 85. I don't know what the median is, but I suspect it's significantly lower than that. I do appreciate all the feedback, please

Mark is, of course, free to do what he wants, but by capping free groups at 100 members he is essentially saying "no more free groups". In most groups that I participate in, only 5-10% of members

Thanks for the correction. It works out to 55cents a year paid annually. Little more than 1/2 dollar per year is still very reasonable. MKR

First define "quiet" and "busy". Chris

I’m getting confused just reading this. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together. - Desmond

Here's a suggestion I made recently on GMF: One option would be to create a test group (using the settings required by GIO - "If you are creating a group solely for testing, please ensure that the

Does a quiet group with 1000 members always cost you more than a busy one with just a few dozen? Do you have any statistics on how many groups there are, how big they are and how busy? Is there a

Having reread Mark's original post about this a couple of times it appears to be 5 cents per month, not per year. Chris