PLEASE VOTE FOR YOU BETTER MEETUP FUTURE! Us organizers had to pay Meetup in order to have a group and our members should have to do the same in order to join our group. Let us organizers set the amount which can be even be set to $0 for those that still want to give themselves away for free. ORGANIZERS: Imagine receiving just $3 a month times your # of members per month! Join for $3 which automatically re-occurs every month until you cancel! DONE! Everyone is happy including Meetup.com for retaining us... the organizers!

It would be great if AOs/EOs/EHs were able to collect payments for the events they organize using their own Paypal accounts instead of having all money go through the Organizer's Paypal account.

Unless I missed something when I renewed... collect dues to help run the site via paypal yet I can't use the same paypal account to pay for the six-month subscription:-(

Starting a new meetup generally incurs cost in a number of areas (venues, etc.) so it'd be a huge help if small groups could operate their meetups free of charge until they reach critical mass. Perhaps allow groups with less than 20 members to operate free of charge, then start paying once they grow beyond this and it becomes financially viable?

Please write Meetup to move forward on this idea and add your vote. I've collated the following from previously posted idea. Feel free to add comments as well.

http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/3251675-let-users-pay-with-bitcoin-and-other-donation-me

http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/2627056-is-there-a-way-to-add-a-donation-button-at-this-

http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/2934426-make-it-easy-to-collect-dues-donations

http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/1061607-donation-need-to-be-supported-better

http://meetup.uservoice.com/forums/37079-ideas-and-suggestions-for-meetup/suggestions/3229359-need-ablility-to-suppress-amounts-donated-

Meetup should send automatic emails to members reminding them that their membership dues are due & turn off access if they arent paid within a specified time period (detewrmined by group organizer. This is a lot of work for organizers to "hound" members and keeping it automated would save a lot of time.

Some of our members are unable or unwilling to use PayPal or Amazon Payments. On the door payments are an incredible hassle for the organizers so we charge more. Further we then have to reconcile the fees.

It would be nice if a member could give us a cheque to cover multiple month's worth of events, such that we could apply the credit to their event account, and meetup would debit this balance every time they attend.

Meet up should allow organizers to create coupon or promo codes so that their members can enter them when paying for a meet up to receive discounts. Many organizers use daily deal marketing and it is difficult to offer discounts without a way to redeem them. I would like to see meetup design a method for organizers to create coupon codes for their meet ups and a way for members to redeem the coupon code when they RSVP for a meet up.

When you click Pay Pal as the payment method, there should be a place to enter the Pay Pal address you want to use. This will allow Assistant Orgnaizer to collect money before "Yes" R.S.V.P's can post. Currently it defaults to the Group Organizer's address. Each event organizer needs to be in control of the money for the event they post.
Thank you!

People join, attend 2 meetups don't pay dues and drop out of group. Some of my members have been to 2 meet ups and still haven't paid their dues? some of them have a card but not cash on them at a meetup!

A Membership dues system where NEW members approval could be made pending receipt of dues would be a better idea to receive payment. At the moment organizers are not sure if they will recoup their money they paid to set up the group?

Targeted advertising is a much better way to expand the meetup group possibilities, otherwise people like me who are students won't want to organize something like beach volleyball locally if they have to pay for the "privilege" . No one wants to pay for events that should be free anyways.

Most of the meetups I attend are for the purpose of people with common interests getting together for common enjoyment. Any money collected covers the cost of the event, but no one makes a profit. When an organizor is making a profit, we are no longer strictly a social gathering, but rather, the attendee is now a consumer and has legal rights as a consumer. A particular meetup event should be clearly identified (feature inabled) when the organizor is charging for the event and making a profit.