In this feature update we have a bunch of quality-of-life improvements as well as few commonly requested enhancements.
We gave the sales report (previously called the product revenue report) a visual refresh to highlight key aspects and include comparison to previous periods and monthly totals.
Continue reading “August ’21 Feature Update: Sales reporting, shop discounts and more”Yesterday we released a quick feature update we’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks – monthly breakdown reports and automations enhancements.
We added 2 reports –
Those reports show month-by-month aggregated data to give you a quick way to analyze how your gym or martial arts school is performing on a monthly basis. Let’s dive in and take a look:
Continue reading “Feature Update: Monthly breakdown reports, Automations enhancements”We have another feature update for you, detailing additions to our software since the April update. Let’s dive right in:
You’ve most likely have already seen our new point-of-sale – redesigned from scratch to focus adding products and usability on tablets. Product images from the online shop can now be displayed on the point-of-sale, and you can add products directly to a sale without going through the category picker that we had there previously.
Continue reading “Feature Update: Paid Bookings, Point-of-sale redesign, Email customizations”Did you know that the average cost to open a martial arts school in the US is $50,000? Does that number surprise you?
In this article we’ll go over all the key items that add up to that cost, and what to consider when planning to open your own place – from location to mat space, to administration and marketing. We’ll even go over a couple of options for you to finance that cost. By the end, you should have a good sense of whether opening your own school is within your means.
Let’s start with one of the key aspects of a new martial arts school – location.
Continue reading “What is the average cost of opening a martial arts school?”In this series of articles we’ll be discussing hidden feature of our gym management software that might not be in the forefront when setting up your account, but can make life that much easier.
Today’s will be going over our mass check-in feature, or “Multiple check-in” as it’s referred to in the user interface. To access the mass check-in feature, go to “Members” from the main menu, then “Attendance” and lastly “Multiple Check-in”.
The mass check-in feature allows you to pick a session based on a specific date and time, and check-in multiple members at once. Once you pick a session, you will see all the members eligible to check-in by their membership and program they’re in (based on whether they have a rank in that program), and you can pick multiple to check-in at once.
Continue reading “Hidden Feature: Mass Check-in”We wanted to share with you what we’ve been working on for the month of March / early April. Some of the new features / enhancement you’ve likely seen already, and some of it is less obvious, so read below to learn more about what is new.
We’ve added the option to separate the gym schedule into a regular schedule and a private training schedule. This should help with cleaning up your schedule for your website or member portal, if you have many private training sessions that overlap with your regular schedule.
You can manage the private training schedule from the gym schedule management screen. If you have at least one instructor, you would see the “Private Training” option above the schedule on the right.
Continue reading “Feature update: Private training schedule, family memberships enhancement and more”We reached out to Lindsay Sutton of Community Karate Center in Saint Charles, MO, to ask her about the founding story of her Karate school.
Tell us about Community Karate Center – What is the story behind opening it?
In 2018, my husband Neil and I, along with our friend Michael, decided to open our own karate dojo. We knew that we could do better than some of the local schools and I loved the idea of having creative freedom to run the business however we wanted; putting the focus on traditional karate values with a strong emphasis on customer service.
Continue reading “Gym Owner Interview: Community Karate Center”We have a some exciting new features and quality-of-life enhancement we wanted to share with you! We have been working on those since the last significant update in late January, and you might have seen some of those already while using our platform. Today we’ll cover in detail what is new and what has been changed:
Continue reading “Feature Update: Promotion Events, Zoom integration and more”Since our latest feature release at the beginning of the year which introduced the online shop feature, we’ve been working on implementing a skills library feature, and overhauling the attendance tracking reporting.
Let’s go over what has been added and what has changed with the recent update:
Continue reading “Feature Update: Skills tracking and overhaul of attendance reporting”Alan “Gumby” Marques is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ralph Gracie, and the owner of Heroes Martial Arts in San Jose. He is also the co-founder of the OTM (OnTheMat) brand. Gumby was also my (Eran) instructor and Jiu-Jitsu mentor for close to 4 years, and the person who awarded me my brown belt back in 2015. I talked to Gumby about his school and how he’s been dealing with the COVID situation.
Continue reading “Gym Owner Interview: Heroes Martial Arts”
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