Your Services & Pricing card

• If you're a tattoo artist or body modification practitioner (project-based)

  Your work is quoted per project, not per fixed slot, so this card sets out your rates and how you work — the client reads it, then describes their idea and you propose a price after seeing the brief.

  A tattoo artist's Process & Pricing card covers:

  • Your rates — an hourly rate, a full-day rate (with how many hours you count as a full day), and a minimum fee. You can add named services with categories (consultation, design, cover-up, and so on) to show the kinds of work you do.
  • How you work — whether you ask for reference pictures, whether you send drafts before the appointment, whether you use AI in your design process (and a note on how), and a free-text description of your design process.
  • Deposit — switch on whether you require a deposit and set it as a percentage of the quote.

  A body modification practitioner's card is the same project-based shape: add at least one service so the card counts as set up. A price on each service is optional — it's only a rough indicator, since the real price is proposed per session once you've seen the brief.

• If you're a piercer, laser, or permanent makeup practitioner (time-based)

  Your clients pick a specific service and book a specific slot, so each service needs enough detail for InkMap to work out how long it takes and what it costs.

  Each service you add has:

  • A name and a duration — the duration is required, because it's what the slot calculator uses to find open times on your calendar.
  • A price. Piercers can set this across tiers — a service fee, a jewelry starting price, and a combined package price — and pick a service type and body placement. Laser and permanent makeup services take a straightforward price.
  • An optional deposit amount, set per service, requested when the client books.

  There are also shop-wide fees you can set, like a consultation fee, a minimum fee, and (for piercers) a jewelry-change fee.

• Showing or hiding your prices

  Every version of this card has a switch for whether your prices show publicly. Leave it on to display them on your profile, or turn it off to keep prices private while still listing what you offer. It's set to show by default.

• Deposits

  Whatever you set here is the deposit a client is asked for when they book. How that money is held, and whether it's refundable if a booking is cancelled, is governed by your Policies & Legal card and explained in Deposit rules and refund eligibility. To actually collect deposits through the app you also need a payment method connected — that setup is part of getting your booking system ready.

Frequently asked questions

I'm a tattoo artist — why can't I set a duration on my services?

Because tattoo bookings are project-based. The client doesn't book a fixed-length slot; they describe the piece and you propose the time and price after seeing it. Duration only applies to the time-based disciplines (piercing, laser, permanent makeup), where the client picks a slot directly.

Do I have to show my prices?

No. The show-or-hide switch lets you list your services without displaying prices. Many practitioners show them; some prefer to quote privately. Either way the card still counts as set up.

Where do I set up how I get paid?

The deposit amount lives on this card, but connecting a payment method so the money can actually reach you is a separate step covered in the practitioner getting-started flow — see Getting started as a practitioner.