Collect tuition deposits online without a middleman holding the money

Families are ready to put a deposit down. Your office should not invent a new payment workflow every spring — and you should not hand tuition money to a platform that holds it for you.

A working school site can point parents to **your** Zelle, Venmo, Cash App, PayPal, Square, or card processor while collecting the enrollment details in the same flow.

What “pay the school direct” means

CCCM builds and runs the public Register page. When a family submits, they see how you take payment. Funds go to accounts you already use. We never touch tuition, deposits, or activity fees.

That matters for bookkeeping, for trust, and for boards who do not want another middleman in the money path. It also matches how many small schools already operate day to day.

What belongs on the deposit page

Keep it plain:

- What the deposit holds (seat, grade, start term) - Whether it is refundable and under what rules — in short sentences - What documents or forms come next - How to pay you (methods you actually check) - Who to email if something fails

You do not need a full student information system to take a deposit. You need a page that finishes on a phone without a scavenger hunt.

Avoid long policy PDFs as the only path. Put the decision steps on the page. Link deeper policies if your board requires them.

Rental terms (public working site)

- $149 first month, then $99/month, three-month minimum - We build and run the site - Families register and pay you - Live in about one business day after paid checkout and complete details - One tweak round per month included

Athletic / Academy OS software is quoted separately after a conversation. No checkout price on that product. Do not confuse the public Register rental with staff-desk software.

Common worries

**“Our bookkeeper wants everything in one processor.”** List the methods you already reconcile. The site does not invent a new bank.

**“Scholarships complicate public pricing.”** Show family-pay packages clearly. Offer a short scholarship inquiry path without posting every internal rule.

**“We already have a builder site.”** If deposits still happen by email and chase, the builder site is not doing the job. A rented working site is built around Register.

**“Parents will ask a hundred questions.”** They already do. A clear page answers the first twenty so your office handles the real ones.

How to start

Checkout: https://www.getcccm.com/checkout Or email hello@getcccm.com with school name, city, grades, and how you take payment.

Board and bookkeeper checklist

Before you go live, agree on:

- Which accounts appear on the page - Who watches submissions the same day - How deposits are receipted in your books - What auto-reply text families see

The website cannot fix unclear internal money rules. It can stop the “Venmo which coach?” problem.

Re-enrollment deposits

Returning families should use the same pay-you-direct pattern. Do not invent a second processor “just for the website.” Consistency builds trust.

Plain next step

If a working public Register site is what you need, start at https://www.getcccm.com/checkout or email hello@getcccm.com with your school or club name, city, and what you run. If you need staff-desk ops instead, use https://www.getcccm.com/academy-os and expect a conversation — not a self-serve price button.