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Case study

The software that charges for you so you stop chasing monthly fees

Studio Link · Payment control, attendance and students for academies

Organic search is already its #2 channel for new users — with zero ad spend

The problem

An academy lives on its monthly fees — but collecting them is the job nobody wants. The owner chases payments over WhatsApp one by one, tracks attendance in a notebook or Excel, and every month loses income from students who quietly stopped paying without anyone noticing.

Generic gym software doesn't fit: it forces the academy to change how it works, and ends up abandoned within three months.

What we built

Studio Link: a system built for how an academy actually operates:

  • Payment control — who owes, who's current and how much is slipping away, at a glance.
  • Automatic payment reminders — the system nudges the student who owes, so the owner chases no one.
  • Attendance and student tracking — no notebooks, no spreadsheets.
  • Its own booking link — each academy shares its link and students book on their own; it became a real new-student channel.
  • AI WhatsApp bot — handles scheduling, bookings and class questions on the chat the academy already uses.
  • Setup included and a 15-day trial — from $500 MXN/month, without changing how the team works.

The result

Studio Link is the most mature product in the Contreras Code ecosystem: academies use it daily, with long sessions and a low drop-off rate, and its organic search is already the #2 channel for new users with zero ad spend.

  • Payments up to date and real-time visibility of who owes — without chasing anyone.
  • The booking link each academy shares became a real new-student channel.
  • Setup included: the academy starts without friction and without changing how it works.
  • Real academies run on it daily — like We Dance and Arturo Anaya's academy.

Studio Link was born from a real academy pain: losing money to monthly fees that slip away. The idea is simple — let the system charge for you so you can focus on teaching.

Fernando Contreras, founder of Contreras Code and Studio Link

What is Studio Link and what does it do for an academy?

Studio Link is a Mexican management software for academies and studios — dance, music, sports or any business that charges monthly fees. It centralizes payment control (who owes and who's current), attendance and student tracking, and automates payment reminders so the owner stops chasing payments over WhatsApp. Each academy gets its own booking link that students use to book on their own, plus an AI WhatsApp bot that handles scheduling and class questions. Unlike generic gym software, it adapts to how the academy already works instead of forcing it to change. Setup is included, it starts at $500 MXN per month and comes with a 15-day trial. It's built and operated by Contreras Code.

If you run an academy and lose monthly fees every month, it's not that you charge badly — it's that you're doing it by hand. Studio Link turns collections into something that happens on its own, so you can focus on teaching.

How much slips away each month in uncollected fees? Let's talk