Question 1

New to RebookMedia? Start here!

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Welcome to RebookMedia! Follow these steps to set up your photography business and start managing clients and projects.

What you'll accomplish

By completing this guide, you'll be ready to:

Publish your business listing
Create your photography website
Configure your services and availability
Create and manage your first project
Begin accepting client inquiries and bookings

Watch the introduction

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1. Complete your business profile

Add your business information, profile image, professional bio and portfolio to get discovered by clients searching for your services.

Related article: Set up your Business Listing

2. Build your website

Choose a starter template, customize your website, add your portfolio, and publish it when you’re ready.

Related article: Create your RebookMedia Website

3. Set up your services and availability

Create the services clients can book and configure when you’re available.

Related articles:

Create a Service
Set Your Availability
Configure Online Booking

4. Create your first project

Projects bring your client information, schedule, tasks, contracts, invoices, payments, and media together in one place.

Related article: Create Your First Project

5. Connect your tools

Connect the services you plan to use, such as:

Google Calendar
Stripe payments
Your custom website domain

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Question 2

Getting Started with Business Listings

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Video Tutorial

Getting your business listed on the RebookMedia Directory.

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|| To issue invoices and receive payments through the RebookMedia platform, you must first create a Stripe account and connect it to your RebookMedia account.

RebookMedia provides photographers with three ways to record order payments:

Manually Record Cash or Check Payments – If a client pays offline via cash or check, you can manually log the payment in the order dashboard for accurate record-keeping.
Manually Record Credit Card Payments – If a client provides their credit card details over the phone or in person, you can enter their payment information directly into RebookMedia to process the transaction. (Requires Stripe integration).

* Issue an Invoice – Send a professional invoice through RebookMedia, allowing your client to securely fulfill the payment online. (Requires Stripe connection).

How do I connect to Stripe?

|| This action can only be taken by the account owner or authorized admin. You must first setup a Stripe account, visit Stripe.com to setup your account.

Login to your RebookMedia Dashboard.
Go to Connect (left menu)

3. Connect your Stripe Account.

What are the fees associated with each payment type?

|| Please note that Stripe and RebookMedia fees are non-refundable, even if a transaction is canceled or refunded. The RebookMed

Question 3

Getting started with your business website

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Create a professional business website to showcase your work, promote your services, and make it easier for clients to connect with you.

What you'll accomplish

By completing this guide, you'll be ready to:

Choose a starter template
Customize your website
Display your portfolio and services
Preview and publish your website

Watch the introduction

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About RebookMedia Websites

RebookMedia Websites give you a complete online home for showcasing your work, promoting your services, and connecting with potential clients. Every paid RebookMedia plan includes a professional website hosted on a RebookMedia subdomain, so you can begin building your online presence without purchasing a separate domain. If you already own a domain, or decide to purchase one later, you also have the option to connect it and use your own branded web address.

You can start by selecting one of our available website templates and customizing it with your business information, contact details, and brand style. Your website is directly integrated with the photography categories, services, and portfolio you manage in your RebookMedia account. When you add a new service, update your portfolio, or make changes to a supported category, those updates are automatically reflected on your website, helping keep your online presence accurate and up to date without requiring you to update the same information in multipl

Question 4

Getting Started with Creating and Managing Projects

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Video Tutorial

Adding and managing projects with RebookMedia is simple and efficient. Projects are designed to handle your entire workflow in one place, allowing you to manage bookings, contracts, invoicing, payments, and final delivery from a single, organized dashboard.

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Adding a Project

Projects can be added from your main dashboard or projects page.

Main Dashboard

From your main dashboard, scroll down to the Opened Projects section.

Click on Add Project → Yes to confirm

Main Dashboard - Opened Projects Section

Project Page

From your projects page.

Click on Add New Project → Yes to confirm

Project Details

The Project Details page is your central hub for managing every aspect of a project. Here, you can select the client, category, services, and set the project cost. From this same page, you can trigger contracts, send invoices, schedule visits, record payments, and request client reviews once the project is complete.

Project Details Page

Question 5

Your First Photography Client Checklist (Everything Beginners Need to Get Booked Fast)

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Booking your first photography client isn’t as complicated as it seems—but it does require a simple, organized plan. Most beginners get stuck not because they lack talent, but because they don’t know the exact steps to take to look professional and trustworthy. That’s why we created this First Client Checklist—a step-by-step guide that helps you go from “I’m just starting out” to “I’m officially taking clients” without feeling overwhelmed. Here’s a preview of what’s inside.

1. Choose Your Starting Niche

Clients trust specialists, not generalists. Whether it’s portraits, real estate, events, or product photography, choosing a niche helps:

attract the right clients
build a clear portfolio
simplify your pricing Your checklist helps you pick the best niche for where you are right now.

2. Build a Simple Starter Portfolio

You don’t need paid work yet. You just need 8–10 consistent images that show your style. The checklist walks you through:

what to shoot
how many images you need
how to keep your style cohesive
simple ways to practice if you don’t have clients yet These steps alone can cut weeks off your “beginner phase.”

3. Set Up a Clean and Professional Booking System

One of the biggest reasons beginners lose clients is a messy workflow. Your checklist helps you organize:

how clients contact you
where they see your services
how you’ll send pricing
how to collect payments
how to deliver images This is where tools like **Reb

Question 6

🏗️ Scaling Your Photography Business: How to Manage 10 Clients Without the 10x Workload

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Scaling Your Photography Business: How to Manage 10 Clients Without the 10x Workload

|| By Anthony Escribens, Real Estate Photographer & RebookMedia Co-Founder

In our first two articles, we focused on plugging revenue leaks (automation) and boosting your prices (packaging). Now, let’s talk about the final frontier: Capacity. You can be talented and charge well, but if your administrative process can only handle one shoot a day, your business will never scale. This problem is particularly acute in real estate photography, where high volume and quick turnarounds are the norm.

The Scaling Trap: Why Most Photographers Hit a Revenue Ceiling

Many photographers hit a wall when they try to go from 1 to 5 clients a week. Why? They’re running a people business (shooting photos) using a retail workflow (manual emails, separate documents, one-off communication). When you manage 10 clients using fragmented tools, you end up doing 10x the administrative work:

Chasing 10 separate contracts.
Checking 10 different payment statuses.
Sending 10 sets of pre-shoot reminders.

This isn't scalable. Your solution isn't to work 16 hours a day; it's to implement a photography business automation strategy that standardizes everything.

The Real Estate Model: Consistency is King

To succeed in high-volume, quick-turnaround niches like real estate, you must eliminate decision-making at every step. Your clients (the real estate agents) expect a simple, predicta

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