For gyms, studios, dance and martial arts
The ones who quit didn’t tell you first.
Memberships that bill themselves. Win-backs that don’t need you.
Someone stops coming in March. The payment keeps running until they notice, then it cancels — and you find out at the same moment as the bank. Nobody reached out in between, because there was nothing set up to do it.
How it usually goes
March
He stops coming in. Doesn’t say anything.
April, May
The payment keeps running. Nobody reaches out.
June
He cancels. You find out at the same moment as the bank.
The month before someone quits is the month you could have kept them.
Businesses I've built for
- US Nails
- Dairy Diner
- Kanya Market
- Epic Glass Tinting
- Sprague River Labradors
- RV There Yet
- Dolo Golfing
- Ascend
Where it leaks
Four things I see again and again.
Not a list of everything that could be better — the four that actually cost this trade money.
01
Schedule nobody can read
A timetable as a photo is the single most common problem in this category — and the first thing anyone checks.
02
Billing done by hand
Chasing payments is time you’re not coaching, and it’s the reason memberships get abandoned.
03
No trial route
People want one session before they commit. No obvious way in means no way in.
04
Silence when attendance drops
The month before someone quits is the month you could have kept them.
Where I’d start
Memberships and win-backs that run themselves
Recurring billing that doesn’t need chasing, a schedule people can read on a phone, an obvious trial route, and a nudge to the members who have gone quiet — the cheapest member you will ever get is the one who was already yours.
How the plumbing works →And after that
The rest of the toolbox, when it fits.
One partner for the whole thing rather than five vendors — but only the parts that earn their place. And I work with one business per category in Klamath Falls, so I’m not building this for your competitor next month.
Online booking
Class and session sign-ups
Read more →Website design
A schedule that reads on a phone
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Reviews and the map pack
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FAQ
Answered straight.
I use a gym management platform already.
Plenty are fine. The question is whether it owns your member list and what the per-member fee costs across a year — I’ll look at yours and say.
My schedule changes weekly.
Then it’s built to be changed from your phone in under a minute, not re-uploaded as an image.
Can it chase lapsed members?
That’s exactly what the win-back does, and it’s the highest-return thing on this list.
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