How is Crowded different from Venmo or Paypal?

Venmo & Paypal? Great for friends, not for your organization. Here’s why Crowded is the better app for collecting dues & for events:Built for Organizations: Manage all your group’s finances in one platform. Create organized collections, track incoming payments, send reminders, and see who’s paid at a glance. Tax-Friendly: Don’t worry about unexpected tax liabilities with Crowded. In 2025, collecting over $600 will result in extra reporting requirements for users of Venmo/PayPal/Zelle. With Crowded, no extra reporting is required!

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The easy way to pool money for teacher gifts

Q: Is Crowded free?

Crowded accounts are free to set up – we have no minimum balances or subscription fees.What do we charge for?When collecting payments, we charge 2.99% of the collection amount if paid by card and the lesser of 2.99% or $5 for ACH payments.You can always choose whether you want to cover these fees or ask your payers to handle them.View our full fee schedule here.

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The Crowded Platform

Using the Crowded platform you can:

Mobile point-of-sale

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pay for multiples

Parents can pay for multiple gifts at once

Issue budgeted Cards

Spend from where you collect with debit cards

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Crowded is a financial platform that offers PTAs an easy way to collect, spend and manage money online for teachers’ gift.

Using Crowded to collect for teachers’ gifts is safe, easy and trackable.

When collecting for teachers’ gifts, you can accept cash and mobile point-of-sale payments with a smartphone, and these funds will go directly into your bake sale bank account.

When the organizer needs to spend, they can spend from the same place where they collect.

Venmo & Paypal? Great for friends, not for your organization. Here’s why Crowded is the better app for collecting dues & for events:

Built for Organizations: Manage all your group’s finances in one platform. Create organized collections, track incoming payments, send reminders, and see who’s paid at a glance.
Tax-Friendly: Don’t worry about unexpected tax liabilities with Crowded. In 2025, collecting over $600 will result in extra reporting requirements for users of Venmo/PayPal/Zelle. With Crowded, no extra reporting is required!

Crowded accounts are free to set up – we have no minimum balances or subscription fees.

What do we charge for?

When collecting payments, we charge 2.99% of the collection amount if paid by card and the lesser of 2.99% or $5 for ACH payments.

You can always choose whether you want to cover these fees or ask your payers to handle them.

View our full fee schedule here.