Pooled exists because organizing group money shouldn't mean becoming an unpaid accountant for your friends.
You're planning a trip with friends. Someone books the rental house and fronts $3,000. Then the texts start: “Hey, can you Venmo me for the house?” Three people pay immediately. Two say they'll “get to it.” One goes quiet entirely.
A week later, you're still chasing people down. You've become the reluctant debt collector of your friend group—and honestly, it's making you dread the trip you were supposed to be excited about.
Then there's the other scenario: you collect too much. Now what? Do you refund everyone? How much? Who keeps track? The person who organized everything is now doing math in a spreadsheet while everyone else has moved on.
This is what Pooled fixes.
Not that you said you would. Not that you meant to. When someone joins a pool, their money is already there. Words become action, or they don't count.
No one should wonder if others paid. No one should guess where the money went. Complete transparency means everyone's on the same page, always.
What happens if you fall short? What about overfunding? These conversations should happen once, at the beginning—not in a panicked group chat the night before.
Planning something for a group is work. Chasing people for money is more work. The person who steps up to organize shouldn't be punished with unpaid labor.
See who's in. See who's paid. No guessing, no black boxes, no surprises.
Rules are set before the first dollar comes in. No awkward conversations later.
If it doesn't happen, everyone gets their money back. Overfunded? Everyone shares the refund.
We're not about the money—we're about what the money makes possible. Focus on the trip, not the spreadsheet.
Set it up once. Share the link. Get back to planning the fun stuff.