HoneyBook

1-2 days after the wedding is too early, but for a more specific reason than the top reply suggests. The couple hasn't seen the work yet, so there's nothing concrete to review. The emotional peak hits when they first open the gallery, not on the Monday after the wedding. From the photogs I've been talking to, the pattern that works is triggering the review-ask off the gallery delivery itself, not the wedding date. The window seems to be the first 24-48 hours after they open the link. A couple of things beyond timing that seem to matter: \- Sender. An email from "[email protected]" opens better than one from a HoneyBook portal or generic review platform. \- Fallback. The first ask gets ignored often. A short, low-pressure nudge a couple of weeks later catches the people who meant to reply but didn't.

With wedding season picking up, Honeybook is the only thing keeping me organized and sane right now! As a florist I have so many projects to keep track of and I love that I can find each of my clients' notes, mood boards, invoices, payment schedules, etc in one place. I also love that I can easily send and sign contracts in one step, it makes things so easy for me and the clients and gives me peace of mind. If you've been thinking about trying it out I would highly recommend it! Use my link for 30% off! [https://share.honeybook.com/madelyn4962385](https://share.honeybook.com/madelyn4962385)

\## **Feedback** Hey I'm Amjad, and I'm building a client management for freelance developers and consultants. Some context on why I'm doing this: Every existing tool in this space (HoneyBook, Dubsado, Bonsai, Bloom) was built for creative professionals. Wedding photographers, event planners, graphic designers. The templates, the language, the onboarding all reflect that. If you're a developer or technical consultant, you've probably noticed that proposals come pre-loaded with mood-board language and you have to rip everything out to write a clean SOW. Plus HoneyBook just hiked prices 89% in early 2025, leaving a lot of folks actively shopping. What my app does differently: * Built for technical work: SOWs, milestone billing, retainers, change orders, the actual vocabulary of dev/consulting * Sets up in minutes, not the 15-25 hours Dubsado takes * Your own Stripe account, no proprietary payment lock-in * No forced branding on documents at any tier * Flat pricing, no per-user multiplication that punishes growth Where I am in the build: about 90% of the v1 surface area is functional. Auth, client CRM, proposal templates, contract e-sign, Stripe billing. Working on time tracking and the project workspace next. Targeting a public beta in 1-2 weeks. What I'd love feedback on: 1. If you've left HoneyBook or Dubsado, what was the breaking point? 2. What's the one feature you wish a tool like this had that none of them currently do? 3. Is "built for technical freelancers" a real niche or am I imagining the gap? Building solo while working a day job, so feedback right now is more valuable than signups. Will reply to every comment.

Troy Barnes and Orlando Whigham turned a photo booth side hustle into a six-figure business, landing Fortune 500 clients in just four years. How?  Courage and resilience, along with the right business strategy and systems. Starting out as a wedding photographer new to New Orleans, Orlando launched Mirror Image Photo Booths to enter the local market without competing directly on photography pricing. He invested $20,000 and conducted hours of YouTube research to get his business off the ground, later bringing on Troy as his business partner.  While evolving their business, Troy and Orlando used HoneyBook automations to optimize their admin workflows. Sending auto reminders and following up on initial consultations became easier with templates and personalized replies. Automations allowed them to:  * Save 8 hours a day across business admin * Handle over 400 inquiries a year as a team of two * Take on high-profile clients like Verizon, the NFL, and the New Orleans Saints  With the right mindset and the tools to support it, Troy and Orlando made their business work for them, allowing them to grow and scale quickly and efficiently.  Have you used any automations to cut down on admin time?

I am considering using a CRM program for my very small music businesses. I initially plan to use this to sell my wedding/event soul jazz band.  I will likely use it to manage my music teaching and music production services as well. My primary goal is to have a quick process for a prospective client to view a proposal, sign a contract, and pay with as little friction as possible.  I also like being able to track leads and maintain records of my interactions with my clients I have been looking at Honeybook and Bloom.io. Which CRM do you recommend for me? I have never heard of a musician using one before but it seems like we should be. Agents must be using them. Thanks! 

Looking for advice... My fiancé and met with a wedding planning on 4/4 via zoom. This wedding planner came recommended by our venue, has a beautiful website/instagram, etc (in other words, she runs a legit business). Our wedding is June 2027, and we booked her for partial planning (quarterly meetings starting June 2026, month-of + day-of coordination, e.g.) Well after that meeting on 4/4, we signed a contract via honeybook and we emailed her to let her know we submitted the first payment. We didn't hear back from her, which I thought was a little weird. I emailed again on 4/16 to check in (all very friendly emails). I just think it's weird we haven't hear from her in 2+ weeks.. should we be concerned? My next move will be to call her.

I am 29m in Toronto Canada, I own and operate a photo booth business. It started out as a fun side hustle, drop off photo booth gig for extra month.....newly wed, 2 kids, it only made sense. I had one at my wedding, it seemed easy enough, so I went on alibaba spent my last $1,000 on my CC and went for it. Got my first booking a month after, I am here 2.5 years later, but I don't love it anymore. I am drowning in admin....honeybook always crashes, following up, 2 three times, no systems, no processes, social media, bookkeeping, let alone actually showing up to the event. it is a lot for just a side gig. dont get it twisted, i love the customers, love the events, but the admin stuff....i wanted to ask you all, do you guys feel this way too? i am learning about email marketing, seo....like its a lot man. whats one (or two) things in your business you wish would disappear, to make your life easier?

i've been shooting weddingss full time for 14 years now and ngl the actual shooting is the easy part it was everything else that’s chaos like: * timelines changing 24/7 and last min * im in 60-70 different new group chats per year for each couple * emails + dms + whatsapp + imessage all over the place * multi day ethnic weddings just making it worse i tried a bunch of the popular crm tools out there like honeybook, studio ninja, 17hats, dubsado and pixieset but everything felt super generic ngl, not really built for how weddings actually run (or in my case since i shoot lots of ethnic weddings with multiple days - those tools were horrible) so i ended up building something for my own studio to fix all my own pain points it’s basically one workspace per wedding where everything lives: * timelines (with real time slots not just notes) * messages in one place * all events tied together (pre-events, weddings, receptions, etc.) * vendors + details * contracts/payments/files, the whole shabang i initially built it for myself but as i kept building and the platform kept getting more powerful, i thought to myself i should build a quick landing page and throw it up out there in case it could help anyone else im totally new to the world of SaaS and software, ive always been the oldschool manual labour guy - get clients through word of mouth, shoot a wedding, edit, repeat. i need some tips and advice on how to grow the SaaS and things y'all did to grow yours. atm im pretty bootstrapped and im not looking to throw thousands in paid ads until i get feedback and users telling me if the product even works for them. the link to the SaaS is: [https://avura.io](https://avura.io) if y'all can critique it, lemme know if theres anything right/wrong about it. and ways you think i can go about spreading it and marketing it. thank you in advance!