JoinNests
Membership is just the beginning.
Live since 2025
JoinNests is membership management for organisations done duct-taping Google Forms to WhatsApp to Excel: registration, committee approvals, renewals and e-certificates on one platform, priced in ringgit on the page.
A product of AIS and DigiHwy Certaintyjoinnests.com(opens in a new tab)
The problem it solves
Our members live on a shared sheet that four people edit and nobody fully trusts.
Applications arrive by email and get retyped by hand, and nobody can say who approved what, or why.
Every renewal season someone retypes 300 names and chases payment screenshots over WhatsApp. And a new secretary means months of painful handover.
That's the job JoinNests was built for.
One membership year, four moments that usually go wrong
None of this runs itself the first time. You configure your categories, forms and reviewers once, usually inside a day, and every membership year after that runs the same way.
Applications open
Members apply themselves
the spreadsheet yearsA Google Form dumps everyone into one flat sheet, and someone retypes each category by hand.
with JoinNestsMembers apply through a multi-step form built from your own categories, with consent hashed and timestamped on submit.
Committee reviews
Every decision is logged
the spreadsheet yearsNobody can say who approved what, or why an applicant was rejected six months ago.
with JoinNestsEach stage goes to the right reviewers. Approve, reject with a reason, or leave a note. All logged, all searchable.
Renewal season
Reminders go out on their own
the spreadsheet yearsSomeone retypes 300 names into a new sheet and chases payment screenshots over WhatsApp. Every year.
with JoinNestsReminders fire at 30 and 7 days out. Members renew and upload proof themselves, and expiry updates on approval.
Proof and records
Certificates and consent, on file
the spreadsheet yearsCertificates made one by one in Canva, and no way to find proof of consent if a PDPA audit asks.
with JoinNestsCertificates generate on approval. Every consent is hashed, timestamped and tied to the member who gave it.
What's inside JoinNests
The chip on each line says where it lives:All plansProEnterpriseIn the workshop
- All plans
Custom registration forms
Fifteen field types. The form builds itself from your configuration, with no developer needed.
- All plans
Roles you define yourself
Secretariat, committee, read-only, whatever your constitution says, with granular permissions per role.
- All plans
Passwordless member portal
Members apply and track their status by email OTP. No accounts for your secretariat to manage.
- All plans
PDPA 2010 consent
A consent checkbox on registration, with the timestamp stored. Your privacy policy, your wording.
- All plans
Approval workflow
Pending, under review, approved or rejected, with a full audit log on every transition.
- Pro
Renewal automation
Automatic reminders at 30 and 7 days. Members renew and upload payment proof through the portal.
- Pro
Certificates on approval
Upload your template and set the fields. A PDF certificate issues the moment a member is approved.
- Pro
Excel bulk import
Column mapping, a validation preview and an error report. Bring the sheet you already have.
- Pro
Multi-step forms and review stages
Consent steps, multi-step forms and multi-stage approvals that route each application to the right reviewers.
- Enterprise
REST API, MCP server and your own domain
Unlimited members and seats, invoice billing and dedicated support, scoped with you.
- In the workshop
Events and attendance
Registration, capacity, waitlists and QR check-in. Being built now, shipped when organisations ask for it.
- In the workshop
Public member directory
Searchable, with your organisation choosing the visible fields and members opting in one by one. Being built now.
- In the workshop
Digital membership cards
Name, category and expiry on a card members can show from their portal. Being built now.
Who it's for
- Professional bodies
- Trade councils
- Alumni networks
- NGOs and charities
- Sports clubs
- Student societies
- Churches
Priced on the page, not on a call
Start free for 7 days, no card. Pick a plan when you're ready, cancel any time, and your data is always exportable.
Basic
RM 800
a month, or RM 8,640 a year
For smaller associations getting started with digital membership management.
- Up to 300 members
- 2 admin and 3 staff seats
- 3 membership categories
- 1 GB storage
- Real-time notifications
- Renewal reminders (manual)
- Self-serve Stripe billing
- most popular
Pro
RM 1,499
a month, or RM 16,190 a year
For established associations that need scale, e-certificates, bulk import and automated renewals.
- Up to 3,000 members
- 10 admin and 10 staff seats
- Unlimited categories
- 10 GB storage
- E-certificates and custom templates
- Excel bulk import and export
- Advanced form builder
- Multi-stage approvals
- Automated renewal reminders
- Self-serve Stripe billing
Enterprise
Custom
scoped with you, annual invoice only
Unlimited scale, with an API, an MCP server and your own domain.
- Unlimited members and seats
- 100 GB storage
- Everything in Pro
- REST API and MCP server
- Custom domain
- Invoice billing and dedicated support
Basic and Pro come with a 7-day free trial: no credit card, cancel any time, data always exportable. Running a non-profit and full price is not in the budget? The JoinNests team says it will work something out.
Things you can check for yourself
Live status page
Uptime and incidents, published openly.
status.joinnests.com(opens in a new tab)Public changelog
Every release, dated, nothing hidden.
joinnests.com/changelog(opens in a new tab)Pricing on the page
In ringgit, with no quote form and no sales call.
joinnests.com(opens in a new tab)Export any time
Your data leaves with you, in a usable format.
The longer version
Most membership organisations run on a shared sheet, a WhatsApp group and one volunteer who remembers everything. JoinNests replaces all three: your secretary configures it, your members register through it, your committee approves through it, and when renewal season comes round the reminders go out on their own.
It is self-serve and built to be set up in under a day, without a developer, a consultant or a six-month implementation project. JoinNests is made by AIS and DigiHwy Certainty, and built in Singapore and Malaysia for organisations across Southeast Asia.
It is young, and it says so: there are no case studies on joinnests.com yet. Instead there is a live status page, a public changelog and pricing in ringgit on the page, so you can check the work for yourself.
Thinking about JoinNests?
The rest lives on joinnests.com. If you'd rather talk it through with DigiHwy Certainty first, we'll tell you plainly whether it fits, and the first chat is always free.