The Craft Room

Kavitha runs beautiful weekend craft workshops from her studio in Koramangala. Pottery, candle-making, macramé, watercolour — every batch fills up quickly because the experience is genuinely wonderful. But her registration process was held together with hope and WhatsApp.

When she posted about a workshop, interested people would DM her. She'd reply to each one individually, send them a UPI link, wait for the payment screenshot, confirm their spot, and add them to a WhatsApp group — all manually, for every single attendee, for every workshop.

She regularly had double bookings because she lost track of who had actually paid versus who had just said they would. She had no waitlist system. She had no way to know in advance how many people were coming. And she had zero presence on Google — people looking for workshops in Bengaluru couldn't find her at all.

We built The Craft Room's website around the workshop experience — what it feels like to spend a Saturday afternoon making something with your hands. Before anyone books, they already feel like they're there.

Each workshop has its own dedicated page with schedule, what's included, skill level, group size, and pricing — all the information needed to decide and book without asking a single question. The booking form captures name, phone, email, workshop preference, and date, and triggers an automatic confirmation message with payment instructions.

The registration dashboard in Google Sheets shows Kavitha every confirmed attendee, their workshop date, payment status, and dietary preferences (for workshops that include refreshments) — updated in real time. A WhatsApp alert fires every time a new registration comes in.