See why martial arts gyms are switching

Is Spark Membership holding your gym back?

Switch to gym software built for martial arts — free for your gym, no exit fees, no per-location pricing. Members pay a 2% platform fee on each charge.

Free for gyms
$0 a month and no cut of your payouts. You pay only Stripe's processing.
2% member platform fee
Members pay a flat 2% on top of every charge, shown as its own line on every receipt.
Your Stripe, your payouts
Stripe Connect Standard — you own the merchant account.
True white-label app
Your name and colors on the app members install.

See OLM for your gym

A real person replies — usually the founder. No sales pressure.

Why gyms leave Spark Membership

A $199/mo floor that runs in slow months too.

One price rule for every gym: OLM is free for the gym, and members pay a flat 2% platform fee on top of every charge, shown on every receipt. You pay only Stripe's processing, with no markup. No tiers to decode, no quote to chase.

Processing through Spark's own processor, at rates you can't compare on their site.

Every feature included — white-labeled member app, AI churn alerts, waivers, training journal. Nothing is sold back to you as an add-on.

Stored cards live with their processor, so leaving can mean asking members to re-enter cards.

Self-serve setup is free. If you want it done for you, optional $499 white-glove onboarding imports your roster from your current software, sets up Stripe Connect with you on a call, and themes the app to your brand.

What you gain

  • Price: Free for gyms ($0/mo, no cut of payouts) · members pay a 2% platform fee per charge · you pay only Stripe processing, no markup
  • Payment processing: Stripe Connect Standard — your own Stripe account, your payouts, your stored cards
  • Contract: None. Your gym never pays OLM, so there's nothing to cancel
  • Member app: Included — your gym's name, logo and colors on the app members use
  • Belt and rank tracking: Rank per discipline with dated promotion history; a member can hold BJJ, judo and karate ranks at once, and the history follows them to any OLM gym
  • Digital waivers: Included, with audit trail and parent signer for minors

Want the unspun, side-by-side version? Read the full OLM vs Spark Membership breakdown — including where they beat us.

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Questions

Is OLM cheaper than Spark Membership?

For the gym, yes: OLM costs the gym $0 a month, against Spark's $199/mo. On OLM your members pay a 2% platform fee on each charge, so a member on a $150 plan pays $3. Counting gym and members together, a school charging $150 a month crosses Spark's $199 at about 66 members. Run your own numbers in the savings calculator.

Can I keep my own payment processor?

On OLM, payments go through your own Stripe account (Stripe Connect Standard): your payouts, your stored cards, your customer relationship. Spark promotes its own integrated processor, Spark Payments.

Does OLM give my gym its own app?

Yes. Members use the OLM app with your gym's name, logo and colors.

Can I move my students from Spark to OLM?

Yes. Export your student list from Spark and we import it. Optional white-glove onboarding ($499) does the import and Stripe setup with you on a call. Because cards stored with another processor can't always be moved, plan for members to add a card in the OLM app.