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Hubs & membership

Hub groups

The right people, every time

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Who uses it
  • Owners & admins
  • Managers
  • Members

Your people, in groups. Everything else follows.

Put people in your hub into groups, by hand or by a rule. Then let a group see an event first, buy first, pay its own price, or have its own chat and album.

A collage on cyan. One: Your groups, Members' club, open, labelled In the Members' club. Two: a phone with the Members' Darkroom Night marked Members' club first, labelled Sees it first. Three: Members' club sale: you can buy now, with the Open day place on sale, labelled Buys first.

Why organisers use it

  • Members see it first

    Let a group see a members' event before the rest of the hub, then open it on a date you choose.

  • Their own chat and album

    Give a group its own chat, album or email, then add people to the group rather than to each one.

  • Tickets that know your groups

    Give a group its own price, let it buy before everyone else, or keep a ticket just for it. There is no code to pass around.

How groups work

Make a group and fill it

Owners and Admins make groups in Hub admin, under People. A group is open, so the hub can see who is in it, or hidden. Give it a colour, and a dot shows beside its name.

Add people from the hub by hand, invite new people, or add a list of email addresses. A group's page shows where it is used.

The Members' club group page, marked with a cyan dot, with Edit group, Add from a list, Invite and Add people. Open: everyone in the hub can see it and who is in it, and each person in it can keep that to themselves. Eight people, each added by hand. Where it is used: the Members' Darkroom Night, seen first by this group; a chat and an album only the Members' club can open; the Walk place at a member price of £10.00; the Open day place, which the club buys first; and the Club print session, only for this group.

Or let a rule fill it

A group made by a rule fills itself, from check-ins at your events, helping on the team, or time in the hub.

Every condition must be true, and Hubbaly keeps the group up to date. Before you save, see who will be in it, and leave anyone out.

New group made by a rule, named Regulars: Checked in at 3 of our events, in the last 12 months. Beside it, Today: 3 people match, always hidden, kept up to date within five minutes, and leaving it never cancels a ticket. Under it, Who will be in it: three people, each with Leave out, and Add someone the rule leaves out.

Show an event to a group first

On an event for hub members, choose Selected groups first. The groups see it when you publish it.

The rest of the hub sees it on a date you set, when you choose, or never. You decide whether opening it is announced.

Who in the hub, with Selected groups first and the Members' club chosen, then open it to the whole hub On a date, 20 November 2026 at 10:00, announced. Over it, a phone showing the Members' Darkroom Night marked Members' club first, with Get tickets.

Tickets for a group

Let a group buy first: its members buy before everyone else, from the same tickets, at their price.

Or keep a ticket for chosen groups only. Everyone else sees it marked For the group, or not at all.

Two views of the Studio Open Day's tickets. In the Members' club: Members' club sale: you can buy now. Everyone else can buy from Fri 20 Nov, 10:00, with the Open day place at £12.00 and the Club print session at £20.00 both on sale. Everyone else: a card that says For Members' club, and the Open day place at £12.00, coming soon, on sale Fri 20 Nov, 10:00.

What members see

Members find their groups on the hub's Members tab and in their account. A group's page lists the events it sees first, and its chats and albums.

They are told in the app when you add them. In an open group, they can keep their place to themselves.

A phone with the Members' club page, marked with a cyan dot, with What you get: the Members' Darkroom Night, which the club sees first, and a chat and an album only the club can open, then Show that I'm in Members' club. Over it, the alert: You're now in Members' club. The organisers of Master Photography added you. Members' club shows next to your name in the hub's member list, and you can hide it.

Our promise

A group follows who is in it today. Every event, chat, album, email and price that names it follows along. Someone who leaves loses what the group opened for them, but keeps any ticket they already have.

One limit: Only people in your hub can be in a group, and leaving the hub takes someone out of every group.

Questions organisers ask

Can members see which groups other people are in?

Only open groups, and only for people who have not kept their place to themselves. A hidden group's name is shown only to the people in it and to your Owners, Admins and Managers.

Can a member join a group themselves?

No. Your hub's Owners and Admins choose who is in each group, or set a rule that does it for them. Members cannot leave a group themselves either.

Can Managers use groups?

Yes, for chats, albums, event updates, member prices, buying first and tickets for groups. Making groups, choosing who is in them, showing an event to groups first and emailing groups are for Owners and Admins.

Does a group give anyone a role?

No. A group never gives anyone a role or a staff permission.

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