Getting Started
Getting started with SpinBook
What SpinBook is, how the DJ and client portals differ, and how to find your way around on day one.
SpinBook is the one-stop portal for running your DJ business — bookings, contracts, payments, and event planning, all tied to each event. This guide gets you oriented.
Two portals, one system
SpinBook has two views of the same data:
- The DJ (staff) portal — you and your team. You see every client, every event, and can manage checklists, contracts, payments, and planning.
- The client portal — the couple. They sign in and see only their own event(s): their checklist, their forms, their contract, and what's left to do.
Both portals are branded with your logo, colors, and fonts (set these in Settings).
Signing in
- DJs log in at /dj/login with an email and password.
- Couples log in at /login with a one-time email link — no password to remember. Every link we email signs them straight in, including the "reset password" one: if a couple ends up on the password-reset page, the emailed link simply takes them to their portal.
Your workspace lives at a slug like your-name (e.g. /your-name/dashboard).
The dashboard
After signing in as a DJ, the dashboard lists every event with a quick progress bar, grouped by status in your own pipeline order (toggle to one sorted list), with a search box and category filter pills to find anything fast — see event status & the lifecycle. Click any event to open its per-event view, where you manage everything for that event in one place. New inquiries from your booking form show up here too.
The top navigation also gives DJ staff a Calendar (every event and its milestones, with search), a Payments hub (everything owed and collected across the business), and Settings.
Your first steps
- Brand the portal and add your payment handles in Settings.
- Customize your booking form and default checklist.
- Share your public links: the booking form, the availability checker, and (if you use them) instant quotes and call scheduling.
- Add your first booking, mark it Booked, and watch the couple's portal light up.
Checklist
- Set your branding (logo, colors, fonts) in Settings
- Customize your default checklist and booking form
- Add (or import) your first client and event
- Open the event and review its checklist
- Share the client portal link with the couple