Community administrators of the Vkontakte social network sometimes want to know how to transfer the Vkontakte group to a public page. Such a need may arise, albeit rarely. This idea has its advantages and disadvantages that must be considered.
What will it give?
Before telling how to transfer the Vkontakte group to a public page, let's define all the cons:
- You will lose the news block.
- You will no longer have the Documents.
- Also, you can no longer invite friends, because there is no such functionality on the public page.
- Everyone can go to the page. There is no way to block access to the public for certain users.
Positive sides:
- On the pages of all subscribers your public will appear. This is extremely good for group attendance.
- Now you will not need to create a separate event. You will have a whole block "Add Event" with the appropriate functionality.
- Subscribers will be able to offer their own news and posts to administrators. A very convenient function, which in many ways allows semi-automatic mode to fill the page with content.
How to transfer the VKontakte group to a public page?
About two or three years ago, it was difficult to do. Before transferring the group to a public page, I had to do a number of actions that are missing today. Now it only takes you a couple of minutes.
Under the avatar of your group there is a vertical menu. There is an item "Translate to page". Click on this button and you will immediately see the options for the next choice. There will be:
- Website, company.
- Products or work.
- Company or place.
- Team or person.
Choose the type of page that will most closely match. There will also be a warning that states that you cannot transfer the page back to the group within the next 30 days. Only after one month will you be able to do the opposite. It will also indicate the list of changes that the group will undergo after the type change, but we have already indicated this list above. Therefore, before you transfer the public Vkontakte page to a group, make sure that you really need it. Of course, even if you make a mistake, there is nothing catastrophic about this. It will just be a little unpleasant to lose the functionality that was available previously.
If you are sure of the correctness of your choice, then just click "Translate page". Now you know how to translate the Vkontakte public page into a group, and you can do it at any time.
What's better?
It is worth noting that the group and the page have different goals. For example, a public page is ideal for disseminating information about a company and brand, advertising products, publishing various news and posts.
The group, by contrast, allows you to hide information that outsiders should not see. It is appropriate to hold various kinds of discussions and exchange opinions that will be corny not needed or uninteresting to all other users.
The public page is created for the company, cafe, museum, store, cinema and any other institution. It can also be created for a person or a product. For example, this could be a page dedicated to the Opel Astra. On a public page, addresses and contact details are most often published.
A group is created for people who are united by one interest. There may not be addresses or contacts here - this is not necessary. Hence the different functionality for groups and open pages.
Conclusion
It is not enough to know how to transfer the Vkontakte group to a public page. First of all, you need to clearly understand why to do this. If you have any product or company that needs to be promoted on social networks, then feel free to make a public page out of the group. There can be no two options.