Business expenses to family holidays

The story

Short answer: Two gym franchise owners moved most of their regular business payments onto B2Bpay so they could pay on American Express even where suppliers do not accept it. The points now take the family around the world every year.

Running 24-hour gym franchises means a constant stream of business expenses: rent, contractors, suppliers. It adds up fast.

• Industry: 24-hour gyms
• In business: 20 years
• Location: across Australia
• Founders: Billy and Paula Van Der Kooi

A referral they haven't looked back from

Billy and Paula heard about B2Bpay through a family member. One of the immediate wins was earning points on payments that previously could not go through their American Express card. A lot of suppliers simply do not accept Amex, so a significant chunk of their spend was earning nothing. B2Bpay changed that: the supplier receives a bank transfer while the charge sits on the Amex.

"We learned about B2Bpay through a family member who told us about it and we haven't looked back since"

Billy Van Der Kooi, Director

Paying the bills, one reward at a time

Today Billy and Paula run roughly 80% of their business expenses through B2Bpay. Rent, contractors, suppliers: the payments most business owners make without a second thought are now quietly stacking up points every time they go out.

Scheduled payments, one-off payments, the platform handles both. And when they have needed support, the experience has been just as smooth.

"We use B2Bpay currently to pay about 80% of our business expenses from our rent, contractors and right down to our suppliers as well. So it's really really useful for us. "

Billy Van Der Kooi, Director

Supplier invoices go on Amex, earning full Membership Rewards points plus B2B Points on top, and business rent, utilities and running costs all earn.

From business expenses to family memories

The points have not sat in an account. They fly Billy's parents down from Canada once a year. They have funded business class upgrades. And they have taken the family on holidays year after year.

The gym franchises were always going to have rent and contractors. B2Bpay made sure those expenses were doing double duty.

"With the B2Bpay points I'm able to fly my mum and dad down from Canada once a year, which is really really helpful. Also take business class upgrades and take our family on family holidays every year as well, which is great."

Billy Van Der Kooi, Director

What they would tell other business owners

"If other business owners aren't using B2Bpay, what are you waiting for? It's super easy, the team's super supportive and I highly recommend it, or we highly recommend it."

Paula Van Der Kooi, Director

"Without B2BPay we wouldn't be able to travel overseas multiple times a year."

Billy Van der Kooi, Director of a 24 hour gym franchise

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