Riding centre or independent instructor account? Choose by what you manage
Teaching at a riding centre does not mean you need to manage the whole centre. At WithEquus, we bring calendars, students and payment requests together so that administration supports your work with horses. When you start, we offer two routes: a riding centre account or an independent instructor account. Choosing the right one helps you focus on the tools you need without setting up your activity as though you ran a different business. We suggest looking at what you manage in a normal week before deciding which account to create.
Start with the work you need to manage
If you organise a whole riding centre, your responsibilities reach beyond your own lessons. Centre bookings, horses, stock and employees all enter the picture. The centre account is the route to consider when those operations are part of your remit, even if you also spend several hours a day teaching.
If your work revolves around your own students, lessons and lesson bundles, start by considering the independent instructor profile. Think about the activity you want to organise: your independent teaching business or the operation of an entire centre. Your job title alone leaves too many practical questions unanswered.
Here are the relevant differences in our published feature comparison:
- Riding centre: online bookings, horse records, inventory and employee management.
- Independent instructor: your own lesson bundles and lesson history.
- Both: a calendar, student management, payment requests and online payments with Stripe.
“I teach at a centre, but I do not run it”
Your teaching location does not settle the question. An instructor working within a centre's teaching operation and a professional billing for their own independent work may teach at the same facilities while needing different arrangements. Teaching there does not mean you should create a centre account.
Consider an illustrative example: an instructor visits a yard two afternoons a week. If she organises her own students, sells her own lesson bundles and charges for lessons as an independent activity, she should consider the independent instructor route. If those lessons belong to the centre's offering, she should clarify with the centre and our team how to get started before registering separately. This is an example to explain the decision, rather than a customer story.
What if you run the centre and teach independently?
Tell us about both activities before creating duplicate accounts. Explain what the centre organises and what you manage independently, particularly for students, bundles and payments. That gives us a useful basis for helping you choose a starting route. You should not have to guess from a label or assume that a second role automatically requires a second account.
Price does not have to make the decision for you
Our pricing page lists both profiles at €0/month. Online payments may be subject to transaction fees. Compare the fit of the features first, and review the payment conditions before taking payments.
Visit WithEquus Pricing to compare features and choose the right starting route. If your work combines several roles, email info@withequus.com before opening another account. A short explanation of your current activity is more useful than trying to squeeze your working week into a job title. We want your starting setup to make sense for the work you actually do.