Membership renewal methods

   Thanks all for the responses, I'll take a look at web collect and make some suggestions to the club.

Like Royal Harwich YC my old club had gradual structure of payments based on age which I always liked. At the time of joining (post uni) it certainly was a deciding factor, along with no joining fee and good friendly club racing/atmosphere.

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tom425 Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 28 Sep 09 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Post Options Post Reply Quote tom425 Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Membership renewal methods Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 9:17am
	Thanks all for the responses, I'll take a look at web collect and make some suggestions to the club. Like Royal Harwich YC my old club had gradual structure of payments based on age which I always liked. At the time of joining (post uni) it certainly was a deciding factor, along with no joining fee and good friendly club racing/atmosphere.

SCM Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote SCM Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 9:37am
	When new members are joining it seems only fair to offer them pro rata rate depending on when they join during the year. Even better than a straight line pro rata rate is to band the pricing so that joining towards the end of the membership period when the main sailing season is over and there is less activity is at a lower rate and encourages new members to join straight away rather than waiting for the start of the new season.
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SCM Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Newbie Joined: 19 Jan 17 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Post Options Post Reply Quote SCM Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 9:44am
	We would dales recommend offering members a range of ways to pay. With bank branches closing at an increasing rate, direct bank transfers and on-line payments are becoming more relevant and convenient. Whilst you shouldn't enforce any one payment method, you should certainly offer easy ways to pay which most people are used to using for paying bills and shopping generally.
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RS400atC Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 04 Dec 08 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3011	Post Options Post Reply Quote RS400atC Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jan 17 at 10:16am
	I really cannot see what is hard with paying by internet banking transfer.The main thing is to get people to use a sensible payment reference like membership number and surname, to give the memb sec a chance of seeing who's paid. Dropping them an email at the same time helps too. Our subs are not so high that monthly payment is needed, but I think the yacht owners who have moorings can pay that way. That possibly gives the club a balance of yearly and monthly income. Bear in mind that some free bank accounts for businesses only allow x amount of transactions before charges kick in.