One of our largest customer groups is Shopify store owners who run classes or events in addition to selling products on their store. In this tutorial, we'll take you through how to set up a class or an event on your Shopify store.
As it pertains to the app, a course is a class that spans multiple days while a class occurs on a single date. Courses are only supported by using the Course widget.
EXAMPLE: https://bookthatapp-demo.com/collections/courses/products/economics-101
1. Create a Shopify product to represent your event.
2. Set the inventory to Do Not Track.
3. Add variants if applicable. ie. Class, Class + Course Material
(Note: You do not need to enter the dates or times of the class as variants as this is done in the app.)
BookThatApp (BTA) Product Page
1. On the BTA Install page, click on the "Setup Wizard" and select "Classes" to create the Class widget or follow this guide to create the Upcoming event widget.
2. Import your product into BTA.
3. Choose "Class/Course" as the Profile.
4. Enter the Capacity of the class (max number of people permitted per time slot)
5. Choose to base capacity on Product or Variant. In most instances, it will be product based. However, if you offer class material with the class and only have a limited amount (ie. 10 textbooks) then you may choose to use variant based capacity.
6. Enter the Duration for the class or each variant.
7. Select to hide any variants you do not want the booking calendar to appear on.
8. Add a Resource (if applicable)
9. Add a Location (if applicable)
10. Add a cutoff date or future date (if applicable)
11. If desired, choose a set of colours for the class. This allows you to differentiate classes by colour on the Booking Overview Calendar.
12. Create the schedule for your class:
- One off Dates: Use this option if your dates are random (ie. Jan 1, Feb 5, Mar 12)
- Repeat: Use this option if the class recurs on a regular basis. (ie. Every Monday at 6pm)
Note: If you need to run a multi day class, then you need to use the Course Widget. Please see https://support.zetya.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000686815-Setup-Guide-Course-Widget.
13. Hit Save.
14. Add a link to your navigation to show the Calendar Page.
Comments
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OK i see now. Thank you!
Hi - I'd like to be able to use variants to group similar classes together. For example "kids classes" as the product, then different class types as the variants. BookThatApp doesn't let me assign different date/time schedules for each of the variants tho - only at the product level. So I end up having to create a separate product for every kids class - this clutters up my shopify website. Is there a way around this?
Hi Wendy
The app supports creating a schedule at a store or a product level not a variant level. I would recommend you use the Filter function on the BTA overview calendar to allow customers to sort your classes by type (ie. Kids). This would then only show them the kid's classes. You can do the same using Shopify collection functionality. A customer who uses both the Filter and the Collection functionality really effectively is http://www.bakewithmaria.com/apps/bookthatapp/calendar.
This particular format then lets the user see the specific schedule for a given class from the outset rather than clicking a generic class type (ie. Kid's), choosing a variant and only then seeing the schedule.
Book That App Support
How do I view the list of users who signed up for a class?
Hi Rebecca
You can use the Run Sheet or the Enrolment report in the BTA admin.
Thanks
Zetya Support
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