This article and video will describe Membership Expiration dates, explain what they mean, and show where to find them.
What is a Membership Expiration Date?
Membership expiration dates are driven by a members agreement and determine if a member is "active". A paid in full agreement or an agreement that does not auto-renew will set a members expiration date, and after that date, the member will no longer be considered an active member.
An expiration date on an auto-renewing evergreen agreement may display as an expiration date or end date, however that date will automatically update each time a new invoice is created or payment is made.
Membership Expiration for Month-to-Month Agreements
When members are on month to month - either from the start or after their contract term ends - ClubReady is creating their next month's invoice automatically as an auto-renewal (evergreen). A member being active or inactive (past member) is only determined by one factor - their membership expiration date.
With month to month - this is extended out one month as every new month rolls around.
This setting determines how that extension of their membership expiration date works.
It can occur only when they pay - this means if they happen to late pay their membership expiration date will not extend out another month and they will go inactive. This can result in misleading numbers of how many current members there are. Of course, once they pay they would go back to active.
The other option is to extend this date whenever a new invoice is created - this means they will essentially never go to inactive (into past member status) even if they do not pay. Only stopping the auto-renew/cancelling the agreement will stop this date automatically extending each month. This works better for many clubs because late pays on month-to-month members does not alter their count of active members. Past due members are always flagged on check-in regardless.
Navigate to Setup > Sales > Sales Settings to view and manage.
Where Can I Find A Member's Expiration Date?
Membership expiration dates can be found in the client summary page. Go to member lookup and search for a members name. Under their name and age you will see the end date which is the expiration date, but you will have to check the agreement to see if it is in auto renew or not.
Use the Agreements tab to view the agreement description, and if needed, go to Full Details to view if the agreement is in auto-renew. You can also tell from the Invoices Tab. The green leaf indicates that the expiration date will auto advance.
Expiration dates can also be viewed under the All detail page, in the information panel on the left.
They can also be seen at the check-in monitor. Go to Main > Check In Monitor. You'll see here a Paid Thru Date. This is again the expiration date, but the check-in monitor does tell you if the agreement is in evergreen status by the green leaf next to the date.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. Can I manually change a customer expiration date?
Yes. You can edit a customer expiration date from the All Detail page. Status appears in the information panel on the left of the All Detail page. By clicking the edit pencil next to Status, you are able to enter an expiration date.
2. What happens to an expiration date when a customer is past due?
Expiration date for a past due customer will depend on their auto-renewal status.
An expiration date remains unchanged for a paid in full agreement or an agreement that has not auto-renewed.
An expiration date will not advance until balance is paid on an auto-renewing evergreen agreement.