We believe that business owners should focus on their clients instead getting bogged down in administrative tasks. That's why we created Pike13.
With easy scheduling, client management, and payment processing, Pike13 – custom branded to fit your business' look and feel – makes it easy for you to manage your fitness or fine arts instruction business from any smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer. That way, you can focus your energy on growing your business and doing what you love.
Track sales, revenue, and retention rates with real-time reporting and analytics.
Track attendance counts, sign clients into class, update or confirm the class roster, and automate class waitlists.
Easily manage staff payroll, accounting for variable rates, tips, bonuses, and commissions.
Use client profiles to quickly view and update history, photos, notes, schedules, and payments, all available on a mobile-friendly platform. Text or email notifications let clients know if there are issues with their account, so you can address them before they become a bigger–and expensive–issue.
Accept payments and sell memberships on the go, and get less complex, less expensive, and transparent merchant processing with no hidden fees. Securely send, sign, and store digital client contracts and waivers through integration with Smartwaiver.
Brand and automate your email campaigns through integrations with BrandBot, MailChimp and Emma.
Avantages
No doubt, dependability of the system, being available but the support is really excellent. They know the system they support and response to issues as well as resolution is one of the best I've ever experienced.
Inconvénients
The system is applicable to private instruction businesses, such as music lessons, but the mindset of being able to adapt the system to bring the best user experience to people of the business world of the Arts, such as music education, can be a struggle and I have asked for some changes in future upgrades but have yet to see them. For example - being able to edit naming like clients to students, or allowing automatic attendance taken, enabling the instructor to only need to manually change for cancellations, etc. There needs to be a part of the applications design that can address the broader needs of their targeted customers, such as a music school and not a one size fits all, like an exercise business.
Hi David,
Thank you very much for your review and your feedback. We value you, Anita, and your business.
Please continue working with our team to provide feedback and suggestions on improvements. It is important for us to understand how businesses work and use cases as we create new features and enhancements to our product.
Thank you,
Cindy Schneider
Manager, Customer Success
Glad we made the switch to this program. Although it doesn't provide everything we need yet, and although there are some things that I'm still doing manually due to some functions not working like our company needs, it does seem that FrontDesk is making frequent updates and changes to their product to meet the needs of customers. So, I'm hopeful that the features id like to see improvements on will be happening soon. Customer service has been helpful in hearing my frustrations and has been good with helping me find temporary work-arounds. Overall pleased with the product!
Avantages
Easy to use and love the accessibility though the phone app. This has been a good program for our small company budget too.
Inconvénients
We find the reporting to be difficult. It's ok when you need to pull one bit of info but if you need multiple layers of info/filters in one report its near impossible. You essentially have to run multiple reports and then compile the data from those several reports to get the info you need. This may not be the case for everyone, but it has been for our company. Several of our necessary reports are impossible to get and I've had to do a lot of searching for info the very difficult and long way. Customer service folks have been helpful in trying to find alternate work arounds but the reporting is my biggest issue with FrontDesk.
Hi Krista,
Thank you so much for your review! I'm glad you're enjoying Front Desk so far and we really appreciate your feedback.
We plan to release some updates to our New Reporting that will make it easier for you to gain insights into the performance of your business. We'll share more info with you as soon as it's available to share.
Also, Front Desk has a mobile version that can be accessed within your browser on Android and other mobile devices. We are currently evaluating all aspects of our mobile experience and will keep you updated.
In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Care team at support@frontdeskhq.com.
Best,
Kris and the Front Desk team
Short story - I was glad to find a software that gave me a lot I needed, but as my music school offers primarily one on me, private lessons, the class/gym structure made it pretty difficult to configure for my purposes. Good news, is FD Support was a great help! Also, the business model I must use of not having employees, but self employed contracted teachers, adds more difficulties of complexity and lack of ways to incentivize them to carry out necessary functions. Although not a problem of FD, but never-the-less, an issue I must deal with.
Avantages
Overall, in spite of comments above, I do love what Front Desk offers in the way of reporting and communications with my customers...and the Support team is really amazingly helpful and always willing to do whatever it takes. THIS is a true pass of an excellent company , to not just offer a great product or service but BE THERE for the users.
Inconvénients
Again, my biggest issue is functionally in my business model, as the structure of FD is based more on class offering and not geared toward private, one on one, services. I would also like to see more functions in breakdown of what staff members can and can not do.
Hi David,
Thank you so much for your review! I'm happy you're enjoying Front Desk so far and appreciate your feedback about our Customer Care team.
Front Desk is designed to support businesses that offer both group classes and appointments.
It's been a while since we last chatted and I would like to schedule a call with you to learn more about your experience using our appointment functionality.
To schedule a time that works well for you, please email me at support@frontdeskhq.com and reference my reply to your review.
I look forward to speaking with you!
Best,
Kris and the Front Desk team
We looked at many others, from the low end to the very high end. We actually began deployment of another product and found that "the devil is in the details" - there were significant workarounds and changes to our business practices that would be required, and which we were not willing to make.
So we looked again, and found that, while not perfect, Front Desk did meet 100% of our "Must Have"s and the clear majority of our "Nice to Have" items without requiring us to squeeze into a predefined mold.
All the products out there have feature lists that sound great, but with most, the further we dug into actual implementation, the harder the task became. With Front Desk, instead I found that several of the business practices that make our school unique were handled very elegantly by the software. This is primarily due to the fact that Financials (payment plans, billing, etc.) are completely decoupled from Enrollments (maintaining Schedules, Attendance, etc). At first this was disorienting, but I soon realized it was the distinctive that provided much of the flexibility we needed.
Avantages
Very easy to use, modern / clean interface. The site is essentially identical on a Desktop and on Mobile devices. Note that some would say lack of an "App" was a Con (that was my first reaction) but the Mobile friendly website performs very well on all platforms.
Lots of flexibility around pricing models - per class as well as per instructor pricing, e.g. Prices, Discounts and Coupons are all clearly delineated in their roles and each is modifiable at time of sale. The Merchant Account Rates were the best we found also.
Viewing schedules for a few dozen teachers can be overwhelming; Front Desk has great flexibility in filtering the schedule (by person, activity, location, etc) as well as flexibility in presentation (list, day, week and month formats). Innovative use of colors also helps make attendance status clear at a glance.
I am also very pleased with how flexible the Customer view of the website is. The presentation of our "Course Catalog" can be very customizable, including defining what navigation tabs are available in the interface, etc.... not just what colors and icons are used! (We have yet to integrate the Front Desk website with our main site, but will do so next quarter.)
Inconvénients
The Payroll functionality appears good with one glaring exception, which is that it does not support hourly pay; instead, you use either commission rates or pay per task (as opposed to per hour). In other words, an instructor earning $20/hour must be separately configured to earn $15 for a 45 minute class and $10 for a 30 minute class. This makes payroll setup (and maintenance with changing rates) quite a bit more labor intensive. So, the system is flexible, but not very efficient. In our case, we've opted to use the reporting functionality to generate all payroll statistics we need, and roll them up in a spreadsheet, rather than take on the multiple Pay Rates per Instructor overhead. We can always adopt their Payroll tools later if we wish.
The Reporting function has apparently recently been revamped; the Interface has "Classic" and "New" Reports sections. So, my hope is that the New Reports functionality will be enhanced soon. The data content, and its filtering are very robust - however, right now there are still significant shortcomings; Column order/width cannot be adjusted, for instance. Reports can be grouped only at one level (by Instructor, or by ClassType, but not both).
These problems can all be worked around by using the Export to CSV or Excel to handle those requirements offline.
Hard copy printouts are also not very impressive for the schedules and reports, although they're functional.
Hi Mike,
Thank you so much for your review! I'm happy you're enjoying Front Desk so far and we really appreciate your feedback.
We plan to discontinue Classic reporting soon and are working on some updates to our New Reporting that will allow to you gain deeper insights into the performance of your business.
We'll share more info with you as soon as it's available to share.
In the meantime, please feel free to reach out to our Customer Care team at support@frontdeskhq.com.
Best,
Kris and the Front Desk team
Avantages
It allows our schools to run their business and track key information. We have worked with them to continue to evolve and fine tune this software to our unique business case and a lot of features have been added in the 4 years I have been administering it. Their reporting and API have also progressed over the years which as been a key component to allowing us to customize and expand functionality for our system.
Since this is one of our core platforms we have to be able to support our system/franchisees if issues come up, and their support team has always been super timely and helpful.
Inconvénients
As with any software, there are some growing pains and functionality that do not completely meet our unique needs. Their team has been committed to working with us to change this and as a result a lot of features have been added. In a perfect world we would like to be able to have more control over the reporting integrations, as well as global administration. We currently operate this software in 235 locations, 9 countries, and in 3 languages so there is a lot of visibility/functionality that we need. 2019 is a big year for us as we continue to grow as a business, so we look forward to working with Pike13 to help meet our needs.
Hello,
Thank you so much for taking the time to provide a review of our product. We value hearing from all of our customers and are happy that we are able to partner with your team and the schools.
Thank you,
Cindy Schneider
Director of Customer Success
Pike13 offers pricing that fits your business at a flat rate with no surprises. Depending on your business needs, Pike13 offers a Business or a Pro plan, ranging from $129/month to $179/month. Enterprise plans are also available — ask our sales team for custom pricing.
All plans include guided setup and training with a dedicated onboarding specialist, help migrating your data, a staff app and client kiosk app, a customer success manager, and access to our top-rated customer care team.
Schedule classes, workshops, and appointments with clients anywhere, anytime
Access and update client profiles — schedule, history, photos, notes — all on your mobile device.
Set alerts for billing issues you can address them before they get expensive.
Sign clients into sessions, update the roster, and verify participant counts.
Auto-enrollment and waitlists make scheduling easier for clients and increase retention.
Smart reporting offers clear, relevant, actionable data that helps you measure the health of your business.
99.9% platform uptime means business is always open.
A dedicated onboarding specialist guides you through software setup.
Pike13’s top-rated customer care team quickly addresses any issues.
Why did you first start your business? The answer probably has more to do with a passion for your skill or trade, if you’re like most entrepreneurs, and less to do with mundane tasks like client scheduling and collecting payments. Pike13 is a cloud-based solution that simplifies business management so you don’t have to get stuck in a mess of administrative tasks.
Built for personal services businesses, Pike13 gives you a way to manage your company from any smartphone, tablet, or desktop. The mobile platform delivers streamlined appointment scheduling, client management, attendance tracking, billing, and payment processing.
Pike13 is a mobile client management solution built for personal services businesses and franchises. The web-based platform lets you register clients for appointments and classes, accept payments, and manage your schedule, your clients, and your staff from any device. At the same time, Pike13 provides your clients with ways to see their own schedules, enroll in classes, manage their accounts, and make payments from any device.
By using Pike13 to manage day-to-day business tasks—like signing clients in to classes, collecting monthly payments, and electronically signing waivers—you can free up time to focus on your clients and your passion. This is especially true for businesses with multiple locations. Because Pike13 operates in the cloud, it can be deployed as a management solution at any number of business locations and even for businesses without a fixed location.
Pike13 offers tools for scheduling classes, workshops, and private appointments online. Not only can clients book these services through the web-based platform, but they can also change their own reservations and make payments, as well.
Before clients can begin scheduling classes at your business, you need to enter those classes into Pike13’s scheduling management system, including the name of the instructor, the time when the class is scheduled to take place, and the cost for each class. Clients who have purchased packages or plans can then make appointments through the integrated cloud-based system.
Client profiles give staff members a snapshot of each customer relationship. In most cases, client profiles include basic contact information, along with birth dates, profile photos, payment methods, and sign-in codes. You can also track and store liability waivers and release forms within their client profile modules.
The next time a client signs up for services at your business, create a new client profile to begin the relationship. In addition to adding profile photos, which help staff put a face to the name when checking clients into classes, you can also add public and private notes for staff to review.
Attendance tracking features enable staff to check clients into classes, update class rosters, and confirm class counts before training begins. Taking attendance in a class or course is important for the business because it ensures clients are paying you what you’ve earned.
As clients arrive for courses each day, they’re also able to check themselves in on your iPad app. Once the client arrives and the course has begun, Pike13 will deduct the visit from the client’s pass or plan. If a client hasn’t checked himself in for a course, the instructor can check the client in manually while taking attendance.
Pike13’s automated billing and payment features let your business securely accept payments with credit cards, direct deposit, and Paypal. Clients can purchase plans and passes, or pay for classes individually, depending on your business’s settings.
To process payments in Pike13, you need to create a merchant account. Pike13 encourages business users to process transactions through its partners, TransNational Bankcard and Gravity Payments. When your credit card processing has been activated, you can save your clients’ credit card information in Pike13 and avoid having to re-enter the information for each subsequent purchase.
Pike13 takes the information users have entered with regard to staff schedules and class lists and uses it to manage payroll. This feature is especially useful for businesses that pay staff based on the number of students enrolled in their courses.
After creating an appointment or a course in Pike13, choose the staff member who will provide the service. Business owners and managers can change the availability of staff members at any time. Staff members have the option to edit their own availability as well.
Pike13 integrates with other cloud-based business apps, including DocuSign, MailChimp, and Emma. By integrating Pike13 business management tools with these third-party applications, businesses can also reduce paperwork and automate email marketing.
Pike13 provides users with a free DocuSign account. You can use the eSignature app to securely send, sign, and store electronic documents—like waivers and other liability forms—in the cloud.
Pricing for Pike13 starts at $75 or 1% up to $10,000 in revenue per month and $2 per $1,000 over $10,000. Merchant processing fees for US-based businesses are a flat 2.4%. So if you sell $100 in services you’ll see $97.60 deposited in your bank account regardless of the type of credit cards used by your clients.
Handles essential business management tasks
Optimized for personal services businesses
Manages scheduling, billing, and payment processing
Pricing scales with your business as you grow
Mobile-friendly
Voici quelques-unes des questions fréquentes sur Pike13.
Types de licences disponibles pour Pike13 :
À partir de: 129,00 $US/mois
Type de licence: Abonnement
version d'essai gratuite: Disponible
Pike13 offers pricing that fits your business at a flat rate with no surprises. Depending on your business needs, Pike13 offers a Business or a Pro plan, ranging from $129/month to $179/month. Enterprise plans are also available — ask our sales team for custom pricing.
All plans include guided setup and training with a dedicated onboarding specialist, help migrating your data, a staff app and client kiosk app, a customer success manager, and access to our top-rated customer care team.
Fonctionnalités du logiciel Pike13 :
Utilisateurs habituels du logiciel Pike13 :
Auto-entrepreneurs, Grandes entreprises, Entreprises de taille moyenne, Non Profit, Administration publique, PME
Langues dans lesquelles Pike13 est disponible :
chinois (simplifié), néerlandais, anglais
Types de licences disponibles pour Pike13:
Abonnement
Appareils pris en charge par Pike13 :
Android, iPhone, iPad
Applications s'intégrant à Pike13 :
Bitium, Emma, Emma, Gmail, Google Calendar, Mailchimp, Microsoft Outlook, Ordyx, PayPal, Wordpress
Ressources d'aide disponibles pour Pike13 :
FAQ, Base de connaissances, Support en ligne, Support téléphonique
The best aspect Pike13 has brought to my business is organization of scheduling and billing, including how the business is doing. I would, however, like to see more qualifiers in the "Insight" dashboard, of monthly financials, customer growth, with a more drag and drop method of viewing what I want to see...in other words more of the quick snapshots that all businesses want to look at quickly, without making everything only buildable reporting, that I have to spend a lot ot time learning and creating, etc....more like QuickBooks, or typical Dashboard applications that display what's going on with the business.