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If you’re an interior designer looking to offer a streamlined, cost-effective design service for clients who need expert advice without committing to a full-scale project, this kit was built for you.
Paid design advice consultations are ideal for serving past clients, attracting new clients who aren’t ready for full service, filling gaps between larger projects, and offering quick, high-impact guidance that’s satisfying and profitable.
Our Paid Design Advice Consultation Client Experience System was designed to empower designers to deliver high-quality design guidance in a profitable, efficient, and elevated way. Our kit includes everything you need to offer a tailored and personalized paid design advice consultation service. These services are quick, require little manual follow-up, and can be billed for a fee that far exceeds your hourly rate. In other words, there is no downside to designers offering this kind of advisory service.
Whether it’s to serve past clients who need your expert opinion (not a full-room design) or to attract new clients who have been hoping and waiting for a chance like this to open up - you’ll have the tools you need to transform your design consultations into elevated, high-value experiences that leave a lasting impression.
NOTE: These templates are not intended for scope gathering consultations (consults you do in order to prepare a scope of work and design fee for a full service project). These templates are intended for design advice sessions in which the sole purpose is to provide clients with design advice during a single paid session.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Three client-facing Canva templates for paid design advice consultations
Twelve professionally written email templates to support booking, preparation, and follow-up
Two client questionnaires for onboarding and feedback
Workflows, pricing guidance, and resources to run this service profitably
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Three professionally written Canva templates designed to support your consultation before, during, and after the session. This kit includes:
Consultation Welcome Guide (8 pages)
Introduces your service, sets expectations, explains what to prepare, and answers common questions before the session.Curated Studio Shopping List (4 pages, optional)
A flexible template for sharing product recommendations and purchasing guidance following the consultation, if you provide this as part of the service.Post-Consultation Design Style Guide (9 pages)
A polished follow-up deliverable that shares your tried-and-true design rules so even if the service is wrapped, clients feel like they “have you in their back pocket” as they implement your suggestions on their own.All templates are fully written and designed to be customized with your branding, pricing, and service details.
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Twelve professionally written emails to support the full consultation experience from inquiry through offboarding.
Includes emails for:
Initial inquiry and follow-up
Consultation onboarding and preparation
Reminders and recap
Offboarding and post-consultation follow-up
Emails are delivered in a Google document and can be easily customized for your tone and process.
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Two short, focused questionnaires delivered as fillable Google Forms.
Includes:
Onboarding questionnaire
Feedback questionnaire
Designed to gather relevant information quickly without overwhelming clients.
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Practical resources to help you run this service efficiently and profitably.
Includes:
Two step-by-step workflows for delivering paid design advice consultations
Expert guidance on pricing, structuring, and naming this service
Ideas for positioning this service as elevated and high-value
Tips for selling to-the-trade products during consultations, if desired
These resources help you implement the service with confidence, not guesswork.
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How This Kit Works
Canva templates delivered digitally and ready to customize
Email templates delivered in a Google document
Questionnaires delivered as fillable Google Forms
Includes video tutorials for Canva, email templates, and forms
Software You’ll Need
A Canva account
An email account
A Google Drive account
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TERMS OF USE:
The Paid Design Advice Consultation Client Experience Kit (the templates) is intended for unlimited use by one person (the Purchaser). The Purchaser cannot resell, duplicate, share, copy, distribute, create derivative works, or offer the templates, similar templates, or any part of the templates to any third party or marketplace without express written consent from Dakota Design Company LLC. Dakota Design Company LLC retains title and ownership of all items included in this template. Dakota Design Company LLC reserves the right to take legal action against you if you violate the terms of use.
If you are NOT an interior designer but offer paid services, products, or programs to interior designers, YOU MUST PURCHASE A COMMERCIAL LICENSE. PLEASE EMAIL KATIE@DAKOTADESIGNCOMPANY.COM FOR PRICING AND AVAILABILITY.
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Due to the instant and digital nature of this product, there are no refunds or returns.
PHOTOS
The images shown in the product mockups are stock photos and are not included with the purchase of the templates. We recommend using your own portfolio photos or purchasing stock images to personalize the templates.
FAQs
Check out our FAQ page or email us at support@dakotadesigncompany.com.
TESTIMONIALS
“I love this new consultation template, and I immediately executed it!”
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