Free Booking System for New Yoga Studios
Your students would love the convenience of paying and booking sessions online
New yoga studios are popping up every month in Australia. Give your clients the opportunity to secure a spot and pay for their next sessions online or via the free CoreBookings mobile app.
Three Essentials You Need When You Open A New Yoga Studio
Now that you have made up your mind to open a new yoga studio you need to consider the following three important things before you start your yoga business.
1. Track your financials
As a new yoga studio owner, you need to track your money.—The expenses and the credits both mean tracking every single transaction, both income and expenses. Fully understanding your financial situation will help you adjust membership or drop-in fees, and the number of teachers you hire, as well as make other finance-related decisions important for your business.
Keeping records manually can be time-consuming. Join CoreBookings booking and management software to streamline the process.
2. Marketing your new studio
If you think that simply opening a yoga studio or yoga class will get you students then you are wrong.—Like any business, your yoga studio needs marketing as well. There is tough competition out there as you will find hundreds of yoga studios or yoga classes in your city so how will you compete? —To ensure that your studio gets noticed, you are going to need a solid marketing plan—that will help to get the word out.
CoreBookings comes with automated marketing tools to grow your business.
3. Build your online presence
In today's digital world online presence is a must. You can build your website, have accounts on social media sites and take online classes right from your home or studio.
CoreBookings lets you build a free website, run online classes on Zoom, Skype or other channels, and promote your business.
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Why Use CoreBookings for New Yoga Studios?
* It is affordable for new, small and medium yoga businesses.
* Accept bookings and manage your operations with integrated payment solutions
* Automated marketing features that bring your presence online.
* You can efficiently manage schedules even on your smartphones or with your own free website.
* CoreBookings mobile app lets your students pay and book classes easily.
Challenges of new Yoga studios
* Lack of identity or uniqueness.
* Fail to create value for the services.
* Missed or late payments from clients.
* Lots of admin and time consuming tasks.
Why new yoga studios need an online booking system and management software?
When you're just getting started, it is best to go with the simple and inexpensive way and best is to join the local online booking and management software that is low cost and works in your currency.
CoreBookings works best for new studios in Australia, helping locals and communities.
After all you need to—set up efficient processes in order to conduct essential tasks like managing client lists, scheduling classes, taking attendance, selling and tracking class passes, take credit card payments or online payments, and accomplishing all these tasks with an affordable system and management software is a must.
Now if you have a relatively small yoga studio, you may want to make reservations online. Selling passes online enables you to free up time at the beginning of each class and also encourages your students to pay upfront for multiple classes as opposed to dropping in once in a while.
Use CoreBookings on your mobile; your clients can use the CoreBookings mobile app.
What Are the Benefits of Using CoreBookings?
CoreBookings saves time on manual tasks like taking bookings, depositing payments and creating timetables. That leaves you free to welcome new students and build relationships before class.
CoreBookings has a data migration module. Import and export customer and purchase data, or migrate from systems like MBO and Acuity Scheduling into your CoreBookings account.
CoreBookings integrates with various payment methods and has a mobile-optimised checkout so students can purchase classes quickly.
It's also nice to be able to email your students right from the software. The main benefits of that are that you can provide great customer service quite easily and automate email reminders to students who are due for new classes to join.—
CoreBookings customising features and built-in integrations are important for your new yoga space.
CoreBookings addresses your needs with email marketing, targeted messaging and quick mailing list building to keep potential customers informed.
CoreBookings helps improve your search rankings and works wonders for new yoga studios.
You can also add your social media links and follow buttons as well as promote your services or posts in your Social Media channels with one click for viral marketing as well as other data integration to increase sales for your yoga studio services.
Interested in CoreBookings? Book a demo.
Accept Cash, EFTPOS and Credit Cards
Stop chasing payments and choose upfront online payments. Create your own pricing passes including recurring payments.
Students can choose from single classes or a sign up for a course or term of classes
Give your students the choice to book a 1 off class or a course / term of 8 or 10 or more classes in advance.
FAQs
Q1. Would CoreBookings allow my clients to book and cancel sessions
online?
Yes, CoreBookings allows you to book clients for your online sessions. You can easily cancel or reschedule using CoreBookings.
Q2. Can I continue to use Square or get cash for my sessions if
I use CoreBookings?
Yes, you can continue to use the Square payment gateway and choose cash payments when using CoreBookings for your clients.
CoreBookings offers powerful payment and point-of-sale platforms for every type of transaction.
Q3. Can I automatically charge clients for a membership?
Yes, you can automatically charge clients for membership. Your clients can reserve their spot or purchase a pass anytime. Flexible membership configurations let you run sessions your way.
Q4. Can I set up my free website with CoreBookings?
Yes. At CoreBookings you don’t need a website to start accepting bookings or payments. You can also build a free website via settings.
Q5. Can I sync my timetable with Google Calendar?
No at present you cannot sync your timetable with Google Calendar.
Q6. Can my clients make bookings?
Yes, your clients can make bookings but not more than 4 weeks/month in advance. You can also create courses where your clients prepay the whole course and are automatically booked into every class in advance.
Q7. Can I have more than 1 location on the system?
Yes, you can have more than one location on the system. There are no region or area-specific limitations at CoreBookings.
Q8. Can I send SMSs to my clients?
Yes, we are adding this feature soon. You can then send automated reminders for your boot camps or workshops and promote your business using push notifications through SMS so that your clients know about your classes and offers.
Q9. How secure are the payment transactions made through CoreBookings?
All payment transactions through CoreBookings use secure, encrypted connections. We comply with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) to keep client payment information safe.
Q10. Does CoreBookings provide data analytics or reporting?
Yes, CoreBookings includes a reporting system with insights into attendance, revenue, client growth and more.
Q11. Is there a limit to the number of clients or classes I can manage?
CoreBookings is designed to scale. There’s no limit on clients, classes or instructors.
Q12. Does CoreBookings provide features for client communication?
Yes, CoreBookings includes client communication features. You can send emails to clients and class attendees.
Q13. Can I customize the booking experience for my clients, such as adding my studio logo or changing the color scheme?
Yes. You can add your logo. We are working on allowing you to change the color scheme.
Q14. What support is available if I have issues with the system?
CoreBookings offers comprehensive support through email and Zoom.
We also have a resourceful online help center with guides and FAQs.
Q15. Can CoreBookings integrate with other software such as CRM?
No, CoreBookings doesn’t integrate with other CRMs at the moment.
Q16. Is CoreBookings mobile-friendly, or is there an app?
CoreBookings is mobile-friendly and provides a great experience on all devices.
We also offer a dedicated app for both iOS and Android devices.
Q17. Does CoreBookings offer features for managing teacher schedules and payroll?
No, CoreBookings doesn’t offer teacher payroll features.
Q18. Is there a trial period to test CoreBookings?
Yes, CoreBookings offers a free trial to explore the system before committing.
Q19. Can I offer promotional codes or discounts?
Yes, CoreBookings lets you create and manage promotional codes and discounts.
Q20. Can CoreBookings help manage studio inventory?
No, CoreBookings doesn’t include inventory management.
Q21. Is CoreBookings easy to set up for new yoga studios?
Yes. CoreBookings is designed for quick onboarding. New studios can be up and running within days, with support for client import and simple setup.
Q22. Can I import my existing clients and collect testimonials?
Yes. You can import existing client lists to get started quickly. CoreBookings also helps you showcase testimonials to attract new students.