Monthly memberships, grading fees, seminars and gear — one place, no percentage taken.
A dojo with sixty students on $120 a month is turning over about $7,200 — and handing roughly $240 of it to a processor every single month, forever. That is a mat, or a set of pads, or a seminar guest’s flight, going out the door annually as a rounding error on somebody else’s balance sheet.
Most schools already take Zelle from the parents who offer it. The awkward part is knowing who has actually paid this month, which is why the whiteboard in the office still exists.
The whole year, not just tuition.
Recurring invoices that go out on schedule, with reminders when they go unpaid.
Who is active, who has lapsed, and when each membership expires — in one list.
A one-off form per test, with tiers by belt level if the fee varies.
Ticketed events with capacity limits, so you stop taking registrations when the mat is full.
A small store for gis, belts and pads, with pickup at the dojo.
Custom fields collect emergency contacts, medical notes and parental consent at signup.
Zelle cannot auto-charge. There is no stored card and no mandate — so a recurring membership on Zelle means an invoice goes out automatically each month and the student sends the payment. AxeFee generates and sends the request, chases it with reminders, and matches the payment when it arrives, but a person still taps send.
If you want dues to leave the account without anyone acting, that requires a card subscription. You can run card through your own Stripe account alongside Zelle and let families choose — the ones who prefer bank transfer will save you the fee, and the ones who want automatic will keep it automatic.
Yes — quantities and multiple tiers in one checkout, so siblings go through together.
Yes, with promo codes that can be limited to specific items or uses.
No. They open a link, fill in the form and pay.
It still matches on name and amount. If it genuinely can’t be identified it lands in a review queue rather than being lost.
No percentage fees, ever. Free for 25 payments a month, $29/month flat above that — and free with unlimited payments for nonprofits.