How it works

Every booking has two parties:

• Host: the user who initiates the booking and pays. The Host picks a time and writes a short context note.
• Guest: the Professional being invited. The Guest reviews the request and accepts or declines. Anyone with a Professional profile on FikaMeet can be a Guest.

A user can be both: a Professional may be a Guest on bookings they receive and a Host on bookings they initiate. FikaMeet encourages peer-to-peer professional networking.

1. Request. The Host picks an available slot on a Professional’s profile and writes a context note. No payment is taken at this step.
2. Review. The Guest sees the request in their inbox and either accepts or declines. Declining or cancelling never involves money, since none has changed hands yet.
3. Meeting. All FikaMeet meetings are conducted online, over a video link generated for the booking. A per-booking chat is available throughout for coordination.
4. Presence confirmation. Once the meeting has started, the Host confirms the Guest is actually there. See “Presence and payment” below.
5. Payment. For paid sessions, once presence is confirmed the Host pays the Guest directly via MobilePay or Vipps and marks the payment as sent. Free intro sessions skip this step and complete as soon as presence is confirmed.
6. Receipt confirmation. The Guest confirms they received the payment, which completes the booking and unlocks reviews for both parties.

FikaMeet does not process, hold, or move any money. Payment for a paid session happens directly between the Host and the Guest, off platform, via MobilePay or Vipps, once the meeting has started and the Host has confirmed the Guest is present.

MobilePay (Denmark, Finland) and Vipps (Norway, Sweden) are the same service and can send to each other by phone number, so paid sessions and paid events are aimed at users in those four countries for now.

• No platform fee. FikaMeet currently charges $0, so the Guest receives 100% of what the Host pays.
• Your own taxes. Professionals who are paid for sessions are responsible for reporting that income to their tax authority.
• Price snapshot. The session price shown at request time is recorded on the booking so both parties have a clear, shared reference for what’s owed.

To receive payments, a Professional adds their MobilePay or Vipps number from /dashboard/wallet. It’s shown to the Host only after the Host has confirmed the Guest is present at the meeting.

Because FikaMeet isn’t party to the payment itself, it cannot reverse, refund, or guarantee a MobilePay or Vipps transfer between a Host and a Guest. See the terms of use.

Either party may cancel a pending or accepted booking before the meeting starts. Since no payment is ever taken by FikaMeetand payment only happens after presence is confirmed at meeting time, there is nothing to refund: cancelling simply closes the booking.

FikaMeet confirms a meeting happened through a simple, sequential check-in between the Host and Guest at meeting time.

• Host confirms presence. From the meeting start time onward, the Host is asked whether the Guest is actually there and confirms with one tap.
• Host pays, then reports it. For a paid session, confirming presence reveals the Guest’s MobilePay number and the amount owed. The Host pays directly and then marks the payment as sent.
• Guest confirms receipt. The Guest sees that a payment was reported and confirms they received it, which completes the booking.

If the Guest doesn’t show up, the Host simply doesn’t confirm presence. No payment step is ever revealed, and the Host can cancel the booking with nothing owed on either side.

If the Guest never confirms receipt after a payment is reported, FikaMeet trusts the Host’s report and completes the booking automatically after a grace period. See “Auto-resolution” below. Reminder emails are sent to whichever party hasn’t acted yet.

To avoid a booking getting stuck if someone forgets to act, FikaMeet automatically completes a paid booking 24 hours after the Host reports having paid, if the Guest hasn’t confirmed receipt by then. This trusts the Host’s self-report rather than leaving payment confirmation and the resulting review unlock blocked indefinitely. The Guest also gets a reminder email at the 12-hour mark.

A meeting where nobody follows up (presence never confirmed, or no payment reported) closes automatically 24 hours after it ends, so both sides can still leave a review. A paid meeting closed this way is not marked as paid.

FikaMeet also runs community events, online or in person. Free events only need a click to register.

For a paid event, the event page shows the price and the organiser’s MobilePay number for that event. You send the amount via MobilePay or Vipps, then tap “I’ve paid”, and your spot is reserved straight away. The organiser checks incoming payments and marks yours as confirmed; a registration with no matching payment may be removed.

You can cancel your registration from the event page. Payments for paid events are not refunded, unless the event itself is cancelled. As with 1-on-1 sessions, FikaMeet doesn’t hold the money and doesn’t give refunds.

After a meeting closes, both parties can leave a 1–5 star rating and a short comment. Reviews are public on the rated user’s profile and contribute to their average rating. Reviews are not available for cancelled or declined bookings.

The rules for using FikaMeet are in the terms of use, and how we handle personal data is in the privacy policy. If anything here and the terms disagree, the terms apply.