You can set the system up so that if someone doesn’t show up to class or cancels too late, the system will charge them a fee that is some percentage of the price of the class. Many studio owners prefer there be some penalty for not attending, but they don’t want to charge full price….
Memberships use the subscription model. You can set up your clients on recurring payments. This setup will charge them automatically each month (or at some regular interval) and grant them more credits. For example, they will get 10 more classes added to their purchases. You can also create classes that are only for members, or…
By default in Dance Studio Manager (DSM), when you search for a client name or a class name, and then click on it, you will first see a preview page as shown below: Then in order to go into the client’s account, you meed to click on Account Details. Or in the cases of a…
Scheduling classes is what DSM does best! Whether you are booking private lessons, scheduling group classes, or planning other events, DSM has the tools you need to succeed. Once scheduled, our automated messaging system insures that your clients remember their appointments, and remember to reschedule more classes. Scheduling Group Classes: DSM offers a robust set…
Private Lessons have one student attending with one instructor. There are a few ways to create and schedule private lessons in DSM, here is one option. Before you can schedule the private lesson, you need to create the class. Everything is the same as a creating a “normal group class” except that you will Select…
Providing your dance students with accurate client statements can help you to clearly communicate with your students about their balance and payment history. Below is a basic example of a client statement. There client statements can be configured in many different ways. From the Admin Dashboard, click on settings and then global settings. Next, type…
Recurring payments have been a topic of interest in various studies examining their impact on revenue generation. The subscription business model, in particular, has gained significant attention in recent years. Dance Studio Manager provides powerful features to allow you to setup and track recurring payments for your clients, and improve student retention using membership plans….
The Gross Income Summary Report lets you see the income for a date range by payments type as shown below. DSM also offers several other Revenue Reports to help you clearly understand and manage your incoming revenue. To create this report, from the Admin Dashboard, click on Reports, and then Gross Income Summary. You will…
The Unapplied Payments reports allows you to find in payments that have not been applied to a charge. Two main reason you might have a payment “floating” that is not applied to a charge: In these situations, a client’s account will show a credit until the payment is applied to a charge: You can see…
It is extremely important to know which students owe a balance, so you have a way to track all balances, and request payment for those that owe a balance. The Outstanding Balances report helps you do exactly that! In our demo data below, it is clear there are a lot of dance students that owe…
