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Migrate from Facebook Groups to Mobieus: own your community
Facebook owns your group, your reach, and your relationship with your members. Here is how to move the people who matter to a community you actually own.
You do not own a Facebook group. You rent attention.
Three realities push communities off Facebook:
- The algorithm owns your reach. Facebook decides who sees your posts. On Mobieus every member sees what you publish, in chronological forums you control.
- No list, no payments, no courses. Facebook never gave you member emails or a way to charge. Mobieus gives you a real list, direct Stripe at 0% fee, and courses.
- It can vanish overnight. A group can be restricted or removed with no recourse. On your own domain, the community and its data are yours.
0% platform fee on what you earn — 5 products under one login — 100% your data and your domain — free for 14 days, no card required.
What moves: from Facebook Groups, onto Mobieus
Your community does not start over. Here is where each piece lands.
| Facebook Groups | Mobieus |
|---|---|
| Group posts | Threaded forums + live chat |
| Members (no emails) | A real member list with emails |
| Group "classroom" | mobieusLearn courses + certificates |
| Events | Native events + RSVPs |
| (no payments) | Direct Stripe, 0% platform fee |
| Admin tools | A help desk + AI community manager |
Get the Facebook Groups migration runbook
Fill out the form at the migration guide page to receive the step-by-step PDF. Tell us where you are moving from and the Mobieus migration team will send the guide and can help you scope the move.
The runbook covers:
- What exports from Facebook Groups and what you rebuild
- The full from-to mapping for every feature
- A dated cutover sequence and rollback plan
- The member announcement and onboarding script
Six steps from Facebook Groups to live on Mobieus
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Announce the move early
Pin the news weeks ahead. Give a date and a reason, and repeat it weekly.
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Stand up Mobieus in parallel
Pro tier, your domain, your branding, and the forum structure your group actually uses.
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Capture emails at the door
You have no member list, so run a claim-your-seat form that captures email and Facebook name.
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Re-post the canon
Manually move the 5 to 20 evergreen threads that defined the group, crediting their authors.
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Keep the group as a funnel
Do not delete it. Pin a link so new arrivals from search find the real community.
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Run a 90-day push
Daily welcomes and weekly summaries, drafted by the AI community manager for your approval.
What you gain: one suite instead of a stack
- Forums + live chat. Threaded discussion and real-time chat as the core, on your own domain and branding.
- Courses that finish. mobieusLearn lessons, quizzes, certificates, drip, and cohorts. Sell them on your own Stripe.
- A real help desk. mobieusHelp tickets, SLAs, and canned replies. Support that does not vanish into a feed.
- Payments at 0% fee. Direct Stripe for memberships, courses, and products. Mobieus never takes a cut of your revenue.
- Market + knowledge base. mobieusMarket listings and a moderated knowledge base your members build together.
- One login, one bill. mobieusID single sign-on across everything. Replace four subscriptions with one suite.
Before you move
Can I import my old posts?
Facebook gives admins no usable export, so you relocate the people, not the history. The runbook covers re-posting your best threads.
How many members actually move?
A reasonable benchmark is 30 to 60% of active members within 60 days. The ones who come are the ones who engage.
What does Mobieus cost?
Pro is $99 a month for the full suite, and you keep 100% of anything you sell on your own Stripe.
Community, courses, a help desk, chat, a marketplace, direct Stripe, and zero platform fees. Start your free 14-day trial or see all migration guides.