Scheduling software built for tattoo & piercing studios
Take a deposit before you book the chair, so long sessions never sit empty and every artist owns their own calendar. Slotly gives tattoo and piercing studios a single booking link, automated reminders, and no-show protection — so your tattoo & piercing studio stays booked without the phone tag. When a client ghosts a 4-hour sleeve session, that's a full day of an artist's chair gone with nothing to show for it. Slotly requires a deposit or card-on-file at the moment of booking, so the slot is committed before it's held — and automated SMS reminders with one-tap confirm cut the forgetful cancellations.
What scheduling chaos costs tattoo and piercing studios.
A no-show burns a whole afternoon
When a client ghosts a 4-hour sleeve session, that's a full day of an artist's chair gone with nothing to show for it. Slotly requires a deposit or card-on-file at the moment of booking, so the slot is committed before it's held — and automated SMS reminders with one-tap confirm cut the forgetful cancellations.
DMs and pinned deposits are a booking system by accident
Running consults, deposits, and reschedules through Instagram DMs means lost messages and no paper trail. Slotly gives you one booking page where a client picks the artist, books a consult, and pays the deposit in the same flow — with the deposit logged against the appointment.
Every artist keeps their own hours and their own book
One guest artist works Thursdays, your resident is booked three weeks out, and the piercer takes walk-ins between them. Slotly models per-artist availability so clients only ever see the slots a specific artist can actually work — no more double-booking the same chair.
Everything a tattoo & piercing studio needs to stay booked.
Deposit collected at booking
Connect Stripe and require a non-refundable deposit or card-on-file before a session is confirmed. The chair is only held once the client has money down, which is how you stop protecting a slot for someone who never shows.
Per-artist and per-station availability
Give each artist, guest, and piercer their own hours, service list, and session lengths, and cap how many chairs run at once. Clients book the artist whose portfolio they want, in a slot that's genuinely free.
Consult-then-session booking
Offer a short consultation event type for design and pricing, then a separate long session event type for the actual work — each with its own duration and deposit rule, so a two-hour quote never gets booked as a full-day back piece.
Intake and consent before the appointment
Attach an intake or aftercare-acknowledgement form to the booking so the client fills it in when they book, not while they're waiting in the shop. The details arrive with the appointment.
How tattoo and piercing studios use Slotly.
- A client books a 30-minute sleeve consultation with a specific artist from the studio's booking link and pays a design deposit in the same checkout.
- A walk-in scans the shop's booking page and grabs the piercer's next open 20-minute slot, card-on-file collected before the chair is held.
- A guest artist's Thursday-only availability goes live on the studio page, and their week fills with deposit-backed sessions without a single DM.
Tattoo & Piercing Studios scheduling: your questions answered
Can Slotly collect a deposit before a tattoo session is confirmed?
Yes. Connect your Stripe account and require a deposit or card-on-file as part of booking. The appointment is only confirmed once the client has paid, so long sessions are backed by money down rather than a verbal hold. Slotly does not replace your POS or in-shop card terminal for the final balance — it handles the booking deposit.
Can each artist have their own availability and services?
Yes. You set up every artist, guest, and piercer with their own hours, event types, session lengths, and deposit rules. Clients pick the artist they want and only see slots that artist can actually work, which prevents two people being booked into the same chair.
Does Slotly work with the calendar and tools I already use?
Slotly is the public booking and reminder layer and syncs to your team's Google Calendar or Outlook, so an artist's personal calendar and the studio book stay in agreement. It complements what you already run rather than replacing it. Note there's no free-forever plan — Slotly starts with a 14-day free trial that collects a card.
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Start free in five minutes. Take a deposit before you book the chair, so long sessions never sit empty and every artist owns their own calendar.