Just Say Hey · for in-person communities
You bring people together. We make sure no one walks in alone.
You get people in the same room. Social clubs, run clubs, your gym, café or rock-climbing regulars. We make sure they actually connect, feel seen, and come back.
No one should walk in alone or leave unnoticed.
We've sat where you're sitting
Running a community is quietly heavy.
Most of it lands on one person. If that's you, you know these:
“If someone doesn't get into a good conversation, I won't see them again.”
Ella, 26 · runs a weekend social club
“If I'm not making the connections, it just doesn't happen.”
Jordan, 28 · runs a neighbourhood café
“The group chat is either chaos or a graveyard.”
Sofia, 24 · runs a run club
“I pour myself in, and people still feel like strangers.”
Marcus, 31 · runs a boutique gym
That's not you failing. A community isn't one person carrying everyone, it's a culture where everyone pitches in. We help you build that. The weight spreads across the group, people feel apart of it, and show up for each other.
Why we built this
A community holds together when members welcome each other.
We don't want to be one more thing you have to run. We want to take the welcoming off your shoulders and spread it across your community, so belonging outlasts any one person. Including you.
In person · in real time
See who's in before you walk through the door.
Members see real faces beforethey arrive. Who's around, who to look for, and that someone actually wants to say hi.
Captions work like story bubbles. Members swap them in a tap.
If you have a space
OPENThe Roastery · who's in ☕
Tap a face to say hey before you arrive
In person · in real time
Walk in tonight already knowing a face.
Before the doors open, members already know the host, who's going, and one personthey'd genuinely click with.
Hosts swap their caption in a tap: "grab me by the popcorn stand 🍿".
If you run events
TONIGHTOutdoor Cinema · Past Lives 🎬
Thu 5 Jun · 7:30 PM · The Roof
Get found · keep them close
Run public events? Get discovered, and keep the people who show up.
List your public events and newcomers find you on the Just Say Hey platform, the same warm discovery your members already use. Every new face lands in a digital space built to nurture the members you already have. All included.
Already selling tickets elsewhere? Sync with your provider (Eventbrite, Humanitix and more), or use our built-in ticketing and keep everything in one place.
Discover · near you
publicPeople found you 👋
New faces from your public events
Outdoor Cinema · Past Lives
On the map
See your whole community on a map.
Members drop a pin on their suburb, never their address. You can see where the clusters are, spin up a local chapter, and plan hangs where people actually live.
Six in one suburb? That's a chapter waiting to happen.
Member map
23 nearbyWho's near you 📍
Suburb only, never your exact address
Your future leaders
Your most active members are your next chapter leaders.
We track who shows up, who connects, and who welcomes newcomers, then surface your super members. They're the people to thank, hand a role, or trust with a chapter, so the load stops being all yours.
Catch the ones holding it together, before they burn out or drift off.
Your people · host view
3 super membersWho's holding it together 💛
Attendance · connections · newcomers welcomed
4 of your events · 6 newcomers welcomed · 5 connections made
3 of your events · 4 newcomers welcomed · 3 friends here
2 intros made · brought 2 guests this month
Built to give back
Every chat ends in a real meetup, not more typing.
Most apps keep people typing. Spaces gets them meeting up. As a chat warms up, real events quietly surface, so one tap turns "we should hang out" into an actual invite.
The +button is pure generosity: invite someone, make an intro, start a crew, offer a lift. They're small acts of giving back, and members earn points for every one.
No more hard "no"
Keep planning until you actually meet up.
Bad timing? No cold "can't make it." You counter with a plan: another event, another day, your own idea. The message stays warm. "I want to see you, just not then."
So people keep volleying until they actually meet up.
Outdoor Cinema: Past Lives
Reward the right behaviour
Points for the people who make others feel welcome.
The members who welcome newcomers, offer lifts and bring a friend are the ones who hold a community together. Spaces gives them points, and you decide the perks.
Belonging from day one
By their first week, they've met people in real life.
The hardest part of any community is the first week. Spaces makes getting involved feel effortless and human.
Warm introductions
Members get a nudge to introduce a newcomer to two or three people who'd actually get on with them, and earn points for doing it.
Form a crew
An intro can spin up a themed crew: a small group with a shared vibe, public or private to the space.
Turn it into a meetup
The crew gets a prompt to post a real meetup, out in the space or kept private to the group.
It's your space, not ours
Your name. Your colours. Your vibe.
Members see your community. Your logo, your warmth, your rules. We stay invisible, doing the quiet work.
No corporate branding plastered over the thing you built.
Free to start · lower fees as you grow
Simple pricing. Unlimited members on every plan.
Run your community and sell tickets for free, you only pay a fee when you actually monetise. The ticketing fee drops the more you grow.
Free
Run your community and sell tickets — pay only when you monetise.
- ✓Unlimited members
- ✓Full community — discussions, profiles, friendly faces
- ✓Unlimited events + JSH ticketing (5% fee)
- ✓Use your own event platform (Eventbrite, Humanitix…)
- ✓One space, one city
- ✓Smart connection suggestions with AI-written reasons
- ✓Listed in Just Say Hey discovery
Plus
White-label your space and unlock AI matchmaking.
- ✓Everything in Free, plus:
- ✓Lower ticketing fee — 3.5%
- ✓White-label — remove Just Say Hey branding
- ✓Media in posts (photos & video)
- ✓AI connection matching + recommended intros
- ✓Up to 5 admins
- ✓Custom domain, automations & analytics
- ✓Discovery boost
Pro
Go multi-city with per-city admins and your own app.
- ✓Everything in Plus, plus:
- ✓Lower ticketing fee — 2%
- ✓Personal branding — your own colours & logo
- ✓Multiple cities with per-city admins
- ✓Your own branded iOS & Android app
- ✓API access & advanced automations
- ✓Priority support
Scale
Flat cost, zero ticketing fee — for high-volume hosts.
- ✓Everything in Pro, plus:
- ✓0% ticketing fee — keep all your ticket revenue
- ✓Predictable flat monthly cost
- ✓Dedicated onboarding & support
Ticketing fees are Just Say Hey's share and sit on top of standard Stripe processing. See the full comparison
You've already done the hard part. Let's make sure no one slips away.
Start your space for freeFree to set up · bring your community in when you're ready