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# Business Tools Overview

ALIVE isn't just a photobooth app — it's a full business management platform. Whether you're juggling multiple events, sending proposals to clients, or tracking payments, the built-in business tools help you run a professional operation without switching between a dozen apps.

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## What's Included?

Here's a quick look at everything available from your web dashboard:

- **Proposals** — Create polished, branded proposals with services, pricing, effects showcases, and digital signatures. Send them to clients and track their status from draft to signed.
- **Payments** — Collect deposits and full payments directly through your proposals via Stripe. Support for multiple currencies (USD, ILS) and automatic payment tracking.
- **Questionnaires** — Build reusable questionnaire templates to gather event details from clients — venue info, guest count, special requests, and more.
- **Client Database** — Keep all your client information in one place. Store contacts, notes, tags, and view their full event history.
- **Bookings** — Manage your event calendar, assign team members, and link bookings to clients and proposals.
- **Team Management** — Add team members, assign them to bookings, and keep everyone in the loop.

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## Where to Find Everything

All business tools live in your **web dashboard** at photobooth.alive-pic.com. From the sidebar, navigate to:

- **Proposals** — to manage proposals, catalog items, and questionnaire templates
- **Clients** — to manage your client database, bookings, calendar, team, and contacts

[screenshot: Dashboard sidebar showing Proposals and Clients sections]

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## How It All Connects

The real power is how these tools work together:

1. A **client** reaches out about an event
2. You create a **proposal** with your packages and pricing
3. The client views it, fills out a **questionnaire**, and **signs** digitally
4. **Payment** is collected automatically via Stripe
5. A **booking** is created and appears on your **calendar**
6. Your **team member** gets assigned and notified

| You can start with just proposals and add the other tools as your business grows. Nothing is required — use what makes sense for you.

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## Service Catalog

Before you start creating proposals, set up your **Service Catalog**. This is where you define reusable packages, add-ons, backdrops, templates, and themes with default prices. When building a proposal, you can pull items directly from your catalog instead of typing everything from scratch.

Categories include:
- **Packages** — Your main service offerings
- **Add-ons** — Extra services clients can choose
- **Backdrops** — Physical backdrop options
- **Templates** — Photo template designs
- **Themes** — Event themes
- **Other** — Custom categories you define

[screenshot: Service Catalog grid with category tabs]

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## What's Next?

Ready to dive in? Start with the tools that matter most to your workflow:

- [Creating Proposals](/en/article/creating-proposals)
- [Client Database](/en/article/client-database)
- [Bookings and Calendar](/en/article/bookings-and-calendar)
- [Creating Questionnaire Templates](/en/article/creating-questionnaire-templates)