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# Groups

A group on Are.na is a kind of shared collaborative identity. If you find yourself working collaborating with the same people on more than one channel, chances are it's time to make a group.

### Group visibility

A group's visibility is determined by the channels it owns. If all the channels owned by a group are private, the group will remain private. Once the group has a public channel, its profile is visible by anyone outside the group.

### Creating a group

To create a group, open the main dropdown in the top right of the screen, scroll down to "Your Groups" and click "Create a Group". From here you can set the name and description of a group, and add members

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### Adding members

You can add contacts to the group under the members section of the group header by pressing the "Add Member" button.

People who follow you are added instantly. People who don't follow you are sent an invitation that they have to confirm before they're added.

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If you'd rather invite multiple people at once, you can generate an invite URL that you can send to anyone you'd like to add to the group. Note that anyone with this link will be able to join your group, so keep that in mind.

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### Creating channels in your group

To create a new channel with your group as the author, click the "+ New Channel" button and use the author dropdown to select your group.

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### Re-assigning a channel author to a group

You can also reassign existing channels to your group by opening channel settings and using the "Author" dropdown to assign the channel to your group.

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### Upgrading group members to Premium

With our group billing system, you can easily manage the Premium subscription for the members of your group. For more information see [Group billing](/docs/account/group-billing.md).


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