The whole membership in one record: people, companies, renewals, and the conference.
An association runs on relationships: who belongs to which company, who sits on which committee, who renewed and who quietly did not. Most association software tracks the dues and leaves the relationships to a spreadsheet and the memory of the one person who has been there longest.
A CRM for the network, not just a member list
Tmbr keeps people and companies as linked records, so a member is also a person at a firm, with a history of events attended, emails sent, and notes from the last call. When the firm changes its representative, the company record keeps its history and the new person inherits the context.
- Membership plans and tiers with recurring billing, renewals, and a member portal
- A member directory on your site, with a micro-page for each member if you want one
- Events with tiered tickets, waitlists, and door check-in, at a flat $1 per paid ticket and nothing on free events
- Newsletters with segments: chapters, committees, lapsed members, conference attendees
- A community feed and channels for members, moderated by your team
- A support inbox, so member questions land in one queue instead of three mailboxes
The conference is part of the record
Every ticket order lands on the buyer’s record, tagged with the event. The follow-up newsletter goes to the people who registered. Next year, the early-bird email goes to them first. The event is not a separate system that exports a CSV once a year.
Room for the team
Stage includes ten admin users, so the volunteer board and the paid staff can each see what they need, with an audit log of who changed what. Webhooks, Zapier, and read access to the API connect the accounting or the national body if you have one.
What an association usually pays
| A 300-member association runs | Per month |
|---|---|
| Membership software (Wild Apricot, 500 contacts) | ~$147 |
| Event ticketing (Eventbrite) | 3–8% of every ticket |
| Newsletter (Mailchimp) | ~$45 |
| Website (Squarespace) | ~$35 |
| Total | ~$227/month plus a cut of ticket revenue |
Estimates from published plans as of 2026; adjust to your own numbers.
Tmbr Stage: $199/month Full CRM, memberships and billing, directory, full events with check-in, newsletters to 10,000 subscribers, community feed and messaging, support inbox, ten admin users, and up to 500 members. Two months free when you pay annually.
Import the member list first. The renewals, the directory, and the conference can each move when their season comes.