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What I set up for cooking studios

I build it myselfWe test it together

I'm Amin. I live in Amsterdam, I come from tech, and I build these tools myself. For over four years I have run my own language platform, DailyNata, and I built its sign-ups, payments and reports.

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1We go through it together, at your studio in Amsterdam or on a short call.
2You get a fixed price in writing before I build anything.
3I build it, we test it with real bookings, and every account stays in your name.

Workshops filling up

A company asks about a team evening for fifteen. It takes several emails to settle a date, a menu and a price, and in between they book somewhere else.

People book and pay in a few clicks, and you see weeks ahead which evenings are filling.

Team requests get a ready reply with dates, menus and prices, which you approve with one tap.
People book and pay online in a few clicks.
One screen shows bookings per evening, weeks ahead.

What a guest books example

9:41

Evenings

Book an evening

Pick a date. Book and pay in a few clicks.

EveningPasta night

WhenFri 20 Nov, 18:30

Price€65 per person

Places6 left

Questions? Reply to this message and we answer within a day.

What you see example

New request, Monday 09:12 Ready reply

"Hi, we would like an evening for fifteen colleagues in December. Which dates are free, and what menus do you offer?"

Suggested replyThanks for asking. For fifteen people we have Friday 4 December and Friday 11 December. The menus are here: [link]. The price for the group is €900. You can book here: [link]

Approve and sendEditAnswer myself

Guests coming back

Guests leave happy on Friday night, and nothing reminds them of you until they stumble on you again a year later.

We turn one evening into the next booking.

After an evening, guests hear about the next workshop that fits, with a link to book.
A short feedback form goes out after each workshop.
A newsletter and a friendly message invite past guests back.

What a guest gets after the evening example

9:41

Your cooking studio

Hi Sam,

Thanks for joining Friday's pasta night. This evening fits you next.

EveningSushi night

WhenFri 12 Dec, 18:30

Price€75 per person

Places4 left

Questions? Reply to this message and we answer within a day.

What you see example

After Friday's evening 14 messages sent

Guest	Status
Sam	Booked the next evening
Noor	Gave feedback
Daan	Opened the link
Lotte	Not opened yet

Payments and numbers in one place

Bookings and income per type of evening live in different places, and the quiet weeks surprise you.

I connect the tools you have, so the numbers come to you.

One screen shows bookings and income per type of event, and it updates itself.
We work out what an evening really costs, ingredients and staff included, so you can decide the price.
We plan the quiet months, the summer and January, ahead of time.

What you open on Monday morning example

9:41

This month

Your studio

Updated today, 8:05.

46bookings

5evenings

€3,150income

Team evenings18 bookings

Open evenings28 bookings

Bookings from your booking page, income from your bank. Nothing typed in by hand.

What an evening really costs example

What an evening costs, ingredients and staff included per guest

Group size	Cost per guest	At €65
8 guests	€75	margin −€10
12 guests	€55	margin €10
16 guests	€45	margin €20

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How it works

After we go through it, you get a proposal with a fixed price, before you decide anything. It depends on how much there is to build and on what you already have in place. I build it myself, we test it together as it takes shape, and I keep working until it runs the way we agreed.

A first step, for example: booking and payment for team evenings, set up and tested with real requests. Every account stays in your name, and afterwards you run it without me. If something breaks in the first month after handover, I fix it as part of the price. When it is finished, you get a short guide in plain words on how it works. If you prefer to be shown, I walk you and whoever helps you through it, in person or on a call.

We work in English, and what I build is in your language.

Would you like to go through it together?

Reply to my email, or write to amin@onwardsteps.com. In Amsterdam I come by your studio, and anywhere else we talk on a short call. The first conversation costs nothing.

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Or book an hour on my calendar