Running a martial arts school and other membership businesses: billing, retention, belts and software prices.https://blackbeltcrm.com/en-ushttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/billing-in-your-own-name/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/billing-in-your-own-name/Full-service tuition billing companies collect from your families for you. When that makes sense, what to check first, and how billing in your own name works.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/gymdesk-pricing-2026/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/gymdesk-pricing-2026/Gymdesk costs $100 to $240 a month by active members, or $75 to $200 with Gymdesk Payments. Every tier, the add-ons, the card rates, and a 75-member year.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/gymdesk-vs-blackbeltcrm/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/gymdesk-vs-blackbeltcrm/Gymdesk and BlackBeltCRM compared for martial arts businesses: price at your size, belts and testing, at-risk warnings, Spanish and apps. Sourced and dated.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/kicksite-pricing-2026/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/kicksite-pricing-2026/Kicksite is $49 to $199 a month by active students, all features included. Every tier, the payment plans, the cancellation terms, and what 75 students cost.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/leaving-gymdesk/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/leaving-gymdesk/Gymdesk lets you export members, attendance and payments yourself, with no fee to leave. What to export, what to ask about stored cards, and how to import.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/leaving-kicksite/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/leaving-kicksite/Kicksite says to export before you cancel and that stored cards cannot be exported. The notice period, what to export, and how to import into BlackBeltCRM free.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/leaving-spark-membership/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/leaving-spark-membership/What you can export from Spark Membership, what to save before you cancel, and how to import your members into BlackBeltCRM yourself, free, with an undo.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/mindbody-alternatives/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/mindbody-alternatives/Five Mindbody alternatives for martial arts businesses and small studios, with published prices at 75 students, contracts and what each does best.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/mindbody-pricing-2026/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/mindbody-pricing-2026/Mindbody publishes a starting price of $79 a month per location; plans are priced by sales. What its pricing page and terms say, the marketplace fee.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/spark-membership-pricing-2026/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/spark-membership-pricing-2026/Spark Membership is $199 a month after an 8-week free trial, with Ignite, a branded app and texts priced on top. What 75 students cost, from their own pages.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/why-our-price-is-on-the-website/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/why-our-price-is-on-the-website/Some martial arts software is priced after a demo; much is published. Who publishes what in 2026, why we publish ours, and what to ask when it is not.Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/billing-that-is-not-monthly/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/billing-that-is-not-monthly/Weekly rates, half-days, session blocks, class packs, drop-ins. How swim, after-school and gym programs bill what they sell, not a monthly approximation.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-business-lease/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-business-lease/The lease is the biggest fixed cost a martial arts business ever signs, and the one no software can undo. Eight things to settle first, for any studio or gym.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-business-plan/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-business-plan/A martial arts business plan a bank will believe starts with four numbers, not a mission. Here they are, and they suit a studio, a club or a gym just as well.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/recital-and-competition-fees/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/recital-and-competition-fees/Costumes, entries, travel and tickets hit every dance, gymnastics and cheer family in the same fortnight. How to bill the season without a month of chasing.Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/failed-payments-involuntary-churn/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/failed-payments-involuntary-churn/Up to 30% of membership churn is involuntary — failed cards, not people deciding to leave. Here is how to see it, and what actually recovers it.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/halloween-event-that-produces-members/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/halloween-event-that-produces-members/Most Halloween events produce a good afternoon and no enrollments. The difference is not the event — it is the ninety seconds at the door and the week after.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-marketing-calendar/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-marketing-calendar/Six moments a year reliably bring families through the door. Here is when each one needs to start, and which are worth skipping.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-software-compared/https://blackbeltcrm.com/blog/martial-arts-software-compared/How to compare martial arts software: pricing models, contracts, who bills your families and four questions to ask, with a link to the full sourced chart.Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT