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What I set up for sewing schools

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Amin

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

Students coming back

A course ends, and the students who want to continue ask on WhatsApp when the next level starts, one by one.

Before a course ends, the next one is already filling.

  • Students get a personal link to the next level before the course ends, with dates and price.
  • They confirm and pay there, with the payment options you already offer.
  • One screen shows who is coming back and who has not answered, so you know who to nudge.

What your student gets example

9:41
Your sewing school

Hi Sam,

Your next level is ready. Confirm your place before this course ends.

LevelImprovers
WhenWednesday 19:00
Dates8 evenings from 4 November
Price€200

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

What you see example

Beginners, Wednesday 19:00 8 of 10 coming back
StudentStatus
SamConfirmed, paid
NoorConfirmed, paid
DaanNot answeredNudge
LotteNot answeredNudge

New students signing up

Someone asks which course fits a complete beginner and when it starts. By the time you reply, the interest has gone.

We make it easy to say yes at the moment people are ready.

  • Routine questions get a ready reply that you approve with one tap. Questions about level and placement stay with you.
  • People sign up and pay online, catch-up lessons included.
  • When a course is full, people join a waiting list and hear when a place opens.

What a new student lands on example

9:41
Courses this autumn

Find your course

Sign up and pay in a few clicks.

CourseComplete beginners
WhenTuesday 19:00
Starts3 November
Length8 evenings
Catch-up lessonsIncluded
Price€200
Places3 left
ImproversWednesday 19:00
PlacesFull

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

What you see on a Sunday evening example

New question, Sunday 21:14 Ready reply

"Hi, when does the next course for complete beginners start, and how do I sign up?"

Suggested replyThanks for asking. The next course for complete beginners starts Tuesday 3 November, 8 evenings, €200. You can sign up and pay here: [link]

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Payments and numbers in one place

Sign-ups are in a form, payments in the bank, and the materials list for each course is in your head.

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

  • One screen shows students, courses and income, and it updates itself.
  • We work out what a course really costs, including materials, so you can decide the price.
  • We plan the quiet summer months ahead of time.

What you open on Monday morning example

9:41
This term

Autumn term

Updated today, 8:05.

28students
3courses
25paid
Beginners9 of 10 paid 9
Improvers10 of 10 paid 8
Advanced8 of 8 paid 8

Sign-ups from your form, payments from your bank. Nothing typed in by hand.

What a course really costs example

What a course costs, materials included per student
Group sizeCost per studentAt €200
6 students€270margin −€70
8 students€207.50margin −€7.50
10 students€170margin €30
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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: the next-level invitation for one course, set up and tested with your students. 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.

Ivan Pavon

Ivan Pavon

Founder, Extremos Salsa & Bachata

A Latin dance school in Amsterdam, teaching since 2000.

We sat down and Amin walked me through the ways we could automate our admin. He knows the technology well and answered all my questions.

Would you like to go through it together?

Reply to my email, or write to amin@onwardsteps.com. In Amsterdam I come by your school, 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