Opening a studio · done for you
Open with everything already working
Opening a studio is a long list, and most of it has nothing to do with teaching. The website, the booking system, the payments, the Google listing, the reviews — all of it has to exist before your first class, and all of it is the part nobody starts a studio to do.
So we do it. You get a studio that opens with a website people can book from, memberships on sale, a verified Google listing, and a list of people already waiting — instead of an empty room and a Squarespace page you built at midnight.
What's handled
- The whole front end — Your website, built for a studio rather than dropped into a template — the timetable, the classes, the memberships, the lot. It looks like your studio, not like software.
- The whole back end — Booking, payments, memberships and class passes, all connected and tested, taking money through your own Stripe account from your first class.
- Found on Google — Set up so people searching for a studio near them actually find you — from the day you open rather than the year after.
- A list before you open — People signing up while the floor is still being laid, so opening week has a timetable with names in it.
How it works
You send one form
Your logo, photos, timetable, prices and coaches. That is the whole of your involvement.
We build it
Site, booking, payments, memberships, listings — set up and tested while you are dealing with the lease and the equipment.
You open
Bookings live, memberships on sale, findable on Google, and a list of people who signed up before the doors did.
You open with a list, not an empty room
The studios that launch well are the ones already selling while the floor is being laid. That is the difference between an opening week and a first month spent explaining to an empty room that you exist.
It only works if it is set up early, which is why this is for studios that haven't opened yet.
Questions
Do you set up a new studio from scratch?
Yes. Strong OS offers a full turnkey setup service for new studios: the entire front end and back end of the business — website, online booking, payments and memberships — plus the search and local listing side, all live before opening day. You supply your timetable, prices and photos; everything else is done for you.
I have not opened yet. Is that too early?
It is the best time. A studio that sets up before opening sells founding memberships during fit-out and opens to a booked timetable. Leaving it until opening week means spending your first month invisible while a Google listing waits to be verified.
What do you need from me?
Your logo, some photos or a shoot date, your target opening date, the unit address, your timetable, membership prices, coach names and bios, and your class list. That comes in one form when you sign up, and it is the only homework.
How long does setup take?
Days of build, once your details are in. The thing that sets the real timeline is how early you start — studios that come to us six to eight weeks before opening get the most out of it, because the sign-up page has time to do its job.
Do I own it, and can I leave?
Yes. It is your domain, your Stripe account and your Google listing — all in your name from the start. Strong OS runs on monthly rolling terms with 30 days notice, and studios can export their data.
What does it cost?
There is a one-off setup fee and a monthly fee after it, and it is discussed on a call rather than published — what a twelve-bed reformer studio needs is not what a one-room dance school needs. It is priced to be paid for by a handful of members.
Which kinds of studio is it for?
Class- and session-based businesses opening in the UK: pilates and reformer studios, yoga, barre, aerial and pole, dance schools, gymnastics and cheer clubs, boxing and martial arts gyms, strength gyms and small-group personal training.
Opening somewhere this year?
Send me your details and I'll get in touch and walk you through it — including a demo of your own studio's site, built with your name on it, so you can see the thing rather than read about it.
Talk to me about opening