Tattoo deposits, linked to the brief
Tattoo studio software · UK
Keep the price and required deposit with each enquiry. When online payments are enabled for your studio and Stripe is ready, ask for a deposit, full payment or remaining balance from the same place.
Check the booking agreement before you share it, then send a private payment link. See what's been paid beside your conversation, and book the artist and time you've agreed.
No card or business verification needed to get started. Choose your monthly plan when you're ready.
Every feature is included in your monthly subscription. No InkWell payment commission; Stripe processing fees are separate.
What's agreed? What's been paid?
A quoted price, a required deposit and a received payment are different things. You need to know what has been agreed, what has been paid and what to ask the client next.
InkWell keeps those details with the enquiry. A payment does not automatically book the session: you still agree the artist, price and time with your client.
Choose the payment that fits the work
Online payment requests need to be enabled for your studio, with a ready Stripe account. You can continue using your usual payment arrangements when they are switched off.
Request a deposit, full payment or balance
Ask for the required deposit, the full agreed price or the balance that's left. InkWell works out the amount due from your saved quote and confirmed payments.
Stripe handles card payment
Clients follow their private payment link to Stripe checkout. They do not put card details in the tattoo brief or send them to you by email.
Review before you share
Prepare the payment request, check the client message and send it from Studio, or copy the private link to share with your client.
You confirm the session
Keep payment and booking separate. Check the calendar and save the artist, price and time you have agreed; paying a deposit does not create an appointment.
Review cancellations and refunds
If a client cancels or doesn't turn up, check the terms saved with their booking. Record whether to keep the payment, review an available refund or leave a task for an owner or admin to decide. Check the client notification before confirming.
Hold time while arranging payment
Where holds are available, protect a checked time while arranging the deposit. Follow any payment-status warning before releasing it; payment does not automatically book the session.
Know what to discuss with the client
See the price and payments together
Review the quoted price, required deposit and confirmed payments with the tattoo brief before preparing another request.
Agree the payment terms
Publish your studio terms and share the booking-specific wording and amounts for agreement. A payment request needs current terms. Tattoo consent is a separate step, with optional digital waivers and health questionnaires in InkWell.
Follow payment and refund status
A shared link is not proof of payment. Check the confirmed payment or refund in Studio and Stripe when you need to verify what happened.
Follow up and share the receipt
When online payments are enabled, owners and admins can remind clients about a current unpaid request and share confirmed receipts. Check the message before sending. A reminder uses the same request and doesn't create another charge.
Follow up an unpaid request →Online payments
Request deposits, full payments or remaining balances when online payments are enabled for your studio and your Stripe account is ready. If payment requests are switched off, keep your existing payment arrangements.
Build and preview your page before business verification. When you're ready to go live, save your legal seller details and complete Stripe business verification and any InkWell seller review before publishing.
Read the payment collection guide →
Bring your briefs, quotes and payments together
Create your account without a card and get your page ready. Choose your plan and verify your business before going live, then follow the payment guide when online collection is enabled.
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