Classes
SimpleSpa Classes lets you run group sessions — fitness classes, yoga, workshops, group treatments — with online booking, payments, roster management, and dashboard visibility built in.
This section covers the latest additions to the Classes module:
Online class booking with payments (pay in full or card capture)
Payment status on the class roster
Card-on-file badges for attendees
Walk-in bookings for classes
Client profile links from the roster
The Classes card on the Dashboard
Online Class Booking with Payments
Clients booking a class through your online booking portal can now be asked to pay — or to securely save a card — before their seat is confirmed.
How it works
Class bookings follow a simple full-or-capture model. Based on your location's online payment settings, one of three things happens at booking time:
Payment required, 100%
The client pays the full class price online before the booking is confirmed.
Payment required, less than 100% (Stripe)
The client's card is securely saved (no charge today). You can charge it later per your cancellation / no-show policy.
Payment not required
The client reserves a seat with no payment step.
Why no deposits for classes? Partial deposits on class bookings leave a balance to collect at the front desk for every attendee, every session. To keep check-in fast, classes support only full payment or card capture — never a partial deposit.
Payment providers
Stripe supports both full payment and card capture (card saved securely with Stripe — card numbers never touch your server).
PayPal supports full payment only. If your location is configured for card capture but only PayPal is connected, class bookings fall back to a free reservation.
When a booking can't be completed
Payment is always collected before the seat is booked. If the booking is subsequently rejected (for example, the last seat was taken while the client was paying), any payment is automatically voided or refunded — the client is never charged for a seat they didn't get.
Class Roster: Payment Status & Cards on File
The class roster in your back office (Appointments → Classes) now shows you at a glance who has paid, who has a card on file, and who still needs to settle up.
Payment status chips
Each attendee row displays a payment chip based on how they booked:
Paid — the seat was paid in full online (shows the amount).
Card captured — no charge was made, but a card is securely saved and can be charged per your policy.
No chip — the seat was reserved without payment (book-and-pay-at-desk).
Card badge
When an attendee has a card on file, a compact badge appears under their phone number in the roster showing the card brand, last four digits, and expiry (for example, Visa ***4242 · 12/27). This works for cards saved during class booking as well as cards already on the client's profile.
Client profile links
Attendee names in the roster link directly to the client's profile, so you can jump from a class roster to a client's history, cards, and notes in one click. Walk-in entries do not link to a profile.
Walk-in Bookings for Classes
You can add a walk-in to any class session without creating a client record for them.
From the class roster, choose Add walk-in. No name or contact details are required.
The seat is registered under the shared walk-in record and displays as WALKIN on the roster.
Walk-ins work the same way here as everywhere else in SimpleSpa (appointments, POS): one shared walk-in record per location, no per-visit names.
Walk-in seats have no payment attached and no client profile. If the person becomes a regular, create a proper client record and book them by name next time.
Dashboard: Classes Card
The Dashboard now includes a Classes card for the selected day.
The card appears automatically when the day you're viewing has class sessions with at least one attendee. Days with no class activity keep the dashboard uncluttered — no empty card is shown.
Each session shows the class name, time, instructor, and seat counts (booked / capacity).
Tap a session to expand its roster inline, including each attendee's payment status.
The card refreshes automatically along with the rest of the dashboard when bookings change — no manual reload needed.
The Classes card only appears for locations that have class-type services configured. If you don't use classes, your dashboard is unchanged.
Setup Checklist
To take payments for class bookings online:
Connect a payment provider — Stripe (recommended for full flexibility) or PayPal, under your location's payment settings.
Set your online payment mode for the location:
Require payment at 100% to charge the full class price at booking.
Require payment at less than 100% (with Stripe) to capture the card only, with no charge today.
Leave payment off to allow free seat reservations.
That's it — the online booking portal, roster, and dashboard pick up the configuration automatically.
Card capture requires Stripe. PayPal cannot save cards for later charging; PayPal-only locations support full payment or free reservation.
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