Memberships and Credit Packages can charge an automatic penalty fee, loss of credit, both, or neither.
Enabling Penalty Fees
Contracts and Package
To select the type of fee, go to Products > Memberships/Credits > Contracts/Packages > Edit or create a new one.
Under Penalty Fee, select one of the four options:
Loss of Usage/Credit: Limited Memberships and Credit Packages
When a customer late cancels or no shows, they will lose the credit they used to make their reservation
Charge: All Memberships and Credit Packages
When the customer cancels late or no shows, they will be given their usage back, but will be charged your studio’s late cancel or no show fee.
Loss of Usage/Credit & Charge: Limited Memberships and Credit Packages
When the customer cancels late or no shows, they will lose their usage AND will be charged your studio’s late cancel or no show fee
No Fee: All Memberships and Credit Packages
When the customer cancels late or no shows, they will return their usage and not be charged any penalty fees.
You can set any fee, but penalties are only collected if the penalty toggle is enabled on the Type. No Fee won’t collect penalties, regardless of the toggle setting.
Credit Type
For Credits only, you must toggle on Penalty Fees for the Credit Type by going to Products > Credit Type > Edit.
For new Types, the Penalty Fee toggle will be turned on by default.
Credit Card Requirements
When monetary penalty fees are configured either as a charge or a combination of credit loss and charge, customers must have a credit card on file to purchase the package. This ensures the studio can collect any applicable fees.
Memberships will always require a credit card on file for purchases
Complimentary Credits and Credit Gift Cards
At this time, complimentary credits and credit gift cards, physical and email, will incur a loss-of-credit penalty, regardless of the credit type setting.
Editing Penalty Fee
If penalty fees are enabled while editing and the contract/package has already been sold to customers, no-show and late cancellation fees will be charged for each penalized reservation.