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Chapter 7 · Booking

Make a session type

About 12 minutes

A session type is something clients can book, such as a one-hour Family Session for $350. You set the price, length, deposit and rules once, and it appears on your booking page.

Here you also attach the contract and the questionnaire for it.

Have this ready

Step by step

Get there

  1. Move your mouse over Sessions in the top bar.

  2. Press Session Types.

Set it up

  1. Press + New Session Type at the top right.

Name it

  1. Type Family Session in Display name, and one line about it in Tagline.

    Clients see the tagline under the name.

  2. Choose Portraits in Category.

    Categories group your session types into rows on the booking page.

Price and deposit

  1. Under Pricing & booking, press Edit. A panel opens on the right.

    In every panel, press Done at the bottom when you finish.

  2. Type 350 in Price ($) and 100 in Deposit ($), then press Done.

    The client pays the $100 deposit to book, and the other $250 later. Duration (min) is the length of the session.

When clients can book

  1. Under Scheduling, press Edit.

    Leave Availability on Studio calendar. The session then follows your studio hours.

  2. Type 15 in Buffer after and 3 in Notice (days), then press Done.

    Buffer after keeps 15 minutes free after each session. Notice (days) stops clients booking within three days.

  3. Choose Weekly hours in Availability to give this session its own days and times.

What is included

  1. Under Package, press Edit.

  2. Type what clients get in What’s included, one item per line. Type 30 in Included images, then press Done.

    Each line shows as a tick on the booking page card.

  3. Under Add-ons, press Edit, then + Add add-on to offer extras such as Extra 30 minutes.

Contract and questionnaire

  1. Under Client experience, press Edit.

  2. Choose Northlight Portrait Session Agreement in Contract.

    Require contract turns on by itself. Clients sign while they book, before they pay.

  3. Tick Require questionnaire, then press Done.

    A new session type has no questions yet. Build them on its card under Studio, then Forms, as in Make a questionnaire.

Switch it on

  1. Under Appearance & status, press Edit.

  2. Check that This session type is active is ticked, then press Done.

    When it is off, clients cannot see this session type on your booking page.

  3. Press Create session type at the top right.

  4. When the green Saved note appears, press Close at the top left.

  5. Look at the list. Family Session is there with $350, a $100 deposit and a green All year round label.

You're done when

Family Session is on your session types list and active. Next, see what clients see when they book it.

If something's not right

Clients still cannot see it

Check that This session type is active is ticked, then look at your booking page in a private window.

I want another session type

Press + New Session Type again. Senior portraits might be 90 minutes and $425, and a mini session 20 minutes and $150 with Pay in full chosen.

My contract is not in the Contract list

Make it first in Make your contract, then open the session type again.

Pro Pro adds weekly hours for a single session type, and add-ons clients can pick when they book.