Case Study: Three15 Studios achieves streamlined, cost-free digital payroll with Branch

Three15 Studios - Customer Case Study

Three15 Studios, a franchised fitness studio with locations in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham, Alabama, struggled with an outdated payroll process: most instructors were 1099 contractors who received paper checks, and a single W2 employee required a separate, costly system. Owner Mandy Moseley needed a modern, low-cost way to pay staff digitally and avoid steep per-employee fees she found elsewhere. She chose Branch’s 1099 payments platform to solve that problem.

Branch implemented a fast, free payroll solution that let Three15 Studios pay all instructors digitally via Branch Wallets and physical Branch Cards and also cover the one W2 employee at no cost to the employer. Onboarding was completed in hours, a pilot rolled out franchise-wide, and the studio moved from manual check-writing to weekly digital payroll—saving time and avoiding significant fees (the vendor example Moseley cited was $5 per employee/month, nearly $4,000/year for 60 employees). Branch’s platform delivered immediate, measurable cost and time savings while modernizing payments and improving staff satisfaction.

Three15 Studios

Mandy Moseley

Owner