Bookings and payments for upholsterers
Re-covering a chair is a job you take in, not a meeting you sit through. Soopaspace lets a customer pay for a set piece of work upfront, quote the bigger restorations with a deposit, and keep the money sorted before the furniture goes home.
Free to start with your booking page, bookings and clients. Everything else is one paid plan: £9.99/month billed yearly, or £12.99 monthly.
How it looks
Kitchen refit
Total £2,000.00 · Deposit £500.00
How much now?
A £15.00 deposit is taken now by card. The remaining £45.00 is paid on the day.
Pay £15.00 deposit£120 overdue across 3 sessions
Booked this month
£3,240
Kept after costs
£2,430
Illustrations of the product. Names and amounts are examples.
A set piece of work, paid when it comes in
Some jobs have a clear price: a dining chair re-covered in a fabric you stock, a drop-in seat redone, a headboard recovered. You list the job at a set price, the customer pays upfront when the piece comes in, and they collect it when it is ready. There is no appointment and nothing sits in a diary, which suits work that is handed over rather than done to a clock.
- List a set job at a fixed price
- The customer pays upfront when it comes in
- No appointment, nothing in the diary
- They collect the piece when it is ready
The bigger restorations, quoted with a deposit
A full sofa, a frame that needs rebuilding or a customer’s own fabric is not a price off a list. They enquire from your page, you look the piece over and send a clear quote for the frame, foam and covering, and a card deposit on it holds the work. The balance is invoiced when the piece is finished.
- A clear quote for frame, foam and fabric
- A card deposit holds the work
- The balance invoiced when it is finished
- Paid and overdue tracked for you
The money sorted before it goes home
A re-covering job can tie up your bench for days and carry a sizeable balance, which is exactly the money you do not want to be chasing. Taken upfront on a set job, or invoiced and paid by card on a quoted one, the payment is handled, with paid, part-paid and overdue tracked and a polite reminder for anyone slow.
- Paid upfront, or invoiced and paid by card
- Paid, part-paid and overdue tracked
- A polite reminder chases the slow payers
- No chasing a big balance by hand
Try it on your own business
Start free with your booking page, bookings and clients. No card, no time limit.
Common questions
- How do I charge for a standard re-covering job?
- As an on-demand job. You list it at a set price, the customer pays upfront when the piece comes in, and they collect it when it is ready. No appointment is booked.
- Can I take a deposit on a bigger restoration?
- Yes. The customer enquires, you send a quote for the frame, foam and covering, and a card deposit on it holds the work. The balance is invoiced when the piece is finished.
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One paid plan, one price
One app for the whole of it
£9.99/month, billed yearly
or £12.99 a month. Cancel any time.
- A booking page you edit on the page itself
- Fixed-price appointments, quoted jobs, or both
- Group events, courses & waiting lists
- Bundles, offers, discount codes & gift vouchers
- On-demand services: paid now, delivered later
- Reminders, two-way calendar sync & self-service rescheduling
- Quotes & invoices, with overdue ones chased politely for you
- Money, P&L, expenses & mileage
Free plan: your booking page, bookings and clients, with no card and no time limit.