{"id":82039,"date":"2022-11-01T08:03:45","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T08:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spend.onsnap.com\/2022\/03\/17\/the-true-cost-of-collecting-checks-in-youth-sports\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T02:18:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T02:18:07","slug":"the-true-cost-of-collecting-checks-in-youth-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snapraise.com\/blog\/the-true-cost-of-collecting-checks-in-youth-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"The True Cost of Collecting Checks in Youth Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inconvenience of paying team dues by check is apparent to many parents, coaches, and team administrators, but not everyone realizes the true costs that checks have on a team\u2019s collections process.<br \/>\nThere are several steps that have to be completed every single time a check needs to be collected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As parent: Remember to pay\n<\/li>\n<li>As parent: Find checkbook\n<\/li>\n<li>As parent: Write a check\n<\/li>\n<li>As parent: Deliver a check\n<\/li>\n<li>As club: Get the check\n<\/li>\n<li>As club: Deposit the check\n<\/li>\n<li>As club: Reconcile the check<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<p>Going through this lengthy process every time a check needs to be collected is inefficient and prone to errors. Paying by check is easy to forget. Checks can get lost. Late payments are likely. Plus, accounting for checks is a manual process that is extremely time-consuming. Teams end up spending significant hours each week simply keeping track of payments.<\/p>\n<p>The burden falls on the club to remind parents when payments are due, to collect the payments, and to keep track of it all. And while most teams operate on very tight budgets, ultimately the payments flow in when the checks are written, not necessarily when the team needs it most.<\/p>\n<p>Teams spend more time chasing down money and end up with uncollected payments at the end of each season. Clubs that collect checks have 4.7x more uncollected dues on average than clubs that collect everything online. Moreover, clubs that collect checks find that they spend 5-10x more time collecting money than those that automate payments. For big clubs, this means $10,000s and hundreds of hours each season.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s the alternative to paying by check?<\/h2>\n<p>So, knowing that checks are an inefficient way to collect payments, what\u2019s the alternative?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is automated online payments.<\/p>\n<p>With autopay, there is only a single one-time step that needs to be completed for team payments to be collected:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Set up Autopay<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<p>Automated electronic payments mean less time spent and more money collected, even after accounting for processing fees. The reason every business accepts card payments is that it\u2019s worth it. By collecting team dues on time and in full each season, organizations receive the predictable cash flow they need to operate smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>The automation of the collections process saves youth sports teams countless hours each month in chasing down, collecting, depositing, and reconciling payments. By removing the hassle of collecting team payments, teams can put more time and focus back on the field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven the parents who initially may not have been so happy about switching to electronic payments have learned to love the system because it really is so easy,\u201d says Kristen Dean, Director of Finance of WAVE Volleyball, a club that uses Snap! Spend for automated electronic payments. \u201cIf you want to streamline your life and have sanity in your club, this is the way to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Open a Digital Bank Account with Snap! Spend<\/h2>\n<p>Here at Snap! Spend, we\u2019re dedicated to making managing your club\u2019s money easy, starting with opening a bank account. <a href=\"\/spend\/banking\/\">Snap! Spend\u2019s digital banking platform<\/a> gives you an online bank account with built-in online payments to collect dues and budgeting tools to track spending. 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