Beyond! Info & Help
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This page will be disappearing soon. I am ending the Beyond! membership and all future payments have be stopped. You will no longer be charged.
If you didn’t receive the email below on 8/30, please contact me. My email provider is blocking well over half of the accounts, so emails get blocked before ever leaving my account.
If you want future FREE ACCCESS TO THE DATABASE, you will need to email me and get on the email/database list. See below for more details on timing.
Here’s is the email that went out (CONTACT ME IF YOU DIDN’T GET IT!)
Hello!
Here’s the short version for those who don’t like potentially boring details . . .
I have stopped all future payments for your Beyond! membership. Nothing will change until the ad beginning on September 30. From then on, you’ll have FREE access to the database, but it will include fewer deals, and Sprouts will not be included. If you aren’t in the member-only Facebook group and want to join, please request to join now. At the moment, I am not planning on opening that up to everyone.
Here’s the longer version with more details . . .
I have made the difficult decision to stop the Beyond! membership. Honestly, it takes me far too much time for the little I earn, and I question the benefit of some of the items I take time to put in the database “just in case” someone might need them that week.
Really, it’s been this way for a few years, but I have continued since I love helping you save, and it helps my adult kids (and really, even me!) save extra. But, I just can’t rationalize the time it takes anymore.
Regardless of whether you just paid or would have paid again in the next couple of days, everything will remain as it is now for the rest of this ad week and four more weeks. You will get your full value (or up to a month free, depending on your payment date). The full service will end with the ad beginning September 30th.
Starting September 30th, you will still have access to the database (FREE!), but I will not be adding as many items. I’m going to focus on the two-heart deals and maybe some other commonly needed items, like fresh produce or meats that are one-heart deals. Expect to glance through the ads for items you use regularly since the database will have significantly fewer items.
I won’t be covering Sprouts anymore. I can’t say I’m sad to never have to open a Sprouts ad again. I have little love for them since they stopped their occasional great produce deals and double ad Wednesdays in 2020.
I also may skip a week (or even just one store) here and there if life is hectic or I’m out of town. I’m already looking forward to our after-Christmas vacation when I won’t have to worry about figuring out how to work on ads.
I’m hoping you will still receive 80-90% of what you are used to getting from the database and save the same amount or even more since you won’t have to pay monthly.
I will open access to the database to others (free) on September 30th. When the time comes, I would appreciate your help spreading the word. (More details on that to come.)
I have tried to keep ads off the shopping list, database, and other member only places (though they automatically get placed sometimes, not sure why??). You may notice an increase in those ads, but I hope it won’t hinder anything.
I’ll have to see what type of revenue I can generate with the ads. I know I will lose money for a while, but my hope is that more people will use the database, and the pennies from ads and occasional clicks on those ads will, at least, cover my expenses within a few months.
If the costs for covering all the subscriptions and technology needed to keep the database working are covered, my next challenge is figuring out how to minimize the time it takes to add deals to the database.
I’m going to try to be speedy and not worry about missing a deal here and there, though it’s easier said than done! Much of my time is spent analyzing each item to determine whether it warrants the hearts I assign it.
We’ll see what the future holds, but I hope I can overcome the revenue and time challenges!
For now, my plan is to keep everyone in the member-only Facebook group and not promote it. (Of course, you can leave whenever you want.) We have a great group of people there! It’s drama-free, which is rare for Facebook groups. If you aren’t in it and want to join, please do so now.
On September 30th, I’m going to allow people already in the Facebook group to add anyone they think would benefit. If anyone is rude or promoting their personal agenda, they will be removed. I really want to preserve a special group of people, but I also want others to benefit if they’re a good fit. I’ll trust those who use it to invite others they trust.
I think that’s almost the end of my babbling and short story long. 🙃 If you have any questions, you can reply to this email.
I SINCERELY appreciate the support and trust you’ve shown me, including so many kind words and encouragement over the years. You’ll always be on my list of favorite people! THANK YOU!
Juli Lonas
Beyond! Facebook Group
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It’s an awesome group of people ready to answer questions you have and share deals they find.