Shal, This is EXACTLY what we have been looking into for our Group.
I followed your link below and read a couple of messages on it but did not/have not found it on a Group Forum page yet. Did I misunderstand and believe it is already available and missed it? Or is it proposed
and developed and not yet implemented?
Ok, so now people
member or not can sponsor a Groups.io group. If the group owner allows it there appears a Sponsor This Group button on the group's home page:
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The funds go directly to Groups.io to pay for their hosting and other costs.
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The group can apply the funds to an upgrade from Basic to Premium, or if already Premium to pay for their next plan fee when due.
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This may take some of the sting out of the upcoming (Jan 18th) Pricing Changes.