No More Spreadsheet Stress: Mastering Online Bookings for Your Kids Club
Here is how to streamline your finances in your kids activity club
If you run a kids activity club, you’ll already know the struggle of chasing payments and having individual spreadsheets. But, it doesn’t have to be this way! This blog explores how you can streamline all of your online payments with a great online system, and gives you some more information about what features will help you to do exactly this.
So, you may be wondering “What is a good online system?”. Well, according to us, a good online system should cater to your specific needs as a kids activity club. More specifically, a good online system should enable you to streamline your online payments and finances and make running your club easy as ABC.
[.pink__text]Take ClassForKids as an example: we provide our customers with features that cater specifically to kids activity club owners, teachers, kids and parents. Let’s take a look at how our system does that![.pink__text]
Easy, quick and secure online payments
People have become used to being able to pay for things in an easy, quick and secure way. That’s why your club needs to be able to offer this feature to parents! An easy checkout experience is crucial for any kids activity club, and may very well be why parents decide to go with your club over another one. Plus, once someone decides to purchase something, they don’t want to have to jump through hoops, they simply want to pay, quick and easy. That’s why our system allows them to do exactly that.
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Subscriptions
To make it even simpler for parents and club owners alike, we’ve developed monthly subscriptions. This is a key feature to have as it means you’re not having to chase after payments or having to manually keep track of who still has to pay for their classes. Instead, the correct amount is automatically taken on a monthly basis, ensuring that you get the payments on time, every time!
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A dedicated financial overview page
Being able to see all the financial details about your club and all of the outstanding payments is crucial for the smooth running of your club. That is why we have a dedicated page for all of this information for you to catch a quick glimpse of everything you need to know.
Highlights of outstanding payments
One thing that our customers have loved most about the ClassForKids system is that we highlight any outstanding payments. Not only are outstanding payments highlighted for you to see on the financial overview page, but it’ll be highlighted on class registers as well! That means that you won’t have to worry about keeping an eye on payments rolling in or remembering who has already paid you.
One-click invoicing
When you do see any outstanding payments, it’s super easy to send a quick reminder to the correct parent. It’ll only take a few clicks to send them the invoice and remind them of when the payment is due.
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DownloadEasy refunds
If you are still taking manual payments it might be easy to miscalculate and have someone pay the incorrect amount. But don’t worry! We have set up our system to allow you to super-easy refunds to amend any potential mistakes made here.
Restricted view for teachers and coaches
As the club owner, you’ll be able to choose what information your staff members will be able to see. Perhaps you only want the financial admin staff to be able to see payments coming out, but your teacher still needs access to the registers to see the kids in a class? No problem! You can decide exactly who sees what on your system so that private information can remain private, and everyone sees the information they need for their role in the business.
All of the information you need in one place
No more spreadsheets and papers flying about the place and no need to overcomplicate things by having a separate system for financials. With the ClassForKids online system, you can see all your finances alongside bookings and all of the information you need to be able to see about your kids activity club - all in one place! Our online system is great for offering parents the flexibility they want along with the streamlined processes you need to run the club smoothly.
Tada! That’s how you streamline your finances and ensure the smooth running of your kids activity club. Make sure your online system fits the nature of your business and offers features that cater to your specific needs. The system should be easy to use for everyone, and show all of the financial aspects you need.Want to see the ClassForKids online system in action?