Booking for pottery, art, and craft workshops on Shopify
Studios that sell finished pieces on Shopify can sell their workshops there too. Each wheel or easel is a spot, each workshop date is a time, and guests book and pay in one checkout. Repeat students buy a pack of sessions, and the glaze, clay, and paint they want to take home go in the same cart.
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What you need from booking
Spots that match the equipment
Eight wheels means eight spots, however many people want to come.
One-off workshops and weekly courses
A Saturday taster and a six-week course need different setups.
Open studio time
Members book a wheel for two hours outside class times.
One page for every workshop
Customers want to browse the month and pick a workshop, not hunt through products.
An example setup
Three services that show how the pieces fit. Change the names, lengths, and prices to your own.
| Service | Length | Capacity | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel taster | 2 hours | 8 wheels | $75 per person |
| Open studio | 2 hours | 4 wheels | $30, or 1 credit from a pack |
| Paint and sip night | 2 hours | 20 easels | $55 per person |
The taster and open studio share the wheels' availability, so a class and open studio can never book more wheels than you have. The paint night runs On a few specific days. A 5-session open-studio pack is a package.
The features that matter
- Group bookingsEvery plan
One spot per wheel or easel, and guests can book for friends.
- Specific datesEvery plan
Run a workshop on a few chosen dates instead of every week.
- PackagesPro Plus and up
Sell 5 or 10 open-studio sessions, booked one at a time.
- Month calendar viewEvery plan
Every workshop on one calendar page, so customers browse and book in one place.
- WaitlistPro Plus and up
Popular tasters fill weeks ahead. Let people wait for a spot.
Compare every plan on the pricing page.
Before you set it up
- A six-week course is not one booking. Sell it as a package, or make each week a date the student books.
- Kiln firing and pick-up days are not bookings. Put them in the confirmation email instead.
- Show spots left on each time. A taster with 2 of 8 spots left sells faster.
Common questions
Can students book all six weeks of a course at once?
Each booking is one date. Sell the course as a package of six sessions, and students book each week with the link in their email.
Can I put all my workshops on one calendar page?
Yes. A month calendar of every service lets customers browse and book from one page.
Can I ask for a signed waiver?
Yes. A Signature intake question collects it before the guest pays. Intake questions need the Standard plan or higher.
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Guides
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