Earn more
We're the leading creative workshops destination in the UK and Australia, and we aim to achieve the same in New Zealand.
Our best-in-class (no pun intended) website features enable you to present your experiences and/or products to their full potential, and makes it easy for anyone to request, book or gift.
Teach individuals and/or groups, in-person and/or virtually - it's up to you.
Save time
We automate all the admin work, so you can spend more time on what you love.
We'll take care of the entire customer journey, from automated transactional and reminder emails and SMS to collecting reviews, and everything in between.
It's easy to manage your classes, refund/reschedule, and much more. We can even manage bookings that come from your own website, via our widget.
Creating your listings on our platform only takes a few minutes. You can easily do it yourself; though if you need more assistance,
we'll be happy to provide you with phone and email support from one of our
Sydney-based growth partners.
If you have lots of listings already on another platform, in many cases we'll be able to sync those across automatically.
Do good
Our mission is to improve mental wellbeing in our community.
Creative workshops are a great way to fight burnout, stress and dementia.
Our teachers make a real difference to people's lives, by helping them to achieve mindfulness, and to discover their creative spark.
We're partners
We only earn when you earn, at competitive rates - so there's no risk for you.
We take 20% of payments
for bookings from our website
- there are no other fees.
If you have a website, you can capture orders there with our widget, at a lower fee
of
3.9%.
+ $0.30.
Sign up now, and you'll lock in these rates (if we increase fees for new teachers in the future, your rates will remain unchanged).
Through this fee, you'll enjoy the benefits below:
Earn more
- We'll advertise your classes. Our team has 20+ years of senior experience in marketing, including at top eCommerce companies
- Our expert content writers will help optimise your listing to maximise conversion rates and SEO, whilst staying true to your brand
Save time
- Access our full suite of class management features and automations, including transactional emails and SMS, and use of our Bento AI
Enjoy peace of mind and support
- We'll absorb all payment processing fees
- We'll cover you with public liability insurance ($20 million)
- Get phone and email support from our local team
Our key features
star More and better reviews
We'll automatically collect reviews for you, with our optimised techniques.
You'll collect more and better reviews (with more detailed comments, and photos), faster.
On average, 30% of our orders leave reviews - far higher than the industry average.
Reviews are a critical consideration for most customers, so this will help you attract more bookings and build your brand.
flash_on Easy instant bookings
We help you to get more bookings via public (instant) dates.
Your listings will be enhanced with our smart waitlisting feature, which will automatically notify those on your waitlist when you add new dates.
We'll also help you to sell gift cards (which customers can redeem automatically later).
Rescheduling and cancellation is super easy - you can let customers DIY or handle it yourself. We'll automatically notify any affected customers.
If you capture bookings from multiple sources, you can easily add them to your ClassBento dashboard, to have all this info in one place.
event_available Attract group bookings
Make it clear to your audience that you offer bookings for custom times - e.g. group bookings like corporate events, birthdays, and other celebrations, or private 1 on 1 sessions.
Customers can easily request from your generally available hours. You'll get notified by SMS and email, and can accept, counter or decline each request with the click of a button, saving you time that you'd normally have to spend contacting them to get more info and secure the booking. No more phone tag!
Once you respond, they'll automatically get a unique link to book it in. Once booked, we can automatically block out that time so you don't get overbooked.
tune Win custom orders
Does a customer want a special event? No problem.
Easily invite customers to pay for any of your experiences or products, at any price, date, and place.
Customise as much as you need to capture the booking - e.g. take a deposit and automatically charge the remainder later, make your offer to book only valid for a certain time, and more.
You can easily send invoices too if needed.
screen_share Capture bookings from your website
Have your own website? You can use our widget there to capture orders via our system.
Benefit from our automations and win more orders with our optimised user interface.
You can also easily manage vouchers, push email subscribers to our email marketing platform, integrate with Google Analytics and Facebook to track your marketing campaigns, and much more.
It takes just a few minutes to set up (all you need to do is to copy and paste a few short lines of code over - almost all our teachers have easily done this themselves). Learn more
web Host your website (for free)
We can host your entire website for free, if you capture bookings through our system.
It's super easy, and you can set it up in seconds.
You can use your own domain, or use a ClassBento subdomain.
sync Sync your listings, automagically
If you're already listing your experiences and selling lots on another platform, we can often pull this data over to ClassBento, automatically.
We can use this to set up your listings (including all their dates) and keep them synced regularly so that you don't oversell any of your sessions.
This means you can enjoy extra orders from our marketing, without extra admin work on your end.
Just contact us to see if you're eligible.
It's easy to get started
1
Create a profile, then list a class, experience or kit (or more). It will only take a few minutes, and you can even use our Bento AI to help you.
If you have lots of listings already on another website, in many cases we can automatically pull them over and keep them synced - just get in touch.
We'll review your submissions, and if they meet our quality standards, then we'll publish them on our website within 1 to 4 business days.
2
Once your listings are live, we'll also automatically advertise them on our website, and externally.
Customers will discover your listings and book them. We'll automatically collect reviews for you from these customers. These reviews will build trust and increase the number of bookings you'll get from us.
You can use our widget on your website and/or social media account to capture bookings too.
3
You'll be paid automatically, once your customer has experienced your service. Specifically: the next business day after each class or experience; 7 days after the order for pre-recorded videos; 14 days after the order, for kits or products which don't have an accompanying class with a date; and 7 days after each charge, for Subscriptions
We only earn when you earn. 20% of your listing price is all we take (you keep the other 80%). We'll take a lower commission rate of 3.9% + $0.30 for orders that come your website (through our widget). No other fees apply.
We use our commission to advertise and get you more orders, cover payment processing and donation costs, and more - see more info on what this commission is used for.
Join our mission
Promoting better mental health: Creative classes are a great way to achieve mindfulness and improve mental wellbeing in today's "always-on" society
Promoting the arts: Arts and crafts are a vital part of our cultures, and they should be fun to engage with, and accessible, not just locked up in galleries.
Helping local small businesses: We love empowering our local artists and makers, by streamlining their admin work, increasing their earnings and helping to connect them to their communities.
ClassBento, established in Australia in 2016, helps teachers across NZ, Australia, the US and UK.
We'd love to have you join our mission!
Hear from our teachers
ClassBento has been featured on
ClassBento is a proud winner of various eCommerce and social impact awards
Ready to earn more and save time?
Teach with us
If you have questions, message or call us during business hours (weekdays, 11am-7pm) on (09) 888 0460
We look forward to partnering with you!
Holly
Best classes bookings platform
Looking to list your in-person workshops or virtual experiences? Seeking a better sales channel or the best ticketing software? ClassBento's got you covered.
We've got a leading platform and system for bookings management with classes and experiences, built by an experienced team that includes former leaders from Australia's largest online fashion retailer and real estate marketplace.
Whether you want to sell just through our website, or on your own through a widget, or if you want to sell gift cards - we've got the right features to support you.
We're an approved Google Things To Do partner
ClassBento is one of the few booking platforms that is an approved partner for Google's Things To Do program.
Our booking platform integrates with Google's Operator Booking Module, which means that if you offer experiences in Google's supported categories (e.g. pottery or cooking classes, tours, etc), and use ClassBento, your Google Business Profile listing will automatically offer these experiences for customers to easily see and book.
We also integrate with Google's Experiences Booking Module, so your experiences will automatically appear as a result on relevant Google searches, that people can then click on to book.
We sync with the Google Things To Do system automatically, which means that when you add or remove experiences, update prices or make other changes, these will be reflected automatically in Google's Operator Booking Module and Experiences Booking Module.
This can help you to get more bookings, easily, at no extra cost.
Jobs for art and craft teachers
Whether you're looking for a job as a painting or art teacher, a career as a pottery or craft teacher, or if you're a chef wanting to work as a cooking teacher, ClassBento is here to support you and help you realise your dreams, like we've done for our other teachers.
Our platform takes care of the admin work around ticketing, so you can spend more time focusing on your teaching. We'll also send you additional customers eager to learn from you.
How much can you earn as an art or craft teacher? That will vary, but we've been encouraged by the many success stories on ClassBento who turned teaching into their full-time occupation, as well as those who went beyond that, hiring teams and expanding nationally.
Free public liability insurance for workshop teachers
Public liability insurance is important to have, just in case someone gets injured at your class; some corporates will also require you to have it, in order to book a group event with you.
ClassBento makes it easy to achieve peace of mind and win those bookings - you'll be automatically covered by our public liability insurance for any customer who books through our platform.
