Sell and schedule
- Online booking and lane availability
- Dynamic pricing, promotions, and gift cards
- Party, league, membership, and referral tools
5% platform fee. No monthly software plan.
The 5% fee covers the complete supported Blade platform, with no feature tiers and no lane or staff limits. SMS usage is purchased separately.
You control the fee
Pass the 5% to the guest, cover it as the venue, or split it. Blade fits the checkout approach that works for your business.
The complete supported platform is included.
Use the booking, front-desk, lane, league, customer, and reporting tools your venue needs—plus an included website redesign, hosting, and transactional email—without moving to a higher software tier.
One agreement
Blade Agreement
The complete supported Blade platform with no monthly software charge, feature tier, lane limit, or staff limit. SMS usage is separate.
5%
Platform fee at checkout
Payments connect directly to your Stripe or Square account. Booking revenue settles through that processor, and the Blade fee is paid at checkout.
Monthly software fee$0
LanesUnlimited
StaffUnlimited
- Online booking and lane scheduling
- Front desk, check-in, and digital waivers
- Digital scoring and leaderboards
- Gift cards, memberships, and referrals
- League and tournament tooling
- Analytics, marketing, and customer tools
- Support within the agreement scope
- SMS available separately as needed
Run the venue
- Front desk, walk-ins, check-in, and waivers
- Lane screens, scoring, chat, and leaderboards
- Unlimited lanes and staff accounts
Measure and adjust
- Customer, revenue, and lane analytics
- Promotions, reviews, referrals, and loyalty tools
- Support and improvements within our agreement scope
Launch and communicate
- A redesigned venue website built around conversion
- Website hosting connected to the Blade platform
- Transactional email for bookings and guest follow-up
SMS is purchased as it is used.
Text messages carry a direct delivery cost, so SMS balance stays separate from the 5% agreement. Email and the rest of the supported platform remain included.
Is there a monthly plan or feature tier?+
No. Blade uses one commercial agreement: a 5% platform fee for the full supported platform. There is no Starter or Pro tier to outgrow.
What does the 5% cover?+
It covers Blade's supported booking, front-desk, lane-screen, scoring, league, customer, promotion, analytics, and reporting tools, plus website redesign, hosting, transactional email, and ongoing platform improvements within our agreement scope.
Who pays the 5% platform fee?+
You control how the 5% is handled: pass it to the guest at checkout, cover it as the venue, or split it between the guest and the venue.
What is billed separately?+
SMS usage is separate because every text has a direct carrier cost. Venues purchase SMS balance as needed; Blade does not bundle a message allowance into a plan.
Where does booking revenue go?+
Blade connects directly to your Stripe or Square account, so booking revenue settles through the payment processor connected to your venue.