Publishing, unlisting, and hiding classes

The Visibility card at the top of each class page has a three-way control: Hidden, Unlisted, and Public. New classes start as Hidden.

The three states

• **Hidden** — not on your public company page, not bookable by outsiders. Only people in your company can see or book it (useful for testing).
• **Unlisted** — anyone with the direct link can view and book it, but it doesn't appear on your public company page or in any embedded widgets, and won't be picked up by search engines. Useful for private classes you share with a specific group (e.g. a club, a school, a returning cohort).
• **Public** — listed on your public company page and embedded widgets, indexable by search engines, bookable by anyone.

Going Public — the publish checklist

When you switch a class to Public, Bookabee runs a short checklist. Red Required items block the move — we won't let you go live without them so bookers don't see a broken class. Amber Recommended items are best-practice nudges; you can publish without them via "Publish anyway".

What's required to publish

• At least one session.
• A contact email on your company so bookers can reach you.
• A website URL on your company.
• A Terms & Conditions URL and a Privacy Policy URL.
• For paid classes: Stripe Connect set up so payments can actually go through.

Going Unlisted skips the checklist

Unlisted is for sharing the link with people you're already in touch with — your existing customers, a club, a referral group. We don't enforce the polish/legal-URL checklist for Unlisted, on the assumption that you know who you're sending the link to. The class still has to have at least one session.

Hidden vs Unlisted — which to use

• Use **Hidden** when the class isn't ready and you don't want any outsider to reach it. Bookers visiting the URL get a "not found" page.
• Use **Unlisted** when the class is ready, but you only want specific people to know it exists. Anyone with the URL can book.

Sharing the link

The "Share booking link" button on the class detail page copies the direct URL. For Unlisted classes, this is the only way bookers will reach the class — paste it in an email, a WhatsApp group, or your own newsletter. For Public classes the link works too, and the class also appears on your public company page.