Payments and Financial TrackingPurpose
1.2. Reduce manual workload for staff related to confirming payments via email, SMS, or app notification.
1.3. Provide a verifiable audit trail for financial interactions between club and members, minimizing disputes.
1.4. Facilitate faster member access to benefits activated by cleared payments (e.g., facility booking, lesson access).
1.5. Support integrated analytics for attendance, retention, and finance correlation.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Payment record updated in finance/club management software.
2.3. Webhook or API payload indicates “success” status for a transaction from payment gateway.
2.4. Manual payment confirmation marked “received” in admin interface.
Platform Variants
• Feature: Programmable Messaging API
• Setting: Configure API trigger on payment event; payload—recipient phone, payment data, template message.
3.2. SendGrid
• Feature: Transactional Email API
• Setting: Trigger automation via webhook; use dynamic template with payer’s details (name, amount, club info).
3.3. Mailgun
• Feature: Email Sending API
• Setting: Event webhook connects to Mailgun endpoint; template auto-populates with payment data.
3.4. Slack
• Feature: Incoming Webhooks
• Setting: Webhook posts payment confirmation to member’s channel/DM.
3.5. WhatsApp Business API
• Feature: Message API
• Setting: Triggered template message sent to member on payment completion.
3.6. Discord
• Feature: Bot API
• Setting: Bot DM to user or club channel when payment confirmed event is received.
3.7. Microsoft Teams
• Feature: Connector/Webhook
• Setting: Send payment notification to member’s Teams account or group.
3.8. Pusher
• Feature: Push Notifications
• Setting: Push message event fires in club member app/web portal.
3.9. Firebase Cloud Messaging
• Feature: Push Notification API
• Setting: Trigger message to member’s registered device(s) on payment event.
3.10. OneSignal
• Feature: Automated Messaging
• Setting: Hook OneSignal API to fire personalized push notifications on payment status change.
3.11. ActiveCampaign
• Feature: Automation Workflow
• Setting: When payment tag is added via webhook/API, start email or SMS sequence.
3.12. HubSpot
• Feature: Workflow Automation
• Setting: Trigger transactional workflow or alert when payment property is updated.
3.13. Zapier
• Feature: Payment Trigger + SMS/Email Action
• Setting: Use Stripe/PayPal trigger, push member details to chosen comms platform automatically.
3.14. PayPal IPN
• Feature: Instant Payment Notification
• Setting: Configure listener to detect completed status; fire to notification endpoint.
3.15. Stripe
• Feature: Webhook Events
• Setting: Listen for ‘payment_intent.succeeded’; call notification API with member details.
3.16. Google Chat
• Feature: Incoming Webhook
• Setting: Post confirmation message to member’s chat thread/group.
3.17. Klaviyo
• Feature: Flow Triggered Email
• Setting: Initiate flow when payment event/membership segment tag is updated.
3.18. Intercom
• Feature: Messages API
• Setting: Automated message to user inbox when payment event fires.
3.19. Zoho CRM
• Feature: Blueprint/Workflow
• Setting: Update status, trigger email/SMS workflow on payment information change.
3.20. Salesforce
• Feature: Process Builder
• Setting: Detect opportunity/payment closure, initiate notification outbound (email/SMS).
3.21. Plivo
• Feature: SMS API
• Setting: On webhook payment event, send SMS with customizable template.
3.22. Mandrill (Mailchimp)
• Feature: Transactional Messaging API
• Setting: Hook payment received to send transactional confirmation email with receipt.
Benefits
4.2. Reduces costly and error-prone manual communication by staff.
4.3. Enables detailed records for compliance, accounting, and customer service follow-up.
4.4. Supports timely access to club services conditional on payment status.
4.5. Scalable for large member bases—one integration to broadcast notifications automatically.
4.6. Customizable messaging per member, adaptable across communication channels and preferences.