Online booking for photographers
Clients book a newborn, family, maternity or cake-smash session and hold the date with a 25% deposit on their card; headshots are paid on the day. You see how many are coming, the baby's due date and the style they're after before you pick up the camera.
No monthly fee · Card, bank or cash · Works with your website · $20 launch credit
What a photographer needs from online booking
A deposit holds the date
Family, maternity and cake-smash sessions hold a 25% deposit on the client's card as they book, charged when you confirm, into your own Stripe account. Headshots are paid on the day.
Newborns wait for your OK
A newborn session is booked around a due date, so it arrives as a request with the due date, if they've given one. Confirm it within a few days to take the deposit, then move the session to the right day once the baby arrives.
On location too
Shooting real estate, events and portraits at the client's address? Pick Mobile photography instead: every shoot waits for your approval, event shoots hold a 30% deposit, and the booking asks when the photos are needed by.
A photography booking page, with your sessions already on it
Pick Photography studio at sign-up and these services, prices and booking questions are pre-filled. Change anything, or let AI draft them for you.
One family session, start to finish
She books on a Sunday night
From your Instagram or the Book now button on your website, she picks Family portrait session, Saturday at 9 am, says there'll be four of them plus the dog, and that she likes the lifestyle look from your feed.
25% is held on her card
$99.75 is held on her card as she books. The booking lands as a request; one tap confirms it and the hold is charged, into your own Stripe account. The date is hers, and yours.
The reminder, and the inbox
A free email reminder goes out the day before. When she asks what to wear, your answer sits with her booking, not lost in Instagram messages.
Saturday, then the balance
After the shoot, the remaining $299.25 by card, bank transfer or cash. Record it and the invoice goes out on its own, a GST tax invoice if you're registered.
You do the work.
We'll handle the money.
Take a card deposit when they book — through your own Stripe account, so the money lands with you, never with us. Settle the rest by card, bank transfer or cash and the invoice goes out on its own — a GST tax invoice if you’re registered. No monthly fee: 1.5% on card payments, 50¢ when you record a cash or bank payment.
Questions photographers ask us
Can I take a deposit to hold a session date?
Yes. The Photography studio setup holds a 25% deposit on the client's card for family, maternity, newborn and cake-smash sessions, charged when you confirm. Set any percentage on any service; card payments go through your own Stripe account.
How do newborn sessions work when the date isn't known?
A newborn session arrives as a request with the baby's due date, if they've given one, so nothing is confirmed until you say so. Confirm it within a few days to take the deposit, then move the session to the right day once the baby arrives; you can message the parents from the booking.
I shoot on location, not in a studio. Which setup do I pick?
Pick Mobile photography. Real estate, family, headshot and event shoots at the client's address, each waiting for your approval; family shoots hold 25% and events 30%. The booking asks the type of shoot, how many people or bedrooms, and when the photos are needed by.
Can clients book from Instagram?
Yes. Put your GoBookka link in your bio, or add the Book now button to your website. Clients pick a session and a time from their phone, with no app to download.
What about the balance and the invoice?
The rest is paid by card, bank transfer or cash after the session, however the client prefers. Record it and the invoice goes out on its own, a GST tax invoice if you're registered.
How much does it cost a photographer?
There is no monthly fee. GoBookka charges 1.5% on card payments and 50c when you record a cash or bank transfer payment, and every new business gets $20 of launch credit at signup.
Ready to GoBookka?
Set up in about ten minutes. No monthly fee, no card needed — and $20 of booking credit to start.
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