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Less admin.More timeat the chair.

Bookings, deposits and client details in one place — so the business side of tattooing takes less of your day and your work takes more of it.

Deposits split & settled by PayFastNo subscription

See it working

Your day,on one screen.

What is waiting on you, what is happening today, and what has been paid — without opening four apps or scrolling back through your DMs.

Needs You

Two requests are waiting on a price.

Next opportunity

Half sleeve, three sessions

Asked four days ago and has not been priced.

Send a quote →Not now

Good morning, Jess

Thursday, 14 May

Today's earnings

R1 800
+R600 vs yesterday

This month: R14 200

Streak

6d

Keep going

Today

  • 10:00Sleeve, second session3h
  • 14:30Fine line, forearm1h 30

Pipeline

  • Reply2requests
  • Accept1quoted
  • Pay1accepted

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For artists

The admin isnot the job.

  • Bookings that die in the DMs.

    A request arrives with the date, the placement, the size and the reference — in one place, not buried under three days of messages.

  • A no-show that costs you the whole day.

    A deposit sits between the enquiry and the chair. If someone disappears, you are not the one who paid for it.

  • Chasing people for money.

    The deposit is taken when the client accepts your price. You never have to ask twice, and you never have to be the bad guy.

No subscription, ever. You pay only when a booking actually happens. See what it costs

How it works

The chair used to be lost to a ghosted DM. Now a deposit holds it.

Booking

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  1. Find an artist

    Search by studio, area or style. No login to look.

  2. Book a slot

    Pick a time that is actually open. No DM ping-pong.

  3. Pay the deposit

    A split payment through PayFast holds your chair.

  4. Get tattooed

    You show up, they show up. Wrap it, heal it, done.

Earning

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  1. Claim your position

    Sign up and take a founding place — the earlier you are, the longer your commission-free window runs.

  2. Take deposit-backed bookings

    A no-show costs the client, not your day.

  3. Get paid by PayFast

    Your share settles to you on PayFast’s schedule. We never hold it.

  4. Book more, pay less

    Commission falls as your volume grows. No subscription, ever.

Foundingartists first.

The first artists on the platform shape what it becomes, and keep a longer commission-free window for doing it.

Join the founding artists
Why we built this

Built by tattoo artists.For tattoo artists.

We built InkDeposit because we believe tattoo artists should have more time to do what they love — create, draw, and tattoo.

Too much of the work behind a tattoo happens outside the tattoo itself. Messages get buried. Deposits have to be chased. Bookings become spreadsheets. Client details live in old DMs. And years later, you're trying to remember what you tattooed, when you did it, or what was discussed.

It shouldn't be this hard.

InkDeposit is being built by tattoo artists, alongside tattoo artists, to make the business side of tattooing simpler — so the admin takes less of your time and your work can take more of it.

Your bookings, client information, deposits, tattoo details and history stay organised and documented, so you don't have to carry your entire business around in your head.

But we're building something bigger than another booking tool.

We're building a community.

A network where independent artists and studios can grow together, where artists can own their identity and relationships with their clients, and where the industry gets better because the people inside it are helping shape what comes next.

We're not building for the tattoo industry from the outside.

We're building it together, from the inside.

Less admin. More creativity. More time at the chair.

Getting started

Three steps to your first deposit.

  1. 01

    Set up your profile

    Your name, your styles, your deposit. Add the studio you work at so clients searching that studio find you.

  2. 02

    Get verified

    We check you are a real artist before you go live. That badge is what clients trust when they pay up front.

  3. 03

    Share your link

    One link, straight into your bio. It takes the deposit and books the slot.