Use case · Collect membership dues online

How to collect membership dues online

Stop chasing checks. Covey collects recurring membership dues via credit card, ACH, or PayPal, sends reminders automatically, and reconciles to a single ledger your treasurer actually trusts.

01 · The playbook

How to do it, step by step.

  1. 01

    Connect your payment processor

    Connect Stripe and/or PayPal in three clicks. No separate merchant account application, no long underwriting wait.

  2. 02

    Configure your dues levels

    Standard, senior, student, life, patron, whatever you call yours. Set price, billing interval, and what benefits come with each level.

  3. 03

    Import your existing members

    Upload a CSV or let us do a human-led migration from your current platform. Existing members keep their renewal date.

  4. 04

    Turn on automatic reminders

    Pre-built templates at 90, 60, 30, and 7 days before renewal. Customize the copy if you want. Or leave it; the defaults work.

  5. 05

    Watch dues collect themselves

    Members renew in three clicks. Failed charges retry automatically. Treasurer sees a live ledger instead of a spreadsheet.

02 · What it gets you

The payoff.

  • Renewal rate typically increases 10 to 30 percentage points vs. manual collection
  • Treasurer reclaims 5 to 15 hours a month previously spent on manual invoicing
  • Member experience improves: no more paper invoices, no more write-and-mail-a-check
  • Financial reporting runs on live data, not month-old reconciliations

Ready when you are

Do collect membership dues online on Covey.

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