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Groouply — Track keywords on Facebook groups
Groouply is a Facebook group keyword notification tool. It tracks any keyword on any Fb group.
You can think of it as Google Alerts for Facebook groups.
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Tom Bielecki
Interested but not at that price. 1 keyword in 1 group for $10/no could be reasonable
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@tombielecki I hear you Tom. We will hopefully decreasing price with time as we get more traction =)
@tombielecki We have since restructured our price to $10/group/month and you can start free. The free plan lets you track keywords on our own Facebook group, so you can do all the tests you need there.
Hello! My name is Mike - I'm a bootstrapper from Italy and today I'm launching Groouply. 🚀
I run a portfolio of SaaS (https://rubini.solutions) but as I'm not funded, my marketing budget is tight!
So, I decided to rely on Facebook groups to get some traffic.
The problem was that whenever I would post something on Facebook groups, it would feel spammy.
On the other hand, I knew a lot of relevant conversations happen inside Facebook groups all the time, and I wanted to get involved in those.
I was tired of checking Fb groups manually.
That's why I created Groouply.
Groouply lets you track any keyword inside any Facebook group so that you can engage in relevant conversations.
Here are some features of the platform:
➡️Tracks open and closed groups
➡️Checks groups hourly
➡️ Sends reports and instant notifications
I'm excited for you to try Groouply and track your first group!
This looks really interesting but you need to include a trial version of some sort, either for a limited amount of time or for only one keyword on one group. I am not going to pay $99 if I haven't made sure this thing works first.
@gkollias Hey George, I hear your concerns.
We used to have a metered plan where users would just pay for notifications that were sent to them, but costs in the backend are too high for me right now.
Feel free to reach out to mike@rubini.solutions with a group and a keyword you want to track and we will prove to you that it works =)
@gkollias I agree with you. There needs to be a trial to see if this even works. I would never pay $100 up front for a tool I'm not sure even works. I see the others posting about the cost being high, and I would agree too. Give at least a 7 day trial or something so people can see the value.
@gkollias @itswillcurran We have since restructured our price to $10/group/month and you can start free. The free plan lets you track keywords on our own Facebook group, so you can do all the tests you need there.
Looks really useful! With todays more or less free services like AWS Lambda, I'm surprised there's no limited free trial. You may be running some of these processes manually to get a gauge on traction which is fine but I think most people want to test before buying nowadays.
@brittongwaltney Thanks man! AWS Lambda does not have anything to do with the product, unfortunately.
@brittongwaltney We have since restructured our price to $10/group/month and you can start free. The free plan lets you track keywords on our own Facebook group, so you can do all the tests you need there.
This looks so cool. One of the things that has been holding me back from trying marketing via FB groups is the idea that it would take so much time to skim through the groups on a regular basis.
@jozacks Yeah, me too! That's exactly why I built this. Also, when you comment on relevant posts, you can promote your stuff and it will feel less spammy because you are actually trying to help.
I know the process is still a lot of work, but as Paul Graham says doing "things that do not scale" is the best way to grow especially at an early stage.
Why does it take 1-3 days to begin monitoring? What are you doing on the backend? My gut says you are using a private personal account to join the group, and then pulling in the posts via the Graph API authenticated as that user, which is against Facebooks TOS—so I hope not. Since there is no Facebook auth, this is further reinforcing the idea... Again, I hope not.
@jstrellner Hey Joel, we hear your concerns. That's not what we do at all. =) Also, you can not fetch content of groups through Graph API since months.
@mikerubini Not true, but you are confirming my suspicions that you're scraping the group by your statement. To do this correctly, you can use the graph API, but you have to get your app authorized by Facebook. Here's the docs: https://developers.facebook.com/...
@jstrellner I already told you, that's not what we do at all. To your point: sure, you can use Graph API if you have some special permissions but from my experience Facebook doesn't give them to anyone. I was talking about the general case here. And to my point, you didn't have to apply for permission months ago. So what I'm telling is true.
I don't like people suggesting that I am dishonest.
@mikerubini I am not trying to say you're being dishonest. It's just unclear what's going on here, and you haven't actually said what you're doing behind the scenes to access the data, and I—and most people—would want to be certain they are in the clear and above board. Even though the API used to be wide open and is now behind an approval process, my company has access to them, so I know that they allow access.
@jstrellner I respect that. I'm not saying what I do behind the scenes because I don't want to help my competitors. I'm ok if people do not buy for that reason, though. It's ok 👍🏻
@davecala Some features are based on Fb, but we are not related to Facebook (the company) in any way.
@mikerubini I understand that. What I'm saying will we be within FB's terms of service by using this app? Is it Blackhat in any way?
@davecala I'm definitely not a lawyer, but I would say we are very white hat here
@aazar_ali_shad It's impossible to do that now for me. It takes 1 day to set up each account. Moreover, costs in the backend are too high right now.
When we reach enough paying users, maybe we will do that =)
@mikerubini compared to the budget saas marketing of a freelance and compared to the minimal function of this product. In my kit of saas, if each asked me 100€/month, it would be problematic. For me, tracking words is usefull, but cheap.
@francois_rigal1 I respect your position, but I'm also a freelancer and I personally pay €1,000+/mo in subscriptions to useful companies that help me in my work.
@e_b_rosner It is. It's impossible to lower the costs now due to high costs in the backend
@e_b_rosner We have since restructured our price to $10/group/month and you can start free. The free plan lets you track keywords on our own Facebook group, so you can do all the tests you need there.
Extremely expensive and relies on changing FB rules/API. Might not even work a few month from now.
@mohamed_tahboub Hello Mohamed, we appreciate your feedback but "extremely expensive" is very subjective. Most things in life are not free, so I'm not sure why my software should be free. I've put work into it =)
As for "might not even work a few month from now" --> we don't rely on Facebook APIs, so please check your facts before commenting and giving us a bad review, thanks =)
@mohamed_tahboub LOL.
I know you could buy in a heartbeat if it was $29/m, but $29/m is too low for me. Maybe that's what you can afford and I respect that.
I understand that $99/Month is too much for the value YOU think this app provides for YOU, but there are other people who already bought it. We already sold a number of accounts and I'm not even pushing, so please take your advice back, because I clearly do not need it and I know how to run my businesses. Go play teacher somewhere else =)
Again, before commenting please check your facts. I'm not "new to this software thing". You have been impolite and you deserve that I reply. I do have other software and they have different price points. I have software that is free, I have software that's selling for $20/m, and software that's selling for $97/m, and software that's selling for $50/m and all my software are profitable, from day 1 =)
If you want to reply again having taken things personally then please don't reply.
Best to you! 🚀
@jchopak We don't, but please email me a group/keyword you want to track at mike@rubini.solutions and I'll follow up with you =)
@jchopak We have since restructured our price to $10/group/month and you can start free. The free plan lets you track keywords on our own Facebook group, so you can do all the tests you need there.
First of all congrats, this is such a great idea!
I agree that the pricing SEEMS high, but I also completely understand that there are tons of backend costs that users might not realize are there. Of course, a trial would be preferred, but I see such potential that eventually you'll be able to release some short term trial or limited keyword or something.
Hey there, I like your product. I do agree w/ people who say the price is a bit high, but I don't think you should lower it. Rather I would set higher limits for the plan you offer (such as 5 keywords for 20 groups). Or I would create another plan at 49$ w/ only 1 keyword. Just some feedback, I think based on the number of reactions about pricing that you might convince more people by adjusting your plans.
Another thing I'm looking for currently is a more advanced search tool to FIND Facebook groups. Example : Facebook groups with at least 1000 members that contain the keyword "freelance" in the title and where the main language spoken is Spanish. Based on the research you did to build your tool, do you think this is doable ?
@thomas_jacquesson1 Hello, thanks for the valuable feedback Thomas!
Find facebook groups: yes, definitely doable. I have a private tool that does that, already. Curious: why would you want to find Fb groups?
This looks cool. I've been trying to limit FB use as it can turn into a massive timesuck - but I know I'm missing out on new potential clients because I'm not closely monitoring FB groups. Groouply looks like an ideal solution!
I was just thinking about this idea, but how do you get into closed groups ? What if the group is highly selective of who is accepted (e.g. group for paid members of specific app) ? Wouldn't it be easier to make an extension that user can run that automatically works with groups that user already has and monitors them ?
@rachitskiy We are able to do it. Yes, an extension would also work and I think there were solutions that did that in the past but now they don't work because of Fb changing stuff in the backend