How Ontaym Works

The Interest Form tells us you'd like a Meet like this in your city. It's free, and it commits you to nothing. Joining is what happens after our email: enough people are in, you decide it works for you, and one Meet Credit covers your spot. Joining makes you an actual participant of that Meet.

You wait for our email - that's genuinely all. No payment is required, there is nothing to organize, and nothing to check back for. Ontaym gathers demand in your city, and when enough people near you want the same kind of Meet, the invitation lands in your inbox and you decide.

No. Submitting the form costs nothing and no card is needed. The only time you ever pay is when you open our email and decide to join - that is when one Meet Credit covers your spot. Until then, nothing is charged and nothing is booked.

One Meet Credit claims your spot at one confirmed Meet. You can buy one for $20 on the web, or earn one free through referrals. Credits never expire, and a credit is only spent at the moment you accept an invitation - never before.

Invite friends - it is the best way to earn free Meets. When 3 people join through your link and show up to a Meet, you earn 1 free Meet Credit. When 10 show up, you earn 5. Every person you invite also brings your city's demand closer to the threshold that opens its next Meet, so sharing your link helps you twice. Your invite link is on your Ontaym home screen.

It depends on demand in your city - usually within a couple of weeks. A Meet only moves forward when enough people want the same kind of evening in the same area. You stay on the list either way, and you can leave it at any time from any email we send. Watch your inbox (and spam) so you don't miss it.

Then don't. Passing costs nothing and takes one click. Nothing is charged, and if you bought a Meet Credit it stays yours for a future Meet.

Because we first need to see whether enough people want it to happen. This is what keeps groups from never coming together. Think of the Interest Form as raising your hand. When enough hands go up, we move forward - and you hear from us by email.

Ontaym does. After you join, we choose a public place that works for the whole group: central, easy to reach, and easy to find. You get the exact meeting point and time by email, with a reminder the day before.

Always in public, easy-to-find places: shopping malls, pedestrian streets, public squares, busy neighborhood areas and similar spots. Never clubs, bars, restaurants, or private homes - the meeting point is somewhere everyone can comfortably find one another.

Ontaym does. We open the Meet, choose the place, settle the final meeting point and time, and make sure somebody is there to greet everyone. The Ontaym host is one of you: the first person who joined that Meet. They are not staff and they run nothing. They simply arrive knowing the plan, so that nobody turns up to a group of strangers with no idea who to look for. You never create the Meet and never invite anyone. Your part is: submit the form, answer your email, show up.

Other members only ever see how many people are coming - not who. Ontaym keeps the participant list it needs to run the Meet. Expressing interest shouldn't expose you to judgment about your age, your job, or anything else. A Meet on Ontaym shows a count, not a name list.

No. You might meet someone you really like. You might make a great friend. You might discover a new social circle. But Ontaym doesn't promise dates, romance, or romantic compatibility. What happens after you meet is up to you.

The Meet may not move forward yet. We keep gathering demand, and you stay on the list - and if it becomes clear a Meet won't happen, we tell you that too rather than leaving you waiting without an answer. Nothing is ever confirmed until demand is real.

You can give up your place from the Meet page, and someone on the waitlist takes it. The cancellation and confirmation rules shown for your Meet explain the details, including how late cancellations are handled.

Each Meet has a planned length so everyone knows what to expect. If everyone is having a great time, you can always stay longer together.

Ontaym Meets are for adults 18 and over.

No - that's the whole point. You don't need an existing friend group, an invitation, or a plus-one. Everyone at a Meet signed up separately through Ontaym, just like you. You just need to be open to meeting someone new.

It takes a few seconds. Sign up with Google, or with your email address, in which case we send you a secure sign-in link and there is no password to remember. Once the account exists, submit your Interest Form and you are on the list for your city. From there you simply wait for our email.

It does not. Ontaym does not ask for access to your contacts and does not read them. The permission was needed back when members organized their own meetings and invited people themselves, a flow that no longer exists. Ontaym forms every group itself, so there is nothing your address book would be used for. If you granted it to an older version, you can revoke it in your device or browser settings.

Through the ticket system, from the Help page. Describe the issue and submit it; you get a ticket number and can check its status any time. We do not offer email support. Handling every question, bug report and account issue in one place is what keeps answers fair and traceable rather than depending on which inbox a message landed in.