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How to sell baking class tickets on Shopify
Baking classes fill up fast when regulars can book them in the same place they order bread and cakes. With Astraa Events Calendar, each class is a ticket product in your Shopify store with the right number of spots.
The problem with how most shops do it
Bakeries often take class bookings by phone, DM or a separate booking site. That makes it hard to cap numbers to the size of your kitchen, and easy to lose track of who paid.
How to set it up
- Install Astraa Events Calendar on your Shopify store.
- In the app, click Create event. Add the title, date and time, venue, capacity and a ticket price. The app creates a ticket product with that many spots.
- In your theme editor, add the Events calendar block to a page such as “Classes” or “Events”, as a list or a month grid.
- Customers pick a date, check out as usual, and you see them on the attendee list.
Ideas for bakeries
A Saturday sourdough workshop
Create one event with your bakery as the venue and a capacity that fits your benches. Add booking terms, such as what to bring and your refund policy, so buyers see them before they pay.
Morning and afternoon sessions
On a new event, add extra start times to the same date. Each time becomes its own event with its own spots, so the 10am and 2pm classes fill separately.
Early bird pricing for seasonal classes
Set an Early bird price under the ticket, for example 20% off until two weeks before. Shopify applies it in the cart and stops it on time.
Kids' baking club
Use Ages to show who it is for, and ask for a name for each attendee at checkout so you know which child is which on the day.
On the day
Check the attendee list for names and any notes, and scan buyers' QR codes as they arrive. If the date or time changes, email every ticket holder from the event page.
Tip: Stop selling a few hours before the start so you have time to prep ingredients for the final number of bakers.
Sell your next event from your own store
Astraa Events Calendar is $14 a month with a 14-day free trial and no per-ticket fees. It is launching soon on the Shopify App Store.