Booth types

The booth catalog, defined once: a type describes what a booth is — the booths under it are the actual inventory.

A booth type is a catalog entry: “3×3 standard”, “6×6 island”. The type describes; the booths under it are the inventory. You define each type once, then every booth references one — so a spec change is made in one place, and counting your inventory by kind is free. Find them under Exhibition → Booth types.

Create and publish a booth type

1. Create it

   Click Create booth type and name it. It is created as a draft — configure at your own pace.

2. Describe it

   On its detail page, set:

   • Description — what the buyer should know about this kind of booth.
   • Specification — free text for the physical facts: “3m × 3m, two open sides”.
3. Publish

   Click Publish (behind a confirm dialog). The type becomes Open — an offerable entry in the catalog. Everything is free today; publishing is the catalog decision, and pricing arrives later on the same types.

Lifecycle

Booth types follow the same lifecycle as ticket types and add-ons:

Status	What it means
Draft	Not offerable; configure freely.
Open	Published — part of the offerable catalog.
Closed	Published but not offerable. Reopen at any time.
Archived	Retired. Restoring lands on Closed, never Open.

Booth types are never deleted — the booths under them keep their reference.

Booths of this type

The detail page lists every booth referencing this type. That list is read-only here: booths are created and allocated on the Booths page.

A booth type has no capacity number. The units are the capacity: if you sell twelve 3×3 standards, you create twelve booths under the type. This is deliberate — booths have identities (hall, number), and an anonymous counter can’t hold those.

Rules to know

• Define types before booths. A booth is born referencing a type; the Booths page won’t let you create one until a type exists.
• The specification is free text. Put dimensions, open sides, included fittings — whatever your sales sheet says. Structured pricing fields come with the paid tier, later.
• Closing a type doesn’t touch its booths. Existing units keep their type and their allocations; Closed only removes the type from the offerable catalog.
• Every operation on a booth type is recorded in its activity log.