Paid Facebook Group Coming
Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on June 21, 2018, 3:35 PMFacebook is going to allow administrators of Facebook Groups to make small money to support their groups via monthly subscription features. YouTube supports subscriptions. I expect LinkedIn in near future to have the same feature on its group product. The strategy makes sense if Facebook desires to turn its platform into a center of commerce. It has already added shop option in the Instagram. So, this move is natural.
Facebook announced the subscriptions a blog post that said administrators of certain Facebook Groups could begin charging $4.99 to $29.99 a month for memberships. Administrators of groups that are currently free won’t be affected, although some will have the option of creating subscription-supported groups in the future.
“Group admins build safe and supportive communities that people come back to every day,” the blog post announcing the change said. “We know that admins invest their time and energy to maintain their groups, and some have told us that they would like tools to help them continue to invest in their community and offer more to members.
Facebook is going to allow administrators of Facebook Groups to make small money to support their groups via monthly subscription features. YouTube supports subscriptions. I expect LinkedIn in near future to have the same feature on its group product. The strategy makes sense if Facebook desires to turn its platform into a center of commerce. It has already added shop option in the Instagram. So, this move is natural.
Facebook announced the subscriptions a blog post that said administrators of certain Facebook Groups could begin charging $4.99 to $29.99 a month for memberships. Administrators of groups that are currently free won’t be affected, although some will have the option of creating subscription-supported groups in the future.
“Group admins build safe and supportive communities that people come back to every day,” the blog post announcing the change said. “We know that admins invest their time and energy to maintain their groups, and some have told us that they would like tools to help them continue to invest in their community and offer more to members.
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