Setup guide

Publish your first deal

A deal is what customers actually book. This guide walks you from a blank backoffice to your first live deal — step by step.

Before you start

What you need first

Deal creation is not a standalone action. You publish a deal by opening a product in your catalog and tapping Create deal on it. Before that's possible, four prerequisites must all be in place:

✓A verified Business — deals from unverified businesses are not visible to customers, so verification is a hard gate.
✓At least one Venue — the physical location where the deal takes place. If you have multiple venues, you'll pick one while creating the deal.
✓At least one Product in the catalog — the template the deal is built from. Deals are always created from a product; you tap the product to start a new deal.
✓A connected Stripe account — payouts must be enabled. Deals from businesses without a connected payout account cannot be published.

⚠️ Important

Deal creation flows through the product catalog. There is no separate "Create deal" screen that lets you build a deal from scratch without a product. If you don't see a "Create deal" option on any of your products, check that you actually have a product in your catalog and that your business is verified with a connected Stripe account.

ℹ️ Note

New to Sponti? Read the business introduction and the entity guide first — they cover all four prerequisites.

How to publish

Publishing a deal — step by step

Deal creation takes place inside the Sponti app, from the Backoffice tab. Once your business, venue, product, and payout account are ready, the creation flow is quick — most deals take under a minute to publish.

1

Open the Backoffice and pick your business

From the Profile tab, open Backoffice. You'll see every business you belong to. Tap the one you want to publish from — that takes you into its My Business dashboard.

2

Go to the Products section

Inside My Business, open the Products section. This is your catalog — every service, room, class, meal, or ticket you offer lives here as a reusable template.

💡 Tip

No products yet? You won't be able to create a deal. Add a product first, then come back. Products live under My Business → Products → Create product.
3

Tap the product you want to offer

Tap the specific product you want to run a deal on. This opens the product detail screen. From there, tap Create deal — that's how every deal starts.

ℹ️ Note

The product decides the deal type automatically (appointment, walk-in, ticket, pickup, or stay) and provides the title and cover image. You don't re-enter any of that for each deal.
4

Pick the venue

Choose the venue where this deal takes place. If your business has only one venue, it may be pre-selected. The venue determines the deal's location and timezone — customers see times in that venue's local time.

5

Set the deal window

Choose when the deal is active — a start time and an end time. This is the window during which customers can book and show up.

💡 Tip

Last-minute deals work best. A deal posted 30–60 minutes before the start window converts significantly better than one posted days in advance for the same slot.
6

Set the price and discount

Enter the original price (what you normally charge) and the deal price (the discounted price customers pay through Sponti). The discount percentage is calculated automatically.

⚠️ Important

Use your actual regular price as the original. Artificially inflated prices reduce customer trust and may affect your standing on the platform.
7

Set availability

Enter the availability count — how many customers can book this deal. Once that number is reached, the deal closes automatically.

Set this conservatively at first. You can always publish another deal from the same product if you have more capacity.

8

Publish

Review the deal summary and tap Publish. The deal goes live immediately — it appears on the Sponti map and in search results for customers nearby.

What happens next

After you publish

Once a deal is live:

  • Nearby customers can discover and book it in real time.
  • Each booking reduces the availability count by one.
  • When all slots are filled, the deal closes automatically.
  • When the deal window ends, any unfilled slots expire.
  • Revenue from bookings flows to your Stripe account on Stripe's schedule.

ℹ️ Note

You can view active, past, and draft deals from the Deals tab inside My Business. Check there to monitor booking activity.