Workshops & classes
Sell seats for workshops, classes and studio sessions
Small-capacity sessions with materials fees, skill levels, and dietary or allergy notes — collected at checkout so you can prep the room before anyone walks in.
How this type of ticketing works
Workshops fail on logistics, not demand. Ten seats, two skill levels, a materials fee, and a room that has to be set up correctly — all of that has to be known before the day.
TixSimple treats each session as a ticket type with its own date, time, and seat count. Attendees pick a session, answer your custom questions, and pay. You get a clean roster you can export or check in by QR at the door.
What to set up in TixSimple
- 1Create an event for the class series, then a ticket type per session date and time.
- 2Set the seat count for each session so it closes automatically when full.
- 3Add pricing tiers: Standard, Member, Student, Bring-a-Friend two-pack.
- 4Include a materials fee either in the price or as a required add-on.
- 5Add custom fields for skill level, allergies, tool needs, and pronouns.
- 6Send a reminder before the session and check attendees in with a scanner key.
Fee example: Single seat in a three-hour workshop
A $65 ticket carries a TixSimple platform fee of $1.18 (1.3% + $0.33). If you sell 12 tickets, the total platform fee is $14.16. Stripe processing is separate and you choose whether to pass fees to the buyer or absorb them.
Ticket price
$65
Platform fee
$1.18
Net revenue
$765.84
Series, packages and repeat students
Multi-week courses work well as a single ticket that covers every session, with the weekly dates listed in the description. For drop-in studios, sell a punch-pack of several seats and check one off at each visit.
Coupon codes bring students back: a returning-student code, a referral code, or a code you hand out at markets and fairs where you demo your craft.
- One ticket type per session date with its own seat cap
- Member and returning-student pricing via coupon codes or email lists
- Materials fees bundled or sold as add-ons
- Custom questions for allergies, skill level, and equipment
Frequently asked questions
How do I limit a class to eight people?
Set the session ticket type's quantity to eight. When the eighth seat sells, the session shows as sold out and stops accepting registrations.
Can I run a waitlist?
Create a free Waitlist ticket for the sold-out session. Free tickets cost nothing, and you can email waitlisted students directly if a seat opens.
Can students register for several sessions at once?
Yes. All sessions live on one page, so a student can add multiple session tickets to the same checkout and receive a QR code for each.
What if I need to cancel a session?
Each session is its own ticket type, so you can close it and refund only those buyers through Stripe without affecting the rest of the series.
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