Free play, reduced rates, booking priority, quotas by sport or by time: every club has its own formulas, and no two are alike. SportFinder sets them up once, then applies them to every booking — no exceptions to remember, no arguments at the desk.
The veterans’ team on Mondays at 7pm and the membership card that gives access to the reduced rate have nothing in common — except the name they are given at the desk. SportFinder handles both, separately, so each one does its job properly.
The same court, the same day, at the same time, over a whole period. It is a series of bookings set up from the calendar: each occurrence can be managed — cancelled, moved — without breaking the series. The tool for teams, schools and the Monday-night regulars.
A product the club sells, online or at the desk, which gives benefits to a named player: free play or reduced rates, booking priority, quotas. No fixed time — the member books whenever they like, and their benefits go with them.
A SportFinder membership is not a line in a spreadsheet: it is a set of rules the booking engine applies by itself, on every booking.
The price is calculated per player present: four members on court, €0; three members and a guest, only the guest pays their share. A fixed member rate, whatever the rest of the group, also exists — both models are configured per club.
The diary opens earlier for your members: they choose their slot before everyone else. The detail — why and how — is just below.
So many free or member-rate bookings per day, per week, per month or per year — and beyond that, the rule you choose: block, or switch to a fallback rate.
Several formulas per membership, each with its own price, label and number of beneficiaries — and a pro-rata price for anyone joining mid-season.
A membership is only worth something if the member finds a court. The booking window sets how many days ahead the diary opens — and it can open earlier for your members. The Saturday 6pm slot goes to a member, not to a one-night visitor.
Two weeks ahead for members, one for everyone else — an example: each club sets its own windows, by formula, by time or by court.
The quota is what makes a membership sellable: the member knows what they have, the club knows what it gives. Each quota counts bookings over the window of your choice — per day, per week, per month, per year, or at any one time.
A used-up quota is not necessarily a refusal. You can block the booking until the next window — or allow the overrun at a fallback rate: the member keeps playing, the court keeps selling, and the membership benefit keeps its value.
1 used · 1 left this week
Example prices. Each switch is a setting: block, or let them play at your fallback rate.
Each quota carries its own criteria, and several quotas can coexist — the one with the highest priority applies. Enough to write your club’s exact rule, not an approximation.
Two padel bookings a week, without touching squash: a multi-sport centre sets each discipline separately.
A tight quota at peak hours, a generous one off-peak — your members fill the slots that need it.
The centre court outside the member quota, the outdoor courts included — or the other way round: the counter can target only certain resources.
Your contact groups act as a filter: one quota for the padel school, another for competitive players, another for everyone else.
The entry formula opens two bookings a week, the higher formula four: the quota is tied to the product you sell.
A group of clubs can pool the counter: the member uses their quota at either site, with a single reset.
A membership takes the money at the start of the period and brings the player back all season — cash flow you can plan, courts that fill up during the week. What your formulas could bring in at your club, we work out on the demo, using your data.
One player books and names their three partners. Each player’s membership applies automatically — and nobody else needs a SportFinder account.
Who has to confirm for the court to be locked in? Two modes, a slider between ease and control — and the choice is yours.
The person booking enters their partners’ names; the booking is confirmed instantly.
Each named player confirms their own participation before the court is locked in.
And it is not an all-or-nothing choice for the whole club: the configuration engine adapts the rule case by case — by formula, by time, by group. Misuse is dealt with without drama: less priority, more control.
A lent membership is a member rate given to someone who has not paid for it. The answer fits in a photo: the club can ask each member to complete their virtual membership card, ID photo included.
If your regulars want the same court at the same time every week, that is a recurring booking: a series of bookings set up from the calendar. If you want to sell a member status — reduced rates, booking priority, quotas — that is a membership. SportFinder handles both, and many clubs combine them: a recurring booking for the slot, a membership for the benefits.
No. A single player books and names their partners: each person’s membership applies automatically, account or not. A membership taken out at the club desk counts just as much as one bought online — handy for regulars who do not want an app.
You decide. Either the booking is blocked until the next window, or it switches to a fallback rate you set: the member keeps playing, paying their share. And the quota can be relaxed at the last minute, so that a court that is still free does not stay that way.
No. The quota only counts court hire: a member who takes a lesson or signs up for a camp does not see their included bookings shrink as a result.
Three safeguards, to be balanced to suit your club: named bookings (each place is tied to an identified player), the confirmation mode — instant or player by player — and the virtual membership card with photo, which makes an identity check on court immediate.
Memberships are part of our padel club management software, alongside online booking and payments & point of sale. Sales and renewals can be followed in your statistics, and every rule — window, quota, confirmation — is set club by club. Your club is also visible in the SportFinder directory.
30 minutes, your real formulas: we set up a membership — rates, priority, quotas — and watch it apply to a booking.
