Types of Memberships
A membership is what connects a person to a program, sets how long they can attend, and drives the billing. Choosing the right type up front saves a lot of correcting later.
Every membership starts as a Membership Template — build it once, use it for everyone.
Membership Template Structure
The Membership Template is composed of the following:
- Type – Select whether the Membership is for Students (Individual) or Prospects (Trial)
- Title – Enter the title of the Membership, this title will be visible to students and on Landing Pages. Optional, Add a description.
- Duration – Length of the Membership.
- Connected Programs – Programs the membership has access to.
- Agreement Templates – Contracts or Waivers everyone who is assigned the Membership must sign.
- Billing Type – One Time Payment, Recurring Payments, or No Charge
- Base Price & Registration Fee – Pricing Details that will be applied with the Membership
- Revenue Stream – Revenue Streams help you filter your Finance Reports. You can use a general Memberships revenue stream or create your own more specific Revenue Streams.
The three durations
| Duration | End date | Use for |
| Unlimited | None | Ongoing month-to-month tuition. Most students. |
| Limited Term | A fixed date | 6-month and 12-month contracts, seasonal programs |
| Only x Attendances | When the classes run out | Punch cards, class packs, private lesson blocks |
Unlimited memberships show “None” as their end date. That’s correct — they don’t expire.
Only x Attendances works like a punch card. Ten private lessons, paid up front, counted down as the student checks in. These require a program, because attendances have to be attributed to something.
Trial Memberships
A separate type, for prospects. Set an end date, an attendance limit, or both — whichever comes first ends the trial.
A prospect can hold one active trial at a time. Trials can carry a one-time charge but can’t have a recurring billing. See How to Add a Trial Membership.
More than one membership
A student can hold several at once, and often should. Someone might have an unlimited Karate membership and a 10-class private lesson punch card running alongside it. Each has its own duration, program, and billing.
Family Memberships
One membership covering several people in a family, applied to the family profile rather than to each individual.
Create a Membership Template with No Billing, and a duration of Unlimited or Limited Term — family memberships can’t be attendance-based. Then apply it from the family profile and choose which members it covers.
Association Memberships
If your school belongs to an association that has an arrangement with Kicksite, association memberships are tracked separately. See How to Add and Track Association Memberships.
Where to see them
- Memberships List — every membership at your school, filterable by status, program, and template. Quick Links → Memberships → School Memberships.
- The Dashboard — Soon to Expire, Expired, and No Active Membership modules, each exportable via Actions → Export.
- A profile — the Memberships module, showing current and past.
The Dashboard modules are the ones to work from. Soon to Expire is a renewal conversation list; No Active Membership is usually a sign-up someone didn’t finish.