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For creative studios

Less admin between the brief and the final file.

Design, branding, video and photography studios use SparkDesk to send proposals, take deposits on invoice, run projects on boards and collect client sign-off in a portal that looks like your studio.

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Animated illustration with sample data.What the animation shows:
  1. On the phone, the client opens quote Q-1042 for $24,000.00, types their name and accepts it.
  2. On the desktop, the deal moves from Proposal to Won on the opportunity board.
  3. From the accepted quote, a 30% deposit invoice INV-2048 for $7,200.00 is created and sent.
  4. The client pays the deposit online from the invoice link, processed by Stripe.
  5. The invoice shows as paid and a Payment received notice appears.

Sound familiar?

What gets fixed

Starting work before the deposit is in
Split an accepted quote into a deposit, progress and final invoice so the deposit invoice goes out the moment the client says yes.
Feedback scattered across email threads
Clients review documents and approve requests in the portal, and everything they send lands on their record.
Every project set up from scratch
Project and task templates hold your standard phases, from discovery to delivery, so a new job is ready in minutes.
Contracts that live in a downloads folder
Contracts are built from templates, versioned, and signed with built-in e-signature that produces an audit certificate.

How a job runs in SparkDesk

  1. 01 / Win

    Capture enquiries with a form on your site that creates a lead, then send a quote with your packages from the products catalog.

  2. 02 / Sign

    Send the contract for e-signature. Signers get a link, and the signed copy and audit certificate are stored on the record.

  3. 03 / Deliver

    Run the work on a board, share docs for review, and keep revisions and time against the project budget.

  4. 04 / Bill

    Send the deposit, progress and final invoices from the quote, with reminders before and after the due date.

The features creative studios use most

Where to start

The Team plan

Small studios with up to 3 people fit Team, which includes approvals and a larger client portal. Solo founders can start on Solo.

$59/month

or $49/month billed annually

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For creative studios: questions

Something else? Ask us.

  • Can clients pay the deposit online?

    Yes. Connect your own Stripe account and turn on Pay online, and clients can pay the deposit invoice by card or bank debit from its link or email. The payment is recorded on the invoice for you.

  • Can the portal and documents carry our branding?

    Yes. Paid plans remove SparkDesk branding from quote, invoice and credit note PDFs, and you set your own branding for documents and contracts. Public pages such as invoice links show a small Powered by SparkDesk badge on Free and Solo; Team can hide it, and Business can also add its own footer text and links.

  • Does SparkDesk handle booking calls?

    No. There are no booking links or calendar sync today, so keep your existing scheduling tool and send enquiries into SparkDesk with a form.

Also see SparkDesk for agencies, consultancies and event planners.

Run your next client project in SparkDesk.

Start a 14-day free trial of any paid plan. No card needed, and you can drop to the Free plan at any time.

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