On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 07:57 PM, Anita L wrote:

I have been a premium member here for some time.

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So will the price go up for me? Will I be able to stay at the premium price I have been paying. I came here in 2018 for my group. Love it here.

Anita -- From Mark's post:


I read this to mean that if you are already at Premium -- or upgrade to Premium before tomorrow at noon EDT -- your price will not increase.

Regards,
Bruce

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I just want to make sure I understand this. I have been a premium member here for some time. ? So will the price go up for me? Will I be able to stay at the premium price I have been paying. I came here in 2018 for my group. Love it here. ? I know so many are coming here now. They should have done this before now. ? I just want to verify what I will be paying.? Thanks. ? Anita

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 07:30 PM, Dan Rawson wrote:

Do I have to do anything to make sure that there are no left-over messages on Yahoo that didn't get transferred?

Dan -- Based on Mark's recent message (/g/GroupManagersForum/message/20002), this may be more problematical than it's been in the past.

It used to be that transfers would be queued up at the "accept the invitation" stage. Once the invitation was accepted and you gave the go-ahead, things would proceed quickly (within 24 hours).

Now, it seems that once the go-ahead is given, things may NOT go so quickly. This is a direct result of the incredible number of groups that are asking for transfers right now. Data is being collected from Yahoo as fast as ever, but importing to your group could take some additional time. To wit:

Recently, I've noticed occasional situations where groups.io would briefly act like it was running maintenance or the message base search indexing would lag behind. There's only so much load that the existing hardware can service in a timely fashion, and it doesn't make sense to upgrade it when the whole situation is going to calm back down within 7 weeks.

Bottom line:? Depending on how much lag time you can tolerate and how deep your pockets are, it may make sense to pony up the two extra c-notes.

Regards,
Bruce

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 07:30 PM, Dan Rawson wrote:

do all our users transferred from Yahoo see the Welcome message?

Yes. See?/g/GroupManagersForum/message/10292?for more information.

Regards,
Bruce

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 06:30 PM, Dan Rawson wrote:

Do I have to do anything to make sure that there are no left-over messages on Yahoo that didn't get transferred?

To make sure this doesn't happen, you should halt posting on the YG just before you give the go ahead for the transfer to start.

Duane
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I searched, but couldn't find . . . do all our users transferred from Yahoo see the Welcome message?

Thanks!

Dan

I'm in the process of transferring our Yahoo group and I was wondering about messages to the group that are sent _after_ I make the transfer account a moderator in Yahoo, but _before_ the "Your transfer is done" confirmation. Do I have to do anything to make sure that there are no left-over messages on Yahoo that didn't get transferred?

Thanks!

Dan

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 06:14 PM, lady.dove@... wrote:

I opted for the monthly payments

In that case, you can stay on that plan (grandfathered in) as was mentioned in the announcement since you can't transfer a group with that one.? If you're planning to do any transfers, you can get on the annual plan before tomorrow for $110 or wait and pay the $220.? The extra $200 is only for the groups being transferred that would like an elevated priority.

It also specifically says that free groups will stay free for now.

Duane
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I opted for the monthly payments ? do ?I now have to update and pay the new fee....????? for a free site its becoming expensive ... ? please advice--- do I have to pay the new fee? of $200-? whilst being legally bound to a monthly fee of $10.00 ? thanks

Success! Thank you for you help.

Thanks Michael, sounds like a similar use case but yours are sessions all within one overarching organisation?
And to get clear; you don't have a main group with subgroups due to the clunkier email addresses, so you have an entirely separate account for each genre? Is that right?

So apart from the clunky email address of subgroups, would they work for me; ie , is it possible for subgroups to be independent of each other, with separate members & moderators?

Thanks

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 06:54 PM, MdDS Foundation wrote:

I definitely want to upgrade today but cannot figure out how to do that. I have just entered a payment method into my account. Now what? TIA

To upgrade:

1. Browse to the group that you want to upgrade (GROUPS have a payment plan, not accounts).
2. Select Admin>Upgrade from the left-side menu bar.
3. On the resulting page, click the blue "View/Change Plan" button.
4. To fund a transfer, you will need to select Premium Yearly from the options (one-time payment of $110 today, $220 tomorrow).
5. Enter your credit card information and checkout

Hope this helps,
Bruce

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Fantastic. I definitely want to upgrade today but cannot figure out how to do that. I have just entered a payment method into my account. Now what? TIA

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You have to click on their name in the member list on yahoo and then change the drop down for member type.?

Folks -- Here is the notification in full...cross-posted from .

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Like everyone, we were taken by surprise when Yahoo announced they will be shutting down Yahoo Groups in just a few short weeks. Groups.io runs a world-class email groups service and has quickly been recognized as the best migration option for Yahoo Groups users. We are flattered by this recognition, and have been overwhelmed with traffic and group transfer requests as a result. We have spent the days since Yahoo's announcement diligently adding new server capacity and starting to work through an unprecedented number of transfer requests.

Fortunately, Groups.io has always been built to scale and already has a user base in excess of 1 million users today. In order to accommodate this major growth phase while maintaining our excellent service levels and industry-leading functionality, we will need to adjust our pricing as follows. As of 9AM Pacific Time, October 22:

1. The annual fee for premium groups is $20/month or $220/year. (Premium groups in existence before that date are grandfathered in at their current fee.)

2. As is already the case, all transferred groups are required to be premium groups for the first year. The $220 transfer fee counts for the premium fee, so once having paid the transfer fee, transferred groups are exempt from paying the premium fee for the first year.

3. All new basic (non-premium) groups are required to be premium groups if they have, or acquire, more than 500 members or more than 3 subgroups. (Basic groups in existence before October 22 at 9AM remain unlimited for now; however, next year we will be looking at readjusting our pricing structure and moving away from a flat rate fee and towards a more equitable per-member cost. We will keep you posted about all of this as we work through the process.)

As you know, Yahoo has given us incredibly short deadlines. New content cannot be uploaded to Yahoo Groups after October 28 and all user generated content will be deleted from Yahoo Groups on December 14. To ensure that we have enough time to export all data off of Yahoo, we have set a deadline of midnight, December 1 Pacific Time for all new transfer requests to be received. Assuming that Yahoo doesn’t have any server issues, we believe that we’ll be able to export all data out of Yahoo before they delete all the data. However, in order to maintain a high level of service to our existing customers, we cannot import groups into our service as fast as we can export them out of Yahoo. There may be some delay before we can import all groups. If you wish to have your transfer prioritized, the group transfer page allows you to pay an additional one-time fee of $200 (this will go live at 9AM Pacific Time, October 22).

We welcome the opportunity to elevate the groups email experience for Yahoo users. We are committed to making the migration process as seamless as possible. Thank you for choosing Groups.io.

Thanks, Mark

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 06:17 PM, Deane wrote:

For example: I just paid the premium rate and signed up to transfer my most important yahoogroup, but I have 7 others yahoogroups and am not sure if I have to pay for Premium for each group, or just once for all groups?

Deane -- A payment plan is associated with the group, not the owner.

The price is $110 for each destination group. It will be $220 tomorrow.

Regards,
Bruce

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Ok, I just read through that link but I'm confused? There seems to be a problem in the language related to groups (singular) and groups (plural).

For example: I just paid the premium rate and signed up to transfer my most important yahoogroup, but I have 7 others yahoogroups and am not sure if I have to pay for Premium for each group, or just once for all groups?

Can anyone please explain?

Be well, Deane

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Whoa!! Stop the presses indeed!

NOW is the time to lock in your Premium rate at $110/year and get your group(s) in the transfer queue.

If you wait until after 0900 Pacific time (noon EDT) tomorrow, the price doubles.

Details are here:??? ?Please don't shoot the messenger.

Bruce

On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 10:01 PM, Bruce Bowman wrote:

You really need to pay $110 up front.

Stop Press; the price goes up for new Premium Groups to $220 per annum tomorrow at 0900 Pacific Time; see .

Chris