You approve the request, and the deposit holds the date.
Clients request a session from your link. Once you say yes, the deposit is due and the consent form goes out, and a no‑show pays the fee you set. $79 a month covers every artist.
- No card to start
- $79 a month for every artist
- Cancel any time
A tattoo shop loses money in the same three places every month.
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Saturday, 10:15. The six-hour back piece texts “lost my ride.”
The deposit is paid before the date is held, and a late cancel or no‑show is charged the fee you set.
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Eleven DMs over three days, ending in “I Venmo’d you, check.”
Send one link after the consult. They pick the date and pay the deposit through Stripe, and it shows as paid on the appointment.
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A clipboard of consent forms nobody can find when one is needed.
The consent form is emailed with the booking, signed on their phone, and filed to the client with the date and time.
No-shows run 20–30% without reminders. Under 10% with them.
A six-hour session at $175 an hour is $1,050. Lose one a month to a ghost and that’s thirteen times what Parlor costs.
Parlor runs the whole session, from the request to the tip.
- 1 Request
You say yes to the request.
Custom work can need your approval. The time is held while you decide, and they aren’t charged until you say yes.
- 2 Deposit
The deposit holds the date.
Set a flat amount or a percentage per service. A no‑show or late cancel pays the fee you set.
- 3 Consent
The consent form goes out with it.
Start from the tattoo consent template. If it isn’t signed, Parlor emails a reminder the day before.
- 4 Check out
The deposit comes off the session.
They add a tip and pay the balance by card. Split the tip when two artists worked the piece.
Each artist has their own calendar, services and hours. Commission, booth rent and split tips are reported per artist, and every session, note and signed form stays on the client’s record.
Parlor takes the deposit and the consent form. The design conversation stays with you.
Parlor fits a shop that
- agrees the piece with the client first, then sends one link
- takes a deposit on every session
- has artists on commission or renting a booth
What Parlor doesn’t do
- Collect reference images. The design talk stays in your DMs or email.
- Take cash at checkout. A cash balance is paid outside Parlor.
- Send texts. Confirmations and the day-before reminder go by email. Text reminders are activating as carrier registration completes.
A guest artist costs $0 more. Deposits, consent forms and the booking page are all in the $79.
* Separately, payments you run through Parlor carry 3.25% + 35¢ — deposits, checkout, tips, and no-show fees alike — card processing included, deducted from each payout. A standalone charge like a no-show fee carries a $1.50 minimum.
- Online booking page
- Email reminders — texts activating
- Payments & deposits
- Forms & waivers with e-signature
- Unlimited team members
- Client records & history
- Memberships & prepaid packages
- Gift cards & revenue reports
Artists ask these before they switch.
Can I approve each request before it’s booked?
Yes. Set a service, or an artist’s whole calendar, to need approval. The time is held while you decide, usually within 24 hours, and the client isn’t charged until you say yes.
How do deposits work?
Set a flat amount or a percentage per service, or a default for the shop. The client pays your deposit through Stripe with no booking fee on top, and an unpaid hold is released after 30 minutes. At checkout the deposit comes off the session’s total.
Can the consent form go out with the booking?
Yes. Start from the tattoo consent template or write your own with blanks for the client to fill in. Attach it to a service and it’s emailed with the booking. If it isn’t signed, Parlor emails a reminder the day before, and the signed copy is filed to the client with the date and time.
Can one piece run over several sessions?
Book each session as its own appointment with its own deposit. The client’s record keeps every session, note and signed form together.
Can clients send reference photos?
Not through the booking page. Agree the design the way you do now, then send the link for the date and the deposit.
Most of my clients pay the balance in cash.
Take it the way you do now. Parlor doesn’t record cash at checkout; deposits, card balances and tips run through Parlor.
Do clients get a text reminder?
Not yet. Confirmations and the day-before reminder go by email. Text reminders are activating as carrier registration completes. The deposit is what keeps a no-show from costing you.
I’m one artist. Why $79?
It’s the same price for one artist or ten. For one artist the math is the deposits: one saved six-hour session pays for the year. If you take cards through Parlor, payments carry our standard rate, currently 3.25% + 35¢, card processing included. Payments are optional: keep your own terminal and the rate never applies.
Still deciding? Tell us about your shop — a human reads it.
Send one link after the next consult.
Set up your artists, sessions, deposits and consent form in an afternoon.