Swim School Contractor Payment Software

Manage contractor pending balances, manual payouts, automatic payments, affiliate commissions, hourly rates, and cancellation payment decisions.

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Swum unprocessed payouts view showing pending contractor payments, automatic and manual sessions, payout amounts, and lesson timing
Automatic or manualPayout control

Choose whether contractor payments process automatically or require owner review.

Commission-awareAffiliate model

Support affiliate instructor workflows where the school earns commission.

ReviewablePending balances

See payment type, amount, lesson context, and instructor balance before action.

  • Swum team table showing contractors, paid amounts, owed balances, instructor type, and hourly rates

    Know what each contractor is owed

    Track pending balances by instructor with lesson timing, payment type, and payout status.

  • Swum payment tracking modal with automatic and manual payout filters, coach search, and payout list

    Decide between automatic and manual payouts

    Automate payments when you want speed, or review and process balances manually when you want more control.

  • Swum booking controls for cancellation refunds, rescheduling, and payment policy decisions

    Handle cancellations fairly

    Support payment decisions for cancelled lessons, including cases where the contractor should still be paid.

Pending Contractor Balances

Track what each contractor is owed after lessons complete and before balances are cleared or paid.

  • Pending balances
  • Lesson-based calculations
  • Manual review
  • Balance clearing

Automatic and Manual Payments

Choose between automatic contractor payment handling and owner-initiated manual payouts.

  • Automatic payments
  • Manual payouts
  • Payout balance
  • Payment type filters

Instructor-Specific Rates

Use hourly rates, surcharges, and instructor-specific payment settings to calculate balances.

  • Hourly rates
  • Surcharges
  • Instructor settings
  • School defaults

Affiliate Instructor Commissions

Support affiliate instructors who are paid directly while the school receives commission.

  • Affiliate instructors
  • Commission rates
  • Direct instructor payment
  • School earnings

Cancellation Payment Decisions

Control whether a contractor should still be paid when a lesson is cancelled.

  • Keep contractor payment
  • Cancellation context
  • Payment removal
  • Manual adjustment

School Payment Review

Review outstanding payment totals, payment types, and instructor balances in one operational view.

  • Outstanding totals
  • Payment filters
  • Instructor search
  • School payment view

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Common Questions

Can Swum track contractor balances?

Yes. Swum supports pending contractor balances based on lesson timing, rates, surcharges, and payment settings.

Can contractor payouts be manual?

Yes. Swum supports manual payout workflows and balance clearing when a school wants to review payments first.

Does Swum support affiliate instructors?

Yes. Swum supports affiliate instructor models where instructors can operate independently while the school receives commission.

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