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Cash up front, commitment built in.
Packages are how trainers stabilize lumpy income: the client prepays ten sessions, you get cash flow and a booked calendar, and the discount buys commitment that drop-in pricing never earns. This calculator prices the bundle, shows the effective per-session rate you are really earning, and converts one package client into monthly revenue.
Trainers use it to price 10-packs without gut-feel discounts — the effective per-session rate shows exactly what the discount costs, and the monthly figure shows what each package client is worth. Studio owners use it to standardize pricing across a team.
Five to fifteen percent is the common band. A 10-pack at 10% off an $80 rate prices at $720 — you trade $80 of rate for $720 of prepaid commitment. Deeper than 15% and you are discounting for clients who would have paid full price.
Yes — a 3–6 month expiry protects you from selling sessions at today's rate that get redeemed years later at tomorrow's prices, and it creates urgency that keeps clients training. Check your state's gift-card and prepaid-service laws; some regulate expiry on prepaid services.
Packages suit clients with irregular schedules; memberships (e.g., 8 sessions/month, use them or lose them) suit consistent clients and give you the most predictable revenue. Many trainers offer both and let the client self-select — run both through this calculator to see the effective rates you are really offering.