Getting Ghosted by Photography Clients? It’s Not Your Prices.
If your calendar isn’t booking out, people are ghosting after inquiring, or you’re sitting there refreshing your inbox wondering what you’re doing wrong...
Please, please don’t jump straight to discounting your prices.
When things are slow, it’s easy to assume your pricing is too high. But the truth is, nine times out of ten, the reason people aren’t booking has nothing to do with your prices and everything to do with your inquiry and booking process being too complicated.
Why Your Clients Aren’t Booking (and It’s Not About the Money)
People today are busy, distracted, and overwhelmed.
If your booking process makes them pause for even two seconds to figure out what to do next, you’ve already lost them.
Booking a photographer should feel effortless like butter.
No digging through your website.
No “email me for pricing.”
No long, awkward forms that feel like a job application.
When your inquiry process is clear, easy, and trust-building, people don’t hesitate. They book.
Proof That Simplicity Sells
One of my mentorship students recently shared that while she was in her kitchen baking bread with her kids, she got an email notification. A client had just booked her highest package - a $1,400 maternity and newborn collection.
No back-and-forth.
No chasing.
No “just following up!” emails.
Just money in the bank while she was elbow-deep in flour and cinnamon.
That’s the power of a streamlined, hell-yes-worthy inquiry process.
Stop Discounting, Start Simplifying
Photographers waste so much energy running promotions and offering discounts to get people in the door, when what they really need is a system that removes friction and builds confidence from the first click.
Because if your process is a hot mess, discounts won’t fix it.
They’ll only make you look desperate.
A simple, strategic booking process that guides potential clients smoothly from inquiry to payment will always outperform discount codes and flash sales.
The Fix: Simplify Your Inquiry Process
If you’re ready to stop getting ghosted and start booking while you’re baking bread (or, you know, living your life), it’s time to simplify your process.
Inside The Collective, I walk photographers through the exact steps to create an effortless, automated system that books clients faster and builds trust instantly—without lowering prices.
Let’s fix the real problem.
You’ve got clients to serve and bread to bake.