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A place customers can return to
Publish events, recurring classes, appointments and reservations on AroundU. When you want an owned destination, AroundU Direct adds a branded storefront and your own domain.
Explore Direct WebsiteCommunity management for experience businesses
Turn one booking into a customer relationship.
AroundU brings your events, schedules, bookings, payments and customer follow-up into one system. Start with a link, grow into your own storefront, and add WhatsApp CRM when your operation needs it.
No setup feeFree and paid experiencesKeep your customer data
yourbrand.com
Your storefront
Weekend pottery lab
Saturday · Bengaluru · 8 seats left
Checkout
2 attendeesPay securely
This week
BookingsConnected
PaymentsReconciled
Check-inQR ready
WhatsApp
Customer context stays attached.
Enquiry, booking, attendance and follow-up in one relationship.
New enquiry
“Do you run a weekday batch too?”
Saved as useful customer intent—not left as an anonymous chat.
What AroundU is now
Not another social feed. The operating layer behind your experiences.
Discovery still matters, but hosts need more than reach. AroundU helps turn attention from Instagram, WhatsApp, search or a marketplace into a booking, an operational record and a customer relationship the business can serve again.
One connected system
Start with the job you need done today.
You do not need to buy the entire stack on day one. Each layer uses the same underlying booking and customer context, so growth does not mean rebuilding from scratch.
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Bookings and payments in one flow
Collect registrations, attendee details and payments without stitching together forms, payment links and spreadsheets. Private lists, coupons and QR check-in stay attached to the booking.
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Customer relationships you keep
Direct Pro connects WhatsApp enquiries, customer profiles, segments, campaigns and outcomes. Your team can understand the relationship beyond a single event or chat thread.
Explore WhatsApp CRMBuilt around the work hosts actually do.
The product follows the customer from enquiry to attendance and repeat business while keeping private access, payment and team controls separate.
Events and scheduled experiences
Run one-off events, recurring classes, appointments and reservable sessions from the same operating layer.
Repeat bookings, not one-time traffic
Keep the customer and booking context needed to bring the right people back for the next relevant experience.
Public, private and pre-approved access
Choose open registration, approval flows or verified guest lists without exposing private attendee information.
Attendance tied to the booking
Issue QR tickets, check people in and retain a useful attendance record instead of reconciling another sheet.
One customer view
Bring enquiries, event activity, campaign exposure and manually recorded outcomes into the customer profile.
Measured operations
See what filled, what dropped off and which follow-up produced an outcome—without claiming that every signal is AI magic.
Assistive intelligence
Useful context before automated action.
Where AI fits
AI is a layer in AroundU—not the whole product story.
AroundU’s operational system works without generated copy or an autonomous agent. Intelligence features are being added where real booking, customer and campaign context can make them useful. Automatic answering remains Early Access and requires business rules plus human handoff before activation.
Performance contextConversation summariesSuggested next stepsHuman approval
Simple pricing
Start on AroundU. Own the relationship with Direct.
No event quotas. Upgrade for ownership, lower transaction fees and the customer tools your business needs next.
Best for getting started
AroundU
Starter
List, sell and learn what works before taking on a monthly subscription.
₹0/month
5% AroundU fee, including GST, on successful payments
- AroundU marketplace and organizer presence
- Unlimited experiences, dates and ticket tiers
- Booking pages, payments and QR check-in
- Customer and booking records
- No monthly subscription or setup fee
Payment-gateway charges apply where applicable.
Own your brand
AroundU Direct
Plus
Give customers a branded destination they can remember, revisit and book from directly.
₹11,988/yearSave ₹1,989
₹9,999/year + GST
2% AroundU fee, including GST, on successful payments
- Everything in AroundU Starter
- Branded storefront on your own domain
- Ready-to-use, mobile-first templates
- Bookings, payments and customer records
- Automatic SSL and secure managed hosting
- Assisted domain and launch setup
1.99% + GST payment-gateway charge applies.
Website + WhatsApp CRM
AroundU Direct
Pro
Own the storefront and turn WhatsApp enquiries into a customer base you can bring back.
₹23,988/yearSave ₹5,988
₹18,000/year + GST
0% AroundU commission on successful payments
- Everything in AroundU Direct Plus
- One connected WhatsApp Business number
- Shared inbox and automatic contact capture
- Customer profiles, interests, tags and history
- Contact import, segments and campaign tools
- Campaign analytics, custom roles and permissions
- Polar AI: 30 queries per month
Campaign credits, WhatsApp provider usage and 1.99% + GST payment-gateway charges are separate.
AI CRM + automation
AroundU Direct
Premium
Plan audiences, prepare campaigns and draft customer replies with AI. Social connections are coming soon.
₹36,000/yearSave ₹6,000
₹30,000/year + GST
0% AroundU commission on successful payments
- Everything in Pro
- 200 Polar AI queries per month for your team
- Advanced template drafting with Claude Opus
- Audience planning from campaign history
- Review mode and marketing Autopilot
- AI reply drafts with approved business answers
- Coming soon: Instagram DMs, Facebook connection & Meta ads
₹2,500/month billed annually. Queries reset monthly. WhatsApp usage, GST and gateway fees are separate. Automatic replies need setup and availability; Meta decides template approval.
Pro includes the WhatsApp CRM platform. Outbound campaigns use separate prepaid WhatsApp credits. Premium adds AI campaign planning, advanced template drafting, business answers. Instagram DMs, Facebook connection and Meta campaign management are coming soon. Review mode keeps you in control; marketing Autopilot runs within your approved audience and budget. Automatic customer replies require setup and availability.
Community management FAQ
Clear before you start.
Need to discuss a specific setup? Talk to the AroundU team.
Is AroundU only for clubs?
No. AroundU is built for experience businesses and community-led hosts running events, workshops, classes, appointments and reservations. A club can use it, but the product is no longer limited to a club page.
Can I start without a monthly subscription?
Yes. AroundU Starter lets you publish and share booking or payment links without a monthly subscription. Direct Website and Direct Pro add an owned storefront, lower AroundU fees and CRM capabilities.
What does Direct Pro add?
Direct Pro combines the branded website with WhatsApp CRM, a shared inbox, customer profiles, contact import, segments, campaign tools, analytics and permission-controlled team access.
Does AroundU replace Instagram, WhatsApp or marketplaces?
No. Those channels can continue bringing attention and enquiries. AroundU is the operating and ownership layer underneath them, where customers book, pay and become relationships your business can serve again.
Give customers a place to remember who created the experience.
Start free on AroundU, or launch the owned storefront and customer system your business can grow into.