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title: "Pottery Studio Software: Courses, Bookings and Kiln Records"
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# Pottery Studio Software: Courses, Bookings and Kiln Records

A student's course can finish while their pieces are still waiting for firing. The booking record needs to show what they paid for and attended; the kiln record needs to show where each piece is now.

Keep those responsibilities clear when choosing software for a pottery studio.

## The commerce side

- **Courses.** Six or eight weeks on the wheel, one enrolment, a cap of ten or twelve.
- **Taster sessions.** Two hours, a mug and a bowl, sold as tickets, popular for dates and birthdays.
- **Open studio memberships.** Monthly access to wheels and shelves, sometimes with a firing or clay allowance.
- **Private events.** A hen party or a team books the studio, deposit first, headcount later.
- **Retail.** Glazed pieces, tools, gift vouchers.

## The production side

Every piece needs a unique ID and a state: received, queued, loaded, fired, ready, collected. Firing is charged by volume or weight, or covered by the membership. Students want to know when the mug is ready without messaging the studio. Evaluate kiln-specific tools against the piece records and stages your staff use.

## What to test

Sell one course, one taster, one membership and one party. Then move one piece through six states and charge for it. Notice how many systems you touched.

## Keep the teaching record separate from production

Gomry Experiences provide schedules and capacity for classes. Events can sell places in ticketed tasters or workshops. Test how a multi-session course is sold and how attendance is recorded across its dates.

Bundles provide prepaid credits for selected Experiences. They do not create a general clay or firing-credit ledger. Recurring subscription billing also does not establish a measured firing allowance or piece-level tracking.

For a private party, retain the quote and reconcile each payment against the agreed total. Demonstrate the approval and payment sequence rather than assuming that a held card becomes a deposit. The [private-event guide](/blog/private-event-booking-software-studios/) covers the handoff.

Gomry does not track individual pieces through the kiln. Use the [kiln queue guide](/blog/kiln-firing-queue-software/) to define that record. Any connection between booking and kiln software needs a specific, demonstrated integration; a general API claim is insufficient.

Tap to Pay is in private beta. Confirm access before relying on it for payments at reception.

## Questions studios ask

**Can generic booking software run a pottery studio?**
It can run the classes and the memberships. The kiln queue needs a piece record, which is a different kind of software.

**What is the minimum piece record?**
Owner, ID, clay body, size or firing type, current state, amount due, shelf location, collected date.

**Can a membership include firing?**
That offer needs a supported allowance ledger. Gomry bundles cover Experiences; do not present them as general firing credits.

Follow one student from a taster booking to collection of their work. Check where booking, payment and piece status are recorded and who updates each one.