Notice of Upcoming Price Changes to Ning 2.0 Networks

[The Ning Team]

Update:  This has been rolled back.  We will not be proceeding with the price increases to Ning Plus and Pro or discontinuing grandfathered Ning Mini subscriptions at this time.  More information on this can be found here.

As a continuation of the adjustments to our offered plans we began at the start of this year, we’re making the following changes to the plans offered for Ning 2.0, effective October 1, 2016:

1. Retiring the Ning Mini plan.  We discontinued new Mini subscriptions in October 2012.  After keeping your Mini subscription and rates the same for nearly 4 years, we are now discontinuing all existing Ning Mini subscriptions.  Mini Network Creators will have the choice of upgrading to the Ning Plus or Ning Pro plans or canceling their network. Mini networks we don’t receive a response from prior to October 1^st will be canceled and locked at the end of their current bill cycle.
2. Increasing Ning Plus and Pro prices.  After five years, we are now raising our rates for both the Ning Plus and Pro plans, which have remained the same since July 2011.  Plus Network Creators will be able opt into the new Plus rates or cancel.  Pro Network Creators will be able to downgrade to Plus, opt into the new Pro rates, or cancel.  Plus and Pro networks we don’t receive a response from prior to October 1^st will renew at the new rates, beginning their first bill cycle after October 1^st, and will continue to renew until we receive a formal request for cancellation via phone or email.

	Current Ning 2.0 Rates (in effect since July 2011)			New Ning 2.0 Rates* (effective October 1st)
	Monthly	Annual		Monthly	Annual
Plus	$24.95	$239.90	to	$59	$588
Pro	$59.95	$599.90	to	$119	$1,188

*Existing feature sets, storage limits, and support levels remain the same on both plans

In addition to the notification emails that went out today, we’ll be reaching out again shortly in subsequent email reminders with customized links that will allow you to accept this price increase or cancel your current plan.  In the meantime, please take a look at the FAQs below.  They should answer any questions you have about this, but we’ll do our best to clarify if they don’t.

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How do I find out when my subscription renews?

You can find out what your bill cycle date is and when your subscription renews by logging into your Ning.com account, clicking the "See Billing & Invoice History" link, and viewing your invoices.

I’m on Ning 3.0, will my subscription fee go up, too?

No, we do not have plans to raise Ning 3.0 prices at this time. 

My Ning Plus/Pro – Annual subscription just renewed in July.  When will I see the new rates?

Your current subscription and its rates are valid through the end of your current bill cycle, through July 2017.  You will only see the new rates once your subscription renews next summer. 

My Ning Plus/Pro – Monthly subscription is set to renew September 20^th.  When will I see the new rates?

Your subscription and its rates will be valid through the end of that bill cycle, through October 20^th.  You will see the new rates once your October invoice posts.

What about add-on pricing?

There is not any change to add-on pricing or plans to change add-on pricing or subscriptions at this time.

I don’t want to continue my network.  How do I get my content?

You can archive your network's content with the Ning Network Archiver.  Head to My Network > Content > Archive on your network to install Adobe Air and the Ning Network Archiver on your computer.  More information about archiving your content can be found here.

[Valerie]

I also think they're trying to drive us to 3.0 but I've heard it doesn't compare with 2.0 and has tons of problems.

[fom]

Is it possible to monetize a 3.0 ning networks? What are your experiences for monthly memberships?
Did anybody migrate from 2 to 3?

My experiences with worpress are sober. If you dont have (and pay) a system admin who really knows what he does, you site will get hacked in not time. I would rather stop my ning network with 8000 members than migrating it anywhere - especially not to wordpress/buddypress.

I would rather stay with Ning and monetize. Move the pressure to the members. After all - we creators are paying all the free fun they have for years. Better to see my network collaps because nobody wants to pay than pulling the trigger immediately myself, because I dont want to pay Ning. It would be worth the test for a year. My 2c

[Gusk]

The reason behind this appears to be to force everyone off Ning 2.0 who are still on it (because 3.0 looks terrible). 

Could someone please show me where the Plus and Pro inclusions page is? I have 4800 members so I don't think Plus is an option.

[Valerie]

I agree they're trying to force us onto 3.0. Plus allows 10,000 members unless of course they change that too. Here's a post earlier this year stating that.
https://creators.ning.com/announcements-from-ning/notice-of-2016-sto...

[Kos]

Valerie they're not doing any migrations to 3.0 at all.  None for the last two years so there's only one direction they're pushing us...........towards the door.

[Valerie]

Well why would they want to get rid of us? I thought they were going to start the 3.0 migration again. This company is certainly trying to destroy itself. If anyone comes up with a good solution about moving... I feel like it's such a dilemma and I hate to lose all the work I put into my site just as I'm sure you all feel the same way *sigh*

[Dr. Krishna Kumari Challa]

I can't believe this. We face problems every week. Errors keep coming up all the while. And Ning help center says after one week of reporting everything i s okay with my network or something is wrong with my browser or computer and I have to check them. Everything is okay with Ning, according to help center.

I have also requested Ning several times to charge me in Indian rupees like other companies that deal with us are doing. Ning said long back it would look into the matter but did nothing in this regard. Because of the increasing dollar  rates with regard to exchange with Indian rupees, the prices for us are increasing every year. . I started with Rs. 8000 per year, now I am paying about Rs.17000 per year. No increase in prices, eh? 

Without helping us in anyway, Ning asks us to pay more money. It has even limited the Ning plus space to 10 GB.

Have some mercy, Ning! 

[Vitolo Rossini]

"Have some mercy, Ning! " is a sound sentiment but....

It ain't gonna happen.

[Adrian Robinson]

Agreed -  it would be useful for people to suggest alternative products...

[sharon kay]

I agree