Forgive me if I’m wrong but doesn’t a paywall to use forums defeat the purpose of forums? I think the [name_f]Name[/name_f] Advice tab (and most of the categories, for that matter) will be rendered useless since I usually notice it’s users who don’t use Nameberry forums that much or new users that are looking for advice on their baby’s name, and now they won’t be motivated to ask for advice and way less people will be able to give advice. This is super not cool and a poor business choice 
I already paid for the app which has its own issues and I don’t know if it’s really worth it to give more money, no matter how much I used to love Nameberry and names
more from where I’m coming from
If any of you are familiar with Watcher (on YouTube), this reminds me of a similar mess up they did a few years ago now. They were leaving YouTube, moving all their content to an exclusive streaming service only that you had to pay for and was not cheap, and were very passive aggressive to viewers in the announcement video. People were, and reasonably so, very upset. A few months later it became posting new videos on the streaming service first and then posting it on YouTube, probably because they weren’t making the profit they hoped for. They lost so many followers and even I don’t really watch them anymore. They used to be one of my favorites. People don’t respond well to change where you have to pay for something that used to be free. I would just keep this in mind.