The same questions, every week
Picture a host who teaches a class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. This is an example, not a real person.
Every week the same things come back. Is there still a place on Thursday? How much is it, and is it cash or card? Can I bring a friend this time? Someone drops out on the day, and the host is messaging round to fill the gap.
The class is the easy part. The admin around it repeats itself.
What actually goes wrong
- The price lives in old messages. People ask again because nobody can find it.
- Spots are counted by hand. Nobody is quite sure how many are left.
- A full class has no orderly queue. Someone who wanted a place finds out too late.
- Every week is rebuilt. The details are retyped, and small mistakes creep in.
- Newcomers arrive without knowing what to expect. How to pay, what to bring, where to go.
How it works on Sociogram
You create the class once. Step 1 is the essentials: a title, what it is, in person or online, the date and time, the place, the number of spots (2 to 50), and who can see it. For a public class you choose open to all, so people are in straight away, or by request, so you approve each person.
Step 2 is Make it yours, and it is all optional. For a paid class these are the parts to use:
- Free or paid. Choose paid and set a price in AED. Then say how you collect it: cash on site, card on site or your own payment link. For an online class, the way to collect is your own payment link.
- Conditions. Add up to 10 short points, such as "Bring a mat" or "Trainers, not sandals".
- Allow waiting list. It is on unless you turn it off.
- Repeat. Choose Weekly and pick the days, for example Tuesday and Thursday. Choose how often (every week, every two weeks, up to every 12 weeks) and when it ends: after a number of times (2 to 60), on a date, or never.
- Create it. The dates appear for the coming weeks, and more are added as time passes, up to 8 weeks ahead.
What carries over to every date
Every date is created from the same setup, so the price, how you collect it, the spots, the conditions and the age range are the same on each date. Only the dates differ.
People see the price and how you collect it on the activity page, before they join. Joining works the same way for free and paid activities. People tap Join now, or Ask to join if you chose by request.
What stays separate, date by date
Each date is its own activity, with its own spots, waiting list, reminder and chat. A full Tuesday does not block Thursday.
- A waiting list for each date. When a date is full and you left the waiting list on, the next person in line is offered the spot when one opens, and has 12 hours to confirm (less if the class starts sooner). If you run it by request, you choose who gets the spot.
- A reminder for each date. Everyone who is in is reminded one hour before the start.
- Joining as people prefer. People tap Join this date for one class, Pick dates for several, or Join all upcoming for every date that still has room. If someone taps Join all upcoming, you get one notification saying how many dates they joined.
What you still do yourself
You collect the price, in the way you chose. Sociogram is free for everyone, and the price is paid directly to you.
If you have your own booking or payment page, you can put the link in the description. A link in the description can be tapped. Or choose your own payment link as the way to collect, so the way to pay is clear on the plan.
Make it easy to say yes
These are suggestions, not rules.
- Say what the price includes in the description, in one line.
- Add a condition if people need to bring something.
- Start the next term from a template. Save the class as a template (you can keep up to 20) and start from it next time. Everything except the dates is filled in.
Good to know
- Joining one date does not sign you up for the others.
- 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
Can I charge for a class on Sociogram? Yes. Choose paid on step 2 of the create flow, set a price in AED and say how you collect it.
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 class). You collect it yourself.
How many places can a class have? From 2 to 50 for each date.
What if a date is full? If you left the waiting list on, the next person in line is offered the spot when one opens.
Does the price show before people join? Yes. The activity page shows the price and how you collect it.
Set your class up once
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.
