[vpontis]

Context / Plug: I'm a founder of a Meetup competitor / successor called lu.ma

I think Meetup got in a hard position because they didn't have very many paid events and their communities tended to churn off of Meetup. It's hard to make money as a community organizing tool so they tried a bunch of different ways of making money, including charging guests + showing irrelevant ads which both don't work.

Also, Meetup was in a very weird spot before the pandemic. They were bought by WeWork and then sold off in the WeWork crunch. I doubt any of the original team is still there.

Anyway, lu.ma is free to use for free events so if there's anything I can reach out with, feel free to ping me at [e-mail]

[htrp]

How do you guys make money ?