Tattoo bookings,without DM chaos.
Clients submit complete tattoo requests. You decide what gets booked. Inklee keeps approvals, deposits, clients, and reminders connected in one booking link.
What is Inklee
Tattoo booking software,
shaped like a studio.
Inklee is a tattoo booking intake tool for freelance and traveling tattoo artists. A clean booking link for your Instagram bio, a structured tattoo booking form for placement, size, and references, and a dashboard that keeps approvals, deposits, waitlists, and guest spot bookings in one place.
Built for the way tattoo artists actually work, not generic appointment software.
What you get
Every step of the
booking flow, in one place.
Booking form, request review, Accept or Pass, deposits, client history, calendar, reminders, waitlist, books-open periods, guest spots, flash, and your public page. One connected system built around the artist's decision.
Structured booking form
Clients submit placement, size, description, and reference images. No back-and-forth to gather the basics.
Waitlist
When books are closed, clients join the waitlist. Open a new round and move waitlist entries into bookings.
Deposit collection
Optional. Ask for a deposit on an approved request. Clients can pay by card into your own Stripe account (Inklee keeps a 3% fee that covers card processing), or you track a manual one. Status stays on the booking.
Request management
Review, approve, pass, or request a deposit from a clean dashboard. Every decision is logged.
Trips and guest spots
Publish travel legs and clients see your city and dates on your booking page automatically.
Calendar and iCal
Approved bookings appear on a calendar view. Export to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, or any iCal app.
How it works
Three steps.
Zero detour.
Set up your link
Build your booking form, set your slot patterns, and put your Inklee link in your Instagram bio.
Clients send proper requests
Placement, size, references, and dates land in your dashboard instead of in scattered DMs.
You decide, in one place
Accept, pass, request a deposit, or move it to the waitlist. The whole booking history stays together.
The tattoo map
Find the place.
Organize the guest spot.
Inklee has a tattoo map of studios and shops. Look up a city before you plan a trip, see which studios host guest artists, and save the ones worth asking. When a studio says yes, the booking side is already waiting.
The map grows with the tattoo community. Owners claim their page, artists report what changed, and the details get better from there.
Look up a city
Move around the map, filter by what kind of place it is, and open a studio to see what it says about itself.
Ask about a guest spot
Studios that host guest artists can take a request from their page, with your dates and your links attached.
Claim your studio
Run a studio? Claim its place on the map and keep the details, styles, and guest spot status accurate.
Built by a tattoo artist
By tattoo artists.
For tattoo artists.
Instagram DMs, too much back and forth, missing details, guest spots, city changes, and trying to keep bookings together while still focusing on the work. Inklee is the booking flow that actually fits tattooing, whether you stay in one studio or move from spot to spot.
Your booking link,
in under 5 minutes.
No payment required. Free to get started.
FAQ
Quick answers.
01What is Inklee?
Inklee is a tattoo booking intake tool for freelance and traveling tattoo artists. It turns Instagram inquiries into structured tattoo booking requests you can review, approve, and organize in one place.
02Is Inklee tattoo booking software?
Yes. Inklee is tattoo booking software focused on intake: a clean booking form, structured requests, approvals, deposits, waitlists, and guest spot bookings. It is built for the way tattoo artists actually work, not generic appointment software.
03Can tattoo artists use Inklee with Instagram?
Inklee is designed to live next to Instagram. You drop your Inklee booking link in your bio, clients click it, and they fill in placement, size, references, and dates instead of sending Instagram DMs.
04Does Inklee replace Instagram DMs?
Inklee replaces Instagram DMs as your booking channel. You still use Instagram for your work and reach, but real booking requests come through your Inklee booking form so the details and history stay together.
05Is Inklee only for tattoo studios?
No. Inklee is built for solo and freelance tattoo artists, including artists who work guest spots or split time across studios. There is no studio-only mode and no team seat requirement.
06Can traveling tattoo artists use Inklee?
Yes. Traveling tattoo artists can publish trips, cities, and dates on their Inklee booking page and collect location-specific tattoo booking requests for each guest spot.
07Does Inklee support guest spot bookings?
Yes. Inklee supports guest spot booking with trip dates, host studios, and per-trip request collection. Clients see your travel schedule on your booking page and can request bookings for the right city and dates.
08Can artists collect tattoo deposits with Inklee?
Yes, and it is optional. You can request a deposit on an approved booking. Connect Stripe to let clients pay by card, and the deposit lands in your own Stripe account (Inklee keeps a 3% fee that covers card processing). Prefer not to? Collect deposits manually and mark them received.
09Can Inklee help me find studios for a guest spot?
Yes. Inklee includes a tattoo map of studios and shops. You can search a city, see which studios host guest artists, save the ones you want to come back to, and send a guest spot request from the studio page. Inklee does not book the spot for you. The studio still decides.