Organisation & background
Shukuminet Co., Ltd., based in Tokyo, was founded in 1999 as a broader IT and events business. It has over a decade of membership-software experience, with a substantial customer base across academic societies, companies, and alumni associations.
Functionality
Shikuminet is a cloud membership-management platform that gives an association one system for member records, dues collection, event registration and email communication, used by academic and professional bodies, companies and alumni groups as well as NPOs. Member records link automatically to payment and event-attendance history, reconciling the moment a payment completes, and new-member applications route through an approval step before taking effect. An organisation/branch layer supports chapters, bulk and per-event email supports scheduling, mail-merge personalisation and read-tracking, and permission settings let administrative work be divided among staff. The admin screen and member-facing ‘my page’ are deliberately kept simple.
Localised features
Collects dues and event fees by credit card, direct debit, convenience-store payment and Pay-easy.
Implementation model
Delivered directly by the vendor: the organisation fills in an Excel requirements sheet and Shikuminet’s team sets up fields and required items for that organisation, taking at least about two weeks.
Hosting
Cloud-hosted by the vendor: Vendor claims a security standard “accepted by listed companies and government bodies” without independent certification cited.
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Last full research
August 2026