Every studio with a healthy book of repeat clients hits the same operational wall: those clients keep coming back, but every booking is still its own one-off transaction. New checkout. New invoice. New back-and-forth about dates. Predictable revenue, completely unpredictable workflow.
And on the admin side, there's a smaller-but-just-as-annoying problem: the rules that protect your customer-facing booking flow (cutoff times, buffers, slot blockers) also get in the team's way when they need to manually fix a schedule, make a same-day call, or log a booking after the session has already happened.
This release tackles both. One headline feature for your revenue model. One quiet quality-of-life upgrade for your admin team.
What's New This Release
π¦ Subscriptions, Rebuilt for Recurring Studio Plans
Subscriptions have been fully refactored to support real recurring monthly plans with a predefined number of sessions: the kind your repeat clients actually want, and the kind your business needs to build sustainable, predictable revenue.
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What admins can configure:
- Public subscription plans with full visibility and branding on your studio's homepage
- Session details baked into the plan β duration, base service, add-ons
- Tiered packages by session count (e.g. 2 sessions/month, 4 sessions/month, 8 sessions/month)
- Multiple renewal periods (monthly, quarterly, annual) with individual discount levels per period
- Automatic billing handled end-to-end via Stripe Connect β no manual invoicing, no chasing
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What your clients see:
- Browse and filter subscription plans directly from your studio's homepage
- Purchase the plan that fits their cadence in a few clicks
- Manage their included sessions β cancel and reschedule following your standard booking rules
Why it matters: Studios with repeat clients needed a way to offer predictable, recurring access to studio time without relying on ad-hoc bookings. The new subscription system brings a fully managed billing lifecycle, reduces administrative overhead, and gives studios the infrastructure to build long-term client relationships instead of chasing one-off sessions.
π§ Admin Booking β Without the Constraints You Don't Need
Admin workflows often require flexibility that standard booking rules just don't allow. Forcing your team through the same friction as a customer creates real drag when they're manually managing the schedule.
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Admins can now:
- Bypass cutoff times β book a session that would have been "too late" for a regular customer
- Toggle off buffer time for an admin-made booking, when back-to-back is actually what you need
- Have slot blockers ignore buffer time, so the team can fit a booking into a gap a customer wouldn't see
- Create bookings retroactively β log a session that already happened, without fighting the system
Why it matters: Your customer-facing booking rules are there for a reason β protecting buffers, cutoffs, and the integrity of the calendar. But your admin team isn't a customer. This update gives them the control to manage edge cases cleanly, without weakening the rules that apply to everyone else.
π See It For Yourself
For subscriptions: Head into your Podyx admin panel β Subscriptions to start configuring your first recurring plan. Make sure your Stripe Connect integration is active before you publish anything.
For admin booking flexibility: The new constraint toggles appear in the admin booking flow automatically β open a new booking from the admin panel and you'll see the additional controls.
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Want a walkthrough of the new subscriptions system and the admin booking flexibility β plus a tour of how Podyx ties them into your full operational layer? Book a free 30-minute session with our team.
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Try Podyx free for 30 days and put recurring subscription plans to work in your studio from day one. Stripe Connect, automatic billing, full admin flexibility β all included. No credit card required.
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