How to set up auto-renewing memberships.
Timeo offers two kinds of renewal: a card charged automatically through your own Stripe account, and manual subscriptions where Timeo reminds the member to pay each cycle.
- Who it is for
- Owners and managers
- Plan
- Advance and Team
Renew by card through Stripe
- Open Membership plans and click the plan, or click New plan and choose Membership.
- Set Length in days to whole months (30, 60, 90 or 365) or whole weeks.
- Switch on Auto-renew by card (Stripe). The hint shows how often the card is charged.
- Click Save.
- When a member buys this plan online, they pay on a Stripe page and the membership extends itself after every successful charge.
Manual subscriptions
Open Subscriptions (gyms: Members > Subscriptions; salons, barbers and clinics: Messages > Subscriptions; other businesses: Marketing > Subscriptions). It appears once Marketing & promotions is switched on in Settings > Features.
- Under New subscription, choose the Customer, type a Plan name and Amount, and pick Renews (Weekly or Monthly).
- Click Create subscription.
- Use Pause, Resume, Cancel at period end or Cancel now on each row. Card subscriptions carry a Stripe card badge.
What your customers see
- Card members are charged on their renewal date without doing anything.
- For manual subscriptions, members get a reminder with a link to pay when a cycle is due, by push in the member app, or by WhatsApp or email if they do not use the app.
Common problems
- The auto-renew switch is greyed out.
- It only works for a Membership whose length is whole months (30, 60, 90 days or 365) or whole weeks.
- How does a member stop a card renewal?
- Members cancel at the front desk. Find the row in Subscriptions and click Cancel at period end so they keep access until the paid period ends.
Related guides
- How to create a membership plan or class pack
- How to approve plans members buy by transfer or at the counter
- Payments and invoices
More in Memberships and packages, or start with the getting started guide. Still stuck? Contact us.