CenterEdge Software Blog

Today CenterEdge Software is excited to announce the release the first phase of our next generation online waiver system. This new system is based on a wide variety of feedback that we've collected from our customers and this first phase incorporates many of the most requested features. Here are a few of the highlights:

Recently, a lot of excitement has been generated in the roller skating industry by Kids Skate Free.  It is a marketing program being used by skating centers across the country to help drive traffic and increase revenues, with great success.

With CenterEdge Advantage 12.1, we released an iPod-based platform for mobile validation of tickets and cards called CenterEdge Mobile.  We recently released a lot of great new features, but this is one of my personal favorites.  It opens up a whole new world of possibilities for parks and family entertainment centers, and does so at a very reasonable cost.

Have you ever wanted to put food or merchandise entitlements on a card as part of your move to a cashless environment?  It's certainly much simpler to deal with than printing tickets for the guest to redeem at another location in your facility.  Our latest release, CenterEdge Advantage 12.1, makes this a quick any easy process.  Plus, product entitlements are a great way to increase revenue by offering add-ons to your packages at admission.

CenterEdge Advantage 12.1 is now available!  Any customer with a valid support contract is eligible to receive the upgrade.  Just email us at support@centeredgesoftware.com to schedule your upgrade as soon as Tuesday, July 31st, 2012.

For many entertainment facilities, liability waivers are an important key in keeping your insurance rates down.  Trampoline parks are certainly no exception to that rule.  But how do you handle those liability waivers without creating a paper handling nightmare?  In some states, you must keep the waiver for several years after a minor turns 18, which can be decades.  Here are some key ideas that can help control the monster.

Is your skating rink still operating using a cigar box or a cash register?  Have you ever considered adding a point of sale system to your skating rink, but thought that the benefits didn't outweigh the cost?  Well, at CenterEdge Software we don't believe that's true.  The fact is, the return on investment for a new point of sale and birthday reservation system in a skating rink really makes the decision a no-brainer.

For any facility that books birthday parties, we strongly recommend allowing your customers to book their parties online.  As we've mentioned before, there are a lot of advantages that come with online party bookings.  However, any time you offer an online service, there are always security concerns that need to be addressed.

When you're looking at opening a trampoline park, there are a lot of important things to consider.  Where to locate the trampoline park, what kind of trampolines to use, where to get your insurance, and more.  However, one of the most important decisions you can make is what point of sale system to purchase for your trampoline park.

Have you ever wished that you could make your birthday reservation process more simple?  Do you have a series of activities that your birthday parties need to be booked for?  Do your employees tend to mess up your schedule by assigning the wrong parties to the wrong activities?  If so, CenterEdge Advantage has the answer for you.