What Northstar is
Northstar is a wedding supplier marketplace and booking platform. An operator uses it to connect couples planning a wedding with independent suppliers — photographers, videographers, venues, caterers, florists, DJs, bands, planners, decorators, cake makers, transport and entertainment. Couples search by location, category, date and budget, open a supplier profile, choose a package and make a booking that carries clearly defined payment and cancellation conditions. Suppliers run their own listings, packages, availability and bookings. The operator runs the marketplace itself.
BookSafe is the business layer. Covalt is the commercial infrastructure underneath it. Payment and settlement behaviour depends on the connected payment provider and the applicable BookSafe/Covalt configuration.
Who it is for
An entrepreneur, an existing wedding-industry operator, a marketplace operator, an agency or any other suitable operator who wants to launch and run a digital wedding-services marketplace. It suits someone willing to recruit suppliers and attract couples: the platform provides the technology and the commercial workflow, not the market.
How the operator can make money
These are examples of commercial models the platform supports, not guaranteed outcomes. Actual pricing and revenue depend on the operator's chosen business model, market and commercial execution.
Commission on completed bookings
A percentage of each booking that completes through the platform.
Supplier subscription plans
Monthly or annual plans for suppliers who want a listing and tools.
Featured supplier placements
Paid priority positions in search results and category pages.
Lead or enquiry fees
A charge per qualified enquiry passed to a supplier.
Customer service fees
Where legally and commercially appropriate in the operator's market.
Promotional and advertising options
Newsletter features, seasonal campaigns, sponsored content.
What the buyer receives
Included in the acquisition
- · The Everly Weddings application, as demonstrated
- · The customer-facing marketplace: discovery, search, supplier profiles, booking flow
- · The supplier experience: profile, packages, availability, requests, delivery, reviews
- · The operator dashboard: suppliers, customers, bookings, transactions, reviews, promotions, analytics
- · Wedding Arena configuration: categories, terminology, booking fields, condition templates
- · Branding and policy configuration
- · Database schema, access rules and application configuration
- · Demonstration content, clearly marked as fictional, which can be removed or replaced
- · Booking and agreed-condition workflows wired to the Covalt integration layer
- · Written setup and handover documentation
- · Deployment and launch configuration
Provided separately, or by the buyer
- · Covalt infrastructure itself, which is provided under its own terms
- · Payment provider accounts, merchant onboarding and any regulated permissions
- · Domain registration, email deliverability and hosting accounts in the buyer's name
- · Marketing, supplier recruitment and ongoing operational work
- · Legal, tax and compliance advice for the buyer's market
What remains with Covalt
Covalt remains the underlying infrastructure provider unless a separate agreement explicitly states otherwise. Covalt components typically include:
- · Covalt API
- · Pact infrastructure
- · Payment orchestration capabilities
- · Supported risk and intelligence services
- · Infrastructure integrations
- · Platform-level services
- · Future Covalt infrastructure updates
Final ownership, licensing, source-code access, intellectual-property rights and ongoing infrastructure terms are defined in the applicable acquisition and platform agreement.
How the model works
- 01BUYER ACQUIRES / LICENSES BUSINESS
- 02CONFIGURE BRAND + MARKET
- 03CONNECT DOMAIN
- 04ONBOARD SUPPLIERS
- 05ATTRACT CUSTOMERS
- 06CUSTOMERS BOOK
- 07BOOKSAFE MANAGES THE WORKFLOW
- 08COVALT PROVIDES THE UNDERLYING INFRASTRUCTURE
Why BookSafe is repeatable
BookSafe is built as a reusable business engine. Nothing about weddings is written into the core: industry terminology, categories, booking fields and condition templates all live in Arena configuration, so the same technology can be configured for different industries and different operators.
Everly Weddings
Wedding suppliers and couples — the configuration demonstrated here.
BookSafe Trades
Trades and home services.
BookSafe Fitness
Coaches, studios and classes.
BookSafe Tutoring
Tutors, lessons and courses.
BookSafe Events
Event suppliers and venues.
Not every configuration is automatically ready for every jurisdiction. Local legal, regulatory, payment and operational requirements must be assessed before launch.
What you are looking at right now
This is a demonstration environment.
Every supplier, package, price, review and booking shown is fictional demonstration content. The platform is running on the Covalt development adapter, so no real money moves, nothing is settled and no real financial state is claimed anywhere in the product. Bookings you create while exploring are real records in the demonstration database only.
Buyer FAQ
Request acquisition details
This is an acquisition enquiry, not a purchase. Nothing is charged and no payment is taken. Tell us a little about your plans and we'll follow up by email.