Product facts, not vendor averages
The Member Churn Problem
Most gyms lose members silently, before they even cancel
A cancellation is the last step of a decision, not the first. Members stop turning up well before they submit the form, and by then the argument is already lost. Most gym software tracks membership status, which tells you nothing until it is too late.
VoqadoWiFi watches the gap instead. When a member has not connected to your WiFi for however many days you decide, they move into an at-risk segment and a re-engagement campaign goes out, while they are still paying you.
How It Works
Member retention on autopilot, 3 steps
VoqadoWiFi uses your gym's existing WiFi as an attendance sensor, marketing channel, and retention engine, all in one.
Member connects to gym WiFi
When a member arrives and connects to your gym WiFi, VoqadoWiFi logs a check-in. First-time visitors see your branded portal and opt in with their email; returning devices match to the existing record. Coverage matters here, a member who cannot get signal in the far corner of the floor does not generate a check-in, and a missing check-in reads as absence.
Attendance data builds member profiles
Every WiFi check-in adds to a member profile: total visit count, last visit date, favourite visit times, and campaign engagement history. VoqadoWiFi automatically flags members who are drifting, those whose visit frequency is declining, before they reach the cancellation decision.
Automated campaigns retain and re-engage
Re-engagement emails fire once a member passes your absence window. Onboarding sequences run over a new member's first weeks. NPS surveys go out at the visit count you nominate. Each campaign runs on a scheduler, so nothing depends on a staff member finding time to notice.
Features Built for Gyms
Every retention tool your gym needs, out of the box
From new member onboarding to churn prevention and referral campaigns, VoqadoWiFi ships every fitness retention workflow pre-built.
Member retention campaigns
Detect attendance gaps and fire re-engagement emails automatically. When a member has not connected to your gym WiFi for the number of days you set, they receive a personalised message with a motivational nudge and, optionally, a discounted class pack offer.
Cadence-based reminders
Segment members by when they typically train and send a nudge before that window. To reference an actual class roster or live availability, your booking system would need to push that data in over a webhook or the API, VoqadoWiFi has no built-in booking integration.
New member onboarding automation
New members receive a sequence you design over their first weeks: welcome, facility overview, trainer introduction, and a feedback request at the end of the first month. The early weeks are where memberships are won or quietly lost, and this is the stretch most gyms leave to chance.
Referral campaign engine
Send a referral campaign to your most loyal members, those with 20+ WiFi check-ins, with a unique referral link and a reward (free month, guest pass, PT credit). Track conversions automatically in the VoqadoWiFi dashboard.
NPS surveys via email
Send Net Promoter Score surveys automatically when a member reaches the visit count you nominate. A hourly scheduler finds members who have hit the trigger and sends the survey, with de-duplication so nobody is asked twice in the same window.
Win-back campaign sequences
When a member goes quiet, a win-back sequence fires on the schedule you set, a re-join offer, a follow-up, and a final incentive spaced over a couple of weeks. The sequence runs without staff intervention; the recovery rate depends on your offer and why they left.
Milestone celebrations
Reward members automatically at key milestones: 10th visit, 50th visit, 6-month anniversary, 1-year mark. A celebratory email with a reward token makes members feel recognized, a proven lever for emotional loyalty and reduced cancellation intent.
Mailchimp & email integration
Every member is synced to your Mailchimp audience, tagged with visit data, so your existing email workflow can segment on attendance. Mailchimp is the native integration; other tools connect through signed webhooks, or the API on Enterprise.
At-risk member view
See which members have gone quiet, ranked by how long since their last check-in. Filter, export, and launch a retention campaign against the segment. It is a rules-based view of attendance gaps rather than a predictive model, which is the honest description of what it does.
What the software actually does, and what it does not
Retention software is sold on outcomes nobody can guarantee. Here is the mechanism instead, including the parts that will limit it.
A connection becomes a check-in
Your Omada or UniFi controller sends the member to your portal, and the connection is recorded against their profile with a timestamp. No turnstile, no app, no reception step.
Gaps are measured, not guessed
The system compares last check-in against the window you configure. Cross it, and the member joins the at-risk segment. It is a rule you set, not a black-box score.
The campaign goes out on its own
A scheduler sends the re-engagement email while the member is still on the books, which is the only window where anything can be done about it.
And where the signal breaks
Members who train without joining the WiFi look absent. Dead spots on the floor produce false gaps. A shared household device can blur two records. Worth designing around rather than discovering later.
A worked example, not a measured result
Suppose 600 members, and 30 of them drift past your absence window in a given month. If the re-engagement email brings back 6 of those 30, and a retained member is worth £40 a month for another eight months, that is £1,920 of membership that would otherwise have quietly lapsed.
The drift rate, the recovery rate and the remaining lifetime are assumptions we picked to show the arithmetic, not measurements from anyone's account. Yours will differ, and the recovery rate in particular is the one worth being sceptical about. Use your own.
Model it with your own membership numbersThe hardware question, answered plainly
VoqadoWiFi works with TP-Link Omada and Ubiquiti UniFi, and nothing else. In a gym, plan for coverage across the whole floor rather than the minimum for internet access, patchy signal produces missed check-ins, and missed check-ins look exactly like churn risk.
FAQ
Questions from gym & fitness studio operators
How does VoqadoWiFi detect when a member is at risk of churning?
It uses WiFi connections as a proxy for attendance. When a member who used to connect several times a week goes quiet for the number of days you set, they fall into an at-risk segment and a re-engagement campaign fires. You choose the threshold. The important caveat is the word proxy: a member who trains without joining the WiFi looks absent to the system, so treat the signal as strong but not authoritative.
Does VoqadoWiFi integrate with gym management software like Mindbody or Glofox?
Not with a purpose-built connector for any of them. The native integration is Mailchimp. Beyond that, outbound webhooks fire on portal and campaign events with an HMAC-SHA256 signature, and Enterprise adds direct API access, so a developer can join VoqadoWiFi attendance data to Mindbody, Glofox or PushPress records. That is integration work on your side rather than a switch you flip, and it is worth budgeting for.
Can VoqadoWiFi send class booking reminders and fill empty spots in classes?
It can send scheduled and triggered emails to segments you define, including members whose connection pattern suggests they usually train at a given time. What it cannot do on its own is read your class roster, VoqadoWiFi has no booking-system integration, so a "spots still available" email would need your booking data pushed in over a webhook or the API first.
What WiFi hardware do I need for my gym?
TP-Link Omada or Ubiquiti UniFi. Those are the two controller platforms VoqadoWiFi supports, and there is no path for anything else. Gym floors are large and often need several access points for coverage, and coverage matters here more than in most venues: a member who cannot get signal in the weights room does not check in, and an uncounted visit reads as absence.
How quickly can I expect to see a reduction in member churn?
We are not going to give you a percentage or a timeline, because we have no measured figure and inventing one would be worse than useless when you are budgeting against it. What changes mechanically is the timing of the intervention: instead of learning a member has gone when the cancellation email arrives, you get a segment of quiet members while they are still on the books. Whether contacting them works depends on your message, your staff and why they drifted in the first place.
What does VoqadoWiFi cost for a gym?
Starter is free forever: 25 logins a month on one site, with the branded portal, email capture and GDPR consent flow. Growth is $49 a month covering up to three sites and 3,000 logins a month, adding the automated campaigns, NPS surveys and Mailchimp sync. Enterprise is custom priced with unlimited sites and logins, white-label branding and API access. Note the login allowance against your member count, a busy gym checking in daily consumes logins quickly.
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