You didn’t just start your group fitness studio because you love helping people reach your fitness goals—you run a group fitness studio because it’s good business! The global fitness industry brings in roughly $100 billion annually (source) and, as mentioned, boutique fitness is the fastest growing segment. A successful group fitness can generate around $36,000 in revenue per month—and that means great things for you! (source)
With all that potential, you need a fitness studio software to help get the most out of your efforts—that’s where fitDEGREE comes in. fitDEGREE is gym management software that provides group fitness studio owners with the support they need to keep their studios running at peak efficiency. One of the biggest concerns for gym studio owners is retention, and fitDEGREE is specially designed to keep members and gain new ones.
It’s user friendly on all sides. It helps us focus on our client experience. It added systems & ease to running our business. The support/customer service staff is prompt & stellar!
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So how do you make the most out of your business using gym membership software? The answer is simple: more foot traffic. The more people that make it to your door, the more eyes on the quality of your service. More visibility means greater volume, and greater volume means more revenue to make your business even better! fitDEGREE is here to make that process easier with our reliable, intuitive, user-friendly software.
Without good logistics and support, even the best trainer is not going to be successful. Think about it: if your members can’t figure out when your classes are, how are they supposed to show up? At the core of fitDEGREE is our smart scheduling software. Smart scheduling makes sure scheduling confusion is a thing of the past and makes it easy for members to sign up, check in, and see when your classes are. On top of that, fitDEGREE makes billing seamless and provides you with all the reports, metrics, and statistics that tell you exactly what your business needs.
In addition to business analytics, fitDEGREE offers you the tools you need to grow your social media awareness. Social media is an integral part of our everyday lives, and ignoring it as a business tool is a fatal mistake. That’s why fitDEGREE offers powerful social tools to make the most out of your referral and social efforts. After all, social media advertising is virtually free compared to traditional marketing, and since it comes from your members, it’s also a more trustworthy, organic source of information to potential customers.
Through fitDEGREE, your members can share their experiences through popular social media programs like Facebook, Twitter, and Snapchat, meaning your studio will be trending in no time! Your members can also communicate with you and each other through the app. They can also invite their friends to attend, which means improved accountability for them, and greater attendance for your classes!
Apart from our powerful social tools, fitDEGREE also provides you with the means to optimize your current sales and marketing strategy. fitDEGREE will integrate with your website, making new member sign ups as easy as possible. With fitDEGREE, you can also send out automated welcome emails and class reminders, as well as offer physical and digital gift cards. Isn’t it time you upgraded your business?
If you’re already using a fitness studio app, then no doubt you’ve been comparing us to them. You’re likely thinking switching to fitDEGREE could be a good idea (it definitely is, by the way) but you’re wondering if it will be difficult, because whoever you’re with makes leaving them seem like a nightmare. Fortunately, that’s just not true. In just 48 hours, fitDEGREE will migrate you over to our incredible team, with no work required from you. Other alternatives can take forever or require tons of work on your end, but no, not with fitDEGREE. The fitFAM is our top-notch customer service team, and your success is our priority number 1.
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We’re dedicated going above and beyond to provide group fitness studio owners with everything they need to run an amazing business, at a price you can afford.
Other apps can be expensive. Very expensive. Like, up to $350 per month before all the additional fees they tend to surprise you with at the end of the month. They might have some features, but then again, they probably also have about 1,000 different kinds of strange, pricey incidental charges that you don’t remember signing up for. On the other hand, some fitness scheduling apps cost $50 a month, but work about as well as an unplugged treadmill (lots of work from you). At fitDEGREE, we believe both of those situations don’t make sense.
That’s why fitDEGREE starts at $100 per month. At an upgraded $200 per month, we provide you with your own branded app, a powerful tool for building brand equity with your business. But what about those obnoxious fee structures the other guys have? We believe in keeping it simple and honest. So, with fitDEGREE, we charge 2.75% + 30 cents for card swipe or 2.9% + 30 cents for credit key (think mobile or website pay) and then $20 for chargebacks and retrievals. This way, you know exactly what you’re signing up for. No contract attorneys required.
And once you’re part of the fitFAM, you gain access to your own personal customer care representative. Yes, that’s a real, live person to help you with everything fitDEGREE. A person. Not a robot.
Social features: Social media is here to stay, and it’s only growing in importance. Like the kids say, if it’s not on the internet, does it even exist? That’s why fitDEGREE makes thriving on the internet possible. With our powerful social tools, your members can personally connect with you, talk to each other, figure out what great classes they can attend, and of course invite others to come to class. Other studio management softwares don’t offer these features, and we’re proud to provide them to you!
Central to all of this is the idea that your gym is more than just an exercise occasion; it’s a community. The more you bring your members together, the greater the strength of your brand. When your gym is more than the sum of its parts, you can bet your members will be begging for more. They’ll be bragging about their excellent experiences with your classes, and with fitDEGREE, they can post right through the app. That’s free advertising for you!
The fitFAM Experience: Once you’re with us, you’re family. With the fitFAM, we care about your success and the safety of your business. We’re partnered with trusted companies like AWS, Trilio, and Paytrix to keep your privacy safe and your information secured. Whether you’re a first-timer with fitness scheduling software or switching from other apps, we’ll make sure all your vital data and user information is imported over in just 48 hours. We’ve got you covered.
Our service starts at just $100 per month, with a one-time start-up fee of $100. Once you’re in, you get access to your fitFAM personal customer care rep, our OnTheGo Business App, social features, all the vital business reports and statistics you could ever need, and our smart scheduling system for classes and one-on-ones.
At an upgraded $200 per month, with a one-time $300 development fee, you get your own branded app. Through your branded app, your members can login directly with your schedule and won’t see any other businesses. It’s an extremely powerful way to establish your own unique brand! If your business operates in multiple locations, we’ve got you covered there, too. Schedule a demo today and ask about how you can save at this level with multiple fitSpots.
Since our inception, fitDEGREE has offered Legacy Pricing status to our studios. After this next price increase on January 1, 2024, there will be no more Legacy Pricing offered so in order to lock in your Legacy Pricing status, you will need to pay your Setup Fee on or before December 31, 2023 to be locked in.
Nope! Your data transfer is a complimentary service that is included in your Setup Fee for training and set up of the fitDEGREE platform.
Yes! We love entrepreneurship here at fitDEGREE and understand what it takes to get a business off the ground. We offer a 3 month 50% discount to businesses that are opening their doors for the first time.
fitDEGREE keeps it simple.
There is a one time Setup Fee to get you trained on how to use the fitDEGREE platform (either $150 or $300 based on how much help you’d like). That Setup Fee also gives you a 45 day trial.
If you’re happy and would like to move forward, there is just one price ($150 per month) for all of our features and an additional price (+$150 per month) for your very own branded app.
fitDEGREE processes payments through an integration with a Third Party. fitDEGREE is able to negotiate the market rate, and because of that we offer the most competitive rate out there of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction on cards (typed or swiped) and a flat $1 fee for ACH payments.
Yes! Upgrading from fitDEGREE to your very own branded app is very simple! All that would be required of you would be your Setup Fee, providing our team with your branded app information, and announcing to your clients that you have made the switch. Once you switch over nothing changes for you or your clients! Your admin will become branded. Your clients will use the same login on your branded app as they did the fitDEGREE app and business will carry on as usual.
Something to consider is the costs of any additional integrations you utilize as well as your payment processing.
Payment processing occurs per transaction on fitDEGREE and can be calculated as 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction on credit cards(typed or swiped) and a flat $1 fee for ACH payments.
Integrations though are up to you. Additional associated costs with running your business via fitDEGREE would depend for example on what emailing platform you choose to integrate. So be sure as you plan your transition to consider the costs of fitDEGREE, the costs of payment processing, and the costs of any integrations you feel you cannot live without
fitDEGREE includes the transferring of your client list, your packs, and your memberships as a free service. fitDEGREE will also include credit card information transfer as a free service when entering the software.
The typical journey is 3 sessions of 45 minutes or less each. Session 1, your initial on boarding, your goal is to begin putting your business model into the software with your Onboarding Specialist. Often you spend most of your time in Setup building your class and pricing model. In session 2, your follow up, the Onboarding Specialist will open with any questions you have from your work in the Admin and then close out the educational process helping you discover discounts, reporting, client accounts, and how to process sales. In session 3 you will then talk strategy. Our team will provide you with templates for your launch for your clients, your team, and your social media!
The goal is for you to have a minimum of 3 calls and leave the process feeling well organized and ready to take on the transition process!
Yes, Yes, Yes! Our team is here to help you in any way we can! So … What do we offer you? As you kick off your fitDEGREE journey you will get 3 dedicated sessions with a member of our on boarding team. In these sessions you will have an initial on boarding, a follow up, and a launch strategy call. Now, we fully understand that no process is the same, so if you need additional time and check in between calls, no sweat! We can do that!
We would love to have a simple X days or weeks answer to this, but the truth is that every process is different. So let’s break it down.
A typical launch into a non-branded app can happen within 3 sessions. It is most often seen that these sessions are spread over 3 weeks, but you can also speed it up by doing multiple in a week if your schedule allows for this.
A branded app launch though is contingent upon not only completion of 3 calls but also app creation. Our team always strives to have apps out by mid-month. Apps are created within the first week of the month and then approved by their app stores and then the studio can go live.
Another reason a launch might move slower is if you request credit card data from your current software. This is a longer process which can take 2-3 weeks, so always consider this as well when planning your transition.
Something else to consider is the complexity of your setup or personal schedule. Some clients can kick off after 3, 45 minute sessions, and others have additional checkins between their calls because they did not have as much time per day or week to dedicate to getting their business model into the admin.
The truth is, you can go as fast or as slow as your schedule allows with added constraints of 1) a branded app creation timeline, and 2) any requested data being needed from your current software.
Our support team might be small, but it is mighty! Support for us is all-hands-on-deck. Monday through Friday you can count on a team member monitoring the support channel between 9am-5pm. Our team also performs weekend check ins but places priority on tickets which require more immediate attention.
On any given day you can contact us via email at support@fitdegree.com or pre-schedule a support video chat with the team at https://calendly.com/fitdegree/support
You can also contact our team members by phone, but we recommend email and pre-scheduled video calls for best service. Why? Because our team can provide the additional visual aids and clarification via these methods that we feel phone conversations tend to lack.
Yes. You can currently note that all original fitDEGREE clients have their original pricing honored and that will not change.
Unlimited. Enough said.
Yes. We do not believe in preventing clients from the use of features and using them as a tool to make more money. We work so that you all can stay in business, and we want to make sure you have all the tools you need and want for a simple pricing model.
You certainly can! When coming over from another software you can transfer over your client list, your credit card data, your packs, and your memberships.
Something to keep in mind though is your current software provider might have a several hundred dollar charge in order to obtain your credit card information. We recommend you investigate this prior to deciding if this is something you wish to transfer over as it is a larger financial commitment.
Yes! Within fitDEGREE there are two options, you can go for the branded app or you can utilize the fitDEGREE app. Two choices, two prices. It’s that simple.
Now you may be thinking, what is being held from me if I don’t go branded. The answer is again simple. Nothing. All fitDEGREE clients have access to all fitDEGREE features. Branded app clients though get a more White Labeled feel to their experience on the software. Their app is branded. Their admin is branded. Their experience is that of their own brand.
fitDEGREE has an exclusive Facebook page for our studio owner clients. Here they can open discussions with each other or with our staff! Additionally, we provide educational resources on this page and updates on what’s happening in the fitFam business and community side of things!
Yes! Our team hosts fitSpot Guru! A podcast dedicated to continuing education for studio owners who use our platform! Check it out here - https://www.fitdegree.com/podcast
fitDEGREE is constantly growing and adapting to industry and client needs. We could never be where we are today without feedback and we continue to see it as a core component to our business. As a result, change can be expected. It might mean new features or it might mean a facelift for the admin. No matter what this “change” means, our team is always here to help studio owners adjust.
When we launch an update we always provide announcements to our client base letting them know what the update was for and if it has any additional functional or aesthetic changes to our admin platform. Our team prides itself on communication and clarity so there are a few things we do to assist clients with change.
If you ask a studio owner that is currently in the onboarding phase making the switch, they’ll tell you it was because of the ease of use when navigating the software. If you ask a studio owner that recently launched fitDEGREE to their clients, they’ll tell you it was because of the support they received from our team along the transition. If you ask a studio owner that has been with fitDEGREE for years, they will tell you it was because the clients loved their new app experience.
Every stage of the journey will tell you a fresh reason why they made the switch to our platform. We could tell you more about this, or you could ask them yourself!
Before making any business decision it is a good idea to find references, and the same goes for software! Feel free to ask our team for references or reach out to other local studios on our platform and ask them “Why fitDEGREE?”.
Not many know this but fitDEGREE didn't actually start out as a management software for fitness studios! In 2015 fitDEGREE was originally founded as an app to help college students find a fitness partner on their college campus. Later on, the founding team pivoted to management software while still staying true to their core in making fitness a social experience.
fitDEGREE processes payments through an integration with a Third Party. fitDEGREE is able to negotiate the market rate, and because of that we offer the most competitive rate out there of 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction on cards (typed or swiped) and a flat $1 fee for ACH payments.
Yes, Yes, Yes! Our team is here to help you in any way we can! So … What do we offer you? As you kick off your fitDEGREE journey you will get 3 dedicated sessions with a member of our on boarding team. In these sessions you will have an initial on boarding, a follow up, and a launch strategy call. Now, we fully understand that no process is the same, so if you need additional time and check in between calls, no sweat! We can do that!
We would love to have a simple X days or weeks answer to this, but the truth is that every process is different. So let’s break it down. A typical launch into a non-branded app can happen within 3 sessions. It is most often seen that these sessions are spread over 3 weeks, but you can also speed it up by doing multiple in a week if your schedule allows for this. A branded app launch though is contingent upon not only completion of 3 calls but also app creation. Our team always strives to have apps out by mid-month. Apps are created within the first week of the month and then approved by their app stores and then the studio can go live. Another reason a launch might move slower is if you request credit card data from your current software. This is a longer process which can take 2-3 weeks, so always consider this as well when planning your transition. Something else to consider is the complexity of your setup or personal schedule. Some clients can kick off after 3, 45 minute sessions, and others have additional checkins between their calls because they did not have as much time per day or week to dedicate to getting their business model into the admin. The truth is, you can go as fast or as slow as your schedule allows with added constraints of 1) a branded app creation timeline, and 2) any requested data being needed from your current software.
Our support team might be small, but it is mighty! Support for us is all-hands-on-deck. Monday through Friday you can count on a team member monitoring the support channel between 9am-5pm. Our team also performs weekend check ins but places priority on tickets which require more immediate attention. On any given day you can contact us via email at support@fitdegree.com or pre-schedule a support video chat with the team at https://calendly.com/fitdegree/support You can also contact our team members by phone, but we recommend email and pre-scheduled video calls for best service. Why? Because our team can provide the additional visual aids and clarification via these methods that we feel phone conversations tend to lack.