What's new in SpinBook

Release notes for SpinBook — new features, improvements, and fixes, updated with every release.

August 3, 2026

Payments central. A new Payments page in the DJ nav tracks money across every event: outstanding, overdue, and collected totals; every pending request soonest-due first with one-click mark-paid; and a record-a-payment form that works on any event — including logging money you've already received.

Search everywhere. The dashboard and the calendar both have a search box now — type any part of a couple's name, event, or venue. The dashboard can also group events by status in your own pipeline order (or stay one sorted list).

Calendar previews. Clicking a checklist item on the calendar now opens a preview right there — due date, done state, and which event it belongs to — instead of navigating away.

Make the planning form yours. Settings → Planning form: hide or rename sections, switch off question groups, and add your own questions (even required ones) to any section — plus an extra all-your-own section. Couples' answers are never deleted, and progress follows the form you actually show.

Availability checker. A public date-first page at /your-slug/availability: couples pick a date and get an honest answer from your real calendar, then their details land in your lead pipeline with the checked date attached.

Instant quotes (opt-in). Price your package by hours, let couples add offerings from your add-ons catalog, and apply date discounts automatically — they see the number immediately, and the lead arrives with the quote already on it.

Book calls with you. Calendly-style scheduling at /your-slug/schedule: your call types, your weekly windows, your timezone — and days you have a gig are blocked automatically. Confirmations go to both of you by email.

Playlist Generator. Connect Spotify in Settings and couples can build their event playlist right in the portal — search, pick, and order songs, with a generated segment-ordered playlist on your account. Already have a playlist elsewhere? Paste a link or upload a song list instead.
Reception timeline, rebuilt. Opens with a row ready to fill in, 5-minute time steps, autosave as you type, Sort by time on demand, + Insert between rows, and a Submit timeline button that checks it off the list (editable and re-submittable after). You can also attach a timeline document — a planner's PDF, a photo of a handwritten schedule — for your DJ.
Contracts got smarter. The template editor shows a live preview as you type; couples see their contract fill in as they enter their details; and the editor can draft a template with AI — it builds a prompt for your business that you take to Claude or ChatGPT and paste back, so SpinBook never sends anything to an AI service itself.
Automatic payment schedules. Mark an event booked and the deposit and balance requests are created for you using your standard terms (Settings → Payment schedule — 50% to book and the balance 15 days out unless you say otherwise).
Checklist niceties. Custom items can carry a link that opens in a new tab; removing an item is always undoable; each item shows its own due date with overdue ones standing out.
Settings sidebar. Pick a section on the left, edit on the right — and every section has its own bookmarkable address.
Fixed: magic-link sign-in repaired, plus a DJ forgot-password flow.

July 22, 2026

Customize your booking pipeline. Event statuses are now yours to shape — rename them, recolor them, reorder them, or add your own in Settings → Event statuses. Every account starts with a ready-made set (Lead, Call Scheduled, Called, Booked, Not Booked, Not a Fit, Cancelled, Completed). Each status maps to a behavior, so the couple's portal still unlocks automatically when you mark an event booked.
Sell add-ons. Build a catalog of optional priced upgrades in Settings → Add-ons. Couples pick the ones they want from their portal, and the total rolls straight into their amount due — paid with your usual payment handles.
Cleaner payments for couples. The couple's payment view now leads with what they owe and the ways to pay it, instead of your behind-the-scenes tools.
Contract details are filled before signing. Couples now complete the required blanks (like their address) right on the contract, and can't sign until they're done — so a signed contract is always a complete one.
Planning form refresh. New ceremony questions up top (music, audio, on-site vs. off-site with an address field), an optional Cocktail Hour tab for a Spotify playlist link, first-name prompts for the Grand March pairs, and a tidier tab order.
Reception timeline gets its own page. Build your minute-by-minute reception flow on a dedicated Timeline page, no longer buried inside the planning form.
Easier navigation. A clear "Back to Client Portal" link now sits at the top and bottom of every checklist page.
New Calendar for DJs — see every event and its milestones on a month view, and subscribe your Google, Apple, or Outlook calendar with a private link. Couples get a Timeline of what's due when, subscribable too.

July 9, 2026

The couple's event page now shows a live countdown — "N days to your wedding" — that flips to "Today is the big day" on the day and "This event has passed" afterward.
The couple's "Make a payment" step is now "Remaining Balance" and shows exactly what's left to pay at a glance.
The event page's "Booking form" section now matches the look and spacing of the checklist below it, using your portal font.
A new booking.updated webhook sends the full, current booking details whenever a couple's booking answers are edited — so Make/Monday/Zapier stay in sync without an extra API call.
New Reception Timeline in the planning form — add each moment (time + activity, from a preset list or your own), reorder them, and print a clean one-page timeline sheet so your DJ can run the night.
Cleaned up the event "Booking form" toggle on mobile — proper chevron icon and tighter spacing.
From an event's planning, payments, contract, or booking page, "Back" now returns you to that event instead of the full dashboard.
The event status selector is now a cleaner, color-coded pill that matches the rest of the app.
Settings is tidier — "Branding & payments" is now a collapsible section, sitting between Booking form and Webhooks.
Your booking form now has a downloadable QR code in Settings → Booking — print or share it so couples can scan straight to your booking form.
Deleting a checklist item now asks you to confirm first, and the delete control is a clear red trash icon — no more accidental deletions.
The booking-form question editor is far more compact, and your booking QR code / link now always point to your live domain instead of localhost.
Sign-in links now always point to spinbook.io, no matter which domain you opened the app from.
Booking confirmation emails now send reliably from the live site.
Booking confirmation emails now link to your live spinbook.io event page.
Couples with more than one event now see a clean picker to choose which to open. Archived events are hidden, and completed events are clearly marked "Completed".

July 8, 2026

The event page's booking section is now called "Booking form", sits just below the couple's name and date, and starts collapsed — expand it when you need to review or edit what the couple submitted.

July 2, 2026

Better contracts — new accounts start from a complete DJ services agreement, and the template editor now shows a palette of merge fields you click to copy (couple, date, time, venue, package, totals, and more) so it's easy to drop them into your wording. Fields fill in automatically per event, and the event time and package now merge in correctly.
Cleaner default checklist — in Settings you can now disable default items instead of deleting them, so you never lose a core step (re-enable anytime). The final payment step is now "Make a Payment" and checks itself off automatically once the balance is paid in full.
Payment step needs a total — the "Make a Payment" item stays open until you set a quoted total (even $0, but you have to enter it), so it only marks done when the full amount is actually collected.
Sharper dashboard — the Active filter now hides completed events too, not just archived, so your client list shows only live work. Completed and Archived each still have their own tab.
Clearer event page — the checklist is now headed "{Event Type} Checklist" (e.g. "Wedding Checklist"), with matching copy, and the booking-request panel lines up with the checklist.
Works on your phone — the portal now has a hamburger menu on small screens, the help site gets a "Browse docs" menu on mobile, and a round of responsive fixes so pages read cleanly on a phone.

July 1, 2026

Planning form, polished — from real DJ feedback: every song pick now has separate Song and Artist fields (no more guessing which version), the Grand Entrance uses simple Yes/No toggles, Toasts get their own section, and Latin joined the music genres.
Payments hub — the payments tab now shows the quoted total, amount paid, and remaining balance at a glance, right above your full payment history. Deposit and balance roll up into one "Make a payment" step for couples.
Connect your other tools — send SpinBook events (new inquiry, signed contract, payment, completed planning form) to Make.com, n8n, or Zapier. Each request carries a secret token your receiver checks, so Monday and the rest of your stack stay in sync automatically — no double entry. Set it up in Settings → Webhooks & integrations.
Help & docs — launched the public help site at support.spinbook.io, with step-by-step guides for bookings, contracts, payments, planning, and the API.
Booking form fix — fixed an error some couples hit when submitting the public booking request form.
Release notes — this page: see what's new each time SpinBook is updated.
Track every booking's status — move events through a clear pipeline (New inquiry → Booked → Completed, and more) with a status dropdown on your dashboard and each event page. New inquiries are highlighted so you never miss a lead, and the couple's checklist and planning tools now switch on only once you mark an event Booked — so unconfirmed inquiries stay clean. Click a new inquiry to preview the full form the couple submitted, edit any answer, and book it in one step — without leaving your dashboard. The whole submission also lives under a "Booking request" section on every event page, editable anytime.
Filter your dashboard by stage — new pills at the top of a more compact client list (Active · New · Inquiry · Booked · Completed · Archived), each with a live count, so you can jump straight to just your new leads or everything you've booked. Archived events tuck out of the way by default, and an event opens once you've marked it Booked.