For Networkers

Run the business circle people come back to.

Meets are free for everyone. A Networker is someone who runs a business club: a purpose, members who join with their business, and members-only meets.

One yearly fee per club · You set the member fee · No commission

A diverse network of colorful people figures connected together, held in an open hand — illustrating the Networker community on Kootami.
Meet open · 12 people going
Club host
Networker
What a club is

A standing circle of businesses, with a purpose, run by you.

Members join once, in the app, with their business. They stay members until they leave or you remove them.

Members get

Every member's business

Name, role, industry and city. Never a phone number or email.

Members get

Members-only meets

You host them from the app, at a place within 50 km of you or online.

Members get

Business enquiries to any member

Sent and answered in the app.

Who can join

Businesses and professionals: a business with its name, industry, city, the person's role and an address (a GST or Udyam number is optional), or the company somebody works at, its industry, their role and city.

You decide

They join at once, or you approve each request. Name up to 8 key sectors: people in them join at once, and anyone else asks you. You can suspend, remove or block a member.

For Networkers

Run it from your phone

Approve who joins, plan the next meet, and see what your members need. Everything a host does is in the app.

A host's club in the Kootami app: the member businesses
Every member's businessSearch, filters, one card each. You approve who joins.
A host's club in the Kootami app: coming up and held meets
Members-only meetsPlan the next one. See how many came to each.
A host's club in the Kootami app: posts to all members and direct enquiries
Business enquiriesOne to one, or a need posted to all members.
The money

What it costs, and what you keep.

You pay Kootami

One yearly fee per club

Paid from a link we send you, with a GST invoice. No auto-renew: reminders 30 and 7 days before it ends. A second club is a second fee.

You keep

The member fee you set

Free, or a one-time fee members pay in the app when they join. Paid to your bank account monthly; only a club with a fee needs your PAN and bank details. Kootami takes no commission.

Meets

Free

For everyone with a business profile, always.

How to start

Start it in the app. Pay from the link we send.

1

Start it in the app

Me › My Business Clubs › +, or from Grow. At a computer, you can start it here on the web instead.

App or web
2

Club details

Purpose, who it's for, name, city, key sectors, the member fee, how people join, and a logo.

Purpose and fee
3

Pay the yearly fee

From the link we send you, with a GST invoice. The club opens as soon as it is paid.

One yearly fee
4

Run it in the app

Requests, members and members-only meets.

No commission

For a club with a member fee

PAN

Bank account number and IFSC

Start a business club

A meet is a moment. A club is a membership.

Joining a meet never makes you a club member. A members-only meet is an ordinary meet whose door is the club.

Meet · free
Club · paid
What it is
A crowd at one place and time
A purpose-driven circle of businesses
Lasts
That day; then read-only
Until you leave or are removed
Who opens it
Anyone with a business profile, one per venue per day
A Networker, paying a yearly fee per club
Getting in
Turn up. Open by default, or members only
Join once in the app, with a business or a workplace; instant or approved
You see
Who's here now
Who belongs, always; never phone or email
You do
Say what you offer and look for; send business enquiries once you've checked in
Member businesses, business enquiry, members-only meets
Cost
Free, always
Member fee (free or one-time) to the Networker; yearly club fee to Kootami
Meets · free for everyone

Not ready for a club? Host a meet.

A meet is a live meeting at a place or online, open to whoever turns up. Everyone comes with their business or where they work and says what they offer and what they're looking for. Anyone with a business profile can open one.

Who comes in

Open to whoever turns up, or to your club's members only.

What you offer, what you're looking for

Each person says both when they join, and the meet shows who is relevant to them.

You open the meet

People check in when they arrive. Then they can send each other business enquiries; a phone or email is shared only when the other says Interested.

In person or online

At a place within 50 km of you, or online. Its name comes from the venue or the event.

Your pitch to members

Why people come back to your club.

01

Curated, not crowded

Every member joins with their business or where they work, and you can approve each request yourself.

02

A direct line to the connector

You welcome them and start the introductions yourself.

03

Matched on what they offer and look for

At every meet, people say both and are matched on it.

04

Recurring momentum

Members-only meets bring the club back together, with every member's business a tap away.

05

One profile everywhere

The same business profile works at every meet and club.

Common question

“I already use WhatsApp groups. Why Kootami?”

WhatsApp is good for staying in touch. A meet is for meeting people you do not know yet, and a club keeps the ones worth keeping, with their businesses.

WhatsApp Group
Kootami

A business profile for every member

Matched on what people offer and look for

Meet in person or online

Chat only; the meeting is arranged elsewhere

New people find you

Vetting who joins

Anyone who has the link can join

The simple rule

Keep your WhatsApp groups for the people you already know. Host a meet when you want them to meet people they don't, and start a club for the circle that lasts.

FAQ

Common questions.

What does it cost?

One flat yearly fee per club, paid from a link we send you, with a GST invoice. Meets cost nothing. Kootami takes no commission on your member fees.

How do I start a club?

What is a club?

Who can become a Networker?

How do members pay me?

Who can join my club?

What do members see of each other?

What happens if I do not renew my club?

Do I need a registered business or GST?

Can I run a club outside India?

What is a meet, and what does it cost?

Where can I host a meet?

Can an association host meets?

What is "Meet me at"?

I already use WhatsApp groups. Why would I need Kootami?

Your network deserves better
than a WhatsApp group.

Host free meets from the app. When you want a circle that lasts, start a club.

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