Tennis 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 Tennis 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.
Tennis Coaches face unique challenges: Booking court time that's split between privates, clinics, and the club's open play. Rescheduling rain-outs and getting paid for them without losing the slot. Billing privates, group clinics, and stringing jobs that all price differently. Filling the dead mid-morning court hours between the early risers and the after-work crowd. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Tennis 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 Ball hopper and teaching cart 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 tennis coaches are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
15-minute setup. Import your customer list and service/product catalog.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
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I'm on court before sunrise because the early-bird players want their lesson before work, and the courts get hot and booked solid by mid-morning. First lesson is a 7 a.m. private working on a kick serve, so I'm feeding from the hopper, watching the toss, calling the contact point. I load the ball machine for a junior who needs reps on her backhand and let it fire while I correct footwork with the agility ladder. Mid-morning is my dead zone, the courts sit empty and paid-for while the early crowd is at work and the after-work crowd is hours away. Afternoon is a group clinic, four adults, and I'm running them through cross-court rallies and feeding balls until my arm aches. Between sessions I'm stringing a racquet for a regular, taping a grip, checking serve speed on the radar gun for a kid chasing a number. Rain is the enemy of my income; one storm and three lessons evaporate, and I'm texting everyone to reschedule and quietly eating the loss on the court I'd reserved. End of day I'm tallying privates, the clinic, and two stringing jobs at three different prices, and reminding myself I never filled tomorrow's mid-morning gap.
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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 $1,900/year on software — and Tennis Coach face their own version of that math. Virginia income tax up to 5.75%. Military spouse rules may apply. No city income tax but business license tax based on gross receipts. Virginia requires contractor licensing through DPOR for projects over $1,000. Virginia Beach requires a business license with gross receipts reporting.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Virginia Beach metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Tennis Coaches run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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