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One link does the whole night
Applications, payments, passes and the door — in one place.
- A page you post on Instagram
- Ask whatever you need to ask
- Passes with a QR, scanned at the door
- Works in a phone browser — nothing to install
For people who gather strangers
Choose who comes in. Know who showed up.
One link for applications, payments and the door — instead of forms, spreadsheets and screenshots. Underneath it, the thing no spreadsheet ever gave you: a record of who actually turns up.
2 events a month, free forever. No card needed.
3/12 · 2W 1MTrusted · 4× beforeScanned at the doorRight now it's six tools
Instagram DM → Google Form → screenshot the UPI → WhatsApp group → spreadsheet → hope they turn up.
Every event. Every time. And when somebody doesn't show, nobody remembers by the next one.
What you actually get
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Choose who comes in
Curate the room, not just the headcount.
- Every applicant side by side, with what they wrote
- A live count as you accept — 3/12 · 2W 1M · 3 returning
- Set who can even apply
- A waitlist that fills the gap when somebody drops
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The door writes history
Every scan is a permanent record. Nobody can edit it — not even you.
- QR check-in, with a name search for when a phone dies
- No-shows recorded, not remembered
- Attendance you can show, not estimate
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Reliability follows people
Attendance that travels between groups, built only from check-ins.
- New → Reliable → Trusted → Anchor
- Built from doors, never from opinions
- Set a floor for who can apply to your nights
- Worth more with every event on Thinnai
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Payments without the spreadsheet
Your UPI, your money. We never hold it.
- Your UPI ID and QR, shown to the people you accepted
- Every payment carries a code — THN-4K7Q
- Paste your bank statement in; it ticks people off for you
- Price windows: ₹399 early, ₹499 later, locked at the moment they apply
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Their details stay theirs
People choose what you see, and they know they chose it.
- Profession and employer shared when they apply
- Contact details only after you accept
- Enforced in the query, not in the interface
What it costs
Free to run a real community. You pay when you want the admin to stop, not for permission to gather people — and one subscription covers every group you run.
| Feature | PorchFree · run your community | Pro₹799/month · stop doing the admin |
|---|---|---|
| Events | 2 a month, per group | Unlimited |
| Published groups | 2 | 5 |
| Team | You and 1 co-host | 5 — door staff always free |
| Waitlist | You promote by hand | Fills itself |
| Let people in automatically | — | Your floor still decides |
| Reuse an event | — | Clone the format onto a new date |
| Instagram story card | — | One tap, in your colours |
| Collect monthly dues | — | Billed on a schedule |
| Host analytics | — | Fill rate, no-shows, repeatssoon |
Everything about safety and trust is free, on both plans. Always. Reporting, blocking, reliability floors, check-in and the review queue are never on the price list — gating them would invert the whole point.
Ticket money goes straight to you. People pay your UPI directly. Thinnai never holds it, never routes it and takes no cut of it.
There's a MAX plan at ₹2,499/month for unlimited groups and team. Full pricing.
On the porch this week
Real nights, taking applications right now. Open one and you'll see exactly what your own page would look like.
Everything happening →You already have an audience. Keep it.
Your group page is yours — your name, your colours, your link. People find you on Instagram like they do now. Thinnai isn't between you and them; it's the desk you work at afterwards.
A thinnai is the raised porch of a Tamil house — where neighbours, strangers and people passing through sat and talked.
Built in Chennai, for the people already doing this.
Your next event, without the spreadsheet
Start hosting — free2 events a month, free forever. No card needed.