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Bookings for pottery studios, done properly.

Wheel classes, multi-week courses and open studio, each with its own seat count and its own way of being paid for.

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Two hands shaping a small clay pot on a spinning potter's wheel.

A pottery studio sells time at a wheel and space in a kiln. The same week holds a beginners' wheel class on Tuesday, a hand-building workshop on Thursday, and a six-week course that starts on Saturday. Open studio hours sit beside them, free for members. Each is paid for differently: a drop-in fee, a credit from a pack, one payment for the whole course, or nothing at all. The seat count is set by wheels and shelf space, not by how many people fit in the room. Keeping all of that straight without a spreadsheet and a Sunday evening is the job account42 does.

A week at Kiln & Co. Pottery.

This is the booking widget, not a picture of it. Take a seat and watch the count move and the confirmation text arrive.

Every session carries its own price, seat count and rules, so a course, a drop-in and a free session sit in the same timetable.

Book a class

This week

  • Tue 6:00 pm

    Wheel throwing, beginners

    2 hours · $65 · drop-in or credits

    4 seats left

  • Thu 7:00 pm

    Hand-building: mugs

    90 min · $48 · members free

    1 seat left

  • Sat 10:00 am

    6-week wheel course

    Starts Sat · $340 · package

    Full

  • Sun 2:00 pm

    Open studio

    3 hours · free for members

    9 seats left

How a pottery studio uses account42.

Set up the schedule
Describe the studio's week once. Wheel throwing every Tuesday at 6 pm with eight seats, hand-building on Thursdays with eight, open studio on Sunday mornings with twelve. The weekly pattern generates each session ahead of time. A six-week course is added once with its start date, and every session inside it appears on the calendar with its own seats.
Take bookings and payments
Students book from the page on your own site or from the assistant. A drop-in pays $65 on the spot, a pack holder spends a credit, and a member takes open studio for free. A course is one purchase of six sessions. Every payment lands on your own Stripe or PayPal account, and account42 takes no cut.
Handle changes and waitlists
When a student drops out of Thursday's class, your cancellation window decides whether they get a refund or a credit back. The freed seat goes to the first person on the waitlist with a time-limited offer. If the kiln fails, cancel the session and everyone booked hears about it at once.

The parts that are hard to get right.

A six-week course is one purchase, not six

Sell the whole course once, and still track who came to week three.

Under the hood

One payment creates every session in the run. Each one is booked, counted and cancellable on its own without unpicking the purchase.

Open studio is free and still needs a seat

Members book open studio at no charge, and the wheel count still holds.

Under the hood

A free session takes a hold and issues a confirmation on the same path as a paid one. Nothing is bypassed because the price is zero.

Kiln space limits the class, not the room

Set the seat count to the number of wheels you actually have.

Under the hood

Capacity is per session, not per room, so the same space can run eight wheels on Tuesday and twelve hand-builders on Thursday.

Works where you are : your currency, timezone and language, on your own Stripe or PayPal account.

Questions people ask about booking for pottery studios

Can students buy a pack of classes?
Yes. Sell a pack of ten and let them spend it over the following months. Credits are returned to the balance when a booking is canceled inside your window.
What if someone drops out of a course halfway?
Your cancellation window decides what is refunded, and the remaining sessions free up their seats for the waitlist.
Can I run members-only sessions?
Yes. Membership is read at booking time, so a lapsed payment stops new bookings without deleting the member or their history.
Can I charge for clay and firing separately?
Yes. Price the class with materials included, or sell a firing fee as its own session that students book when they need it. Either way the money settles on your own Stripe or PayPal account, and you write what is included in the description.
How do I run open studio for members?
Run it as a free session with a real seat count. Members book at no charge, the place still comes off the calendar, and you know who will be at a wheel before you open the door.
Can I sell a gift voucher for a wheel class?
Yes. Sell a one-credit pack as the gift. The recipient books any class that accepts credits. The credit is spent inside the same transaction that takes the seat, so the gift can never be used twice.

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