Membership

Simple, transparent pricing

One onboarding fee today. Your plan starts when the network goes live in your state. Cancel online any time.

GSA Member

Your place in the global Somali network: belonging, community and Somalinimo, wherever you live.

Onboarding fee todayOne time

$15

Secures your spot, your permanent GSA number and your founding badge.

Then your plan

$9.99 / month

Starts at go-live
Cancel online any time

Founding Badge

Only 1,000 members per state will ever hold this badge.Closes December 6, 2026, or when your state's spots are gone.

Plan includes

Your permanent GSA number and membership card
Entry to every GSA event in the network
Points at every GSA business and vendor
Member prices on trips and academies
75 bonus points when you join

Founding spot perks

VIP access when lines are long, and faster check-in
First access to GSA merch before it's released to the public
Priority access to new features and services before the general public

Pay $15 and secure my spot

GSA Vendor

Grow your business inside the global Somali network, with a guaranteed place at our gatherings.

Onboarding fee todayOne time

$45

Secures your spot, your permanent GSA number and your founding badge.

Then your plan

$34.99 / month

Starts at go-live
Cancel online any time

Founding Badge

Only 100 vendors per state will ever hold this badge.Closes December 6, 2026, or when your state's spots are gone.

Plan includes

2 GSA events a month, booth included
500 to 1,000+ people at each event
Members check in and earn points with you
Earn the Verified badge: permits, photos, card payments, onboarding
Featured by invitation: prime tables, LED screen time, a spotlight video

Founding spot perks

Prestige content: your booth featured on GSA's platforms
Content made for your own social media pages
A free website for your business, or one-on-one sessions to learn how to build it

Pay $45 and secure my spot

GSA Business

Become part of the economic backbone of the Somali community, here and back home.

Onboarding fee todayOne time

$75

Secures your spot, your permanent GSA number and your founding badge.

Then your plan

$65 / month

Starts at go-live
Cancel online any time

Founding Badge

Only 100 businesses per state will ever hold this badge.Closes December 6, 2026, or when your state's spots are gone.

Plan includes

Member foot traffic, every visit counted
Your ads at GSA events
Customer insights from real visits
Listed in the GSA business directory

Founding spot perks

Ad placement across every GSA event, activity and tournament in all 5 states
GSA Preferred Business for your market

Pay $75 and secure my spot

Our five hubs

Minneapolis
Hub for Minnesota
Columbus
Hub for Ohio
Seattle
Hub for Washington
Boston
Hub for Massachusetts
San Diego
Hub for California

Your monthly or yearly plan is first charged when the network goes live in your state (Minnesota and Ohio December 6, Seattle and California January 1, Boston February 1). Registered nonprofit? Partner with GSA for free →

Vendor badges

Badges are earned, never bought

Every vendor pays the same plan, so a badge can't be bought. It's earned.

Founding

First 100 per state

The first 100 vendors in each state. Once the spots are gone, nobody can earn it again.

The Founding seal on your card for good
Booth content on GSA's platforms and for your socials
A free website or one-on-one sessions

Verified

Every vendor

The baseline every vendor earns: permits, product photos, card payments and completed onboarding.

The Verified badge on your table and profile
A spot in the event rotation
Sales tracked through the points system

Featured

By invitation

Invitation only, earned through sales, ratings and reliability. Reviewed every quarter, so it can be lost.

Prime table placement
Screen time on the LED display at the entrance
A spotlight video

Opens after the first months of sales.

Do much more. Spend less.

What you already pay today without GSA, next to what one GSA plan gives you for less.

Today, without GSA

What you already pay in a year

Community events at the door

2 a month × $20 × 12 months

$480

That money buys only that. Nothing else comes with it.

Total today$480

Estimate. Most community events charge about $20 at the door today.

With GSA

Everything above, plus much more

Every GSA event in your state, no ticket
Trips at the member price (no $25 non-member fee)
GSA Academies free (non-members pay $15 at the door)
Points at every GSA business and vendor, turned into free food, gifts and flights
Your permanent GSA number, card and founding badge
Community Missions for families here and back home

Total with GSA$114

$15 onboarding fee + $99 yearly plan (monthly plan: $119.88 a year).

$366

less than you spend today, every year

4.2×

what you get for every dollar, compared with today

After 5,000 members, 500 businesses and 500 vendors, sign-ups pause until March 2027, or sooner if demand is there.

How to get started

Frequently asked questions

Pick a plan, tap the button and fill in your details. You pay the one-time onboarding fee, which secures your spot, your permanent GSA number and your founding badge while spots last.

★ Founding badges

Founding spots by state

The first 1,000 members, 100 businesses and 100 vendors in each state earn a permanent Founding badge. Founding registration closes December 6, 2026, or when a state's spots are gone.

Open nowState

Minneapolis hub · MinnesotaFounding spots in Minnesota areFilling up

1,000

Members left of 1,000

100

Businesses left of 100

100

Vendors left of 100

Spots go in the order people sign up. Once they're gone, they're gone.

Ohio

Columbus hub

Filling up

claimed

1,000 member, 100 business and 100 vendor founding spots left.

Open now

Seattle

Seattle hub

Filling up

claimed

1,000 member, 100 business and 100 vendor founding spots left.

Reserving

Boston

Boston hub

Filling up

claimed

1,000 member, 100 business and 100 vendor founding spots left.

Reserving

California

San Diego hub

Filling up

claimed

1,000 member, 100 business and 100 vendor founding spots left.

Reserving