One seat per wheel
Cap each class at the number of wheels or table spaces, so you never have more people than clay and kit.
A booking page for every wheel in your studio
Your evening wheel class has eight wheels, the Saturday taster sells out in a day, and the hand-building workshop is often bought as a gift. With Groopla, people book and pay for a seat online, either a deposit or the full price, and a waitlist fills any seat that’s cancelled.
Taster sessions
Put two-hour beginner tasters on the timetable with their own price, for people who have never sat at a wheel.
Wheel courses
Run a six-week course as a weekly session with an end date, and sell a matching 6-class pack for it.
One-off workshops
Add glazing days, hand-building and date-night sessions whenever you plan them, next to the regular timetable.
Deposits when people book
Ask for part of the price up front for longer workshops. Their seat is confirmed, and the rest is paid at the studio.
Waitlists for sold-out sessions
When a taster is full, people join the waitlist and get the next free seat automatically, with a text to say so.
Every seat costs you clay and time
Each seat in a pottery class means a wheel, a bag of clay, tools and a share of the kiln, all prepared before people arrive. An empty seat costs you money, and an extra person you can’t seat costs you more.
Groopla stops bookings at the number of seats you set and takes payment as people book. Freed seats go to the waitlist, so your class list matches the wheels you set up.
Tasters, courses and open studio
Give each kind of session its own activity, price and cap:
- Beginner tasters at the weekend, priced per seat.
- Six- or eight-week wheel courses on a weekday evening, paid with a class pack.
- Open studio sessions for members with a monthly pass.
- Seasonal workshops, such as Christmas decorations, added as one-off sessions.
Fewer forgotten bookings
Tasters are often booked weeks ahead. Groopla sends a text the day before and again two hours before, so people remember to come, and a late cancellation rule you set protects seats booked close to the date.
Questions
Can people book a whole course in one go?
Each week is booked as its own session. Sell a course pack and ask students to book all the weeks when they buy it.
Can I sell gift vouchers?
Not as vouchers yet. Take the payment yourself and add a pass to the recipient’s client record by hand.
Can someone book two seats, for a date night?
Each person books their own seat with their own phone number, which also means both get the reminder.
Do you handle firing and collection?
No. Groopla handles the timetable, bookings and payments. You can put pickup details in the activity description.
Read next
- Online payments and passes Card payments, class packs, monthly passes and deposits.
- Automatic waitlists Cancelled spots go to the next person in line, who gets a text.
- SMS reminders Texts and emails for bookings, changes and upcoming classes.
- For dance schools Drop-in classes, term passes and teachers who rotate.
- For yoga studios A weekly timetable, class packs and full mats.
- How to take deposits for workshops and courses How much to ask, what happens when someone cancels and how to say it.
Sell every seat at the wheel
Add your tasters, courses and workshops today and share one link to book them.