Questions everyone asks at the start
Meet Alex, who runs a small martial-arts studio. Here are six early questions, and how they play out for Alex.
Can I let people book only specific classes?
Section titled “Can I let people book only specific classes?”Alex sells a Beginners plan that should cover exactly two class types. In Linyup, that is an access rule on the activity, not on the person. Alex sets both beginner activities to require a subscription that covers them, and leaves the open-mat activity open to everyone. Anyone on the Beginners plan can book those two classes. Everything else is politely refused.
What’s the difference between an activity and a session?
Section titled “What’s the difference between an activity and a session?”Alex offers Judo Fundamentals once: that is the activity, the template. The calendar then holds many sessions of it, such as Monday 6 pm and Wednesday 7 pm, week after week. When Alex changes the activity’s description or access rule, every future session follows. Cancelling one rainy Monday touches only that single session.
How do trial visitors end up in my contact list?
Section titled “How do trial visitors end up in my contact list?”Alex shares the studio’s bio-link on Instagram. A visitor taps it, picks Thursday’s trial session on the booking page and enters their name. Linyup creates the contact and the booking in one go. Next morning Alex finds them in Contacts, marked as a fresh lead, with the trial booking already attached.
Does every member need a paid subscription?
Section titled “Does every member need a paid subscription?”Alex’s studio has paying adults, kids billed on paper invoices, and a retired co-founder who trains free forever. Only the adults hold subscriptions in Linyup. The others still get an affiliation (member), so they belong, show up in the right lists and can book members-only classes, with no billing attached.
Do I need an appointment version of every class?
Section titled “Do I need an appointment version of every class?”Almost certainly not. Alex creates one appointment activity, Personal training, and the head coach publishes availability against it. A second appointment activity only makes sense when it is a different product, like a free intro call next to a paid session. See Appointments & availability.
What if I only want some of the public pages?
Section titled “What if I only want some of the public pages?”Alex wants a bio-link and a booking page, but no shop yet. Public pages are plugins: Alex switches on the two that matter and leaves the rest off. Months later, when the first merch arrives, enabling the shop simply adds it, and nothing about the existing pages changes.