For yoga and pilates studios

How to create a yoga studios waitlist

You email the schedule, students reply to claim a mat, and you keep a tally in a spreadsheet. Someone always books a class that filled an hour ago. Booking software wants a monthly fee and a contract for a studio with three classes a week.

The week's schedule goes out Sunday and the inbox fills by Monday. 7 steps, about five minutes, or one click with the recipe below.

Step by step

Set up the This week's classes yourself

These are the exact values the recipe applies. Change any of them to match your line.

  1. Create the waitlist

    Sign in, click New waitlist, and name it "This week's classes". It starts as a draft, so nothing is public until you publish.

  2. Set capacity to 40 per week

    In Settings, set the capacity to 40 per week and the reset to Sun at 8:00 PM. The count starts over at every reset; nothing is deleted.

  3. Leave the hours open

    Under Hours, leave the schedule off so people can join at any time. You can pause the list by hand whenever you need to.

  4. Add the form fields

    Email is built in. On the Form tab, add Name (required), Experience. Labels and help text render as plain text.

  5. Add the "Class" time slots

    On the Form tab, add a Time slot field named "Class" with Monday 7:00 AM, vinyasa (14), Wednesday 6:30 PM, yin (12), Saturday 9:00 AM, slow flow (14). Each slot fills on its own and reads as full when its spots are taken.

  6. Show the counter

    In Settings, turn on the counter so the form shows how many spots are left. People join faster when they can see the number.

  7. Publish and share

    Click Publish. The Share tab has the hosted link, a QR code, and the script tag or iframe for your site. The submit button reads "Save my mat".

Or do it in one click

Use the recipe

The "This week's classes" recipe creates the waitlist with every step above already done. Sign in, click once, and it is live as a draft you can publish.

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Recipe

This week's classes

  • 40 per week
  • Open any time
  • 3 capped slots
  • 4 fields
  • 40 mats per week. The count resets Sunday at 8:00 PM.
  • No opening hours. The list stays open all week until the 40 mats are taken.
  • Asks for name, which class, and experience level.
  • Students see their number for this week on the success screen.
  • When the week fills, the form shows when next week's list opens.

After you publish

How the list runs

Weekly capacity

Forty per week. The reset day and time are yours: Sunday at 8:00 PM here.

Pick a class

A dropdown listing the week's classes. Export by class to see who is on which mat.

Numbered per week

"You're #9 this week." All-time numbers stay in the export.

Ask about experience

A multiple-choice field for level, so the teacher knows who is new.

Send it to your calendar tool

On Pro, webhook each signup into Zapier, Make, or a script that adds them to the roster.

Edit the classes weekly

Change the dropdown options when the schedule changes. The link stays the same.

FAQ

Questions people here ask

Can each class have its own cap?

One capacity per waitlist. For a per-class cap, create a waitlist per class and put all three links on one page.

Does deleting a cancelled student free a mat?

Yes. The count is derived from entries, so removing one reopens a spot for the week.

Can I collect class fees?

No. Unwaited does not take payments. Use the export to send payment links or charge at the door.

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Five minutes by hand, or one click.

Free for 100 signups a month. Unlimited waitlists. Every setting above stays editable.

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