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Our Software: How does eSoft Planner vs Swift compare?

A Comparative Analysis of eSoft Planner vs Swift

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Choosing the right scheduling software can significantly impact a facility’s time management and increase cash flow. Two popular contenders for sports facilities are eSoft Planner vs Swift. Both offer features that streamline different aspects of the sports facility. In this comparison, we dive into the key features and offerings of each software. This analysis will help you make an informed decision for what software will best fit your business.

eSoft Planner vs Swift: Experience

eSoft Planner started in 2008 as a solution based on best practices to solve many problems our founder encountered when owning his sports facility. We have worked with thousands of facilities over the last 15 years and have adapted our software to fit their unique needs. Our software can easily adapt to fit the needs of any sport within the sports facility industry. It also works perfectly for other industries, including arts and music. 

Swift’s team is comprised partially of athletes who worked at sports facilities. However, they are a recent addition to sports facility software – this is their 3rd year of business. Many of their tools and functionality do not come with the experience of interacting closely with a sports facility over a long period of time. Their main focus seems to be supporting baseball facilities, although they do offer services to other sports.  

eSoft Planner vs Swift: Functionality

When comparing eSoft Planner vs Swift, one of the biggest aspects to consider is the functionality. Swift lets you manage rentals, lessons, camps/classes, packages, and memberships. eSoft Planner does all that – and more. We also offer retail, teams, and leagues. Another benefit is that we provide several additional features to help your business grow. We offer marketing services, access control, ticket purchases, and more. Swift has been working on adding similar features but does not have them available at this time. 

Both eSoft Planner and Swift have mobile apps for individual facilities. The benefit for Swift is that all of their different types of services are offered on the mobile app. However, their functionality is not as extensive as eSoft Planner’s is. A true mobile app from Swift, up until recently, cost an additional $199 a month. Our app is much more affordable, especially for smaller, family-run businesses. Learn more about the pricing differences here. 

Conclusion

Although both Swift and eSoft Planner have strong benefits and disadvantages, eSoft Planner is the more fitting choice for sports facilities of all types. eSoft Planner offers over a decade of experience, functionality to fit many industries, and more affordable pricing. Request a custom demo of our software to learn more about how we can power your passion. Also, join our community on Facebook and LinkedIn!

Refund Customers Using Instore Credit After A Purchase

Maximizing Revenue: The Benefits of Instore Credit for Sports Facilities

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Facilities are always looking to enhance customer loyalty and boost revenue. One popular (and effective) strategy is implementing in store credit systems.  This strategy encourages loyalty among your customers, as well as increases your cash flow. In this blog post, we discuss the different benefits and strategies for adding instore credit at your sports facility. 

Types of Instore Credit

Credit Via A Refund Policy

One of the ways that a facility can utilize instore credit is by building it into the refund policy. For many facilities, their biggest problem is their clients canceling at the last minute. It can be hard for some owners to say they can’t have a refund at all, especially when it’s for unavoidable situations. Instore credit allows the business to give a version of a refund. This can be beneficial for your business in many ways.

First, this will keep customers happy and able to come back in the future to book another service. 80% of customers redeem their store credit within 2 weeks of receiving it. Also, it lets facilities keep the revenue they would have otherwise lost. Think of it like cash – it can be used for anything within the system. Another benefit of this refund policy is that it lowers credit card processing fees. You’ll get charged for each transaction. If a client purchases a service, you refund them, and they rebook a service later on, each transaction will cost money. Keeping the credit instead only charges you for the first transaction. Our scheduling app utilizes this approach so that facilities can benefit. 

Credit Using Prepaid Accounts

Using prepaid accounts is a great way to work with point of sale, especially for swim clubs. Use your instore credit to fund your account to a certain amount and use it elsewhere in the facility. Most swim clubs use it for concession stands. A great example of this is a kid’s lunch at school. A parent will put in a certain amount and the kid will use that account to purchase their lunch. 

Prepaid accounts are really good for increasing your cash flow. That prepaid amount is in your account from the beginning. The credit can then be used at any time, by any member of the family within the account. One of the biggest benefits of this type of credit is that it can create a cashless system. Our software can utilize this type of system for your facility as well. 

Conclusion

Using instore credit can be incredibly beneficial for your business – that’s why our software implements it into our processes. It encourages repeat business and offers flexibility while streamlining your payment processes. To learn more about how else eSoft Planner can increase your cash flow, request a custom demo of our software. 

Schedule your yoga and fitness classes (like the one pictured here) using our class scheduling app!

Transform Your Business with Our Innovative Class Scheduling App

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Managing schedules efficiently is crucial for many businesses, no matter the size. Keeping track of all instructors, registrants, and resources can become a daunting task. Class scheduling apps are powerful tools that simplify the scheduling process and ensure smooth operations. Our most recent update to our scheduling app adds the ability to schedule and manage classes on top of any rentals or lessons you offer. In this blog post, find out the features and functionality of our new app that can enhance your class scheduling. 

Essential Class Scheduling App Features

This class scheduling app includes advanced scheduling features. First, you can be sure that none of your services will be double booked – it’s not possible with our centralized calendar. Clients are also able to schedule on their own 24/7. You’ll never have to worry about missing a call or email from a client asking to schedule. Also, you can offer priority scheduling to certain client groups. For these client groups, you can also choose whether they can schedule paid or unpaid. Offer certain client groups a discount for specific services as well! 

One of the best features of our app is that it is completely customizable to your business! Not only can you customize the name and add your own logo to the app, but you can also customize a few functions as well. You can add color-coded class types. Many of the text and email notifications and reminders can be customized. You can also add custom waivers for each class you offer. An important feature for sports facilities is that you can add a custom location when creating a class – so scheduling at a location not part of your business is still easy to do! 

How It Can Benefit You

Our app is perfect for many businesses that offer classes, from fitness and recreation centers to sports facilities and swim schools. You can manage your school’s classes completely from your phone. This can be incredibly beneficial, as it provides real-time access to crucial business information that you would otherwise need to use a computer for. Our app enables owners and staff to monitor class scheduling and track performance, among other benefits. 

It also can enhance communication with clients as well as detailed organization for the business. Instructors and staff receive notifications, such as reminders, for their classes. Instructors also receive a daily itinerary straight to their inboxes. For any updates to class information, instructors can send out an email to all registrants of that class with that information. Our app keeps everything easily organized for staff to review. 

Conclusion

Scheduling apps are revolutionizing the way businesses manage their classes. By streamlining scheduling, providing real-time updates, and offering valuable insights, these apps enhance your efficiency and customer satisfaction. Whether you’re a fitness center or a sports facility, our class scheduling app is designed to meet your unique needs and streamline your productivity. Request a custom demo of our app to learn more about how it can enhance your business. To keep up to date with our exciting new app updates, join our community on Facebook and LinkedIn. 

Manage Your Instructor's Lessons Using Swim Lesson Scheduling Software

Making Waves: How A Swim Lesson Scheduling Software Can Transform Your Business

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Managing swim lessons efficiently can be a difficult task. These schedules must manage instructor availability, optimize pool usage, and coordinate both lessons and classes with multiple students. With our swim lesson scheduling software, you can easily manage all of these essential tasks from your mobile phone. Discover how our innovative solution lets you dive into a stronger and more efficient business. 

A Mobile App For Your Swim Lesson Scheduling Software

A mobile app can be perfect for swim instructors. Many instructors have back-to-back lessons and stay in the pool for long periods of time. With a mobile app, they can easily check their schedule and manage their bookings – completely from their phone! Clients can easily book online within a set availability without needing to contact their instructor. In fact, 67% of people say their preferred way to book appointments is online. Having a mobile app can streamline your scheduling and will make it easier to schedule for clients. 

There are numerous benefits to a mobile app. First, you don’t have to worry about double bookings. Our software’s centralized calendar makes it impossible for someone to schedule when another person is scheduled. Instructors also don’t need to worry about sending reminders. The system automatically sends order confirmations and reminders via text message and email. Also, the app is completely customizable. 

Customization With Our App

You can easily manage both private and group lessons within the app. One of the main features is that instructors can offer sessions with different time lengths. For example, if you want to offer young beginners 15-minute sessions, you can. Set up a custom time length for each lesson type you provide within the software. You can also set custom names and categories for your lessons. One of the features that can really benefit independent instructors is that you can set multiple locations, so clients can schedule at the pool they want to! Customize all your programming, from private lessons to group sessions, with ease. 

Some of our clients prefer to set up group sessions that are based on levels. You can manage this in two ways: either through categories or client groups. Set your categories up with each level and let clients schedule by filtering these categories. Or, you can put a client within a particular group (such as level 1) and limit their scheduling. With our camps and classes feature, you can offer weekly programs or focus more on limited-time programs (such as 4-6 weeks only). Offering group sessions is often more profitable than lessons. Making sure that you can offer a range of sessions can be beneficial for your business. 

Conclusion 

Our swim lesson scheduling software has many features that can transform your business, from scheduling lessons to customizing your personal mobile app. Are you looking for a mobile app that can schedule your lessons? Request a custom demo of our software. 

Use Our Gun Range App to Manage Your Range's Operations With Ease

Aiming For Success: Inside A Case Study For Our Innovative Gun Range App

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The ability to streamline your business operations can be critical to the success of your business, and gun ranges are no exception. With many unique business needs, finding software that can perfectly fit a shooting range is important. Today, we unravel the story behind how our gun range app transformed our client’s business. 

Promote Your Programming With Our Gun Range App

One of our clients, Justin, owns a gun range. Justin offers bay rentals based on different client groups. He also offers private lessons for archery, long-gun, and short-range. His beginner clients typically started with private lessons before working their way up to group lessons. All of his clients start with an evaluation at his range. This is critical in ensuring that all his clients have the proper licenses. 

Justin’s biggest revenue was his programming. Since it was the biggest source of revenue, he prioritized his programming over other services. Some of the programming he offered included conceal carry classes, social nights, and ladies’ nights. Conceal carry classes involved a lot of space management for Justin. Their classes spent a mix of time both in the classroom and on the range. Having an app that could easily manage all of Justin’s spaces made managing his programming way easier. 

Fit Your Gun Range App Features To Your Business

The most common or outdated scheduling software tends to be a poor fit for gun ranges, for one main reason: they typically require clients to sign waivers. These waivers need to come with a digital signature for liability reasons. Unfortunately, that is not a common feature for most scheduling software. Luckily, eSoft Planner’s software contains a waiver that you can require all clients to sign before they attend any of the programming. 

Another important feature is being able to track custom fields. These custom fields can be anything you want them to be, but many gun ranges use them to track license numbers. They can also track whether their clients have gotten certified. Justin’s model focused on helping clients get certified as well as getting them to come in and practice their shooting. With these custom fields, Justin can easily manage his clients and prioritize organization without doing everything himself. 

Conclusion

From streamlining scheduling to managing waivers, a gun range app can help your business aim for success. The innovative features go beyond what a typical scheduling software can handle. For insights into how our app can help your business grow, request a demo of our software. Make sure to join our community on Facebook and LinkedIn. 

Streamline Your Scheduling With A Volleyball Training App

Revolutionizing Volleyball Training: A Case Study On A Volleyball Training App

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New technology, like a volleyball training app, has transformed the world of volleyball businesses. App features allow you to streamline scheduling, enhance training experiences, and grow your business all from your mobile phone. In this blog post, we dive into a case study that explores the impact our app had on our client’s business. 

Our Volleyball Training App Case Study

One of our clients, Alexa, manages a volleyball facility. Her programming includes private and small group lessons, clinics, as well as open play. Typically, her group lessons involved 3 or 4 players. They also tended to be more profitable for her business. At the same time, she built her clinics based on her players’ skill levels. Alexa was looking for an app that would allow her to easily manage all of these programs. From her research, she found eSoft Planner’s scheduling app. 

Alexa had a few major concerns that she wanted addressed in the software that she decided on. First, she wanted instructors to be able to put in their own availability. She also wanted lessons to be placed back-to-back. Mainly, she did not want her instructors to be waiting around between lessons. Her other concern was making sure that any software she used was able to charge different price points for the different levels of instructors that she had. All of these were features that eSoft Planner’s app utilized! 

Our scheduling app provides many benefits to Alexa and other volleyball facilities like hers. First, it streamlines your scheduling – all your trainings can be scheduled online, 24/7, by clients at times you have set. It’s organized with a centralized calendar. Mainly, this means that you won’t ever have to worry about double bookings – the system doesn’t allow it! Also, the system is customizable to your facility. Set custom hours or prices based on each individual instructor. Since everything is within the app itself, you can access it at any time from your phone. 

Conclusion

eSoft Planner’s volleyball training app helped Alexa easily and efficiently manage her business, all from her mobile phone. To learn more about how eSoft Planner can benefit you, request a custom demo of our software. Also, make sure to join our community on Facebook and LinkedIn!

Manage Your Courts Using Court Rental Software

Transforming Court Management: An In-Depth Case Study on Court Rental Software

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Technology can completely transform the way someone can manage courts – from basketball to volleyball to tennis. In this case study, we’ll explore how one of our current clients made their court management so much easier with the help of court rental software.  

User Experience Spotlight: Court Rental Software

Our client, Jack, built a six-court basketball and volleyball facility. He also set up a contract with AAU teams to use his facility. Also, Jack wanted to take advantage of leagues, basketball and volleyball camps, and court rentals. With the number of courts available, he didn’t want to spend all his time scheduling these courts himself. Jack wanted court rental software that could do it all for him. 

Jack’s biggest concerns were finding a system that prioritized no double bookings, sends out automated notifications, and manages all of his services as well as a concession stand. While searching, he found eSoft Planner’s scheduling software. We can do all of what he wanted and more. Our software is a centralized scheduling calendar, which prevents double bookings during scheduling. Automated notifications are sent by the system for order confirmations and reminders. It’s proven that appointment reminders can reduce no-shows by 38%. These reminders are sent to decrease no-shows. Also, eSoft Planner can manage many services with ease. 

With the help of our scheduling software, Jack manages all of his different services with ease. He added both competitive and recreational leagues, with individual or team signups for his practices. After his leagues, he offers open play for anyone to come in for a drop-in fee. Not only is Jack successfully managing multiple services without issue, but he also doesn’t need to spend a lot of time behind the scenes keeping everything organized. He also no longer needs to worry about issues with double bookings or a high number of no-shows. eSoft Planner’s software has worked wonders for his facility. 

Conclusion: How to Empower Your Court Management for Success

Are you spending a lot of time and money trying to manage your courts? With eSoft Planner’s software, you don’t have to worry. Manage all your services and rent out your courts quickly and easily. Request a custom demo of our software to find out how we can increase your cash flow and decrease the time and money spent. 

Schedule Your Lessons With A Horse Lesson Scheduling App

From Stables to Screens: Enhance Your Experience With A Horse Lesson Scheduling App

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If you’ve ever been involved in the equestrian community, you know that scheduling lessons can be challenging – needing to schedule both riders and horses. Our horse lesson scheduling app can easily solve this challenge without requiring you to meticulously plan and coordinate everything. From simplifying scheduling to tracking horse management, streamline all aspects of your business with these helpful features. 

Streamline Lesson Scheduling

With a real-time centralized calendar, easily keep track of all your lessons from your mobile phone. For barns looking for clients to schedule on their own, clients can easily book a lesson without having to contact you directly. The mobile app makes it easier for them to book on the go, 24/7. For those who don’t want clients to schedule on their own, the scheduler can easily add lessons for tracking and reporting purposes.

Once a lesson is booked, the scheduler can assign a horse to each person based on the criteria (experience, height, and weight) to keep track of the horses used via reporting. Also, the scheduler can color code different lesson categories to differentiate between lessons in a quick glance at the screen. With these reports, you can quickly manage your horses. 

Organize Management and Communication

Horse management is an essential part of your scheduling. In the software,  you can assign horses to lessons. That way, you can easily run reports to see when and how frequently certain horses are used. This will make it easier to know when horses need a break – without having to track everything yourself. Managing your horses will let you minimize their stress and prevent potential injuries from occurring. 

One of the more important aspects of a lesson scheduling app is automated reminders. Both instructors and clients can get email or text reminders of their lessons. Clients can also get order confirmations when they book a lesson. Not only does this decrease time spent on administrative work, but it also decreases the number of no-shows. These reminders, just like other features in the software, can be customized to fit your business. 

Customize To Fit Your Needs

Your scheduling app is branded to your business. Use your own logo for the app, and add custom-branded colors for all your scheduling buttons. Even your app name can be changed to fit your business name. Also, many features can be customized to fit your needs – from time slots to limitations on booking. 

Easily customize everything to fit your business with our scheduling app. First, create different time slots for both your individual and group lessons. Also, you can set different price points by your instructors. So, if you have instructors with different experiences or want to differentiate the price for instructors vs the owner, you can change the price for each one. This also works for adding discounts on lessons for students who own a horse and board them at the barn. 

Grow Your Business With Our Horse Lesson Scheduling App

With our horse lesson scheduling app, you can easily save time, grow your revenue, and market your business from your phone. Request a demo of our software to learn more about how it can benefit you. You can also follow us on Facebook or LinkedIn to get notified for future equestrian-related blog posts. 

Use Sports Camp Software to Manage Your Camps

Unlocking Potential: How Sports Camp Software Boosts Your Success

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Organization is one of the most essential parts of managing your camps. Your camp organization is heavily influenced by aspects like registration lists and communications. Sports camp software can help you successfully organize your camps, while also benefitting you in multiple ways. In this blog post, we analyze the different ways sports camp software can benefit your facility, no matter the sport. 

How Sports Camp Software Will Benefit You

First, increase your profitability greatly with programming like camps and classes. Compared to a rental or single lesson, your camps will have more registrants. All of these registrants will pay to join the camp. For example, say a field rental is $200. Even if your camp registration is $20 per registrant, a list of 20 registrants will still make you double what a field rental would be. 

Your camps can also improve your cash flow. We recommend anyone offering camps require an upfront payment. Therefore, clients will pay you now when registering for a camp that takes place in the summer. This money can be used for operations, marketing, or anything else you need ahead of time. 

Another benefit is the flexibility of camp seasons. Although most camps take place during spring or summer breaks, you can offer them all year. This means you will have a stream of profit no matter the season, which can be good during your slower seasons. Camp availability throughout the year can also introduce you to new clients, who might not be as free during the typical camp times. You can market your facility by hosting external sports camps for the community.

Also, you will improve your communication with clients. Our software sends out automated communications – both order confirmations and reminders. Not only does it decrease the number of no-shows, but it also doesn’t require any more time out of your busy schedule. Send out marketing communications to clients about camps they might be interested in. All of these can grow the relationship between you and your clients. 

For More Information

Sports camp software can be very beneficial in many ways for your facility, from increasing cash flow to improving communications. Increase your cash flow today with a custom demo of our software.

Use Software For Class Scheduling to Easily Manage Your Classes

Software For Class Scheduling Made Easy

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Efficient class scheduling is a crucial element that can make or break your facility’s experience, for both students and teachers. With classes taught everywhere, each industry from arts to sports needs cutting-edge software that can streamline your class management. In this post, we’ll dive more into the features essential in software for class scheduling that all industries can benefit from. 

Set Up With Software For Class Scheduling

It can be a hassle to create each calendar event for a recurring class, especially one that meets over the course of a few months. With our software, you can create one recurring event for the software to add to each day it is meant to cover. One of the biggest worries is clients accidentally double-booking certain classes. With our software, it checks the staff and location being scheduled to make sure they are both available before scheduling the class. This makes scheduling a lot easier and lowers the owner’s worry about any potential issues. Clients also receive order confirmations. Both clients and instructors can receive text and email reminders, so no one will forget their scheduled classes!

Control Flexibility and Limitations

With our software, you can control any potential flexibility or limitations for the class. One of the restrictions most important for classes is the ability to limit the number of registrants. Anyone else can go on a waitlist. This feature also lets people move up the waitlist if another person leaves the class. Another option is age restrictions, so that clients are aware when booking what age range is accepted. You can also choose to give members priority for your classes. In addition, you can require registrants to sign a waiver before they can finish booking your class. Another beneficial feature is the sign-up start dates. You can easily create classes and allow for registrations to start anytime. 

Using Software For Class Scheduling To Improve Your Revenue

There are numerous ways to improve your revenue and increase your cash flow. First, this software allows clients to schedule your classes 24/7 – so you don’t need to worry about missing out on any potential customers who can’t contact you during normal operating hours! After all, 40% of appointments are usually booked after business hours. You can also package sessions, so clients can get discounts if they purchase a certain number of sessions. An important addition is the ability to sell memberships. There are two main ways to sell them: members can get discounts automatically when purchasing services, or they can get a certain number of sessions free a month. 

Conclusion

Streamlining class scheduling can be essential for increasing revenue and improving communications at your facility or business. eSoft Planner’s software for class scheduling can be hugely beneficial in making this happen for your business. Schedule a demo for more insights into how our software can grow your business.

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