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Tattoo booking software that fits how you actually work
If you are googling this because DMs ate your night, skip the salon demos. Here is what the software has to do, what 'free' usually costs, and a simple way to try it without moving your whole books.
Free is rarely free
Search "free tattoo booking software" and you get two flavors. One takes a cut of every deposit and calls the monthly fee $0. One dumps you in a marketplace next to every other artist in town and rents you the client. Both can work when you are starting. Both get expensive or weird once people know your name.
A percentage looks tiny until you do the math. Ten percent of $2,000 in deposits is $200. That is a lot of flash for the privilege of a calendar. A flat $15 is boring on purpose. The month you are slammed costs the same as the month you are slow.
Why salon schedulers make more work
Acuity, Square, and Vagaro are built for services with a name, a length, and a price on a menu. Tattoo work is messier. Flash has a count. Customs need a yes before a time. Sleeves take more than one chair. Aftercare is not a reminder to book a fill. Paying for a salon tool and then running DMs beside it is how you end up with two jobs.
If the software cannot hold a flash sheet, take a deposit that blocks the slot, and keep a custom off the calendar until you approve it, it is not tattoo booking software. It is a calendar you will apologize to.
What we put in Pro, on purpose
Studio Haven Pro is CA$15/month in Canada and US$15/month in the US and Europe. The 14-day free trial starts when you sign up, no card needed. Pay when you are ready, or pay today and skip the trial. While Pro is on, clients do not pay a Studio Haven fee at checkout. Card processing still applies, the same way it does anywhere you take a card.
- Stripe or Square deposits that go to your account
- Google Calendar and Apple Calendar, both directions
- Flash sheets with a count per piece
- A client list that keeps photos, notes, and what they have spent
- Texts and email campaigns in the same plan
- Aftercare that sends when you mark the session done
There is no "unlock SMS" upsell and no AI that writes your captions. If we ship something new, Pro shops get it. That is the deal.
A way to go live without a big-bang switch
You do not have to move every regular on day one. Make an account at studiohaven.net/register, connect Stripe or Square, put a few flash pieces up, and look at the hours we seed for you. Share the link with the next person who would have DMed you. Keep the old path running until you trust it.
If you want to click around first with no account, use the live demo and book it like a client, deposit and all. Numbers and the trial window are on the pricing page.
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Questions people ask before they switch
Is there actually free tattoo booking software?
There is software that charges $0 until you take a deposit, then skims a percentage. There are marketplaces that list you for free and own the client. Studio Haven Pro is a flat $15 a month, with a 14-day free trial that starts when you sign up (no card needed), and no Studio Haven cut of the deposit.
Why not keep using Instagram and e-transfer?
You can. A lot of artists do, until two people grab the same flash, a deposit has no name on it, or tax season is a camera roll. The software is there so the chair, the money, and the name show up in the same place.
How long does setup take?
Most people have their page set up in under an hour: account, flash, hours, Stripe or Square. You can try the live demo first if you want to click through as a client with no signup.
$15 a month. No cut of your deposits.
14-day free trial starts when you sign up. No card needed. Flash, customs, deposits, calendar, aftercare.