Move off ForeUP or Membersports
in 30 days. Without breaking a thing.
Most municipal golf courses we talk to think switching software is a multi-month, multi-vendor, RFP-required ordeal. It isn’t. Here’s the exact 5-phase, 30-day plan we use to migrate a course from ForeUP or Membersports to Cinch — with your members never losing access to a single tee time.
Four reasons cities are easier to migrate than private clubs.
$199/mo × 12 = $2,388 a year — well under the typical city no-bid threshold ($5k–25k). Single signed services agreement, no RFP.
On the $199/mo track payments route through our Stripe account; we settle to your bank. No new merchant relationship, no PCI scope changes for city IT.
No big-bang switch. New bookings flow through Cinch while the old system honors existing reservations. Zero risk to your Saturday tee sheet.
If something goes sideways during cutover, the people who built Cinch are an hour's drive away. ForeUP support is a ticket queue in another state.
One month from "let's talk" to "we’re live."
Every phase has a clear deliverable on both sides. You always know what we’re doing and what we need from you. If anything slips, we own the schedule recovery — not you.
15-min intro call with your head pro + parks/rec director (or whoever holds the budget). We learn your course size, current vendor + contract terms, member count, what's broken. You get a 1-page proposal that day with pricing tailored to your actual volume.
Single-page Services Agreement — no RFP, no SOW negotiation, no surprise. We provision your tenant on your subdomain (members.[yourcourse].com or [yourcourse].cinch.club). Brand colors + logo from your existing site. You introduce us to your head pro by email.
We send you a pre-written data-export request you forward to ForeUP / Membersports support — it uses their own data-portability clause. They typically export in 3–5 business days. We import everything: members, tee-time history, active reservations (we honor them), season passes, gift card balances, card-on-file relationships via Stripe customer portability. You review and approve.
2-hour Zoom staff training + 5 short Loom walkthroughs they can re-watch any time. Cinch runs ALONGSIDE your current system for 7–10 days. New bookings go through Cinch. Existing bookings honored on both sides. We're on a dedicated Slack channel + phone line for the full window.
We draft the member-comms email + push notification with the new app instructions. Members 'Add to Home Screen' on their phone — no App Store delay. Their reservations, passes, and card-on-file are all there. ForeUP is cancelled at next renewal (we time it so you don't pay them and us for the same month).
We handle nearly everything.
You sign a contract and pick a date.
| Cinch handles | City handles |
|---|---|
Data export from ForeUP / Membersports | Sign the Services Agreement |
Tenant provisioning + branding setup | Intro to your head pro |
Member + history import | One member-comms email signoff |
Staff training (Zoom + Looms) | Pick the cutover date |
Member rollout communications | Approve the data import |
24/7 cutover support | Cancel old vendor at renewal |
Stripe payment setup (we own it on All-Inclusive) | Receive your settlement |
IT security overview doc for your IT dept | (That's it.) |
The 10 questions we hear from cities.
Sign with Cinch now, run parallel for 30 days, cancel ForeUP at next renewal. We time the cutover so you never pay both vendors for the same week. ForeUP can't claim damages because you're not in breach — you just won't renew.
We send a 1-page security overview the same day. Stripe is PCI Level 1 — we're zero-knowledge on card data. Our stack runs on Vercel + Neon (SOC 2 Type II vendors). For higher-touch IT reviews, we'll get on a call.
No. We migrate active reservations during the data import. Members see them in the new app on day 1. Same tee time, same partners, same details.
Balances roll over. Members redeem in the new app without re-purchasing. We handle the data side; you don't have to manually reconcile anything.
30-day money-back guarantee. First month is free. You're not locked in — we want you to leave if you're not winning.
We do, end to end. You touch ForeUP exactly once: forwarding our pre-written email to their support. Everything else is on us.
At $199/mo ($2,388/yr) we're typically under the no-bid threshold. We can also write you a sole-source justification doc if procurement asks (we make a defensible case: only vendor with the AI booking + auto last-minute deals features).
Then pick the All-Inclusive track ($199/mo flat). No new merchant account, no Stripe Connect onboarding, no PCI scope changes for the city. You write one check to GullStack; we handle all payment processing on our Stripe account and settle to your bank on a regular schedule.
Yes. Most operators end up at members.yourcourse.com (subdomain pointed at us via CNAME). Your main site stays exactly where it is.
All-Inclusive track is the answer. Cinch invoices the city directly for $199/mo as a SaaS expense. Your existing merchant-services contract is untouched. No procurement amendment needed.
What this looks like on your books.
Whichever vendor you’re on today, the math is the same: Cinch is a fraction of the cost. Two scenarios — pick the one that matches.
Reinvest in course conditions, junior programs, clubhouse upgrades — or just keep it on the books. Either way, this is money your golf department is currently sending to a software vendor in another state.
The view from your head pro’s desk.
Ready to book the discovery call?
15 minutes. We’ll quote you, time the cutover around your current contract, and answer any objection your city finance or IT team has lined up. No commitment.
A Utah company. A Utah-built platform. For Utah golf.
Free 60-day trial. Free migration from whatever you're on now. Cancel anytime.