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Bring your village onto Village1st

One application, and we set up your village's own site on the platform — the whole of community life in one place, run by your own volunteers, with your own address, your own data and your own payments settling to your own bank account.

🏘 Your own site & web address 💳 Your choice of payment provider 🏦 Your money, your bank 🚀 Live in weeks

1Your village

Tell us who you are and where your community is.

Village / community name *

State & postcode *

Primary contact name *

Contact email *

Contact phone

Approx. population served

2Your legal entity — decides where your money goes

Every village's payments settle to its own legal entity. Which best describes yours?

🏛 Our own incorporated associationWe'll ask for your entity name, ABN and incorporation number. 🤝 A subcommittee of a parent associationPayments settle to the parent; separate merchant IDs keep your village's books separate. 🌱 Not incorporated yetWe'll point you at the incorporation pathway first — you'll need an entity before taking payments. 🏢 Other (council auspice, co-op, trust)Tell us more and we'll work it through on the review call.

Entity name

ABN

3What you'd like first

Every village starts with the same foundation, scaled to your community size (from your population above). After that it's a question of what your committee wants working first — and it can all change later, so don't agonise over it.

Included from day one, whatever you choose:

A front door of your own · Word actually gets around · Ready for the bad week

What would make the biggest difference to your village? — tick any, none, or all; nothing is locked in

🗣 Asking the village properly, with results in the open 🙋 Handing jobs out to the people already doing them 🧾 Recording effort and money as evidence for funding 🎟️ Running events, bookings and memberships in one place 📣 Bringing local businesses and sponsors in 🏗️ Running a specific project end to end 🤔 Honestly not sure yet — show us on the call

💡 Not sure what each plan brings? See the plans — then contact us for pricing →

4Your web address

Your village gets its own site. Pick how it's addressed — all options can change later.

🌐 A Village1st address (included)We create it instantly, e.g. yourvillage.village1st.com.au 🏷 Your own domainAlready have one (or want one)? We map it to your site.

Preferred address or existing domain

5Payments — your provider, your merchant, your bank

Your entity signs up with a payment provider directly; Village1st never holds or handles your money. Choose a preference — we'll help with the merchant application during onboarding.

TyroAustralian payments bank · EFTPOS + online StripeFast self-serve signup · widely used online SquareSimple in-person + online mix Not sure yetWe'll compare options for your committee

🔒 We will never ask for bank account numbers, card details or passwords in this form. Merchant applications and bank details are handled directly between your committee and your chosen provider.

6Your documents — the best head start you can give us

The first version of your site is built from what your community already has. One village's welcome pack alone gave us nearly everything for their first draft — yours can too.

7How would you like to proceed?

Both paths start with the same friendly review call — this just tells us the pace your committee prefers. Nothing is charged online.

💬 Let's talk it through firstA no-obligation walkthrough with your committee — questions answered, no commitment implied. 🚀 We're ready — start our setupTreat this application as our go-ahead: confirm the plan on the review call and send the subscription agreement + first invoice.

Anything else?

Submitting creates your village's entry in the Village1st registry. Privacy: your details are used only to assess and set up your village.