The Problem: You're Losing Members You Already Earned
Here's the thing — most HVAC companies work hard to sell a maintenance plan, then do almost nothing to keep it. That's a brutal way to run a membership program.
Do the math with me. Say you've got 500 active members paying $199 to $299 per year. Solid recurring revenue. Now assume 20% of them lapse at renewal — which is pretty normal when no reminder system exists. That's 100 members gone. At an average of $250 per membership, you just lost $25,000. And that's before you factor in the tune-up revenue and repair calls that come with active members.
I'll be honest — I've seen shops lose way more than that. They just never counted it because the money never showed up, so they didn't miss it. That's the worst kind of loss.
The reason members lapse usually isn't that they're unhappy. It's that nobody reminded them. Life gets busy. Your membership renewal got buried in their inbox. They meant to click the link. They didn't. You lost the account.
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