Related to Catlady's thinking, Groups.io High Level Pricing Concerns: If a current member, without grandfathering, might not sign on, is that not a clue of an unsustainable pricing structure? If

My thoughts: Groups.io service benefits both groups (i.e. group owners) and members (in varying proportion), in a three way relationship. As Groups.io costs money to run (including providing a living

I’m agreeing w Marv. Would not start my group today if members had to pay. I keep coming back to that. Many of our membets are volunteers there to help other people with their cats’ illnesses, and

The proposal is fine as an option, but I don't think I would start any more groups on groups.io if I had no choice but to follow that model. I prefer a model where I as owner pay for the service and

Well if so, that proposal that you just made would look nice.

I may be wrong, but I believe Mark is thinking less than $10/yr, though that hasn't been made clear yet. Duane

Hi Duane, I like your idea. And then I guess the pricing structure could look like $50 per six months or $100 for a year

I like Scott's proposals too. Except.... in the craft/hobby fields (which covers all the groups I own or subscribe to), participants seem to always be on the lookout for ways to not spend money.

100% agree with everything Scott says here, including his suggestion. -- J Messages are the sole opinion of the author, especially the fishy ones. My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only

RE: Once the free member slots are filled up, someone wishing to be a new member of the group would have to pay a yearly fee to Groups.io. Having any mix of free slots versus paid slots will create

When group management consists of denying subscriptions in order to reduce costs I think there is something wrong. Drew

The group owners should be able to understand, and it's reasonable to expect them to understand, or to expect them to get some help understanding if they can't understand on their own. But I don't

The activity log is web-based, and there is no direct link to it, so you'd have to either bookmark it or navigate to it each time. But I suspect my moderators approve via e-mail, mostly. I currently

This is how it is where I work, in the virtual world of Second Life. People can be free members or they can be Premium at various levels. One level of Premium allows entry into areas that are

The reason for moderation is stated in the activity log. There may be a case for putting the reason in the email sent to Mod also but the detail is recorded if yo look for it. Regards Andy

or her! Andy

Mark, I think this is all too complicated and would create more work for you and the group owners. I would look to simplify your pricing structure. Basic groups pay $1/week, $52 annually Premium

Hello I've noticed that there is no way to see whether a message is held for moderation due to it being from a new member or due to it being from a member who is currently moderated. For messages

Allow me to clarify my original suggestion: There would be two payment routes: 1. Group owners can pay money to increase the number of "free members" that their group can have. 2. Users (i.e. people

I am in support of the proposal of GIO offering the option of a paid level of service to GIO account holders. GIO account holders who want to pay GIO a nominal sum should have a mechanism to do so.