What's your thought on Paid Facebook Groups?

[Mike30]

I run some small fb groups on a couple of niches. Maintaining those groups is a job, I spent more time weeding out scammers than in anything else.

I got tired of it and made groups private for some time and the same, screening members before I let them in was a job with countless hours spent.

I went further, I set a paid subscription to compensate the time I spend in keeping up the community.

New users put the request to join all the time, but without reading the description about "This is a Paid group to join ” with a link to the subscriptions.

The results is that the group has stopped growing dramatically.

Any suggestions? What are your thoughts?

 

[Al]

Dramatically or at all? Are people still signing up? Depends upon what the intention of the group is. If it’s just to offer help/support then people who want the help will pay. Although if they can’t see the content of the group they may not take the risk. If you make something out of people being members then it’s maybe an idea to let people join for free. Really it’s down to your intentions.

 

[Liam]

What is the group for and how much does it cost to join? Is it a one off free or an ongoing subscription?

I personally wouldn’t pay to join a FB group unless it benefited me considerably (i.e. cheap flight deals). But I’m already in a number of free groups that cover cheap flight deals so a paid alternative would really have to off something more to get me to consider paying.

 

[Empire]

I mean you can but why

 

[Mike30]

What is the group for and how much does it cost to join? Is it a one off free or an ongoing subscription?

I personally wouldn’t pay to join a FB group unless it benefited me considerably (i.e. cheap flight deals). But I’m already in a number of free groups that cover cheap flight deals so a paid alternative would really have to off something more to get me to consider paying.

The group if for those who are looking for pet transportation (breeders and pet owners) to post their request (From - To )and for pet transporters to post their routes.
There are many other free groups, but they are full of scammers with fake profiles and administrators of those group doesn't seem to bother. Its a total mess.

I did set up 4 memberships:
1- $5.95/year for pet breeders
2- $5.95/year for pet Transporters
3- $6.95/year for Breeders/Transporters
4- $0.99/year for Pet owners (those with maybe once in a while request)

 

[Spartan]

i wouldn’t pay to join a group on Facebook, I understand there’s a lot of moderation that is needed on there but their are other groups I’d check out first before wanting to pay, especially a yearly fee. It almost seems like a scam to pay to join a group on Facebook.

You should add more moderators and have admin accept members after going over their profiles and such.

 

[Dismal_Bliss]

I help moderate one Facebook group that requires a paid membership to the Admin's main website. He sells courses on his website, hosted by Kajabi, and there is a community on the website, but then they created a Facebook group for membership subscribers as well. But membership gives you access to courses, a weekly or monthly live Q&A session, and some other perks, so it's not like people are paying for the actual Facebook group.

 

[Reverie]

I find the concept interesting, but at the same time, they could easily go find another group if wanted in most cases. It's an interesting way to make it more worth while, as well as possibly having real people interested in joining the group though!

 

[Ravenfreak]

I never actually heard of anyone charging others to join a Facebook group before. I suppose if there are forums where you need to pay in order to join, that this would be the case on other platforms too. Honestly I would find a different group to join, but that's my personal preference.