How it works

From first booking to
anniversary session.

Six stages, one system, no copy-paste in between. Here’s exactly what Fotobooq does for you — and your clients — at every step.

01
Stage 1 of 6Booking

Clients book themselves, paperwork done.

Your real availability on your own website or hosted page. By the time they pay, the contract is signed and the questionnaire is answered — no back-and-forth emails.

  • Session types with photos, durations, buffers and deposits
  • Weekly hours plus one-off mini-session days
  • Golden-hour times shown for your location
  • Slots held while they check out, released if they don't
  • Contracts with a drawn e-signature and questionnaires, before payment
  • Embeds on Squarespace, Showit, Wix, WordPress and Shopify
02
Stage 2 of 6Payments

Money that moves itself.

Deposits at booking, balances whenever suits you, receipts sent automatically — all straight into your own Stripe account.

  • Cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay through your Stripe
  • Balance by QR code at the shoot or a pay link by email
  • Venmo, PayPal, Cash App and Zelle buttons (Studio and up)
  • Record cash, check or app payments in two taps
  • Printable receipts in the client's portal
  • Refunds reconcile the session balance for you
A photographer's phone showing a booking confirmation at a family shoot
03
Stage 3 of 6Shoot day

Your whole day, in one hand.

A phone-first day view built for the field — because mini-session days move fast and your laptop is in the car.

  • Next-up highlight and gaps between sessions
  • Arrived check-in, then Shot ✓
  • One-tap “running 10 minutes late” text
  • Collect the balance by QR before they leave
  • Printable day sheet for your assistant
  • Call, text or map any client in one tap
A sleeping newborn wrapped in a knit swaddle
04
Stage 4 of 6Galleries & store

Delivered beautifully, sold at 0%.

Upload from your camera roll or desktop, deliver a gallery in your brand, and let clients buy what they love — you keep every dollar of it.

  • Resumable uploads that survive bad signal
  • Favorites, passwords, download PINs and expiry dates
  • Pro-lab prints, canvas and framed art, shipped to the client — 0% commission
  • Clients see the print on a wall, to scale, before they buy
  • Lay-flat albums clients lay out from their favorites in minutes
  • Sell single photos or the whole gallery as downloads
  • Web and full-resolution downloads
  • Gallery-ready and expiring-soon emails sent for you
  • Import existing galleries as ZIPs
05
Stage 5 of 6Client portal

Your brand, not ours.

Every client gets their own sign-in in your colors, logo and cover photo — the kind of experience that makes them tell their friends.

  • Every session, gallery and download in one place
  • Pay the balance or book again in one tap
  • Signed agreements and questionnaire answers
  • Printable receipts for every payment
  • Clients update their own contact details
  • Invite your whole client list in one click
A couple walking hand in hand on a country road
06
Stage 6 of 6Rebooking & referrals

Clients who come back.

Repeat families are the cheapest bookings you'll ever get. Fotobooq remembers when they're due and makes saying yes effortless.

  • Anniversary book-again emails, sent automatically
  • A Rebook list of families who are due
  • “Same as last time” with their details pre-filled
  • Refer-a-friend link for every client, with your reward
  • Email campaigns to your client list — mini sessions, holidays, print specials
  • Review requests that route 5 stars to Google
  • Low ratings stay private so you can make it right

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Setup

Live in an afternoon.

  1. 1

    Create your studio

    Name, colors, logo, cover photo. Two minutes.

  2. 2

    Connect Stripe

    Stripe's own onboarding. Payouts go to your bank.

  3. 3

    Add sessions & import

    Session types, availability, and your client list from a CSV.

  4. 4

    Share or embed

    Paste one line on your site, or share your booking link.

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