They see you Tuesday.
Their bill went out Sunday.
You run a studio, a class, a service that families show up to every week. Settle handles the monthly billing so you can focus on the people who walk through your door.
Sunrise Studio · May roster
42 families · 67 students
The Patel family
2 kids · ballet, jazz
The Chen family
1 kid · tap class
The Rodriguez family
2 kids · contemporary, hip-hop
The Brennan family
1 kid · pre-ballet
The Singh family
3 kids · multiple classes
The Kim family
1 kid · ballet
+ 36 more families
Your community
Your students are your community.
Your billing shouldn't make it awkward.
You see these families every week. The kid takes the class. The parent forgets to pay. Friday rolls around and you have to choose between an awkward conversation and a late rent check.
Settle sends the invoice, sends the reminder, and handles the money side. You stay the person who teaches the class.
The awkward way
“Hey Lisa, sorry to bring this up at pickup, but I noticed Maya's tuition for April...”
You. At Friday class. Embarrassed.
The Settle way
“Hi Lisa, a friendly reminder that Maya's April tuition is due. Pay here.”
From your studio's billing system. Sent automatically. Paid by Tuesday.
The promise
The system sends the reminder.
Not you.
Parents get a professional billing experience. You keep the personal relationship. That's the whole product.
A typical month
What a month at Sunrise Studio looks like.
Forty-two families. Two reminders. Zero awkward Friday-after-class conversations.
42 families billed automatically
Sent overnight. Every household, same monthly rhythm.
30 families paid
Most pay within a week. You see the green checkmarks during your morning coffee.
Eight families nudged
A gentle reminder goes out. From your studio, not from you.
Six more families paid
The reminder worked. No awkward conversation at class.
Two families need follow-up
A firmer reminder is queued. You decide whether to send it before next week's class.
Month closes
$11,200 received from 42 families. You taught every class.
Common questions
What every studio owner asks.
Question
How do I bring up unpaid tuition without making class awkward?
You don't have to. Settle sends the reminder for you, gently first, firmer after. The parent gets a courteous email from your studio, not a text from you. By Tuesday's class, the money is settled or the parent has already responded.
Heads-up reminder
5 days before due
Friendly nudge
On due date
Quick check-in
Day 3 past due
From your studio. Not from you.
Question
What if a family wants to pay by Venmo or hand me a check?
Mark it paid in your roster. Pick the method: Venmo, check, cash, Zelle. The invoice closes. The family stays out of the overdue list. Your history stays complete.
Patel family · $240
May tuition
Mark as paid via
Question
How do I know who's paid this month without checking 40 emails?
One screen. Forty rows. Each family with a status: paid, sent, overdue. You glance at the roster between classes and know what's happening.
May roster
3 of 5 paid
The Patel family
Paid
The Chen family
Paid
The Rodriguez family
Paid
The Brennan family
Sent
The Singh family
Overdue
Question
What about families who pause for the summer?
Pause the recurring schedule for July and August. Settle stops sending. The family stays in your roster. When fall starts, you flip it back on and the rhythm picks up where it left off.
The Chen family
Summer pause
Jun 1
Sent
Jul 1
Paused
Aug 1
Paused
Sep 1
Resumes
Question
What if a parent pays for two kids on one invoice?
Put both kids as line items on the parent's monthly invoice. One bill, two enrollments, one payment. The parent never gets confused. You never get confused either.
The Patel family · May
Single invoice for both kids
Maya · ballet
$120
Arjun · jazz
$120
Total
$240
Monday morning, before the first class
Forty families. One quiet view.
Paid families, reminders queued, paused summer enrollments, sibling invoices grouped. The whole studio at a glance, before the door opens.
Sunrise Studio · May
42 families · 67 students
Roster · 8 of 42 shown
Patel
Maya + Arjun · 2 enrolled
Paid
Chen
Lily · summer pause
Paused
Rodriguez
Mateo + Sofia · 2 enrolled
Paid
Brennan
Owen
Sent
Singh
Aria + Veer + Diya · 3 enrolled
Overdue
Kim
Ji-ho
Paid
Mendoza
Camila
Paid
Johnson
Ella + Noah · 2 enrolled
Paid
Collected this month
$9,420
of $11,200 billed
Outstanding
$1,780
4 families
Recent
Kim · Venmo received
7m ago
Mendoza · paid by card
2h ago
Singh · reminder sent
Yesterday
Between classes, between students, between coffees. In Settle, families are contacts and tuition is an invoice.
As you grow
From one teacher to a real studio.
The system that handles forty families handles four hundred just as quietly.
When
When families start drifting late
Then
Open Cash Pulse
Know who pays on time, who drifts, and who's two months behind. Catch the change at month two, not month six.
Learn more →When
When you add a second instructor or class
Then
Add line items per enrollment
Both kids, both classes, both instructors on one parent invoice. Or split, if a family prefers.
When
When the supplies vendor starts billing you
Then
Use Settle Intake
Your vendors submit through your branded link. Sanctions and fraud checks run before any bill lands in your inbox.
Learn more →When
When sending forty invoices a month becomes the bottleneck
Then
Hand it to a Revenue agent
The agent drafts and sends each cycle, within your spending caps and approved family list. You stay in control of every rule.
Learn more →Built for
Services that families show up to every week.
Run the studio.
Let Settle handle the rest.
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