Who this is for: studio operators (admin panel) · Product: Podyx V2
Setting up in the right order saves a surprising amount of rework, because several things in Podyx cannot exist until the thing they attach to exists. Work down this list and nothing will be waiting on anything else.
👤 Starting from a client account
If you have ever booked a session at a Podyx studio, your email is already in Podyx as a client account. You can open your own studio with that same email.
Sign in the way you normally would, and choose Create your studio. Your client account stays as it is, so you can keep booking elsewhere while running your own place.
If you go to the sign-up page instead, it will point you to sign in rather than telling you the email is already in use. Sign in, then take the same Create your studio option.
💡 Most people who open a studio have spent years on the other side of the glass — a producer who books every week, an engineer renting time somewhere else. Having been a client first is a head start, not something to work around.
🛠 The setup order
1. Studio profile. Name, address, contact details, website, plus your tax rate and VAT handling.
2. Rooms. One for each physical space, with its address and map preview.
3. Setups. Every way each room can be arranged and sold, with good photos.
4. Base services, then additional services. Link them to the right setups or they will not appear.
5. Availability and booking rules. Weekly hours, buffer, cutoff, minimum and maximum duration.
6. Payments. Connect Stripe, Square or Pay Later, and set your currency.
7. Branding and landing page. Colors, fonts, logo, hero image, section order.
8. Notifications. Edit the system emails and add a reminder and follow-up.
9. Google Calendar. Connect one calendar per room.
10. A test booking. Book yourself, end to end, and pay for it.
11. Your team. Invite people and assign roles once the studio works.
🧪 Do not skip the test booking
Book a real session as a customer would, pay for it, then refund it. In ten minutes you will see your confirmation page, your emails, your invoice and your calendar entry exactly as a client sees them. It is the fastest way to catch a missing map, an unbranded email or a tax setting that reads wrong.
💡 Almost every setup problem studios report would have been caught by one test booking.
⏭ What can wait
Bundles, subscriptions, dynamic pricing, promo codes and collaboration are all valuable, and none of them need to exist on day one. Get bookings working first, then add the revenue tools once real sessions are flowing.
✅ Summary
If your email is already a client account, sign in and choose Create your studio. Then: profile, rooms, setups, services, availability, payments, branding, notifications, calendar, test booking, team. In that order, nothing blocks anything else, and you will be taking real bookings by the end of it.
Related: Studio Profile & General · Rooms · Setups · Availability · Connect Your Payments