One real client, start to finish. Pick a plan to see how the same journey feels on it — every step is badged with who does the work: the platform, or you.
On Studio, this journey is:✅ 13 automatic✋ 10 your part — in the app🙋 5 your client's part🔒 1 not on this plan
1.👋 A client reaches out
🙋 Your client's partYour client asks for a sessionThey pick an offering on your Book page and send the request.
✅ AutomaticA public “Book a session” page shows your offeringsThe Book form is your front door; offerings show name, price, and duration.
✅ AutomaticThe inquiry becomes a client + a session in your pipeline, and you get an alert
2.📅 Booking it
✋ Your part — in the appConfirm the session — set the date and request the depositOne click in the session drawer (cash/Venmo and no-deposit paths tucked underneath).
✅ AutomaticThe client gets the calendar date + a secure deposit payment link
🙋 Your client's partYour client pays the depositThrough the secure payment link — card, one tap.
✅ AutomaticDeposit paid → the session is booked (client gets receipt + calendar invite; you get an alert)Payment is the transition — Booked means the money is in.
✅ AutomaticBalance request goes to your client 3 days before the shoot (amount + pay link)Sent once, automatically — a Request-balance button covers do-it-now and resends.
🙋 Your client's partYour client pays the balanceThrough the pay link in the balance email.
✅ AutomaticDay-before reminder email — to your client AND to you
3.📸 Shoot day
✋ Your part — in the appThe session itselfNo plan automates this part — that's why they hired you.
4.🎞️ Edit & upload
✋ Your part — in the appCreate the gallery and upload your edits — 200 GB · 30 galleries on Studio
🔒 Not on this planAdd a highlight film to the galleryVideo & Films is a Pro feature.
5.⭐ Proofing — they pick favorites
✋ Your part — in the appSet the gallery to Proofing (favorite limit optional)One click in the gallery drawer.
✋ Your part — in the appInvite the client to pick“✉ Email your client” opens your mail app pre-addressed, link and password filled in — you press send. (Or copy the link and send it from anywhere.)
🙋 Your client's partYour client picks their favoritesFrom the proofing link — any device, no login; picks save live.
✋ Your part — in the appFavorites become their client galleryDeliver this shoot: paid session behind it → just choose everything-or-picks (the photos are included). Selling instead → set your prices, store or direct, hold if you want.
6.⬇️ Digitals delivered
✅ AutomaticTheir gallery goes live at its private linkUnlisted — only people with the link (and password, if you set one) can see it. Whether downloads are open is the next steps' story: free if you deliver, locked behind purchase if you sell, locked behind the balance if one's open.
✅ AutomaticSelling the digitals instead? Payment unlocks downloads + sends the receiptWorks on every plan — the store is never paywalled.
✅ AutomaticBalance still open? Downloads stay locked until it's settledThe gallery-ready email doubles as the invoice — viewing stays open, downloads unlock on payment.
✋ Your part — in the appTell the client it's ready“✉ Email your client” (delivery panel or gallery drawer) opens your mail app pre-addressed — you press send.
🙋 Your client's partYour client downloads their photosFrom their gallery — any device; files are your originals.
7.🖼️ Prints & products
✋ Your part — in the appPublish the gallery (or just their picks) to your store with prices
✅ AutomaticCheckout runs itself — buyer gets the receipt, you get the order alert, and the buyer joins your client book
✅ AutomaticBuyer pays goods + shipping; the 3% card fee never touches shipping (cash sales carry no fee)Flat per-item shipping you set on each physical product.
✋ Your part — in the appSend the print order to the labSubmit to your own lab, then “Mark shipped” — bring-your-own-lab.
✅ AutomaticSell gallery viewing itself (pay-per-view)Payment is the credential — their order link unlocks the gallery on up to 5 devices.
8.🏁 Wrap-up
✋ Your part — in the appMove the session to DeliveredOne move on the board — it's your memory.
✅ AutomaticEarnings and orders reportingGross, platform fee, and estimated net — month by month.
🗺️ Planned steps are on the roadmap and shown so you can see where the flow is heading — they are not live yet. Everything else reflects how the platform works today.