Aurora is home to about 180,000 people. The moderate cost of living means competitive pricing — and every dollar saved on software goes further.
Kickboxing Instructors in Illinois need a Business License. Requirements vary — contact your city or county business licensing office for current details.
Insurance: $500K-$1M general liability
Continuing Education: Check with state licensing board
Illinois has a 4.95% flat income tax. Flat 4.95% income tax. Chicago has additional taxes and licensing requirements. High property taxes statewide. Cook County has specific contractor requirements.
When evaluating software costs, factor in your effective tax rate. A $636/year software expense is partially deductible — but Nexa at $279 once is a one-time deduction that eliminates the recurring expense entirely.
Whether you call it invoicing, a program for jobs, or a invoicing system — most kickboxing instructors in Aurora string together Acuity Scheduling, Vagaro, Square, Calendly plus other subscriptions. That's $636/year in tool subscriptions. Across five years at today's prices, you're looking at $3,180.
Nexa gives you the ability to exit the subscription trap. Your CRM, invoicing, booking, jobs, time tracking, and financial tools — in a single program. One drag books a client. One drag generates an invoice. No manual re-entry. No duct-tape integrations. No integration tax. It's a lifetime license — keep more revenue from the first day. For kickboxing instructors in Aurora weighing the switch, the 30-day money-back guarantee covers the migration window — you can run Nexa in parallel with your existing subscriptions, verify the workflow handles your real client load, and only cancel the monthly tools once you are confident the data and processes have settled in.
I get to the gym and check the heavy bags for tears, lay out Thai pads and mitts, and set up the loaner glove bin that's always missing a pair. The 6 a.m. cardio kickboxing class is the big one — twelve people on bags running combinations I call out, jab-cross-hook-roll, while I move bag to bag fixing a dropped guard or a lazy pivot. I'm yelling combos over the music and the round timer, hopping in to hold pads for the two who want real feedback, then rotating so no one's standing around. Sweat everywhere, wraps coming loose, somebody needs a fresh pair of gloves because theirs ripped. After class I'm selling a beginner her own wraps and gloves from my shelf, ringing it up on my phone, and explaining how to wrap her hands. Midday I'm restocking — ordering more wraps, counting how many loaner gloves actually came back — and building tonight's combination sheet. Afternoon is private pad work, one-on-one, where I can really drill someone's technique and they pay the premium rate for it. Evening class is intermediate, more technical, and I notice a couple of trial members from last week didn't rebook after I pushed them past the fun cardio into actual form. I close by tracking who paid for class packs versus who bought gear, which always blur together because the same person does both in one visit.
That is the work Nexa is built around: the job, the client, the hours and the invoice live in one place, so the paperwork side of the day doesn't need a second shift.
Every one of those was bought once and earns its keep for years. Nexa is priced the same way: $279 once, and it keeps working whether business is busy or slow.
Dated changes to the subscriptions a kickboxing instructor might rent. Each one links the announcement or report it comes from. Tap one for the numbers.
For renewals on or after February 1, 2026, Pro Plus and Mac Plus went from $999 to $1,149 a year for one user, and each extra seat from $200 to $230.
Source: SWK Technologies, Insightful Accountant (Dec 2, 2025)
From July 1, 2025: Simple Start $35 to $38, Essentials $65 to $75, Plus $99 to $115, Advanced $235 to $275 a month.
Source: Woodard Report (May 27, 2025)
From February 4, 2025: Starter $19 to $36 (89%), Essentials $39 to $59, Premium $79 to $125 a month.
Source: Fstoppers (Jan 24, 2025)
Only changes we can link to a vendor announcement or a named publication are listed. Plans, add-ons and discounts vary, so check the vendor's current pricing page before you decide.
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