FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What studio owners ask most before starting with Svana, from how it works with LINE and making it your brand to payments and security.
33 questions in 7 topics
General
What is Svana?
A studio management system where members book classes, buy packages, pay and check in through LINE, while staff and instructors use a web back office. Everything runs on one set of data, so the numbers match on every screen.
What kind of business is it for?
Businesses that sell classes or sessions, such as Pilates, yoga and barre studios, group fitness and personal trainers. It works for a single-room studio as well as several locations.
Is any studio using it already?
Yes. Svana grew out of the system WE Pilates uses to run its studio, from member bookings to accounting documents.
Do we need to install anything?
No. Members use it through LINE, staff open the back office in a web browser on a computer, tablet or phone, and instructors can add it to their home screen to get alerts.
Members and LINE
Do members need to download an app?
No. Members open the app from the menu in the studio's LINE chat and sign in with their LINE account or phone number.
Do we need a LINE Official Account?
Yes. The studio uses its own LINE Official Account, and the system connects the menu, member app and notifications to it, so members chat and book in the same place.
What notifications do members get?
Booking confirmations, class reminders, a summary of sessions left after class, alerts when a package is about to expire, and spot offers from the waitlist. By default, morning classes are reminded at 20:00 the night before and afternoon classes at 08:00 on the day.
What can members do when a class is full?
Join the waitlist without using a session. When someone cancels, the first person in line gets the spot offered in LINE; if they don't confirm within 30 minutes, it moves to the next person.
What if a member books and doesn't show up?
If they haven't checked in 30 minutes after class starts, the system records a no-show and applies the studio's rules automatically.
Customization
Can we use our own colors and logo?
Everywhere. The member app, LINE messages, receipts and back office all use the studio's name, logo, colors and cover image, and can be tailored to the way your business works.
Can we change the booking rules?
Yes, for example how many hours ahead members can cancel, how many days ahead they can book, how many sessions they can book a day, and how long a waitlist offer stays open. The rules are checked every time a member books.
Can we set our own packages, prices and promotions?
Yes, from the back office: number of sessions, package validity, one-time trial packages, discount codes and referral codes.
Can we collect extra customer details for our business?
Yes. The sign-up fields, health form and the agreement customers sign are adjusted to each studio's services.
Does it work with several locations?
Yes. Each location has its own rooms, capacity and class schedule.
Domain, Cloud and ownership
Can we use our studio's own domain?
Yes, a main domain or a subdomain such as booking.yourstudio.com. The member app in LINE and the back office both open on it, with HTTPS.
Do we need our own server or Cloud?
No. The system runs on a Cloud we provide, with HTTPS certificates, updates and hourly backups taken care of.
How much can the owner access?
Everything. The owner account sees every menu, location and record in the back office, including the team's activity log.
Can we export all of our data?
Yes. Export booking, daily sales, output VAT and outstanding balance reports as CSV or Excel, and ask for a full database file at any time. The data belongs to the studio.
Can the system be developed further?
Yes. Add features or connect other systems you use, through our team or your own developers. It is built on Laravel and MySQL, which most developers know.
Pricing
What is the difference between Essential and Complete?
Both include the first year of Cloud. Essential, at THB 39,000, covers bookings, payments, the member app and the back office for a single-location studio. Complete, at THB 59,000, adds the instructor app, multiple locations, tax invoices and output VAT reports, marketing tools, health forms and agreements.
When does the THB 12,000 yearly Cloud fee start, and what does it cover?
The first year is included in the plan price; from year two it is THB 12,000 a year. It covers servers and Cloud, HTTPS certificates, updates and bug fixes, all scheduled jobs and hourly database backups. It is the same for every plan.
Do prices include VAT?
No. All plan prices and Cloud fees exclude 7% VAT.
Are there any other costs?
A few are paid directly to other providers: the LINE Official Account plan once you go past the free message quota, per-transaction fees from the payment provider, and domain registration.
Can you build features specific to our business?
Yes. Pick the closest plan and we add the rest as Custom work, quoted by scope, such as an accounting software connection, special reports or moving data from your current system.
Payments and documents
Which payment methods are supported?
Credit and debit cards, PromptPay, TrueMoney, ShopeePay and LINE Pay, through the payment providers Omise or 2C2P.
Whose account do member payments go to?
Straight into the merchant account the studio holds with the payment provider.
Can it issue receipts and tax invoices?
Yes. Every payment gets an automatic receipt, members can request a company tax invoice when paying, accounting issues credit notes for refunds, and the output VAT report exports to Excel.
If the bank confirms late, do the sessions still arrive?
Yes. Pending payments are rechecked every 5 minutes, and each payment adds sessions only once, even if the result arrives more than once.
Security and data
Who can access the back office?
Only staff accounts the studio creates, in five roles: admin, front desk, instructor, accounting and marketing. Each role sees only the menus for its own work.
How secure is the back-office sign-in?
It needs both a password and a 6-digit code sent by email. The code expires in 10 minutes, allows 5 wrong attempts, and a trusted device can be remembered for 24 hours.
Does the system store card numbers?
No. Customers enter their card in the payment provider's own window, so the studio's server never receives the card number.
How often is data backed up?
Every hour, with copies kept for about 7 days.
Can we see who changed what?
Yes. The All Logs page records every create, edit and delete, with who did it, when, and what changed.
See it working before you decide
Book a class, pay and check in with the Simulator, and watch the back office and the instructor's phone follow along.
Open the Simulator