Remember Tiger King? Neither do we.
In May, we saw businesses begin to reopen after the coronavirus shutdown, and mourned with the Black community after the incomprehensible death of George Floyd. Amid the highs, lows, and unknowns ahead, we promise to uphold our core values of trust, grit, and passion, and our belief that together, everyone achieves more.
While time seems to be flying by, our team continues to stay laser-focused on delivering new features, squashing bugs, and creating resources to help businesses navigate the COVID pandemic and prepare to reopen.
May 2020 Product Update
Over the past 3 months, our team has been hard at work generating resources to help sports and fitness business owners and leaders navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare for reopening.
On May 12th we hosted The UPLIFT Roundtable, where we invited some of the industry’s most respected business minds to join in a new collective mission to empower sports + fitness businesses for re-opening.
Together, through this “best practices” event, we outlined a playbook of strategies that produced a recommended Sports + Fitness Re-opening Guide, made available to everyone in our industry around the world. But it didn’t stop there.
Using the content generated from the Roundtable, surveying over 1,200 sports and fitness consumers, and our own industry research, we created 6 additional pieces of content, all of which are described in this blog:
The best part? Download one and receive all 7 straight to your inbox!
On May 26th, Upper Hand received two prestigious awards in the 18th Annual American Business Awards®: a Gold Stevie® Award in the Training Category and a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Best User Experience Category.
We are grateful for the recognition and know it would not be possible without the help of our amazing customers!
Correctly calculate change with minimal effort!
With this feature we have added an optional “Amount Paid” field within the point-of-sale (POS) checkout process to handle cash transactions, giving you the ability to take your client’s payment and produce the correct change in seconds.
This update separates purchase receipts and registration confirmation emails and also creates email receipts for retail transactions! Splitting out the receipt from the confirmation email allowed us to add a scannable QR code for the transaction and will allow businesses to be more organized.
This update allows staff to enter discounts on the fly during checkout! This is a great feature for those last minute sign ups or if an attendee is running late and you’d like to book a partial session at a reduced price.
Admins are now able to remove staff member accounts and revoke all access to their accounts.
Do you have questions about the features in our latest round of updates? Let us know at [email protected]!
To see a live demo of Upper Hand in action, click here to schedule a time!
In our latest edition of The Huddle, we outline the most frequently asked questions regarding memberships with Upper Hand. Why aren’t memberships automatically cancelled when they reach the commitment length? This not only gives Staff Admins the ability to lock in business for a certain amount of time, but it also gives the client the flexibility to continue their membership at a given rate. This is another way to keep steady revenue flowing into the business.
New year, new updates to the Upper Hand app. Our team has been off to a fast start in 2024, and we’re excited to share the newest features that have gone live inside the Upper Hand app!