The onboarding we are building

Everything on this page is built and switched off. It exists in the code, behind a flag that is not yet enabled, and it has not been through a real venue. Until Spotly turns it on, the process in How a venue joins Spotly is the one that applies.

Built: partners create venue drafts

A partner creates the venue themselves by converting a lead. It is a draft — inactive, invisible to guests, and it needs the venue's real map coordinates rather than just an address.

Built: the owner is invited, not created

The owner receives an invitation — "You've been invited to manage NØR on Spotly" — and creates their own account when they accept. The link is single-use and expires.

The partner stays attached as the partner. They never become the venue's owner, and they never set a password for anyone.

Built: visible onboarding progress

A checklist showing exactly what is done and what is left, computed from the venue's real state rather than from ticked boxes:

• Venue created · Owner invited · Owner accepted · Venue information · Images · Opening hours
• Floor plan · Tables · First event · Ticket types · Payments · Test booking · Publish

It reads as a percentage, and it says which items are optional for that particular venue — a venue with nothing priced does not need payments to go live.

Built: leads before venues

A pipeline so a partner can track a venue they are talking to before it exists in Spotly, and convert it when it agrees to join. Leads are private to the partner who created them.

Still not built

• A partner cannot publish a venue live. That stays a Spotly decision.
• A partner cannot start Stripe onboarding — they can only send the owner a reminder.
• No commission is calculated. Attribution is recorded so any rule can be applied later.

Important notes

None of this exists. Today a venue is created by the Spotly team and its owner must already have an account. There is no date for any of the above.

If a venue asks whether they can be set up on the spot, the answer is no — and saying otherwise creates a promise somebody else has to break.