KADEPAY FOR RIDING INSTRUCTORS & BARNS
Between tacking up, teaching and turnout, there is no time to chase a lesson payment. KadePay lets riders request lessons, buy lesson packages, sign your equine release on their phone and pay by card, bank transfer or Tap to Pay, so the money side is done before anyone gets a leg up.
Pay-As-You-Go starts at $0 per month. Usage and payment fees apply.
Sound familiar?
Lesson barns run on early mornings, tight margins and riders who mean well but forget to pay. These are the money and paperwork moments instructors and barn owners raise most, and what KadePay changes.
You brushed, tacked and warmed up the lesson horse, and the rider texts from a soccer field across town.
With KadePay
Have riders sign your riding lesson cancellation policy and authorize a card when they start. A late cancel or no-show then becomes the fee your signed policy describes, charged with a receipt.
Card on fileA rider says she has two lessons left on her card, the tack room calendar says one, and the clipboard says she paid cash.
With KadePay
Sell riding lesson packages of 4, 8 or 10 and record each lesson as it is ridden. The count lives on the rider's profile instead of the tack room wall.
Packages and sessionsA new family arrives for a first pony lesson, and the equine liability release is still sitting unsigned in their car.
With KadePay
Send your release and barn rules as a form that the rider, or a parent for a minor, signs on their phone before the first lesson. It stays with their profile.
Forms and signaturesYour regular riders are on a monthly rate, and every month someone is still paying on the 15th with an apology.
With KadePay
On Team or Pro, bill a monthly lesson program as a recurring charge to the method each rider or parent authorized. They are notified every time, and each payment shows in your transactions.
Recurring billingReturning kids sign up for horse camp in March, and you are still opening envelopes and chasing deposits in June.
With KadePay
Use a payment link for horse camp registration with questions for rider age and experience, plus a payment plan for families who want to split the cost of camp week.
Payment links and QR codesHow it fits your week
They tap the link on your website or the barn's social page and request an evaluation lesson. You confirm a time that suits the right school horse.
The rider or parent signs your equine release, barn rules and cancellation policy on their phone, and authorizes a card for future lessons.
Record each lesson against their package. Private notes remind you which horse they ride, their helmet size and who picks them up.
Riders without a package pay with Tap to Pay on a compatible phone in the barn aisle, or scan the QR code taped to the tack room door.
Share ticket links for a clinic audit or schooling show with QR check-in, and payment links for camp week and show fees.
Every way your riders pay
Availability depends on your account setup and eligibility. You confirm Venmo and Zelle payments after checking they arrived.
Built in
Each tool writes to the same rider record, from the first booking request to the receipt.
KadePay for riding instructors
Full lesson barn software often bundles horse health records, feed charts and stall boarding. If your daily pain is lessons and payments, a lighter tool may fit better. KadePay handles requests for horseback riding lessons, lesson packages, releases and payments from the phone in your pocket.
Cancellations hurt more at a barn than almost anywhere, because the work starts before the rider arrives: catching, grooming and tacking the horse. A signed policy and an authorized card let you charge fairly for late cancels, and packages encourage riders to commit to a run of lessons.
Barn billing has its own patterns. A monthly lesson program can bill on Team or Pro to the method a rider authorized, and summer horse camp works well with a payment link and a payment plan. Venmo and Zelle payments can be recorded in the same history, with no KadePay fee on them.
KadePay does not track horse health, feed or farrier visits. Keep those in your barn records, and use KadePay for the rider side: lessons, payments, forms and notes. Instructors who travel to a rider's farm can set a different location on each appointment.
CLEAR ANSWERS
An independent instructor needs lesson requests, packages, releases and payments that work at the barn. KadePay covers those, with Tap to Pay on a compatible phone, payment links, a QR code for the tack room and a different location per lesson for trailer-in or travel teaching.
Riders request a lesson time from the services and hours you open, and you confirm it once you know a suitable horse and arena are free. Automatic reminders go out before each lesson.
Yes. Send the release and barn rules as a form. After signing in, the parent fills it out and signs from their own phone before the first ride, and the signed copy is kept on their profile. Have your attorney or insurer review your release wording.
Create a package, such as eight lessons for $520, share its link, and record each lesson as it is ridden. Buying a package does not schedule rides, so riders still request each lesson time.
Yes, on Team or Pro. Set a recurring bill for your monthly lesson program, charged on the same date to the payment method the rider or parent authorized. They get a notification with each charge and can revoke the authorization.
Pay-As-You-Go starts at $0 per month for an instructor with a handful of riders; payment and usage fees apply. Lesson barns that need monthly billing or staff logins can choose Team at $10 per month or Pro at $35 per month, explained on the pricing page.
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