Coming Late June / Early July 2026 · Founding waitlist open
The CRM photographers should have had years ago.
ElevateStudio is the all-in-one studio platform that replaces your CRM, your email tool, your booking calendar, your funnels, your contracts, your SMS, and your social planner. Built for portrait and wedding photographers tired of duct-taping eight apps together.
First 50 studios get $197/month · locked for life · no setup fee
If this sounds familiar
Your studio runs on six different logins.
If you shoot portraits or weddings for a living, your back-office probably looks something like this. Each tool was a good decision in isolation. Together, they cost you money, time, and leads that fall through the cracks between them.
Photographer CRM (17hats, Tave, Sprout Studio, Dubsado)
$60
Pipeline and opportunity tracking
$50
Email marketing tool (Flodesk, Mailchimp, ConvertKit)
$99
Booking calendars (Calendly, Acuity)
$20
SMS marketing and broadcast tool
$50
Business phone software (OpenPhone, RingCentral)
$45
Standalone contracts and e-sign (HelloSign, DocuSign)
$30
Payment processing software
$30
Funnel and landing page builder (ClickFunnels, Squarespace)
$97
Social media planner (Later, Buffer, Planoly)
$40
Automation glue (Zapier, Make)
$50
Review request and reputation tool
$79
AI assistant subscriptions (ChatGPT, Claude, Jasper)
$60
Ad campaign management software
$99
$800+ a month. Plus the hours you spend gluing it together.
And that’s before you count the leads that get lost between the tools, the automations that never fire because the integration broke, and the time you spend copy-pasting data from one platform to another.
Meet ElevateStudio
One platform. One login. One bill.
ElevateStudio is the studio operating system. Calendar, payments, contracts, SMS, email, funnels, automations, social planner, and a full six-agent AI stack (Conversation, Voice, Content, Workflow, Funnel, Reviews). All under one roof. Designed around how working photographers actually book, sell, and deliver.
You stop paying eight vendors. You stop watching leads slip through the cracks between disconnected tools. You stop being the integration.
What ships on day one
Pre-built workflows that already convert.
Every ElevateStudio account ships with five complete, battle-tested workflows. Each one includes the ad campaign creative and copy, the landing page, the qualifying form, the consult booker, the automated follow-up sequence, the contract, the payment flow, and the post-session nurture. Not just a landing page. The full go-to-market system for each niche.
You swap in your photos and your pricing. You go live the same week.
Wedding Workflow
Inquiry capture, qualifying questions, consult booker, contract, payment plan, kickoff sequence, and venue and timeline emails. The whole inquiry-to-booked pipeline.
Portrait Workflow
Family, maternity, and senior portraits. Landing page, lead magnet, qualifying form, consult booker, contract, payment, pre-session prep emails, post-session order appointment.
Mini Session Workflow
Limited-spot booking page with countdown, waitlist capture, payment on the spot, automated reminder sequence, and post-session upsell to a full session.
Headshot Workflow
B2B inquiry workflow for corporate headshot and personal brand work. Higher-ticket positioning, proposal automation, group booking logic, and invoice flow.
Boudoir Workflow
Discreet inquiry capture with privacy-first messaging, qualifying consultation booker, contract with model release, payment plan, and post-session in-person sales appointment.
What’s included
Every tool a working studio needs.
One platform, every tool. No add-ons. No upgrades to unlock the features you actually need.
Calendar and online booking
Two-way calendar sync, automated buffer time, session-type templates, and consult bookers your leads use without you lifting a finger.
Payments and digital contracts
Stripe-powered payments, payment plans, contracts, e-sign, and invoices. No more sending clients to three different links to close a booking.
SMS marketing and broadcast
Text 800 past clients about your mini-session day in 30 seconds. Two-way SMS threads inside the same inbox as your email and DMs.
Built-in email marketing
Drag-and-drop email builder, newsletters, drip campaigns, segmentation. Replaces Flodesk and ConvertKit completely.
Funnel and landing page builder
Drag-and-drop funnels with the photographer-tuned templates already in your account. No Squarespace, no ClickFunnels, no Wix.
Forms, applications, and quizzes
Inquiry forms, qualification forms, mini-session order forms, applications. All connected to your pipeline, automations, and email.
Automated review requests
Post-session reviews on Google, The Knot, WeddingWire. Triggered by gallery delivery, with smart routing for happy vs. unhappy clients.
Social media planner
Schedule to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and Google Business Profile from one queue. AI captions in your brand voice.
Visual automation builder
If-this-then-that workflows for your whole business. Inquiry to consult, consult to contract, contract to gallery, gallery to review.
Full AI stack
Conversation AI, Voice AI, Content AI, Workflow AI, Funnel AI, and Reviews AI. All six agents trained for photographers, all included in every plan. See the full breakdown below.
Pipelines and opportunities
Visual pipeline for every lead. Drag deals from inquiry to consult to booked. See exactly where every dollar of pipeline lives.
Unified inbox
Email, SMS, Instagram DMs, Facebook Messenger, web chat. All in one thread per client. Stop alt-tabbing through six apps to find a conversation.
Business phone and VoIP
A dedicated studio phone number with call routing, voicemail transcription, and call recording. One number for inbound inquiries, outbound consults, and client coordination.
Ad campaign templates
Plug-and-play Meta and Google ad creative, copy, and audience targeting paired to your pre-built workflows. Launch portrait, wedding, mini, headshot, and boudoir campaigns without building from scratch.
Reporting and analytics
Revenue by source, conversion by workflow, cost per booked client, lead-to-booking lifetime value. The numbers your CRM never showed you.
The full AI stack · included
Six AI agents working in your studio, 24/7.
Every plan includes the same full AI stack. No Pro tier upsell. No “AI add-on” that costs another $99 a month. These run alongside your inbox, your funnels, and your phone, and they never miss a lead while you’re behind the camera.
Conversation AI
Auto-replies to inquiry forms, Instagram DMs, and SMS in your voice. Qualifies wedding and portrait leads, answers FAQ (pricing range, availability, packages), and books the consult while you're shooting a wedding. Hand-off to a human is one tap.
Voice AI
An AI receptionist answers your studio phone 24/7. Books consults, captures intake details, routes urgent calls. Sounds like a real human, not a phone-tree robot. Stops you from losing the lead while you're behind the camera.
Content AI
Drafts Meta ad copy, Instagram captions, email sequences, and blog posts. Trained on photographer-specific patterns, not generic B2B SaaS copy. Sounds like a working photographer because the prompts and examples come from working studios.
Workflow AI
Describe an automation in plain English. "Text new wedding leads in five minutes, then follow up after 24 hours if no reply." The platform builds the workflow. No node-based flowchart to learn. No Zapier glue tape between five tools.
Funnel AI
Generate a complete landing page from a one-line prompt. "Cabo destination wedding inquiry page." Copy, layout, lead form, and the follow-up sequence are wired up and ready to publish. Swap your photos. Go live the same day.
Reviews AI
Auto-responds to new Google and Facebook reviews in your tone. Tags anything under four stars to your inbox for personal handling so a bad review never sits unanswered. SEO and reputation maintenance without the daily homework.
Token usage on the underlying AI providers is metered fairly at cost. Most working studios stay inside the included monthly allowance without ever thinking about it. Heavy senders see the exact pass-through cost on their dashboard, no margin stacked on top.
What makes this different
Built for photographers. Not adapted to them.
Most platforms hand you a generic tool and tell you to figure out how it applies to your business. ElevateStudio ships with the workflows, templates, and automations that working photography studios actually use.
Funnel templates that are already photographer-tuned
Portrait, wedding, mini sessions, branding, headshot. Copy, design, follow-up sequences. Loaded in your account on day one.
In-person sales appointment workflows built in
Pre-IPS prep emails, consult booker, post-session order appointment scheduler, sales-day automation. The IPS flow that high-revenue studios actually run.
Review automations tuned for portrait and wedding clients
Routing by session type, gallery-delivery triggers, smart routing for negative feedback, Google and venue review nudges.
Pricing and packaging templates from real studios
Starting points that work, not generic SaaS examples. Adjust to your market and ship.
AI agents trained on the photographer business model
The six-agent AI stack (Conversation, Voice, Content, Workflow, Funnel, Reviews) is trained on photographer-specific patterns. Inquiry replies sound like you wrote them. Content drafts know the difference between a portrait inquiry and a wedding inquiry. Follow-up doesn’t sound like a B2B SaaS sequence.
Calendar built around shoot blocks, edit days, and IPS
Not just appointment slots. Block off edit days, travel days, sales-day rotations, and seasonal capacity in a calendar that thinks like a working studio.
ELEVATESTUDIO
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iOS · Android · ready at launch
Your studio in your pocket.
The ElevateStudio mobile app gives you the full inbox, calendar, pipeline, and AI agent controls from your phone. Built for photographers who spend more hours on a shoot location than at a desk.
The inbox in your pocket
Every email, SMS, IG DM, Facebook Messenger thread, and web chat in one feed. Reply to a wedding lead from the parking lot between sessions.
Push notifications for what matters
New inquiry. New booking. Payment cleared. Contract signed. Review posted. You decide which ones buzz your phone and which ones wait until you sit down at the desk.
Run the calendar on the go
Move appointments, block off shoot days, share consult slots with a lead in two taps. Two-way sync with your Google or Apple calendar stays current.
Capture leads in person
At a bridal show, networking event, or vendor meeting, grab the lead with the in-app form. They’re in the pipeline before you’re back to the car.
Approve AI replies on the fly
Conversation AI drafts the reply, you tap to send. Or let it auto-send for the conversations you’ve already approved its tone on. Your call, every thread.
Free for every ElevateStudio subscriber. Available on the App Store and Google Play the same week we launch the platform.
How it stacks up
Stop renting your business from six different vendors.
ElevateStudio vs. the photographer CRMs you’re already paying for (17hats, Tave, Sprout Studio, Dubsado) plus all the other tools they don’t replace.
| Capability | 17hats / Tave / Sprout / Dubsado | ElevateStudio |
|---|---|---|
| Photographer CRM and pipeline | ||
| Payments and contracts | ||
| Native email marketing | ||
| Native SMS marketing | ||
| Business phone and VoIP | ||
| Funnel and landing page builder | ||
| Pre-built workflow templates by niche | ||
| Pre-built ad campaign templates | ||
| Social media planner | ||
| Visual automation builder | Partial | |
| Full AI stack (Conversation, Voice, Content, Workflow, Funnel, Reviews) | ||
| Unified inbox (email, SMS, DMs, chat) | ||
| Automated review requests | Partial | |
| Reporting and analytics | Partial | |
| One bill, one login |
Most photographer CRMs are bookkeeping and contract tools with a CRM bolted on. They don’t do marketing. They don’t do funnels. They don’t do AI in any meaningful way. You still need five other subscriptions to actually run the business.
The real math
What one missed inquiry actually costs you.
Run the numbers on your current stack. If your tools let one inquiry per quarter slip through the cracks because a follow-up didn’t fire, a lead landed in the wrong inbox, or a contract sat unsigned for a week, you’ve lost more than ElevateStudio costs you for two years.
$197
Your monthly ElevateStudio investment
$3,500
One booked portrait session, average
$8,000
One booked wedding, average
One additional booking per quarter pays for the platform 10 to 25 times over.
ElevateStudio isn’t a line item on your P&L. It replaces three to seven other subscriptions, recovers the inquiries you’re losing, and frees up the hours you spend gluing tools together. The cost is the smallest part of the story.
Pricing
Founding pricing for the first 50 studios.
One platform. One bill. No setup fee. Migration available. Three ways to get in.
Founding 50
Waitlist only · Limited to 50 studios
$197/mo
No setup fee · Locked for life
- $200 a month off public pricing
- Founding rate locked for life
- Migration available
- Priority onboarding window
Public Launch
Starting late June / early July 2026
$397/mo
No setup fee
- Full ElevateStudio platform
- All pre-built funnels and templates
- Full AI stack (Conversation, Voice, Content, Workflow, Funnel, Reviews)
- Migration available
Elevate 360 Members
Included with active membership
Free
While you remain an active member
- Everything in Public Launch tier
- Migration available
- Coaching, courses, and community access
- Active members only, while enrolled
Migration is available for studios who want help moving over from their current stack. We’ll cover the details with you during onboarding.
First 50 founding studios
Get on the founding list.
ElevateStudio launches Late June / Early July 2026. The first 50 studios on the waitlist get founding pricing: $197 a month, locked for life. No setup fee. They also get priority onboarding in the first two weeks after launch.
After 50, public pricing takes over at $397 a month. There’s no waitlist trick. The rate goes up, and it stays up.
Step 01
Reserve your founding spot
Drop your first name and email. We hold your founding rate while we get closer to launch.
Step 02
Get your launch invitation
When we open the doors, founding studios get the first onboarding slots. You pick the timing that fits your shooting schedule.
Step 03
Go live the same week
We get you live in a week. You’re taking inquiries through ElevateStudio before your next shoot.
Reserve your founding rate
$197 a month. Locked for life. No setup fee.
Limited to the first 50 studios. After that, public pricing ($397/month) takes over.
FAQ
Common questions.
When does ElevateStudio launch?
Late June / Early July 2026. Founding waitlist studios get the first onboarding window in the two weeks after launch.
Do you offer migration help?
Yes. Migration is available for studios who want a done-for-you setup. We’ll cover the details with you during onboarding.
I'm already on 17hats, Tave, Sprout Studio, or Dubsado. What happens to my data?
Migration is available. We move your contacts, projects, packages, pipeline stages, and communication history (where the source platform allows export). The old account stays running for a transition period so nothing breaks while you switch over.
Free for Elevate 360 members. What's the catch?
No catch. Active Elevate 360 members get full ElevateStudio access included as long as they remain active in the program. If you leave Elevate 360, you keep your data and roll onto the standard ElevateStudio pricing.
What happens after the first 50 founding spots fill?
Public pricing takes over: $397 a month, no setup fee. You can still join, you just don't get the founding rate locked for life. Studios 51 and beyond pay the public monthly rate going forward.
Will my pricing go up after my first year?
Founding rate is locked for life as long as you remain an active customer. Public rate is the public rate at the time you subscribe. We don't sell a teaser price that resets in 12 months.
Launching Late June / Early July 2026
Be in the first 50.
Lock in $197 a month, for life. No setup fee. Or wait until launch and pay the public rate. Either way, ElevateStudio is the last CRM you set up.