Photography, with the deposit taken at booking

What makes photography different

The session is a fixed fee, the date is the scarce thing, and a booking without a deposit is not a booking. The rest of the work — the edit, the delivery — happens long after the calendar slot.

How JoQuote handles it

The session and any add-ons are price-book items. The client books a date and pays a deposit through Stripe; the job carries the date, the price and the deposit. What happens after the shoot is invoiced from the same job.

What you get

• Session and add-on prices from one price book
• A deposit taken at booking through Stripe
• The date, the client and the price on one job
• The balance invoiced later, against the same job

Questions

Can the deposit be a percentage?

Yes. A deposit is either a fixed amount or a percentage of the quote.

Do clients need an account?

No. They book from a link and pay; there is nothing to sign up for.