Maya Voskoboynikov, Group Product Manager Keith Corwin, Lead Software Engineer Meetup Go online to get offline.

Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Go online to Meetup.com Start or find a Meetup group in your area Schedule a Meetup event or RSVP for one Then, Meetup in the real world And repeat steps 3 and 4

Go online to Meetup.com

Start or find a Meetup group in your area

Schedule a Meetup event or RSVP for one

Then, Meetup in the real world

And repeat steps 3 and 4

Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Boston Hooks & Needles Meetup Calgary Alternative Energy Meetup San Antonio Spanish Language Meetup Mumbia Hiking Meetup LA Moms Write! Meetup

Every Meetup group ...

Every Meetup group has an organizer

Sometimes, organizers need to run their Meetup groups. Why?

This is where comes in We integrated with the Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Beta) ...to help bring money into Meetups.

We integrated with the

Amazon Flexible Payments Service (Beta)

...to help bring money into Meetups.

With Amazon FPS * Organizers collect $ online, before the event * Members can pay-per-event. We're helping build economies within Meetups so Meetups can last longer.

* Organizers collect $ online, before the event

* Members can pay-per-event.

We're helping build economies within Meetups so Meetups can last longer.

Examples Real use case 1 LA Cooking Meetup $20 fee This pays for food and supplies to learn how to make sushi. Real use case 2 NYC Philosophy Meetup $5 fee To ensure against flaky attendance. Other use cases: reserve a venue cover costs ensure against flakes pay people for their contributions

Real use case 1

LA Cooking Meetup

$20 fee

This pays for food and supplies to learn how to make sushi.

Real use case 2

NYC Philosophy Meetup

$5 fee

To ensure against flaky attendance.

Other use cases:

reserve a venue

cover costs

ensure against flakes

pay people for their contributions

Now, organizers can require payment

Payment status; refunds, batch refunds

View and edit transaction details

Results so far... Launched in June Adoption has been modest, but steadily increasing $114,883 thru the system about 1000 unique organizers 4700 unique payers 2/3 of all Amazon Payment events are "require to pay"

Launched in June

Adoption has been modest, but steadily increasing

$114,883 thru the system

about 1000 unique organizers

4700 unique payers

2/3 of all Amazon Payment events are "require to pay"

Why Amazon FPS? Built ground-up around the concept of three-party transactions (caller, sender, recipient) Ability to easily take a cut of transactions that we facilitate, should we choose to do so Easy refunds Flexibility and power: full API, various types of tokens, the Gatekeeper language

Built ground-up around the concept of three-party transactions (caller, sender, recipient)

Ability to easily take a cut of transactions that we facilitate, should we choose to do so

Easy refunds

Flexibility and power: full API, various types of tokens, the Gatekeeper language

Role of Tokens @ Meetup Three-party token system allows us to easily facilitate transactions between a sender and recipient. Caller-Token -> Meetup.com Recipient-Token -> Meetup Organizer Single-Use Token -> Meetup Member

Three-party token system allows us to easily facilitate transactions between a sender and recipient.

Caller-Token -> Meetup.com

Recipient-Token -> Meetup Organizer

Single-Use Token -> Meetup Member

Recipient Token -> Meetup Organizer

Recipient Token -> Meetup Member

Amazon FPS: calling the Pay operation

Future plans with Amazon FPS Continue with pay-per-event (ticketing) feature collect $ from members per event Sponsorships get your Meetup sponsored by a business (ex: Huggies sponsors Mom Meetups; local bookstore sponsors the Austin Bookclub Meetup) Membership Dues collect $ from members to pay for Meetup group membership

Continue with pay-per-event (ticketing) feature

collect $ from members per event

Sponsorships

get your Meetup sponsored by a business (ex: Huggies sponsors Mom Meetups; local bookstore sponsors the Austin Bookclub Meetup)

Membership Dues

collect $ from members to pay for Meetup group membership

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