Set up your studio: prices, first student, first timetable

In this tutorial we set up a brand-new studio together. We follow Soni Starr, a guitar teacher who is just starting out. Soni has three students and wants to see them all on one timetable.

By the end, you will have a lesson price, three students and a week of weekly lessons. Your dashboard will show your next lessons, and your timetable will show the full week. It takes about fifteen minutes.

You need a Soniq Studio account. If you do not have one yet, select Sign up - Free on the Soniq Studio home page and create your account.

Step 1: Say hello

After you sign up, Soniq Studio opens a short welcome workflow. The steps are listed on the right: Hello, Add a lesson price, Add a student and Welcome.

Select Continue to finish setting up your profile.

Step 2: Add your first lesson price

Soniq Studio now asks how much you charge for a lesson. Select Add price.

1. Enter a name in Price name. Soni enters “Guitar Lesson”.
2. Leave Price rate type on Per hour.
3. Enter the hourly rate in Amount. Soni enters 42.00.
4. Select Save.

Soniq Studio says “Congratulations, you have added a price.” Select Continue.

Step 3: Add your first student

Now we add a student. Select Add student.

1. Enter the student’s name in Name (or nickname). Soni enters “Esther Moss”.
2. Check that Lesson price shows the price you just made.
3. Select Add Student.

Soniq Studio says “Congratulations, you have added a student.” Select Continue.

Step 4: Go to your dashboard

The last step says Welcome. Select Continue with Free.

Your dashboard opens. The Welcome to Soniq Studio checklist shows your progress. Two of the four steps already have a green tick.

Step 5: Add your other students

Soni teaches two more students, Rafi and Lily. We add them now, so the timetable has a full week.

1. Select Add Student in the Actions panel on the right.
2. Enter the student’s name in Name (or nickname).
3. Select Add Student.

Soni adds “Rafi Okafor” and then “Lily Hart”. Each student appears in the Students list on the dashboard.

Leave Email and Connections empty for now. To link a parent later, see How to add a student and link a parent or guardian.

Step 6: Add your logo

Your logo appears on your invoices and on your public profile page. Soni adds it now.

1. Select Account at the bottom of the sidebar.
2. In Profile Logo, select Upload.
3. Select browse files and choose your logo image.
4. Select Upload 1 file.

The logo now shows in Profile Logo, and next to your initials at the top of the sidebar.

Step 7: Open your timetable

Select Timetable in the sidebar. The first time you open it, a welcome message explains how to add lessons. Select Get started.

The timetable shows one week. Use Last, Today and Next in the Navigate panel to move between weeks.

Step 8: Add Esther’s weekly lesson

Esther has a lesson every Thursday at 6:30pm. We add it as a weekly lesson.

1. Scroll the timetable to 6:30pm on Thursday.
2. Select the empty time slot. A 30 minute lesson appears, and the Create Event panel opens on the right.
3. Check that Event Type shows Lesson.
4. Choose Esther in Student.
5. Tick Recurring.
6. Enter 1 in Repeat every. The box next to it shows Weeks.
7. Leave Stop repeating (optional) empty. The lesson repeats until you change it.
8. Select Save.

The lesson appears on the timetable. The Selected Event panel shows the time and the repeat, “to forever”.

Step 9: Add the rest of the week

Now we add Rafi and Lily the same way.

• Rafi has a one hour lesson on Fridays at 4pm. Select the 4pm slot and drag down to 5pm.
• Lily has a 30 minute lesson on Saturdays at 10am. Select the 10am slot.

For each lesson, choose the student, tick Recurring, enter 1 in Repeat every and select Save.

Select Next in the Navigate panel to see the coming week. All three lessons are there, and they repeat every week.

Step 10: See your week on the dashboard

Select Dashboard in the sidebar. Your next lessons appear at the top, day by day. The checklist now shows 3 of 4 complete.

Well done. Your studio is set up, and your teaching week is on your timetable.

What next

• The last checklist step is Setup payments. Follow Get paid to send your first invoice and collect the money.
• To move or cancel a lesson, see How to add, move, or cancel a single lesson.
• To compare the free plan and Professional, see Subscription plans and fees.
• To learn why changing one lesson leaves the rest of the week alone, read Why timetables are forgiving.