From Wix to a Custom Booking and Membership Platform for a Yoga Studio
Dor Peleg4 min read
Key facts
RILLOO replaced a yoga studio's Wix website with a custom platform that runs the class schedule, booking, memberships and online payments, all managed from one admin panel built around the way the studio works.
- Industry
- Health & Wellness
- Services
- Software Engineering
- Challenge
- The studio's Wix website could not run its schedule, bookings, memberships and payments the way the studio actually worked, and it was slower and harder to use on mobile than the studio wanted, which meant workarounds, add-ons and manual work for the team.
- Solution
- A fast, mobile-first custom website with a new design and admin panel covering the class schedule, online booking, memberships and class passes, online payments, and automated internal communications, so students manage everything in one place and staff manage the studio from one screen.
- Results
- A faster, fully responsive mobile experience
- Better SEO, built into the site from the start
- A cleaner, more modern design with an improved user experience
- Schedule, booking, memberships and payments in one system instead of a website plus add-ons
- Automated internal communications and workflows instead of manual follow-up
- A platform the studio owns and can extend with new features and integrations
- Technologies
- Custom websiteAdmin panelOnline bookingMembership managementOnline payments
A yoga studio runs on a weekly rhythm: a schedule of classes and teachers, students who book their spots, memberships and class passes that need to be tracked, and payments that need to come in on time. The studio’s website was built on Wix, and as the studio grew, the gap between what the website could do and what the studio needed kept getting wider.
RILLOO replaced the Wix website with a custom platform that runs the whole studio: the public website, the class schedule, booking, memberships and payments, all managed from one admin panel.
Illustration of the platform: the weekly schedule in the admin panel and the mobile booking screen
The Challenge
The studio needed a system that could:
- Show an up-to-date class schedule with teachers, times and available spots
- Let students book classes online and manage their own bookings
- Sell and track memberships and class passes, with the studio’s own rules
- Take payments online and connect each payment to the right student and membership
- Give staff one place to manage classes, students and memberships, without manual work between tools
- Load fast and work smoothly on mobile, where most students visit
- Rank well in search, so new students can find the studio
- Keep staff and students informed automatically, without manual messages and follow-ups
On Wix, each of these meant another app, another setting or another workaround, and none of them fully matched the way the studio actually worked.
A full class starts long before the mat: with a schedule, a booking and a membership that just work
The Solution
A Faster, Mobile-First Website
A custom website that presents the studio, its teachers and its classes, with content the studio can update itself. It is built mobile first, since most students browse and book from their phones, and it loads quickly on any device and connection. Every page, from the schedule to checkout, is fully responsive.
A Modern Design and Better User Experience
The site has a new, clean design that reflects the calm, premium feel of the studio. The user experience was rebuilt around what students actually do: find a class, book it, pay and come back. Fewer steps, clearer screens and a consistent look across the website and the booking flow make the experience feel simple and polished.
Better SEO
Search was built into the site from the start: fast load times, clean page structure, meaningful titles and descriptions, structured data and mobile-friendly pages. This gives the studio a stronger foundation in search results than its Wix site, so it is easier for new students in the area to find.
Class Schedule and Booking
The schedule is managed in the admin panel and published to the website automatically. Students see what is on, who is teaching and how many spots are left, and book in a few clicks. Capacity is enforced by the system, and students can view and manage their own bookings.
Memberships and Class Passes
Memberships and class passes are built around the studio’s own rules: what each plan includes, how long it lasts and how classes are counted against it. When a student books, the system checks their membership automatically, so staff no longer track usage by hand.
Online Payments
Students pay online for memberships, passes and single classes. Every payment is linked to the student and to what they bought, so the studio always has a clear picture of who paid for what.
One Admin Panel
Staff manage everything from one place: the schedule, teachers, bookings, students, memberships and payments. Each student’s history is visible in one profile, and daily tasks that used to take several tools now take one screen.
Internal Communications and Automations
The platform connects the studio’s internal systems and automates the routine communication around them. Booking confirmations, schedule changes, membership updates and payment notices are sent automatically, and staff are notified about the events that need their attention. Information flows between the website, the admin panel and the studio’s other tools without anyone copying it by hand.
Room to Grow
Because the studio owns the platform, it can grow with the business. New features, reminders, reports, integrations with other services or an AI assistant for students can be added on top of the same system, without changing platforms.
Results
- A faster, fully responsive mobile experience
- Better SEO, built into the site from the start
- A cleaner, more modern design with an improved user experience
- Schedule, booking, memberships and payments in one system instead of a website plus add-ons
- Students book and pay online in a few clicks, on any device
- Staff manage classes, students and memberships from one admin panel
- Automated internal communications and workflows, with no more manual tracking of memberships and class passes
- A platform the studio owns and can extend with new features and integrations
Thinking about moving your studio or business off Wix? Read why replacing Wix and monday.com with a custom system makes sense now, or talk to us.
