How do I run a Gig Club?

A Gig Club gives the people who are always down the front a few reasons to arrive earlier.

Set it up

Anything the menu marks Off shows Switched off when you open it: press Switch on and set it up (on a phone, + Add more lists them). Changes wait for Save in the bar at the bottom of the page, or at the top right of an offer’s full-screen editor on a phone.

1. Open Your club, then Settings, then How people join.
2. Under Free or paid, choose Paid membership, then press Switch to paid.
3. Under How do members pay?, choose Just monthly. Pick your fee under What’s the monthly fee?, or press Something else to type your own. Choose whether Do new members get a free trial?, then press Save price.
4. Connect Stripe on the same page, so members can pay you. See How do I launch my club?
5. Monthly gig entry. In What members get, press Weekly & monthly offers. Choose Same every time, then Free item, with “entry to one live-music night”. Under When it repeats, set Repeat every to 1 month, choose Specific weekday, then First and your gig night. Under How long they have, choose Custom… and 30 days. Press Save.
6. The gig-night drink price. Press Flat ongoing benefit in the menu. Choose Set price, with “a drink on gig nights” in What they get and your price in What they pay. Under When it can be used, press Add limits and set your gig nights and hours. Press Save limits, then Save.
7. Best-view access. Press Club perks in the menu, then Add a perk, with a Heading such as “Early access to the best seats or standing spots”. Press Done, then Save.
8. A post-gig snack. Open Weekly & monthly offers in the menu again, then press Add another standing offer, choose Same every time, then Set price, with “a late-night snack” and your price. Tick your gig nights under When it repeats, and Custom… 1 day. Press Save.
9. Artist-night alerts. Open Club perks in the menu again, then press Add a perk, with a Heading such as “First notice of newly announced gigs”. Press Done, then Save. Send the actual news from Broadcasts → Write something.

What members get

A gig ticket each month, a drink at their price on gig nights, a post-gig snack, first word on new gigs, and priority for the best spots. If your club already has members, they stay in, free, with everything they get today. The fee is for people who join from now on.

What your staff need to know

Scan the member’s pass for the monthly ticket and the snack; the drink price only shows on gig nights. If payment hasn’t gone through, you’ll see Membership paused. Best-view access and gig alerts are Club perks, listed under Club perks when you scan.

How you’ll know it’s working

A paid club’s Paid members page, under How it’s going, shows what’s coming in. Members shows each person’s Membership status.

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