Examples

For: Members

Real-world ways studios and their members use group memberships.

1. Corporate wellness — an employer covers its staff

Situation: Acme Corp buys a corporate membership at a fitness studio to give employees access. The office manager, Jordan, is set up as the group owner.

How it works:

• Jordan opens Account → My team and invites employees at their work email — one at a time, or all at once with Invite several or import a CSV by pasting the roster or uploading a CSV export (a downloadable template is on the same screen). Anyone already covered, and any overflow past the 10-seat limit, is skipped and reported.
• Each new hire opens the link, creates a ClassLift account, signs the studio's waiver, and is covered — Jordan doesn't wait on the studio.
• When someone leaves the company, Jordan removes them and the seat frees up for the next hire.
• If Jordan changes roles, they use Make owner to hand the group to the new office manager.

2. Family plan — one household, several people

Situation: The Rivera household is on a family membership. One parent owns the group and covers their partner and older teen.

How it works:

• The owner invites their partner and teen by email; each joins from their own device.
• Younger children with no email of their own are added by the owner with Add a child (name, date of birth, and a consent tick) — see Family. No email or login needed.
• The whole household is on one flat bill, up to the seat limit — adding the teen or a child doesn't change what the parent pays.

3. A seat opens up

Situation: A corporate group is at its 10-seat limit and a new employee needs access.

Setup steps:

1. The owner removes an employee who has left, freeing a seat.
2. The owner invites the new employee by email.
3. The new employee joins from the link — back to 10 of 10 seats used.

If the company needs more than 10 seats permanently, the owner asks the studio to raise the limit.

Tips for all studios

• Family and company groups are billed differently. A family membership is one flat rate up to your seat limit — adding or removing people doesn't change it. A company membership is billed per active member, so the bill follows your seats.
• The owner is always the payer. Members are covered but never billed directly.
• Family memberships can be started by the member; company ones are set up by the studio. Either way, the owner runs day-to-day invites and seats from My team.
• Invites are secure and single-use, and expire after two weeks — send a fresh one if someone misses the window.