"How much is it again?"
You run a weekly class, a game or a session, and you charge for it. You mentioned the price once, in the chat. Since then you have been asked three times. Someone wants to know whether it is cash or card. Someone else turns up without any. A new person wants to know if the price is per person, and where to pay.
The money part is small. The messages about it are not.
What actually goes wrong
- The price is said once and then lost. It is one line in a long chat.
- The same questions come back. How much, how to pay, when.
- People arrive unprepared. No cash, no card, no idea what to expect.
- You repeat it every week. A paid session that repeats means the same explanation every week.
How it works on Sociogram
When you create an activity, step 2 is Make it yours. Everything there is optional, and Free or paid is one of the options.
- Choose paid and set a price in AED.
- Say how you collect it. Choose one of three ways: cash on site, card on site or your own payment link. For an online activity, the way to collect is your own payment link.
- Create the activity. The price and how you collect it are part of the plan, so everyone sees them on the activity page before they join.
You collect it yourself, in the way you chose. Sociogram is free for everyone.
What people see
- The price on the page. An activity page shows the date and time, the place, the spots, the languages, the price and any conditions.
- The same joining for free and paid. Joining works the same way for free and paid activities. People tap Join now, or Ask to join if you chose by request.
- A cost filter. On Home, people can filter what is on by Cost, so paid and free plans are easy to tell apart.
Use your own link if you have one
If you take payment or bookings on your own page, put the link in the description. A link in the description can be tapped, for example to book or pay on your own page. Or choose your own payment link as the way to collect, so the way to pay is clear on the plan.
Say it clearly
These are suggestions for hosts, not rules.
- Say what the price includes in the description, in one line.
- Add a condition if people need to bring exact change or their card. You can add up to 10 short points.
- Keep it the same every week. If your activity repeats, every date is created from the same setup, so the price and the way to pay carry over to each date.
- Save it as a template (you can keep up to 20) and start from it next time.
Good to know
- Everyone who is in is reminded one hour before the start.
- Every activity on Sociogram is for people aged 18 and above.
- Sociogram is invite-only. A member invites your UAE mobile number, and you sign in with that number. You can look at the public activities first with Explore Sociogram.
Questions people ask
How do I set a price? On step 2 of the create flow, choose paid and set a price in AED.
How do people pay? You choose: cash on site, card on site or your own payment link (the link is the way for an online activity). You collect it yourself.
Does the price show before people join? Yes. The activity page shows the price and how you collect it.
Will the price repeat if my activity repeats? Yes. Every date is created from the same setup, so the price and the way to pay carry over.
Does it cost anything to host? Sociogram is free for everyone.
Make the price part of the plan
Sociogram is the invite-only network for real plans across the UAE. Ask a member to invite your mobile number, or look at what is on first.
