--- title: 'Add-ons, equipment and capacity' sidebarTitle: Add-ons & capacity description: >- Track equipment and extras, from a single sauna to a pool of 12 mats, and choose whether each one is required, optional, assigned by Soul or picked by the client. audience: luminary feature: resources type: guide availability: beta last_verified: '2026-10-14' keywords: - add-ons - equipment - capacity - yoga mats - massage table - extras - inventory - per attendee url: 'https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/resources/add-ons-and-capacity' --- # Add-ons, equipment and capacity > Track equipment and extras, from a single sauna to a pool of 12 mats, and choose whether each one is required, optional, assigned by Soul or picked by the client. **Note:** Beta. Resources is marked BETA in the dashboard menu and may change. Add-ons are equipment or extras a session uses: a massage table, a sauna, towels, a sound bowl set, yoga mats. Unlike staff and rooms, an add-on has a Capacity, so one add-on can stand for a pool of identical items. Soul keeps count, so you never promise a 13th mat when you own 12. ## When to use this - Sessions need equipment you only have a few of (6 massage tables shared by 8 practitioners). - Group sessions need one item per person (a mat for each attendee). - Clients can ask for extras, like a heated blanket or aromatherapy, while booking. **Note:** Add-ons have no price. They only affect availability and what's reserved. To charge for an upgrade, create a separate session type (for example *Massage + hot stones*). ## Add an add-on **Step 1: Turn add-ons on** In [Business → Resources](https://portal.bringsoul.life/resources), click Enable Room & Addon (or Enable Addon) in the banner. **Step 2: Click Add Add-on** Select Add-ons in the left rail and click Add Add-on. **Step 3: Fill in the details** Enter a Name (*Yoga mats*), an optional Description, and a Capacity: *"Use 1 for exclusive resources, higher for pooled (mats/equipment)"*. **Step 4: Create** Leave Active on and click Create. ## How capacity works Capacity is how many bookings can use the add-on at the same moment. | Capacity | Means | Example | | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------- | | 1 | Exclusive. One booking at a time. | The sauna, the only hot-stone kit | | More | A pool. Bookings draw units until the pool is used up. | 12 yoga mats, 6 massage tables | Units come back when the booking ends. On the add-on's Allocations tab, Peak load shows the most units in use at once on a day (for example _Peak load 9/12_). When every unit is in use, the add-on also stays unavailable for your Booking Buffer Time afterwards. ## Attach add-ons to a session type Add-ons work for in-person sessions only. The Add-ons row appears once In Person is on. **Step 1: Open Manage Add-ons** Open the session type in [Offerings → 1:1 Sessions](https://portal.bringsoul.life/one-on-one). In the Add-ons row, click + (or … → Manage Add-ons). **Step 2: Add them** Click Add Add-on, select the add-ons, and click Add. Each one gets its own card. **Step 3: Set each card** Use the three switches on each card, described below. Unlike staff and rooms, every add-on is reserved separately: a session with Towels and Mats reserves both, not one or the other. ## The three switches | Switch | On | Off | | ------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Required | _"Blocks new bookings when at full capacity."_ No unit free, no time. | The booking goes ahead even if none are left. | | Auto-assign | Soul reserves it for the client | _"Off = customer picks at booking"_ | | Per attendee | One unit per seat booked | _"Off = shared across the whole group"_: one unit for the whole slot | The first add-on you attach starts with Required off, Auto-assign on and Per attendee on. Further add-ons start with the same Required and Auto-assign settings as the first. ### What the combinations mean | Required | Auto-assign | Result | | -------- | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | On | On | Always reserved. Times disappear when the add-on is fully used. Use for things the session can't run without. | | On | Off | The client chooses one option while booking. The first option is selected for them until they pick another. | | Off | On | Reserved if a unit is free. If none are left, the booking still goes ahead without it. | | Off | Off | An optional extra the client can choose, or leave on None. | ## Group sessions and add-ons With Per attendee on, a booking for 3 seats uses 3 units. Make sure a full group fits in the pool. If a group session allows more people than a required per-attendee add-on can serve, the session page warns you: _"Session capacity exceeds a required add-on"_ (_"Max capacity is set to 8, but a required add-on only supports 6. Bookings with more than 6 seats will not show availability."_). Fix it one of three ways: - Raise the add-on's Capacity (pencil on the Add-ons table, or Edit on its page). - Lower the session's Max attendees. - Switch off Per attendee, if one item really serves everyone (a speaker, a projector). ## Good to know - Online bookings skip add-ons. Clients who choose Online in a hybrid session don't see or use add-ons. - One pool, many sessions. If two session types use the same 12 mats, they share the 12. - Change capacity any time. A bigger pool opens up times straight away. A smaller one doesn't cancel bookings that already have units. - Add a missing add-on by hand. If an optional add-on wasn't reserved, open the booking and use Assign in its Assigned Resource section. See [Manage allocations on bookings](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/resources/manage-allocations). ## What your clients see Required, auto-assigned add-ons are invisible while booking. Add-ons the client picks show above the calendar on the session page, under the category's name, with None as a choice when the add-on is optional. They're only offered for in-person bookings. After booking, their booking page lists the add-ons reserved for them. ## Related - [Rooms](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/resources/rooms): Spaces that hold one booking at a time. - [Host small-group sessions](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/sessions/host-small-group-sessions): Let several clients share a time slot. - [How allocation works](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/resources/how-allocation-works): The rules behind reservations. - [Use resources in events](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/business/resources/use-resources-in-events): Reserve equipment for a whole event.