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I largely solved this problem by charging $5 per RSVP on Meetup. I had to rent my venue, so nobody thought I was profiteering. That said, a deposit would proba
by subpixel 7y ago
I largely solved this problem by charging $5 per RSVP on Meetup. I had to rent my venue, so nobody thought I was profiteering.
That said, a deposit would probably work even better. E.g. you put up something like a $10 deposit to RSVP, and are charged the full amount if you no-show, but only a nominal fee if you show up.
- lmm 7y agoI'd think carefully about what that incentivises. Do you really want a bunch of people who don't really wanna be there turning up to get their $10 back?
- triceratops 7y agoThe type of person who would do that would never put down the deposit in the first place unless they were interested in going and 100% certain of their availability.[1] 1. Source: I'm that type of person :-P
- filleokus 7y agoDepending on what kind of meet-up it is I would also be concerned about the "inverse" problem: People who would have turned up before due to guilt / moral issues / bad karma might now not show up because they believe the $10 is their "donation" for not showing up. Similar to late pickup fees at daycares that sometimes increasing the amount of late pickups, as rich(er) parents view that monetary penalty as a price worth paying to avoid moral blame. I think a community-wide karma/reputation system would be more powerful as suggested by someone in the comments here.
- subpixel 7y agoI ran a pretty advanced-level soccer meetup, so if people showed up to play and I didn't care what their motivation was. But anytime RSVPs didn't show up we had mismatched teams and incessant whining.