Case Study: Hotpod Yoga achieves seamless, secure franchise payments and time savings with GoCardless

Hotpod Yoga - Customer Case Study

Hotpod Yoga, founded by Max Henderson and Nick Higgins to make hot yoga accessible through low-cost, portable studios, has grown rapidly to over 22 sites in five countries. As the franchise network expanded, the company faced time-consuming, risky manual invoicing and a growing burden around franchise payments—so Hotpod Yoga moved its booking system to TeamUp and adopted GoCardless to handle payments.

GoCardless was integrated with TeamUp to automate and secure franchise payments, cutting out manual processes and reducing payment risk for franchisees and investors. The switch freed up administrative time (currently about 1–2 hours per month and increasing as they scale), avoided the need to hire dedicated staff, improved franchisee confidence, and delivered fast, personal customer support from GoCardless.

Hotpod Yoga

Max Henderson

Managing Director and Co-Founder