# How to set up the group fees

You may want to receive a group fee from every member joining the group.

This is can easily be done by configuring your group's "Cost to join" field:

 ![](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/smartbots-docs/uploads/20adbcf8-a916-46eb-b77b-ad6944665550/1c67b108-f66c-446d-8249-d90f3ff5e1d3/Group_enrollment_fee_0.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=DO801JV4MUMY3YAEJCWC%2F20261113%2Fnyc3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261113T140000Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Signature=33d500bdbe848f7854d48951e5208e70b6a9ea4d593fa723ca47e88f16aa2c2f&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject " =450x154")

However, you may want to know where that fee goes. The group fee processing scheme is the following:


1. All payments go to the "Group balance" which can be checked here:

   ![](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/smartbots-docs/uploads/20adbcf8-a916-46eb-b77b-ad6944665550/9f93b282-eb5f-46bf-b11d-c2528e8b16de/Group_enrollment_fee_1.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=DO801JV4MUMY3YAEJCWC%2F20261113%2Fnyc3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261113T140000Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Signature=7f44e1d1e0a63f97caa45760178d1a7a2e95e63a9a18c7e87a7f54170393eebd&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject " =448x589")
2. Regularly, this balance is being distributed among the group members with the "Pay group liabilities and receive group dividends" ability:

   ![](https://nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/smartbots-docs/uploads/20adbcf8-a916-46eb-b77b-ad6944665550/745eb5e2-3c1a-40f6-bc8d-cb4045856091/Group_enrollment_fee_2.png?X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Credential=DO801JV4MUMY3YAEJCWC%2F20261113%2Fnyc3%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261113T140000Z&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Signature=ab2bdea625cb672cc98b3b092ed3d8a087de279ff3fcde999f38f61d5cd05dec&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&x-amz-checksum-mode=ENABLED&x-id=GetObject " =450x192")

## Group fee setup instructions


1. Configure your group and set "Cost to join" value
2. Make sure that your bot does **NOT** have the ability named "Pay group liabilities and receive group dividends"
3. Make sure that the "Everybody" role of your group does **NOT** have that ability as well.
4. Enable that ability for yourself and, probably, for your officers.

This setup ensures that only the group owner receives the group enrollment fees.