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Cut the cost of taking gym payments

Chase personal bests, not payments

Everything your gym needs to take the admin out of collecting memberships, trusted by over 100,000 businesses with a 97.3% first-time success rate*.

Whether you're a gym owner feeling the weight of failed payments or fed up with high card fees, find helpful guides, demo videos, and a cost calculator to help you make serious payment gains.

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  • Collect 97.3% of recurring membership payments on the first try.*

  • Time saved on manual admin and chasing payments for businesses using GoCardless.

  • Improve your cash flow and get paid 47% faster with automated payments.

  • Connect to platforms you already use like Teamup, Glofox, ClubRight, and more.

*GoCardless Payment Success Rates, 2025, **IDC, 2020

Why payments make or break memberships

What gym members actually want in 2026

Survey data from your members on why they join, why they stay, and what keeps them coming back.

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The member retention playbook

Six data-driven steps to retain members at a higher rate and cut down on silent churn.

Why gym membership admin takes so long

From joining fees to failed payments, see where your team's time goes and how to get it back.

Lifestyle Fitness reduced failed payments

Lifestyle Fitness digitised their recurring payment collection to reduce monthly reporting from three weeks to five days. Here’s how.

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Start collecting memberships automatically and get your time and money back. Setup takes minutes, with no commitments.

How bank payments are saving gyms time

Prospr Health eliminates the chase

“Setting that up as a monthly subscription service aligns with what I'm trying to do. It allows me to keep clients on for longer.” Charles Peck, Founder, Prospr Health

Should your gym use Direct Debit and bank payments?

Collect memberships automatically and take joining fees alongside them. See how it works and whether it suits your gym.

One Element cut admin to 1-2 hours

“Managing memberships and processing payments used to take two to three full weeks a month now that’s down to just one or two hours a week.” Tom Marien - Owner, One Element

Direct Debit that works the way your gym does

End late payments

Direct Debit is simple to set up and easy to manage. A huge time-saver for your team and your members.

No more chasing

Automate payment recovery on the day your members are most likely to have funds with Success+. Avoid the awkward conversations and get hours back.

Flexibility for cash flow

Pause or edit a membership at any time and offer instalments for blocks of classes or PT sessions.

Skip expensive card fees

GoCardless collects payments directly from your customers' bank accounts, meaning no more card fees.

How gyms collect new memberships

Connecting your gym software is easy

Six reasons to integrate GC with your gym software

Pause memberships, edit prices, split packages into instalments, and cut admin. See why gyms connect GoCardless to their software.

Use Glofox or Teamup?

Integrate with the tools you already use to manage your business and remove the stress.

How to set up GoCardless for your gym or fitness studio

Set up your account, connect your software, and start collecting memberships and joining fees together.

Your payments training plan

Less admin, more training. These short videos show you exactly how to set up and use GoCardless, so you can get back to the gym sooner.

How to create a subscription template

Set up recurring memberships and different levels or tiers, including upfront payments and joining fees.

How to add a one-off payment to a subscription

Add a joining fee to your membership subscriptions for a simpler customer experience.

How to pause a subscription

Injury, holiday or a break? Pause a member's subscription and resume it when they're back.

56% lower average cost per transaction*

  • Core features

    Standard

    1% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€4 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over ÂŁ2,000

    2% +ÂŁ0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • Collect one-off and recurring payments seamlessly

    • Collect international payments from 30+ countries with the real exchange rate (powered by Wise)

    • Use GoCardless with an API, our dashboard or integrate with 350+ partner softwares, such as Xero, Sage or QuickBooks

    • Include your branding on the customer sign-up form

  • Enhanced payment protection

    Advanced

    Popular

    1.25% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€5 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over ÂŁ2,000

    2.25% +ÂŁ0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • All Standard benefits plus

    • Reduce failed payments through intelligent retries

    • Verify new customers' bank account details instantly at checkout

    • Design a tailored customer experience, from your own payment pages to email notifications (additional fees apply)

  • End-to-end fraud protection

    Pro

    1.4% + £/€0.20 per transaction

    Max. price cap £/€5.60 per transaction

    +0.3% added to transactions over ÂŁ2,000

    2.4% +ÂŁ0.20 for international

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    Prices exclude VAT

    Benefits

    • All Standard and Advanced benefits plus

    • Prevent fraud by intelligently identifying and verifying risky payers

    • Resolve fraud by monitoring and challenging chargebacks

  • Fully customised package

    Custom

    For businesses with large payment volumes or requiring a bespoke solution with dedicated support

    Volume discounts

    Premium white labelling

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    Benefits

    • All Standard, Advanced and Pro benefits plus:

    • Dedicated end-to-end customer success

    • Unlock discounts as you scale transaction volume

    • Option to commit volume or pay as you go

*IDC White Paper

Let your payments do the heavy lifting

Fewer lapsed memberships. Failed payments, spotted and sorted. 

Get started with GoCardless today and give your team plenty of time back.

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GoCardless Ltd (company registration number 07495895) is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, registration number 597190, for the provision of payment services.