Can I take deposits for tattoo appointments?

Yes. You can require a deposit, as a fixed amount or a percentage, for any service you choose. The deposit goes to the artist’s own account if they’re paid separately, and it counts toward the final bill.

What happens to the deposit if a client cancels late?

That depends on your policy. You set the deadlines for canceling and rescheduling, clients agree to them when they book, and you keep the deposit if they cancel after the deadline.

Does Jude work for studios with booth renters?

Yes. Booth renters and employees work on one team in one account. Each renter gets their own booking link, their own payment account for sessions and tips, and their own retail shelf.

Can each artist have their own prices?

Yes. You can set a different price and appointment length for each artist on any service, and every artist gets their own booking link.

Does Jude handle waivers or consent forms?

No. Jude handles booking, deposits, checkout and pay, and keeps client notes with photos. It doesn’t have waivers, consent forms or ID checks, so you’ll still need your tool for those.

Do you charge a fee per booking?

No. Clients book through your own page and link, and Jude never takes a cut of your bookings or sales. You only pay the card processing fee on card payments.

Built for tattoo and piercing studios

Protect your artists’ time

Take deposits that go straight to the artist, enforce your cancellation policy, and pay every artist from one checkout.

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Send deposits straight to the artist

Take a deposit when a client books, and it goes directly to that artist’s account. The deposit counts toward the final bill, so artists are covered if a client doesn’t show.

Online booking

Pay every artist from one checkout

Send each artist’s sessions and tips to their own account or to the shop. Booth renters can sell jewelry from their own shelf and keep those sales.

Payments

Enforce your cancellation policy

Set deadlines for canceling and rescheduling. Clients agree to your policy when they book, and you keep the deposit if they cancel late.

Online booking

Set prices for each artist

Set an hourly rate, a half-day rate or a shop minimum for each artist. Every artist gets their own booking link for their Instagram bio, and your shop page lists everyone.

Team & scheduling

Calculate every artist’s cut

Set commission splits and tiers for each artist, and Jude adds up their earnings and tips every pay period. Artists can check their own pay on their phone.

Commissions & payroll

Keep design notes and reference photos

Save notes with photos and PDFs on each client’s profile, so references and stencils are easy to find. Important notes show up when the client books and again at checkout.

Clients

Bring your clients with you

Export your client list from your current system and upload the spreadsheet. Jude shows you what it will import before anything is added, and skips clients you already have.

Clients

Also for tattoo and piercing studios

Card on file

Save a client’s card for next time.

Text reminders

Clients confirm by replying YES.

Tips

Tips go to the artist who earned them.

Retail and inventory

Sell jewelry and aftercare, and track stock.

Tap to Pay and card readers

Take payments anywhere in the shop.

Gift cards

Sell them online and redeem them at checkout.

iPhone and iPad app

Run the calendar, checkout and texts from anywhere.

Multiple locations

Run every location from one account.

“A full-day session is a whole day of income for an artist. Deposits used to go to the shop, and I had to pass them along. Now the deposit goes straight to the artist, and they’re covered if a client cancels late.”

Jesse Calloway

“Everyone’s money goes to the right place at checkout. We used to pull a report every night and figure out the shop’s cut and each artist’s cut by hand.”

Roxanne Idris