Luma-quality pages. UPI payouts. QR check-in and community calendars built for India.
Jamao is the events tool built for Indian tech and founder communities. Free for free events, 3% on paid tickets, GST invoices for your sponsors. We migrate your events from Luma, Meetup or Google Forms in 24 hours, free.
310 upcoming events · 3 communities · 0 RSVPs on Jamao so far
The four things that break every month
We asked Bengaluru organizers what goes wrong. The same answers came back every time.
Half the RSVPs don't show up
Free tech events lose 40–60% of RSVPs; organizers plan for 50% flake.
WhatsApp reminders at 24h and 2h (95% open vs 20% for email) lift show-up to 65%+ — coming soon, they are not sending yet. A refundable ₹99 UPI deposit pushes it past 85%.
Luma can't pay you in rupees
No UPI for India-based hosts, 5% fee, Stripe payouts, no GST invoice.
UPI, cards and netbanking via Razorpay. 3% + 18% GST on fees only, settled to your bank or UPI in T+2. Pass fees to attendees with one toggle.
Sponsors want a GST invoice
Volunteer organizers without a GSTIN route sponsor money through friends' companies.
GST-compliant sponsor invoices, TDS-ready, and a post-event sponsor report with real attendance numbers.
Google Forms + WhatsApp chaos
Duplicates, goodie-hunters, paper lists at the door, security desks asking for name lists.
Approval queues, waitlists, QR tickets, a live check-in console and a CSV export for the front desk.
How Jamao compares
Public pricing and features as of September 2026. Tell us if something changed.
| Jamao | Luma | Meetup | KonfHub | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free events | ₹0, forever, unlimited RSVPs | Free | ₹1,000+/month organizer subscription | Free |
| Paid tickets | 3% + GST, no fixed fee (+2% gateway at cost) | 5% + Stripe fees | No INR ticketing | 2% + GST (UPI only, ₹10/ticket after 300) or 3.75% + GST |
| UPI for Indian hosts | UPI, cards, netbanking, wallets | No UPI; Stripe only | Not available | Yes |
| Payout | INR to your bank or UPI in T+2 | USD-linked Stripe; no INR settlement for India-based accounts | n/a | Weekly (Thursday) settlements |
| GST invoices for sponsors | GST-compliant sponsor + platform invoices | No | No | Transaction-only |
| Reminders | Email; WhatsApp 24h/2h coming soon | Email (~20% open) | ||
| No-show fix | Refundable ₹99–199 UPI deposit, refunded on check-in | No | No | No |
| Community layer | Community page, followers, member CRM | Calendar pages | Groups (declining reach in India) | No community/CRM layer |
| Check-in | QR tickets + live check-in console + CSV for security desks | QR | Manual | QR |
| Spam & approvals | Approval queues, waitlists, capacity per ticket type | Approvals | RSVP spam, high flake | Basic |
Sources: Luma help centre (payment methods, paid events), Meetup organizer pricing, konfhub.com/pricing and payments pages, Townscript support, and our own organizer interviews. Jamao fees are the same ones that run in checkout; see /pricing.
What “migrate in 24 hours” means
- 1
You send a link
Your Luma, Meetup or Google Form page, plus a CSV of past attendees if you have one.
- 2
We build your pages
Community page, upcoming events with the same details, past events for history, followers imported (with consent recorded).
- 3
You review, then flip the switch
Nothing is public until you say so. Keep your old links live; we redirect RSVPs.
- 4
Your next event runs on Jamao
QR check-in, UPI payouts, WhatsApp reminders coming soon. We stay on WhatsApp with you for the first three events.
Built for how Indian communities actually run
- Free forever for free events: QR check-in, community pages, no attendee limits — RSVPs and reminders coming soon
- 3% + GST on paid tickets, no fixed per-ticket fee (so ₹199 tickets still make sense)
- Refundable commitment deposits for free events, refunded automatically on check-in
- Event JSON-LD and WhatsApp share cards so your events show up in Google and forward well
- Sponsor packages with GST invoices and a post-event report, when you're ready to charge sponsors
- Your data is yours: export attendees any time, cancel any time, no lock-in
What organizers say
These are placeholders until the first migrated communities have run three events. They are labelled as such and will be replaced with real, attributed quotes.
“Testimonial placeholder: two lines from a founder-club organizer about UPI payouts and sponsor invoices.”
“Testimonial placeholder: two lines from a GDG/AWS chapter lead about WhatsApp reminders and show-up rate.”
“Testimonial placeholder: two lines from a workshop instructor about moving off 10–13% creator platforms.”
Migrate my events, free
Tell us where your community lives today. A human (the founder, for now) replies within 24 hours with your pages ready to review. No sales call unless you want one.
- Free migration of upcoming and past events
- WhatsApp reminders for your next event, on us (coming soon)
- Show-up numbers from comparable Bengaluru communities
Prefer WhatsApp? Message us at +91 99999 99999 (placeholder number until launch).