Industry · Photo Studio

Make your photo studio
bookable online.

Akeyo is a booking system for photo studios with electronic access control. Customers book shoots, daylight sessions, or studio time online, pay instantly, and receive automatic access—even in the evenings, on weekends, or during unstaffed hours.

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How it works

Benefits

What Akeyo does for your photo studio

Make unstaffed hours sellable online without overhauling your existing setup.

Extended hours without extra staff

Sell shoots, daylight sessions, or studio time in the evenings, on weekends, or during holidays—without an additional shift.

Booking, payment, and access in one step

Customers book online, pay instantly, and receive access via SMS or email. No code distribution, no manual approvals.

Complements your existing studio software

Your customer management stays unchanged. Akeyo makes shoots, sessions, and studio time sellable online even during unstaffed hours.

Process

How Akeyo works for your photo studio

For you as the operator

  • We set up access integration, products, pricing, and branding together
  • You link directly from your studio website to your Akeyo booking page
  • Payments go directly to your account without intermediaries

For your customers

  • Select shoot, session, or studio time on PC or smartphone
  • Pay instantly online
  • Receive real-time access via SMS or email
  • Enter your studio independently, even when no staff is present

Self-service in photo studios: 24/7 or just off-peak hours

Whether as a self-service model for off-peak hours like evenings and weekends, or as a fully unstaffed 24/7 studio without on-site personnel: With Akeyo, photo studios sell shoots, sessions, and studio time online. As a booking system with access control, Akeyo combines online booking, payment, and automatic access in a single step.

Access Systems

Compatible with your system

Akeyo integrates with common electronic access control systems.

EVVA AirKey EVVA Xesar Nuki Salto KS Tapkey Tedee

Don't have one yet? We'd be happy to advise you.

FAQ

Common questions from photo studios

Key points about products, access, operations, and setup.

Yes. Akeyo handles individual sales such as shoots, sessions, or studio time. Your existing customer management remains unchanged—Akeyo simultaneously manages individual sales for customers, even during unstaffed hours.

No. Akeyo complements your existing solution. Your customer management stays unchanged while Akeyo handles online booking, payment, and access for individual sales.

Akeyo integrates with common electronic access control systems, including EVVA AirKey, EVVA Xesar, Nuki, and Salto KS. If you don't have an access system yet, we'll help you select and set one up.

Yes. You can use Akeyo just for off-peak hours like evenings and weekends, or for fully unstaffed 24/7 operations. This is controlled through your products and time slots.

All bookings, payments, and access events are logged. If a booked time slot isn't used, the sale is still recorded and paid. You can always see what happened.

Typically a few working days. We need API access to your access system, your products such as shoot, session, or studio time, and your branding specifications. After that, we set everything up and test it together with you.

We'll create a quote tailored to your studio and access system. No rigid package pricing and no mandatory hardware purchase.

Want to sell shoots and studio time outside of staffed hours? We'll show you how Akeyo automates booking, payment, and access.

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