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Yes, Zeffy's membership software is free, with no platform fee, no transaction fee and no card fee on dues, however many members you have. A $25 membership reaches your bank account as $25, because Zeffy is funded by an optional contribution members can add at checkout. And since Zeffy is an all-in-one platform, your forms, renewals, membership cards and member list in the built-in donor CRM are all included, along with your donations and events, with no separate bill.
"With Zeffy, we are now getting 100% of donations, event fees, and membership fees. They have saved us almost $2000 in credit card fees in the first year."Lori D., Marin History Museum (G2)
Yes, Zeffy works for associations, clubs and small groups, not only 501(c)(3)s. Any 501(c) organization type can use it, so you don't need 501(c)(3) status. You'll need an EIN and a bank account in the organization's name. If your IRS determination is still pending, register as "Other nonprofit organization" and switch your type later. Whatever your size, everything stays free, from your membership form to your member list.
Membership renewals on Zeffy run on their own, so you don't have to chase members every year. Choose monthly or yearly memberships, or ones that never expire, and renew everyone on one fixed date or each member on their sign-up date. Monthly memberships always renew automatically. On yearly ones, auto-renew is on by default and members can untick it at checkout. Yearly members get a reminder 30 days before they expire, and they can update their card or cancel from their own account. Family memberships renew together, and when next year's campaign is ready, your auto-renewing members move over to it.
Zeffy keeps your members organized for you. Every member lands on their own contact record in Zeffy's free donor CRM, along with their gifts, tickets and emails. Your members are sorted into active, auto-renewing, expiring and lapsed lists that update themselves. The member insights report shows your growth month by month (new, renewed and lapsed members), what each tier brings in, and who just lapsed or expires soon. From there, you can email them in one click. Need something more specific? Ask Zeffy's AI Data Assistant in plain words.
Yes, someone can buy a membership for another person. At checkout the buyer picks "This membership is for someone else" and enters that member's details. The member gets their own card by email and their own contact record, and renewal emails go to the person who paid, since they manage the payment. On tiers that don't auto-renew, a buyer can sign up several members in one checkout. On auto-renewing tiers, they buy one at a time, with their details filled in for the next one.
Yes, Zeffy lets you turn any membership tier into a family or group tier that covers up to the number of people you set, at one price. The buyer adds each member's name, and every member gets their own contact record in the same household, so your member list shows everyone, not just the person who paid.
Yes, you can bring your existing members over from a spreadsheet. Import them with their membership type and expiry date, and they join your membership campaign as members. They can buy members-only tickets straight away. Imported members haven't saved a card with Zeffy, so their memberships don't renew automatically.
Yes, Zeffy lets you start next year's membership campaign without losing a single auto-renewing member. Build the new campaign with this year's tiers and prices, and set it to replace last year's. Once you publish, the old campaign ends and its page redirects to the new one, so your links keep working. Auto-renewing members renew on the new campaign at its price, with nothing to redo for them or for you.
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