This article describes all General Information Settings and Advanced Settings available when you're creating or modifying a membership.
General Information Settings
Below are all the general information settings available when creating or modifying a membership.
Caution: If you include the words Virtual, Video and/or On Demand in the MEMBERSHIP NAME or DESCRIPTION, the Purchase Option won't be displayed in the store or while a client is booking a service on the Achieve Client App or the Achieve White Label Client App on any iOS devices.
Setting | Description |
Purchase Option Service Category | The services that can be booked with the Purchase Options. The options are:
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MEMBERSHIP NAME | The name of the membership. The name is viewable by your clients, so it should be both descriptive and brief. This field is required. |
UPLOAD IMAGE | Click to upload an image to represent the membership in the store and on client profiles after the purchase. |
DESCRIPTION | A description of the membership. This is viewable by your clients, so it should be both descriptive and creative, but brief. This is not a required field, but it is highly recommended. |
ACTIVATE ITEM | Click this button to activate or deactivate the membership, or to set a deactivation date for the membership.
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Membership Duration | The length of time for which the membership will be valid. Specify the number of weeks, months, or years. |
Auto-payments every | The auto-payment schedule for the membership. Specify the frequency in weeks, months, or years (based on what you chose for the duration), as well as the date on which the payments will start.
For information about auto-payment revenue if your business has multiple locations, see Membership auto-payments at multiple location businesses.
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You can prorate a client’s membership payment when purchasing the membership through the store or from the client’s profile after the membership has been purchased. For more information, see Prorating a client’s membership payment. You can also change the start date of a membership when purchasing it through the store. For more information, see Setting a membership start date from the shopping cart. |
Automatically prorate first payment in cart | To allow a client to change the start date of the membership and prorate their first payment when making a purchase in the Client Portal or Achieve Client App, set this option to ON.
This option won’t be available if auto-payments are set to start on the date the membership was sold. |
Price | The price of the membership.
For Purchase Options with the Appointment Purchase Option Service Category selected, you must determine if the entered price will apply per period or per session:
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If there are scheduled discounts on the membership payment, you have the following options:
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Taxes | Determines whether taxes are applied to the membership upon purchase. Your choices are:
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Summary | A summary of the membership payments including taxes. |
After Expiration | Determine what happens after the membership expires. Your choices are:
Additional options are available when Auto-renew or Auto-convert is selected:
If you modify the expiration behavior of a membership that has previously been sold and try to save your changes, a confirmation popup is displayed with the following options:
The confirmation popup also displays the total number of clients affected by this change. Click the number to display a list of all affected clients.
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Category Restrictions | This setting will only be displayed if you’re creating a membership with FitVID Videos selected as the Purchase Option service category. You have the following options:
Note: Clients who own a FitVID Videos membership will be able to watch videos in the selected categories regardless of their current client type or client group. |
Access to Appointments | This setting will only be displayed if you’re creating a membership with Appointments selected as the Purchase Option service category.
Click the Search and select items search box to add appointments that can be paid for using the membership:
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Access to Assets | This setting will only be displayed if you’re creating a membership with Assets selected as the Purchase Option service category.
Click the Search and select items search box to add assets that can be paid for using the membership:
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Online Store Category | The category or categories that this membership is listed under in the store. |
Advanced Settings
Below are all the advanced settings available when creating or modifying a membership.
Purchase Restrictions
Setting | Description |
Clients can buy online | When this Purchase Option is selected, clients can buy the membership online or through a staff member. The following options are displayed:
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Only staff can sell this Purchase Option | When this option is selected, only staff members can sell the Purchase Option. |
Available to all clients | When this option is selected, all clients can purchase the membership. |
Introductory offer for new clients only | When this option is selected, only new clients are able to purchase the membership. For more information about introductory offers, see Creating an introductory offer for new or prospective clients. |
Available to selected client groups or types only | When this option is selected, only clients with the selected client types and members of the selected client groups can view and purchase the membership. Under CLIENT TYPES and CLIENT GROUPS, select the client types and client groups whose members can view and purchase the membership in your store. |
Sold individually | When this option is selected, the membership can be sold individually and separately from other Purchase Options. |
Sold as part of a package only | When this option is selected, the membership can only be sold as part of a package. |
No quantity limit | When this option is selected, the number of times a client can purchase the membership during their lifetime with your business is unlimited. |
Limit quantity | When this option is selected, you must enter a number for the limit. Once the client hits the limit, they can no longer purchase the membership, even if the one they own expires. The limit quantity only affects purchasing and won’t affect auto-renewal.
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Purchase Option Priority
Note: This option is only visible when it is enabled in the business policy settings.
Setting | Description |
Priority | When this option is enabled, choose the priority level of the membership. Your options are Low, Medium, or High. When booking a service, memberships with a higher priority level will be used to complete the booking process first. If multiple Purchase Options have the same priority level, the Purchase Option with the earliest expiration date will be used to pay for the service first. |
Select Regional Access
Note: This option is only available to Enterprise Cloud businesses. If you manage an enterprise and you can’t view this option, please contact WellnessLiving.
Setting | Description |
Access to Regions/ Selected Regions | Determines the enterprise regions to which the membership will apply. If the membership is purchased at one of the Enterprise Locations in the region, it can be used to pay for services at any Enterprise Locations within the region that offer the same membership.
When a client purchases a membership at one location and the client is added to other locations in the region, staff members at those other locations will be able to see the membership on the Overview page of the client’s profile, and they can also see which location it was purchased at. The membership will also be visible on the Passes & Memberships page, but staff members won’t be able to view any details or make any changes to it.
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Access to Locations
Setting | Description |
All | When this option is selected, clients can use the membership at all locations. |
Specific locations | When this option is selected, clients can only use the membership at specified locations. Select the checkbox next to each location in which the membership can be used or select the Select All checkbox. |
Access to Classes
Note: This option will only be visible if the Purchase Option Service Category is set to Classes/Events.
Setting | Description |
All | When this option is selected, clients can use the membership for all of your classes. |
None | When this option is selected, clients can’t use this membership for any of your classes. |
Selection | When this option is selected, clients can only use the membership for specified classes.
Click the Search and select items search box to add classes that can be paid for using the membership:
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Access to Events
Note: This option will only be visible if the Purchase Option Service Category is set to Classes/Events.
Setting | Description |
All | When this option is selected, clients can use the membership of all your events, including events that are created in the future. |
None | When this option is selected, clients can’t use this membership for any of your events. |
Selection | When this option is selected, clients can only use the membership for specified events.
Click the Search and select items search box to add events that can be paid for using the membership:
Note: If clients can use this membership to enroll in one specific event instance, we recommend matching the activation and expiration dates of the membership to the beginning and end dates of the event instance. |
Access to Gym
Note: This option will only be visible if the Purchase Option Service Category is set to Classes/Events.
Setting | Description |
Open access | When this option is selected, clients can use their membership for gym visits. |
No access | When this option is selected, clients can’t use their membership for gym visits. |
Membership Attendance Restrictions
Note: This option won’t be visible if FitVID Videos is selected as the Purchase Option Service Category.
Setting | Description |
Apply Attendance Restriction | When this option is selected, clients can use the membership a maximum number of times during a specific number of days, weeks, months, or years.
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No attendance restriction | When this option is selected, clients can use the membership as many times as they want while it’s active. |
Attendance restriction is applied at the start of the calendar cycle | The attendance restriction set is applied based on the calendar dates. A yearly membership will reset on January 1st each year and a monthly membership will reset at the beginning of each month. |
Attendance restriction is applied at the start of the payment cycle | The attendance restriction set on the membership will be applied based on the date payments the membership begin. For example, if a membership has an attendance restriction of five visits each month and auto-payments on the ninth day of every month, the client can use the membership for five visits between June 9 and July 8. |
Disable session rollover | When this option is selected, unused visits won’t rollover to the next payment period. |
Enable session rollover | When this option is selected, unused visits will be carried over to the next attendance restriction period. If you enable rollovers, you must choose what happens to the rollover sessions.
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Do not automatically reconcile unpaid sessions when attendance restrictions reset | When this option is selected, the system won’t automatically reconcile any unpaid sessions whenever new visits are added to the membership. You will have to manually reconcile unpaid visits. For more information, see Reconciling unpaid visits. |
Automatically reconcile unpaid sessions when attendance restrictions reset | When this option is selected, unpaid sessions are reconciled automatically using new visits when they’re added to the membership.
For example, if a client’s membership allows one visit per week, and the client has five unpaid sessions for the week, one visit from their membership will be automatically applied to the first unpaid session when the attendance restrictions reset.
Note: WellnessLiving will automatically reconcile unpaid sessions, using the soonest expiring rollovers first, to make sure clients don’t lose out on sessions.
WellnessLiving selects which Purchase Options to use for automatic reconciliation and rollovers based on the following hierarchy:
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Contract
Setting | Description |
Clients must agree to a contract | When this option is selected, the client must agree to a contract before purchasing the membership. Enter your contract in the text field.
If you want clients to sign a new contract when this Purchase Option is transferred to them, set the Clients to whom a Purchase Option was transferred must sign a contract option to ON.
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No contract | When this option is selected, the client doesn’t need to agree to a contract. |
Member Type
Setting | Description |
Member Type | The type of client a client becomes after purchasing this membership. Select an option from the list.
Note: If you change the selected client type of a membership that’s been sold to clients, clients who already own that membership will have their client type changed automatically. |
Sharing Membership and Passes
Setting | Description |
Share membership with family members by default | When this option is selected, the membership can be shared between clients whose profiles are linked as family members. Under FAMILY MEMBER, select the relationship between the client and the family member.
Note: If a membership that is shared with a family member is included within a package, the membership won’t be shared with the family member when the package automatically renews. To continue allowing the membership or session pass to be shared with the family member, you must manually share it from the package owner’s client profile. |
Do not share membership with family members by default | If you select this option, you can still manually share the membership with a family member. For more information, see Sharing a Purchase Option with a family member. |
Membership Hold Rules
Setting | Description |
Membership cannot be put on hold | When this option is selected, no hold can be placed on the membership. |
Membership can be put on hold | When this option is selected, the membership can be placed on hold. You must determine how the hold will affect the membership. Your choices are Classic, Prorate, or Continue Billing. For more information, see Membership hold rules. |
Classic | This option extends the length of a membership contract by the duration of the hold period. Scheduled payments are moved forward the same number of days as the duration of the hold. |
Prorate | This option extends the length of a membership contract by the duration of the hold. Scheduled payments are prorated and calculated based on the number of active days within the payment period. If you select Prorate, you must determine when the prorated payment amount will be charged to the client. Under IF THE SCHEDULED PAYMENT OCCURS WITHIN THE HOLD PERIOD, select one of the following options:
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Continue Billing | This option extends the length of the membership contract by the duration of the hold period. Scheduled payments continue to be processed on their respective dates irrespective of the hold. |
Revenue and Staff Payroll Calculation
Setting | Description |
Include clients who use this Purchase Option payroll calculation | When this option is selected, the membership is included in the payroll calculation. |
Exclude clients who use this Purchase Option from payroll calculation | When this option is selected, the membership isn’t included in the payroll calculation.
If this membership is free, promotional, or both, you can use this option to exclude clients with this membership from payroll calculations. This is useful because staff members who are paid by the number of clients they instruct will only be paid for those clients who used paid memberships. |
Approximate revenue per session | When this option is selected, revenue is determined per session. |
Approximate revenue based on sessions used | When this option is selected, revenue is determined based on the number of visits. |
Automatic Staff Commissions
Setting | Description |
Select the staff members who will receive automatic commissions for this Purchase Option | When automatic commissions are enabled, you can use the checklist below this setting to select which staff members will receive automatic commissions for this Purchase Option. Use the dropdown next to their name to select which of their commission pay rates to use for the automatic commissions. |
Membership Cancellation Fee
Setting | Description |
Don’t charge a cancellation fee | When this option is selected, clients aren’t charged a cancellation fee when they cancel a membership. |
Charge a cancellation fee | When this option is selected, clients are charged a fee when they cancel a membership. If you select this option, you must enter the default cancellation fee amount. |
Membership Cancellation Behavior
Note: This setting is available if you have applied an attendance restriction.
Setting | Description |
Clients cannot use remaining visits after membership cancellation | After clients cancel their membership, they can’t use their remaining visits. |
Clients can use remaining visits after membership cancellation | After clients cancel their membership, they can continue to use their remaining visits.
Note: Memberships that are set to this option and then canceled will display as active in the Client profile. |
Staff member can choose whether a client can use remaining visits after membership cancellation | Staff members can choose on a case-by-case basis whether clients can continue to use their remaining visits after they cancel their membership. |
Barcode
Setting | Description |
Barcode # | Enter or generate a barcode number to identify this membership in your WellnessLiving system. |
Receipt
Setting | Description |
Default email receipt | Select this option to send your default receipt to a client who purchases this membership. |
Custom email receipt | Select this option to create a custom receipt to send to a client who purchases this membership. For information on how to use variables in the email message, see Email variables.
Note: If a membership that is set up with a custom receipt is purchased at the same time as another item, the client will receive the default receipt and not the custom receipt configured for either of the items. For example, a 12-month membership is set up with a custom receipt. A 10-class session pass also has a custom receipt configured. A client purchases both the 12-month membership and 10-class pass together in the same transaction. The client will receive the default receipt and not the custom receipt configured for either of the Purchase Options. |
Revenue Category
Setting | Description |
Select the Revenue Categories for this item | The revenue categories to which the membership is assigned. Click a revenue category to select or deselect it. You can select as many revenue categories as needed. You can also manage revenue categories from here:
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Direct Buy URL
Setting | Description |
Direct Buy URL | A direct buy URL for the session pass that can be added to your automated notifications, automated marketing campaigns, or your website. Clients who click the URL are brought directly to the purchase page for the membership in your store. Click Copy to clipboard to copy the URL. |
Termination
🔑 Key tips before you begin
These expiration settings are only available when customizing an individual Purchase Option in the client’s profile.
Memberships expire at 11:59 p.m. on their selected end date.
If a membership expires before the payment period is over, the payment isn’t automatically prorated because the full amount was already charged. You must manually issue a refund to resolve the issue. For more information, see Refunding a transaction or purchase.
Setting | Description |
Terminate | The membership will be removed from the client’s Passes & Memberships page on the date you select. |
Do not terminate | The membership will remain on the client’s Passes & Memberships page in their client profile. |