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- A package and a prepaid money balance serve different client needs.
- Explain which follow-up support is included before charging for more.
- Packages require Pro or Scale; native groups require Scale.
The client situation
A coaching package gives a client a clear commitment: a defined number of sessions, time to work between them, and a reason to return. Yet useful questions rarely arrive exactly when the next appointment begins.
A client might need ten minutes to think through a conversation tomorrow. That is a different request from another full coaching session. Offering a focused paid follow-up gives that request a clear place, price, and boundary.
Here is how the two offers can work together on Ownlybiz.
This walkthrough is fictional. Leah and Nora, their circumstances, and all example USD rates and durations are invented to explain the setup. The figures show client charges, not earnings after fees.
Give the main package a clear shape
Leah is a career coach. Her fictional offer is a four-session package: four 45-minute video appointments for $360, purchased once. That works out to $90 per appointment.
Her description explains who the package suits, the topics it covers, what clients should prepare, and what support is included between appointments. It does not promise a promotion or a particular job outcome.
Ownlybiz supports fixed-session packages on Pro and Scale. Package credits represent appointments with a specified duration and channel. They are separate from a client's prepaid money balance.
Before selling, Leah completes the requirements for her account and paid services, connects Stripe, and sets her booking timezone and availability. In Services & Rates → Session packages, she configures the offer, selects Save draft, reviews it, then selects Publish saved offer. She can make it available on her website or share its unlisted link.
Walk through the first purchase
Nora reaches Leah's site through a useful article about preparing for a career conversation. The next steps are straightforward:
1. Understand the offer. Nora reads the package scope, total price, session length, and any preparation or cancellation terms Leah supplies.
2. Purchase the package. Nora pays for four session credits in one purchase. This is a package purchase, with no promise of monthly renewal or installments.
3. Book an appointment. Nora uses a credit to choose an available time for her first 45-minute video session.
4. Attend and continue. They meet through Ownlybiz's native session experience, then arrange the remaining appointments as needed.
Leah keeps her availability accurate herself. Ownlybiz does not currently synchronize an external Google or Outlook calendar, so appointments elsewhere need to be accounted for when she manages her schedule.
Make the follow-up a separate, specific offer
After their second appointment, Nora wants help narrowing the questions she will ask her manager. Leah's paid follow-up offer covers one focused question by live chat, voice, or video, at a fictional $3 per minute.
The description tells Nora what belongs in this shorter conversation. A quick review of two possible questions fits. A broad reassessment of her career direction belongs in a longer appointment.
Leah also explains when she is available and how they will handle a topic that needs more time. A suggested ten-minute conversation is a planning expectation, not a claim that the software automatically enforces that exact limit.
Before starting, Nora understands that this is separately charged advice. It does not consume one of her four package appointments or silently add time to a completed package session.
Show the difference between minutes and credits
Suppose Nora has loaded a $30 prepaid balance for sessions with Leah. With no introductory time or discount, eight billed minutes at the illustrative $3 rate cost:
8 × $3 = $24, leaving $6 in that balance.
That remaining money can contribute toward another supported per-minute session with Leah. It is not an additional package appointment, a recurring membership, or credit transferable to another expert.
The distinction is worth explaining directly on the offer page. Package credits answer “How many appointments do I have?” A prepaid balance answers “How much money remains for supported per-minute advice?”
When their follow-up is complete, they use End Session and review the session record. A prepaid session ends when its balance is depleted; funding more credit supports a new session.
| Fictional purchase | What Nora receives | Example use |
|---|---|---|
| $360 coaching package | Four 45-minute video appointments | One appointment uses one session credit |
| $30 prepaid balance | $30 for eligible per-minute sessions with Leah | Eight billed minutes at $3 use $24 and leave $6 |
Illustrative USD figures and invented people. Service amounts are before fees and other costs; these are not customer results or income forecasts.
Add a group workshop when the topic is shared
If several clients want practice preparing a meeting agenda, Leah could offer an optional 45-minute workshop on Scale. In a fictional illustration, six attendees paying $25 each produce $150 in gross ticket sales before fees and costs. If all six attendees and the host stay for 45 minutes, the event uses 7 × 45 = 315 group participant-minutes. The host counts toward usage. This is a usage calculation, not a forecast of attendance or sales.
Leah keeps private career details for individual appointments and makes the workshop's shared format clear before purchase. Group sessions have separate capacity and usage allowances; they are not included in Pro merely because packages are.
Choose this model when the boundaries help
This approach suits coaches whose clients benefit from structured appointments and occasional narrow follow-ups. It needs a clear explanation of what the package includes so clients do not feel charged twice for promised support.
It is less suitable when clients need extensive between-session care, recurring installment billing, or a workflow dependent on synchronized calendars. Establish those requirements before moving an existing practice.
Ownlybiz Pro starts at $99 USD/month and includes fixed-session packages. Starter is $39 and Scale is $159; native chat, voice, video, and prepaid balance are included across plans. New direct accounts pay a 1.6% Ownlybiz service fee plus separate Stripe charges. Availability is limited to eligible businesses in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. The two-calendar-month trial requires a payment method; client-payment fees still apply during the trial.
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How is a session package different from prepaid credit?
A fixed-session package gives the client a specified number of appointments with a defined duration and channel. A prepaid money balance funds supported per-minute sessions with the same expert. Buying one does not automatically buy the other.
Can I charge separately for a short follow-up?
Yes, if the follow-up is outside the support you have already promised in the package and the client agrees to the separate rate before starting. Explain the question it covers and agree how to handle additional time.
Does a package include access to native group workshops?
Fixed-session packages are available on Pro and Scale. Native group sessions require Scale and have separate capacity and usage allowances. Describe and price an optional workshop separately from the individual package.
Sources and further reading
- Ownlybiz current plans and trial terms
Review current eligibility, service availability and accepted payment terms.
- Build a short paid decision clinic for your consulting clients
Related Ownlybiz workflow guide.
- Running multiple paid live chats without losing the thread
Related Ownlybiz workflow guide.
- Choose a plan and create your Ownlybiz account
Review current plans, trial and payment terms before signup.
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