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🥋 Black Belt Membership Software – Frequently Asked Questions

Running a martial arts school can be challenging. Between billing, attendance, and keeping families informed, even the best instructors can feel overwhelmed. Black Belt Membership Software simplifies management, saves time, and helps schools grow. This FAQ answers common questions and shows how our software can support your academy. Whether you’re exploring options or already using Black Belt Membership, these answers provide clarity, insights, and practical guidance for managing your school efficiently. Running a dojo involves managing student progress, billing, attendance, promotions, and parent communication. Moreover, using software reduces manual work, prevents mistakes, and frees up time for teaching and growing the academy.

What is Black Belt Membership Software and how can it help my school?

Black Belt Membership Software is a complete management system. For martial arts schools, boxing gyms, fitness studios, and yoga centers. It asssit you track members, automate billing, record attendance, and connect with families — all in one place.

The software saves you hours each week. It keeps your school organized. Helps your team focus on what matters most — teaching and growing your programs.

General Software & Business Questions

Martial arts membership software is a digital platform that manages students, tracks attendance, automates billing, handles promotions, and organizes all school operations in one place. For example Black Belt Membership Software, you can view attendance trends while sending automatic reminders to parents.

Running a dojo involves managing student progress, billing, attendance, promotions, and parent communication. By using software, you reduce manual work and prevent mistakes. As a result, your team can focus on teaching and growing the academy.

Black Belt Membership is built by martial arts school owners for martial arts schools. It combines billing, attendance tracking, student progress, and reporting in one platform. Moreover, it’s intuitive, powerful where it matters, and simple where you need it.

The software automates communication, tracks student progress, and keeps parents informed. Consequently, engaged families lead to fewer missed payments and stronger student relationships, boosting retention.

Yes. One login gives access to multiple schools or locations. Additionally, centralized data makes multi-site management seamless and scalable.

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Billing & Payment Questions


Automating and Processing Payments

Black Belt Membership allows recurring payments for memberships, classes, and programs. This eliminates manual invoicing and reduces missed payments.

Yes. Families can securely set up recurring payments through the online portal. This simplifies billing for both families and your school.

The system sends automated reminders and generates reports for overdue or failed payments. As a result, cash flow stays steady, and staff spend less time following up manually.

Yes. Black Belt Membership provides detailed insights, revenue tracking, payment history, and automated reports. Therefore, you can manage your academy’s finances with confidence.

Yes. Each location can have a separate merchant account or link under one master account, depending on your business structure and cash flow needs.

Yes. Payments are processed in all 50 states and D.C. through partners like Paysafe, TSYS, First Data, WorldPay, and GlobalPayment.

Yes. Credit card payments are processed via Moneris and First Data.

Yes. Depending on your processor setup, next-day or same-day funding can be available to maintain steady cash flow.

Yes. Gateway fees range $25–$35, plus $0.12 per transaction. All fees are transparent and included in your subscription.

Yes. Recurring payments can be daily, weekly, bi-weekly, every four weeks, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual. This flexibility matches your school’s membership schedules.

Yes, depending on your country and processor. Check local laws before enabling.

Yes. Members can pay via credit card, ACH, or cash, ensuring flexibility and timely collections.

Attendance & Belt Promotion Questions

Yes. Promotions, exams, and rank updates are tracked in the system, saving time and keeping records organized.

Alerts and reports show students approaching milestones or missing class requirements. As a result, instructors can act proactively.
Every student’s attendance is recorded in real-time. Furthermore, you can view participation trends and generate instant reports.
Yes. You can create multiple ranking systems within a single discipline. For example, you can have separate paths for Little Tigers, Kids, and Adults. Each ranking system is tracked independently and integrated with the Belt Promotion feature..

Communication & Engagement

Black Belt Membership includes SMS and email tools to reach individual students, groups, or the entire school.
Yes. Family memberships are managed under one profile, so messages can reach parents, guardians, and siblings in a single communication.

Programs & Aftercare

Yes. Aftercare, summer camps, and specialty classes can be added, tracked, and managed in one system.
Programs can be labeled by school year, like “Aftercare 2025–2026.” This keeps memberships and events organized..

Yes. Using the Financial Ledger, you can categorize revenue for each program. For instance, after-school payments go under “After School,” summer camp fees under “Summer Camp,” and regular memberships under their own category.

Onboarding & Security

New students are added through an intuitive interface including contact info, payment methods, attendance tracking, and family memberships.
Most schools can start immediately. Features like billing automation and promotion tracking are ready once student profiles are added.
Yes. Guided onboarding, training, and ongoing support help every user manage their academy confidently.

Yes. We provide a full library of training videos designed to help your team get the most out of the software. Check our YouTube Training Center for tutorials and walkthroughs.

Multi-User & Advanced Features

Yes. You can set up multiple user accounts with customized permissions based on roles. Each user can be assigned to one or multiple locations, and roles can be updated anytime.

International & Language Support

Currently, Black Belt Membership is in English only. A Spanish version is planned for 2026–2027. You can still send messages in members’ preferred languages with manual setup.

Yes. Currency and date formats adjust automatically to your country settings.
Yes. Black Belt Membership works in most countries. Payment processing is limited to U.S. and Canada through NMI. If you already work with a local processor that supports NMI, you can connect via a VAR sheet. Some limitations may apply.

Costs & Pricing

Pricing starts at $79.95/month for unlimited members. Depending on school size, costs can range down to $29.95. Additional costs may include: Gateway fee: $25–$35; Transaction fee: $0.12 per transaction; Text messaging: $5.99/month plus per-message fees. All members, active or inactive, are billed. Click the link, fill out the form, and access your customized demo and pricing.

These Frequently Asked Questions show how Black Belt Membership Software supports every aspect of martial arts school management. From billing, attendance tracking, ranking systems, and student management to international support and multi-user functionality, Black Belt Membership simplifies daily operations. Whether you’re exploring options or managing an existing school, these FAQs provide clarity, guidance, and confidence.

For more details, explore the full list of Frequently Asked Questions and see how Black Belt Membership can streamline your academy today.

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