Recurring payment and subscription processing

Purpose

1.1. Automate the entire recurring payment and subscription processing for aquatic centres in multi-sport aquatics, handling automated billing cycles, payment collection, failed payment recovery, invoicing, membership status updates, notifications, and financial reporting.
1.2. Enables end-to-end automation of new member onboarding, renewal charges, subscription upgrades/downgrades, automated email/SMS reminders, expired payment method automation, and integrates payments with accounting and CRM automatedly.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated schedule for recurring intervals (monthly, quarterly, annual, custom).
2.2. Automated detection of expiring payment method.
2.3. Automated failed payment event.
2.4. Membership or subscription renewal dates triggered.
2.5. New member joins/aquatic service enrollment.

Platform Variants

3.1. Stripe
• Feature/Setting: Billing → Subscriptions API; configure webhook notifications for payment_success and payment_failed events for automated triggers.
3.2. PayPal
• Feature/Setting: Subscriptions API; automated webhook for recurring_payment_succeeded and recurring_payment_failed.
3.3. Square
• Feature/Setting: Subscriptions endpoint with automated webhooks for payment and invoice status updates.
3.4. Braintree
• Feature/Setting: Automated Recurring Billing API configuration; webhook for transaction events.
3.5. Authorize.Net
• Feature/Setting: Automated Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) API; configure webhooks for automated payment status.
3.6. GoCardless
• Feature/Setting: Subscriptions API; create subscriptions, automate payment failure events.
3.7. Zoho Subscriptions
• Feature/Setting: Automated subscription and payment workflows with API triggers.
3.8. Recurly
• Feature/Setting: Automated Recurly.js + Webhooks for billing and subscription updates.
3.9. Chargebee
• Feature/Setting: Automate Plan renewals/Invoices using Events API and webhooks.
3.10. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: Automate invoice creation and payment receive API, linking to membership renewal triggers.
3.11. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Automated Invoices + Payments API triggers connected to subscription schedule.
3.12. Mindbody
• Feature/Setting: Automated Memberships endpoint integration for recurring services and payment.
3.13. GymMaster
• Feature/Setting: Automated direct debit and recurring billing functions; configure webhooks for status.
3.14. TeamSnap
• Feature/Setting: Payment Automation workflow, connect invoices to member triggers.
3.15. FreshBooks
• Feature/Setting: Automated Recurring Invoices API; configure triggers for auto-reminders and payments.
3.16. Wave
• Feature/Setting: Automate Recurring Billing, connected to customer cards, with reminder automation.
3.17. Zoho Books
• Feature/Setting: Recurring Invoices and Payment APIs, automate overdue notices sent via built-in triggers.
3.18. Aluvii
• Feature/Setting: Automated memberships module; configure recurring payments and reminder emails.
3.19. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Automated Recurring Transactions, trigger payment runs for subscriptions.
3.20. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Recurring Payments trigger via Process Builder and Payment API automation.
3.21. Chargify
• Feature/Setting: Automated Recurring Billing events and webhook notifications to automate follow-ups.
3.22. Paddle
• Feature/Setting: Automated Subscriptions API, webhooks for failed payments, status changes, and renewals.
3.23. Mollie
• Feature/Setting: Automated Recurring payments and webhook for mandates.
3.24. Adyen
• Feature/Setting: Use Recurring Payment API, configure recurring detailReference and notifications.

Benefits

4.1. Automates time-consuming payment cycles to reduce manual intervention and errors.
4.2. Increases on-time payments with automated card expiry and failed payment reminders.
4.3. Automates membership management and renewal, keeping aquatic centre revenue predictable.
4.4. Supports seamless customer experience with automated notifications, upgrades, downgrades, and renewals.
4.5. Integrated automation with accounting for reconciled financial records and cash flow insights.
4.6. Improves administrative efficiency, making aquatics payments, follow-up, and reporting automatable processes.
4.7. Supports scaling membership operations without increased staff, as all recurring billing can be automatedly managed.
4.8. Reduces risk of missed payments or lapsed memberships through end-to-end automating chain linking CRM, finance, and messaging.