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Volunteer sign-ups stopped working

People can't sign up through your public page? Check three things first: the sign-up limit, whether the page is live, and whether there are open shifts.

Updated September 20262 min readFor owners, admins and staff

The most common cause: the sign-up limit

If visitors see This organization isn't taking new sign-ups through this link right now, your page has reached its limit. An owner or admin sees the count in Settings, under Organization, then Standing. Each shift a person signs up for counts once.

Your standingPublic sign-ups allowed
Nothing checked yet25
EIN matched to IRS records100
Website confirmedNo limit

The limit counts every sign-up through your public page, including cancelled ones. Sign-ups your team records, and people joining a waitlist, never count. To raise it, follow your web address and verification.

Other causes to check

What people seeCauseFix
Page not foundYour website is a draft.An owner or admin puts it live in Web.
No shifts to sign up forNo upcoming shifts, or the program's Public sign-ups switch is off.Post a shift, or turn Public sign-ups on in Edit program.
FullThe shift is full and has no waitlist.Raise the number needed, or turn on Waitlist.
Sign-ups for that shift have closedThe shift has already started.Point people to a later shift.
A different websiteYour Ember page forwards to your own site.Clear Redirect to your website in Web.

Signing up many people from one computer

Lots of sign-ups from one computer within a minute, such as at an event table, may not all be saved. The page still says they worked. Space them out, have people use their own phones on mobile data, or record them yourself.

Common questions

Does the limit affect our own records?

No. Your volunteer list, shifts, hours and exports have no limit at any point. It only counts sign-ups from strangers on your public page.

Our church can't match an EIN. Are we stuck at 25?

Churches and smaller organizations often file no Form 990, so the IRS check may not find them. Website confirmation comes after that check. Write to hello@donewithember.org and a person will look at it with you.

Why did the limit warning appear in Settings?

Someone tried to sign up after your page reached its limit. Settings shows when it last happened.

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