I built a booking system for Newsletter Ads. Here's every decision I made.

I created the booking flow today. This marks the shift of Adsloty from being just a backend project to becoming a real product. In my last two posts, I talked about important but hidden features like authentication and payments. While these are necessary, they aren't what draws people to the platform. The booking flow is different. This is what users will actually engage with. It’s the process a sponsor goes through to find a newsletter, choose a date, submit their ad, and make a payment. It’s also the experience for a writer when a new booking request arrives in their dashboard, complete with an AI analysis. If this experience is complicated, then nothing else matters. What I was aiming for I wanted booking an ad slot to be as easy as booking a flight. You browse, choose, pay, and you’re done. It shouldn’t feel like filling out a loan application or sending a cold email and waiting three days for a reply. Adsloty aims to remove the hassle between deciding to sponsor a newsletter and c