Notice of 2016 Storage Limit and Pricing Plan Changes

[The Ning Team]

We appreciate your business and the opportunity to bring social media services at competitive rates.  However, like all companies, we face increases in costs each year.  We have a percentage of uniquely successful customers with large numbers of memberships that require the storage and delivery of large amounts of content.  As a result, it has become necessary to increase rates on those networks requiring larger storage space on our servers.  

In order to continue providing the best service to our top tier customers and our network as a whole, we are compelled to adjust our subscription plans in 2016 to address the increasing costs associated with maintaining our Ning infrastructure. As a result, we are taking the following actions:

• Instituting a 100,000 membership cap and a 500 GB data storage limit on the Ning 2.0 Pro plan
• Instituting a 10 GB data storage limit on the Ning 3.0 Basic plan
• Instituting a 50 GB data storage limit on the Ning 3.0 Performance plan
• Instituting a 100 GB data storage limit on the Ning 3.0 Ultimate plan
• Implementing a new tier of subscription plans to support our top tier networks

As of January 1, 2016 the new subscription plans will go into effect for both Ning 2.0 and Ning 3.0 networks and our subscription plan structure will be as follows:

Ning 2.0	Mini	Plus	Pro	Business Plus	Corporate*
Price  (Monthly)	$2.95	$24.95	$59.95	$500	$1,000
Price (Annually)	$19.95	$239.90	$599.90	$5,000	$10,000
Member Limit	150	10,000	100,000	100K - 1M	1M ­ 1.5M
Storage Limit	1 GB	10 GB	500 GB	501 GB - 1 TB	1 TB - 3 TB

 

Ning 3.0	Basic	Performance	Ultimate	Business Plus	Corporate*
Price  (Monthly)	$30	$59	$119	$500	$1,000
Price (Annually)	$300	$588	$1,188	$5,000	$10,000
Member Limit	1,000	10,000	100,000	100K - 1M	1M ­ 1.5M
Storage Limit	10 GB	50 GB	100 GB	101 GB - 1 TB	1 TB - 3 TB

*In the event these limits are exceeded, custom pricing shall be negotiated.

We’ve begun reaching out to the Network Creators of the largest networks and will continue to reach out to Network Creators currently exceeding either the storage or member limits in the coming months.  If you have not received an email from us regarding your network's member count or storage, you do not have to select a new plan.

For those who have received an email, you will have the following options:

1. Elect to continue your Ning subscription under one of the new plans. The new plan will go into effect on the date specified in the email you receive from Ning, and your monthly invoice will reflect the new rate.  Your plan will renew monthly until canceled (you can reference our cancellation policy here: http://www.ning.com/billingpolicy/).  Previous annual plans will be credited for the amount of any unused portion. Payment for the new plan will be collected from the default payment method associated with your account.
2. Elect to remain on your current plan, removing members or content to remain within your plan’s stated limits.  Removing inactive members and their content will lower your network’s member count and storage space on our servers.
3. Elect to cancel your Ning subscription. If you elect to cancel your subscription, you may do so at any time before the date specified in the email you receive from Ning.  (You can reference our cancellation policy here: http://www.ning.com/billingpolicy/). Annual plans will be issued a prorated refund for the unused portion of your subscription. 

Prior to canceling your membership, you may contact Ning customer support to assist with archiving your network’s content.

Please notify us of your election to continue your subscription under the new plan or to cancel it by replying to the email address contained in the email by the specified date.  If we do not receive your election by the date specified in the email, we will deem your membership cancelled and will terminate your membership effective the specified cutoff date.

We regret having to take these actions, however, we have no choice in order to maintain the Ning service for our members. We appreciate and thank you for your understanding in this matter.

[Shelli Poole]

How do I Sweet Potato? Copy and paste is for suckers.

[Garfield Archivist]

Pics embedded in blogs and discussions are totally importable. Even tags with a little work done outside the archive and probably dates too. Migration in this regard is pretty straightforward. If you are looking at wordpress I would recommend Sweet Potato.

I can convert all that info to csv and/or code that can be copy and pasted into an existing Wordpress site but for full migration into wordpress Sweet Potato is your guy. I have a preference for Social Engine for something that is more Social Network rather than Wordpress-like

I am happy to hear that you have archived. You are probably ahead of most Network Creators.

[Dawn aurora]

LOL

[Shelli Poole]

PS I just realized my profile here is really outdated and it had my ex-married name. 

[Shelli Poole]

Well you are an existential son of a gun, aren't you? I realize I can download my entire network - and I have on occasion - but this doesn't help me to put this with that when starting a new network. I don't care about the video or photo section getting disorganized or the ability to migrate them even... but the pics embedded in the blogs and discussions + the tags + dates + who wrote it. OMG it all blows my mind to try to move to Wordpress. I don't even need a network anymore bc other platforms like wp have the ability to appoint writers + do comments with social media accounts. BUT THE MIGRATION... GAAAAAA

[Dawn aurora]

Thanks LOLS

[Shelli Poole]

 2.0 network

[Kos]

So you'd be on a "pro" plan level.  $59.95/mo.   What are you paying now?

[Shelli Poole]

I feel very attractive now that Garfield Archivist called me a Ning Plus. Thanks! Yes, I'm on the $24.95 /2.0 plan.

[Garfield Archivist]

She's a Ning Plus but over her storage and on the "ning is not that into you plan" (meaning she gets plus rates)