Ceramicists: booking firing and piece collection online

After a pottery class, pieces need drying, a bisque firing, glazing and a final firing before students can take them home. Without a plan, students turn up at random to ask if their bowl is ready. Put glazing sessions and collection slots on your booking page: students come back at a time you chose, the studio stays calm, and you hand pieces over in one go.

On Book, each service has a name, a price and an optional description shown on your public page, and each slot belongs to one service, sits within one day and has its own capacity.

Durations, places and prices are examples: set your own. Leave the collection price empty to hide it.

Once bisque pieces are out of the kiln, students come back to glaze. Give each glazing session as many places as you have table space and glaze stations. Each online booking takes one place, and a full session leaves your page. Say in the description how long after the class pieces are ready to glaze, and what to wear.

Open collection slots with several places, such as an hour on Saturday morning with ten places. Students book a time to pick up, and you lay out the pieces before they arrive. Slots repeat each week on the weekdays you choose until an end date.

The booking form takes first name, last name, email and phone, plus an optional note that reaches you in the new booking email and appears in the student's calendar file. Ask in the note for the class date and the mark on the base of their pieces, so you can find them quickly.

Book doesn't send reminders or notifications. When a firing is done, email the class with the booking link for collection or glazing. You can also book collection yourself from your bookings list: first and last name are enough, and if you enter the student's email, they get a confirmation with a calendar file.

Students can't move or cancel online: they contact you, and rescheduling works across services. Book doesn't take payments. Your bookings sync with Google, iPhone or Mac calendars. Book costs €5/month, everything included: unlimited services and bookings, no commission, no contract.