Payments & Booking for Tattoo Studios

Tattoo studios take deposits to hold design time, need signed consent and ID checks, and often split revenue between artists and the shop.
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Payment solutions for tattoo studios

How these solutions fit tattoo studios

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square Appointments

For tattoo studios: Schedule design consultations and piercing appointments, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned. Square Appointments puts online booking, reminders and payments in one calendar. Common use for tattoo studios: deposits at booking, automated consent forms, and artist calendars for walk-ins, touch-ups and custom pieces. Roots Payments, an independent Square Reseller, configures your services, staff, policies and booking site so it works from the first appointment.
  • Build your service menu with durations, processing time, prices and staff assignments
  • Configure deposit, cancellation and no-show policies that match how you actually operate
  • Connect booking to your website, Instagram and Google Business Profile
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Square Invoices

For tattoo studios: Send itemized invoices for tattoos, piercings and aftercare products and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Square Invoices sends invoices, deposits and recurring invoices by email, text or link, with contracts and e-signature attached. Common use for tattoo studios: payment schedules for multi-session sleeves and back pieces. Roots builds your templates and deposit schedules so high-ticket work is paid on time.
  • Create invoice, estimate and contract templates with your policies
  • Set up deposit and payment-schedule rules for multi-session or high-ticket services
  • Connect invoicing to QuickBooks Online or Xero
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Square Staff

For tattoo studios: Set roles, permissions and schedules for artists, piercers and receptionists, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts. Square's staff tools handle shift scheduling, timecards, tip pooling and commission tracking. Common use for tattoo studios: commission rates per artist. Roots configures roles, permissions and commission rates so owners stop reconciling by hand.
  • Set up roles, permissions and commission rates per service
  • Configure tip pooling rules
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Payment Links

For tattoo studios: Share a checkout link for tattoos, piercings and aftercare products through messages, email or your website. Square Payment Links creates a checkout page in seconds that you can text, post or print as a QR code. Common use for tattoo studios: deposit links for Instagram DMs. Roots sets up reusable links for deposits, events and packages with the custom fields you need.
  • Build reusable links for your standard deposits, events and packages
  • Add custom fields to collect the client details you need
  • Place links and QR codes on your site, social profiles and signage
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Afterpay on Square

For tattoo studios: Offer an installment payment option for tattoos, piercings and aftercare products at supported Square checkout channels. Afterpay lets eligible clients pay in four interest-free installments over six weeks while you're paid up front. Common use for tattoo studios: Afterpay for larger pieces. Roots turns it on in your Square account and adds it to invoices and online checkout.
  • Check eligibility and enable Afterpay online and in person
  • Add it to invoices and your booking site
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Gift Cards

For tattoo studios: Offer gift cards redeemable toward tattoos, piercings and aftercare products and track purchased and redeemed balances. Square Gift Cards sells physical and eGift cards at the POS and online, and they never expire. Common use for tattoo studios: tattoo gift cards. Roots sets up designs, online sales and holiday promotions.
  • Set up gift card designs and online sales
  • Plan holiday and promotion calendars around gift card sales
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Square Hardware Setup

For tattoo studios: Choose and configure Square checkout equipment for tattoos, piercings and aftercare products, including counter, mobile and staff workflows. Square hardware ranges from Tap to Pay on a phone to Square Terminal and Square Register, which ships with Square Appointments pre-installed. Tap to Pay at each station. Roots recommends what each station needs and configures it; you buy hardware directly from Square.
  • Recommend a device for each chair, room or front desk
  • Configure devices, printers and modes
  • Roots doesn't sell hardware; we link you to Square to buy it
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Marketplace Payments

For tattoo studios: Collect customer payments for tattoos, piercings and aftercare products and allocate proceeds to independent artists and guest practitioners within the marketplace workflow. Marketplace payments split each transaction between the platform or location and the independent provider. Split payments between the artist and the shop. Roots designs the flow and integration.
  • Flow design and integration
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Consumer Financing

For tattoo studios: Present financing options for tattoos, piercings and aftercare products alongside the purchase or service estimate. Roots connects your business with buy-now-pay-later options for customer purchases.
  • Discuss your business goals on a free consultation
  • Coordinate your provider introduction and setup
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Cash Discount Program

For tattoo studios: Design a clearly presented cash-price program for tattoos, piercings and aftercare products, with checkout wording and receipts aligned. A cash discount program posts your card price and gives clients who pay cash a discount, offsetting processing costs. Roots sets up the pricing, signage and receipts so the program stays compliant.
  • Program setup, signage and staff training
  • Periodic compliance review
  • A named Roots contact for training and ongoing support, nationwide and remote-first
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Tattoo Studios payment questions

Start with the workflows your business needs. Options on this page include Square Appointments for Tattoo Studios, Square Invoices for Tattoo Studios, Square Team Management for Tattoo Studios. Roots helps compare the setup, software and processing requirements around how you operate.
Yes. Bring your current POS, checkout or billing tools and recent processing statements. We review bookings, memberships, service checkout and product sales, then plan the changes your tattoo studios business needs.
Request a quote for your business. The review covers your payment mix, locations, software, hardware recommendations and implementation work. Consultations and payment reviews are free.
Bring recent payment statements, the systems you use and a record of how a customer places an order, receives a service or pays a bill. Tell us which tattoo studios workflows need to improve so we can scope a practical setup.

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