Welcome. This is the short version — the handful of steps that take you from a new account to a live booking page. You can do it in one sitting. Your admin also shows a running setup checklist (with time estimates) on every page until you're done, so you can always pick up where you left off.
1. Confirm your business details (~2 min)
Settings → Business details. Check your business name and contact info, and set your booking address — the web address guests will use, like book.artistryhost.com/yourvenue. We pre-fill the yourvenue part from your business name; change it to match your brand if you'd like. This is also where your booking page gets its name.
While you're in Settings, glance at Brand & theme (add your logo and colors) and Regional settings (timezone and currency). You can come back to these any time.
2. Decide how guests pay — then connect Square only if you need it (~2 min)
ArtistryHost gives each experience one of three reservation flows:
- No Card Required — guests book with no card and no payment info; they pay at the venue. The simplest option, and the default for a new experience.
- Card on File — guests save a card securely to hold the spot, then pay in person. The card is never charged unless your late-cancellation or no-show policy applies — and only when you decide.
- Full Prepayment — the whole amount is paid at booking, including Apple Pay and Google Pay.
If every experience you offer is No Card Required, you don't need Square at all — skip ahead. If you'll use Card on File or Full Prepayment, connect Square under Settings → Payments & fees. It takes about two minutes and every payment lands in your own Square account.
3. Add your first location (~3 min)
Locations → Add a location. Enter the address and timezone. If you connected Square, pick which Square location this venue uses for payments. Most operators have one location; add as many as you run.
4. Create and publish your first experience (~6 min)
Experiences → Add an experience. Give it a name, a photo or two, a price, and a party-size range, then choose its payment mode (see step 2). Publish it when it's ready — only published experiences show to guests.
5. Set your schedule (~4 min)
From the experience, set the days and times guests can book. That's what turns a published experience into bookable slots on your page. (Running a different featured experience each month? See the novelty calendar — it rotates experiences by date automatically.)
6. Put booking on your website
Your booking page is already live at your booking address. The last step is sending guests to it: add a "Book now" button to your existing site and link it there. It works on Squarespace, Wix, and WordPress, on any plan, with no code. Full walkthrough: adding booking to your website.
It's worth wiring your Google Business Profile "Book" button to the same address too — that captures guests who find you in Google Maps.
You're live — now watch it come in
- Run sheet is your day-of view: who's booked, party sizes, check-in.
- Turn on notifications (Settings → Notifications) so a new booking pings your phone the moment it lands — install the app to your home screen for push.
Stuck on any step? The Question button at the bottom-right of any help page reaches a real person.