Photography Studio Booking, Handled on WhatsApp

Let clients lock a shoot date with a deposit that settles to your own account, and give every photographer and makeup artist their own calendar. Welqo books, reminds, and follows up 24/7 on WhatsApp and a free web page.

A photo shoot is not a fifteen-minute appointment — it is a block of your day, sometimes the whole day. So when a client books a Saturday for a pre-wedding shoot and then quietly disappears, you have not lost one slot; you have lost the day, and the other couples you turned away to keep it free. Enquiries make it worse: they arrive as late-night Instagram DMs full of back-and-forth — "are you free on the 20th?", "do you do maternity?", "what's included?" — and a date you have merely pencilled in is not truly held until money changes hands.

Welqo turns that scramble into a booking. A client messages "do you shoot newborn sessions, and is the 20th open?" and the assistant answers, checks the photographer's real availability, offers the date, and takes a deposit to lock it — settled straight to your own account. Reminders go out before the shoot so it is not forgotten. Because each photographer, makeup artist and second shooter has their own calendar, a booking never puts two people in two places at once, and the free web booking page drops neatly into your Instagram bio for enquiries that come from your feed.

The deposit is the whole point: a held date backed by payment is a committed date, and if a client still cancels, the money is already yours to cover the gap you kept clear. Regulars and package clients can prepay for a set of shoots up front, drawn down one session at a time. All of it settles to your own Razorpay or UPI account with no commission taken — Welqo is a flat monthly tool, never a cut per booking, and your enquiry list stays yours to import, follow up and win back.

Why businesses choose Welqo

Go live the same day

  1. Sign up and add your services and hours
  2. Connect your WhatsApp number
  3. Customers book — you get the calendar

Frequently asked questions

Can each photographer, makeup artist and second shooter have their own calendar?

Yes. Everyone on your team is a separate resource with their own hours, buffers and time-off, so a client books the right person and the assistant never puts two of them on the same slot. A shoot that needs a photographer plus a makeup artist is scheduled against both calendars, not just one.

How do deposits protect me when a client cancels a booked shoot?

When a client books, you can require a deposit that settles to your own Razorpay or UPI account — Welqo takes 0% of it. A date held with a deposit is far less likely to be dropped, and if it is, the money is already yours to soften a day you kept clear. Deposits are on the Front Desk plan (₹2,499 / $39 a month).

Can regular or package clients pre-pay for several shoots?

Yes. On the Front Desk plan you can sell prepaid session packs — say a four-shoot package for a returning client — and the balance counts down by one each time a session is booked. Both you and the client can see how many shoots remain, and the pack payment settles to your own account.

Can I take enquiries and bookings straight from Instagram?

Yes. Alongside WhatsApp, Welqo gives you a free web booking page you can put in your Instagram bio or link in a story. Someone who finds you through your feed can check availability and book without a DM back-and-forth, and the assistant handles the conversation in 40+ languages automatically.

How much does it cost?

Free to start — a shareable web booking page plus AI booking. Paid plans from ₹999 / $15 a month unlock unlimited AI WhatsApp booking and reminders, and the Front Desk plan (₹2,499 / $39) adds no-show recovery, deposits, waitlist backfill and broadcasts.

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