Most tattoo shop software is a salon app in disguise or a bloated studio suite. Tatvaro is one link that takes bookings, collects deposits, and captures signed waivers — built for tattooers.
Tattoo shop software is the system that runs the business side of tattooing — taking appointment requests, collecting deposits, storing signed consent waivers, and keeping a searchable record of every client. The problem is that most of the "tattoo shop software" you'll find is really generic salon booking software with a tattoo label slapped on, or an enterprise studio suite priced for med spas.
Tatvaro is different. It was built from the first screen for the way a tattoo artist actually books: a client sees your work, sends a real brief with reference photos, drops a deposit to hold the slot, and signs their waiver before they ever sit in the chair — all from one link you paste in your Instagram bio.
Booking app, payment app, paper waivers, and a client rolodex — Tatvaro replaces all of them with a single link and a phone dashboard.
Drop it in your bio. Clients send a full request — design, placement, size, budget, references — instead of 40 DMs. Approve or decline in a tap.
Require a deposit to lock a request, paid to your own Stripe. Tire-kickers filter themselves out and no-shows drop.
18+ verification, medical questions, drawn signature, optional ID photo — saved as a clean PDF, no clipboard at the chair.
Every waiver and past booking searchable by name. Pull any PDF the moment you need it.
A 90-second walkthrough of a client booking, paying a deposit, and signing a waiver — all from their phone.
Put your Tatvaro link in your bio, story, or DM reply. That is your whole intake.
They send the brief, drop the deposit, and sign the waiver — before the appointment.
Approve the request. Money is down, waiver is on file. Just tattoo.
Here is how Tatvaro stacks up against the two things most artists settle for.
| Tatvaro | Generic booking apps | Legacy studio suites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built specifically for tattoo | ✔ | Salon / beauty | Yes, but bloated |
| Deposit collected before you reply | ✔ | After booking | Sometimes |
| Send-ahead 18+ waiver → PDF | ✔ | ✕ | Buried in a suite |
| One flat price, no per-seat fees | ✔ | Per-seat fees | $199+ tiers |
| Runs entirely from your phone | ✔ | Kind of | Desktop dashboard |
| Free plan, no card to start | ✔ | Rarely | ✕ |
Salon software assumes a fixed menu of services with fixed durations — a haircut is 45 minutes, a fill is an hour. Tattoos do not work that way. A session can be a two-hour flash piece or a six-hour back sitting, and the intake needs placement, sizing, and reference images before you can even quote it. Generic tools have nowhere to put that, so artists end up doing the real intake in DMs anyway and the software becomes a glorified calendar.
The waiver gap is worse. Tattooing needs a signed, age-verified consent form on file for every client, every time. Salon apps have no concept of it, so shops fall back on paper clipboards or a separate waiver app — one more login, one more thing to lose. Tatvaro folds the waiver into the same flow as the booking, so by the time a client walks in, the consent PDF is already in your library.
Look for four things: a real tattoo intake (not a salon service menu), deposits that route to your own payment account, built-in age-verified waivers that save as PDFs, and pricing that does not punish you per artist. Tatvaro was built around exactly those four, and starts free so you can prove it on your next booking before you pay anything.
Both work. Tatvaro is tuned for the independent artist running their own book, and multiple artists at a shop can each run their own link and dashboard. There are no per-seat fees.
No. Clients tap your link and book, pay, and sign from their phone browser. Nothing to install. An optional iOS app for artists is coming in Q4.
Tatvaro starts free forever (waivers plus a booking link). Pro is $79/month for full intake and deposit collection — right in line with the $79–99/month most tools charge, but with a genuinely free plan to start.
Straight to your own connected Stripe account. Tatvaro never holds your money; you just connect Stripe once and deposits land with you.
Yes. Most artists set Tatvaro up in a couple of minutes — create your link, connect Stripe, and start sending it. No migration project required.
Bookings, deposits, and waivers in a single tool built for tattoo. Free to start, no card required.