Figure Skating Coaches on Square pay $29/month — $348/year. Over three years, that's $1,168. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 9.6 months. The median Figure Skating Coach earns $40,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 0.9% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,168 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Figure Skating Coaches face unique challenges: Booking fractured ice time in fifteen-minute freestyle sessions split across multiple skaters and coaches. Tracking each skater's cleared and landed jumps so a coach doesn't push a triple before the double is consistent. Billing per-session lesson fees plus the rink's separate ice fees plus competition and test fees. Coordinating with the other coaches sharing the same ice so two students aren't running programs into each other. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Figure Skating Coach earns $40,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Off-ice harness / spinner for jump rotation is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Square is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Square | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $29/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,168 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most figure skating coaches are fully switched before the weekend.
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My day is carved into the rink's freestyle sessions, fifteen or twenty minutes of ice shared with whoever else paid for it. I'm usually coaching two or three skaters in the same session, hopping the boards between them, calling a correction to one while the other sets up a jump. First skater is working her axel, so we drill the entry edge off the harness on the floor before she takes it to the ice. On the ice I'm watching the rotation, the landing edge, the check, and I'm also watching the traffic, because there are six other skaters on the same ice and a program run-through is a collision waiting to happen. Between sessions I'm sharpening a skate, re-lacing for a kid whose boot is breaking down, and editing program music to the right length. Test day and competition season layer in their own fees, and I'm billing my lesson time, the rink is billing ice time separately, and parents are confused about which is which. Mid-day a skater lands her first clean double loop and the whole rink hears me yell. After the last session I'm logging who landed what, fielding parent texts about test fees and the next competition, and trying to remember which skater I owe makeup time.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Square may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Square is $29/month — that's $1,168 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Square as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $4,000/year on software — and Figure Skating Coach face their own version of that math. California 13.3% top rate. Highest cost of living in the US. Solopreneurs need premium pricing just to survive. San Jose requires a Business Tax Certificate. California CSLB license for contractors. Santa Clara County has additional home-based business rules.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the San Jose metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Figure Skating Coaches run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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