Add a session by hand

Not every booking comes through your website. For sessions arranged by text, DM or in person, add the session yourself from the client's page. No online payment is needed.

Add the session

1. Open the client from Clients > Clients, or click Book by hand on their inquiry.
2. Find Book a session by hand (the Book a session button jumps to it).
3. Fill in:
   • Package, Date and Start time.
   • Location and What are you shooting? (optional).
   • Price (leave empty for package price), if you agreed on a different price.
   • Length in minutes (optional), if it differs from the package.
   • Already paid (optional) and Paid with (Venmo, Zelle, Cash, Check or Other), if they've paid something.
4. Leave Send the session agreement to sign ticked to send your automatic contracts to their portal.
5. Leave Email them a "You're booked" confirmation ticked to send them the confirmation with their portal link.
6. Click Add session.

What happens

• The booking is confirmed straight away and opens on its own page.
• The time goes on your Calendar and in the client's portal, and on Google Calendar if it's connected.
• Any open inquiry from the same email is marked Booked.
• Anything you entered as already paid is recorded as the deposit.

Things to know:

• The session gets its own time on your schedule. It isn't taken from your open times, and it's never opened to clients later.
• If the time overlaps another session, you get a warning instead. Pick another time, or tick Add it anyway if it overlaps another session and click Add session again.
• If you untick the confirmation, the client gets no email. Use Portal link on the booking's page to send them their portal later.
• Later payments can be recorded on the booking's page. See A booking's page.