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Run member firms, dues, certificates, trade events and sector councils from one register.

Chambers of commerce keep member firms in a spreadsheet, dues in the accounts file and event bookings in a mailbox. The software holds the firm, its contacts, its tier, its dues, its certificates and its events on one member record. Renewal and arrears lists come from that record.

At a glance

A chamber represents the firms of a town, a region or a trade. Its members pay a yearly subscription by tier, attend networking evenings, join sector councils and ask the secretariat for documents. It also hires out rooms, sells sponsorship and speaks for members in front of local government and regulators, which means every firm is a contact in several different lists at once.

Most secretariats keep a member list in one file, the dues in another and the event sign-ups in a mailbox. A director asks who has lapsed. Someone rebuilds the answer by hand.

How the work runs today

The membership officer signs up a new firm, records its size band, sector and contact people, and raises the first subscription at the tier fee. The finance clerk invoices each cycle. Late firms get a call. Each keeps a separate copy.

The trade desk receives requests to endorse export paperwork, such as a certificate of origin or an invoice attestation. The officer checks the firm is a member in good standing, stamps the document and files a copy. Fees differ for members and non-members. The log is often a paper book.

The events team sells seats to a business breakfast, an expo stand or a trade mission, and the sponsorship manager agrees packages with larger firms. Committee secretaries send agendas to each sector council, collect apologies before the meeting, and file the minutes afterwards for the chair to approve at the next sitting.

Where it breaks

What goes wrong for chambers of commerce without a proper system.

Lapsed members are found late

A firm stops paying and stays on the mailing list for months. The secretariat only notices when the annual total looks short.

Document endorsements are logged on paper

A certificate of origin is stamped at the counter and noted in a book. Finding which firm received which document, and at what fee, means turning pages.

Tiers are applied by memory

Subscription depends on turnover band, staff count or sector. Each officer remembers the rule differently, so two similar firms pay different amounts.

Event money sits apart from member money

Expo stands, delegate seats and sponsorship are billed from a separate sheet. The chamber cannot see what one firm has spent with it in total.

Council membership is out of date

Sector councils and committees list their members in old minutes. A firm that left or joined is not reflected when the next meeting is called.

What the software does

What we would build for chambers of commerce.

Named the way your team already talks about the work. We start with whichever part the audit shows is costing you most.

Member register by firm and contact

Hold each firm with its sector, size band, branches and the named contacts, with a joining date and a status of active, lapsed or resigned.

Tiers and subscription renewals

Set dues by tier, raise renewal invoices on a cycle, record payments and list firms whose subscription is overdue.

Endorsement and certificate desk

Log each export document brought for endorsement, check the firm’s standing, record the fee, and keep a numbered register of what was issued.

Events, expos and delegations

Sell delegate seats, expo stands and trade mission places, track who attended, and bill the firm against its member record.

Sponsorship and advertising packages

Offer packages for the yearbook, the annual dinner or the expo, record what each sponsor was promised, and track delivery and payment.

Councils, committees and meeting papers

Keep the membership of each sector council, send agendas, record attendance and file minutes against the committee.

Member communications

Send circulars, renewal notices and event invitations by email or SMS to the sector or tier a message is meant for.

Before you talk to a supplier

A requirements checklist for chambers of commerce.

What to cover, which reports to ask for and what to put to every vendor, ready to print or save as a PDF.

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Ready product

A product already built for chambers of commerce.

It is adapted to how your business works before it goes live, and anything your trade needs that it lacks is added then.

Chambers of Commerce Management Software

Member firms, tiers and dues, export document endorsements, expos, sponsorship, sector councils and circulars for chambers of commerce.

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Services

The services behind it.

How it works

How the work runs from Bengaluru for your city.

  1. 1

    The audit, by call

    A screen-share and a look at the sheets, accounting reports and WhatsApp groups your team uses. No travel needed.

  2. 2

    A written proposal

    Scope, what we build first and the cost, agreed in writing before anything starts.

  3. 3

    Build in short rounds

    Working screens shared every few weeks. Your team tests them from your own office.

  4. 4

    Go-live, in person when it helps

    For data migration and training we can come to your city. Travel is agreed in advance.

  5. 5

    Support online

    Fixes, changes and hosting handled remotely by the same team that built it.

Common questions

Questions chambers of commerce ask before they call.

Can the chamber keep different subscription tiers for different firm sizes?

Yes. Tiers by turnover band, staff count or sector are set up from your current fee schedule. The rule that places a firm in a tier is agreed with the membership officer during implementation.

Does it stamp or authorise export documents?

No. The chamber’s own officers decide what to endorse. The system records the request, the firm’s standing, the fee and the number issued, and it prints from the template your chamber already uses.

We run an expo each year. Does it handle stands and exhibitors?

Yes, at the level of stand allocation, exhibitor contacts, invoices and payments. A floor-plan drawing tool is not included, so the plan itself can stay in your design software.

Can we bring our current list of member firms across?

Yes. Your existing spreadsheet or membership file is mapped to the new register, and the secretariat checks duplicates and lapsed firms before the first renewal run. The check is done by your own staff.

How is a chamber system quoted?

Member count, subscription tiers, the endorsement desk and events each size the work. Moving the member spreadsheet counts too. Committee papers and sponsorship packages are separate parts. A quotation is drawn up after your member register has been read and screens have been tried on it.

What should the secretariat have ready?

The member list, tier fee schedule, a sample certificate of origin log, last year’s event bookings and a council agenda. Name a membership officer and a finance clerk. They will go through each screen.

Can the chamber walk away with its member data?

Fully. The register, dues history and endorsement log belong to the chamber, along with the programme. Open-format copies are available when asked. Ongoing upkeep stays with the original engineers. Self-hosting is the chamber’s choice.

What happens after I share my requirements?

An engineer reads what you send and replies within one business day. We then look at the software, spreadsheets and WhatsApp groups your business runs on today and write down what works, what slows your team down and what is missing. A demo login, a screen-share or a few screenshots are enough. You get a short written summary ordered by priority, with no obligation to hire us afterwards.

How much will the software cost?

We don’t publish a price, because it depends on what the system has to do. That first review settles the scope, and the cost goes into a written proposal before any work starts.

Category

Part of a wider group.

Talk to us

Tell us how your business runs today.

A few lines on your spreadsheets, software and WhatsApp groups is enough. We reply the same working day.

What happens after you share your requirements

  1. A senior engineer reads your answers. Nobody phones first.
  2. Within one business day you get a written note: what we understood, what we would start with, and the questions we still have.
  3. If it fits, a proposal follows with the order of work, what we need from you and what you receive at each step.
  4. No call is booked and nothing is paid until you have read the note. Your details stay with us.

Start with your requirements

Seven short steps that tell us what you need. A senior engineer reads them before anyone gets in touch.

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