Run your books on Tymeslot. Keep consultations separate from session bookings, take a deposit at booking, and have clients turn up prepared and on time.
Updated June 30, 2026
A no-show on a three-hour session is a day of income you can't earn back. Run bookings through Instagram DMs and texts and there's no confirmation, no reminder, and no record of what was agreed. Some clients arrive having skipped the consultation. Others ghost on the morning of. Tymeslot splits the consultation from the session, keeps a paper trail on every booking, and sends the reminders for you, so your attention goes to the work.
Most artists run their books out of Instagram DMs, with deposits taken (or not) via PayPal friends-and-family, a bank transfer, or cash on the day. Calendly and Acuity weren't built for a four- to eight-hour session that needs a non-refundable studio deposit before the slot is held, and Booksy keeps its deposit and staged-payment features on paid tiers most independent artists don't pay for. So every working artist knows the same gap: a confirmed slot with nothing financial behind it.
The maths on a no-show is brutal. A full-day session at €120 an hour walks out the door as €700–€900 of lost income, and the studio rent is due either way. One half-day no-show a month runs into four figures over a year. Add the design hours poured into clients who ghost between consultation and session and a busy artist can lose €3,000–€5,000 a year to gaps a deposit at booking would have closed.
Tymeslot puts a non-refundable studio deposit at the door of every session. Stripe takes it when the client picks a slot, paid consultations sort the serious enquiries from the curious, and a large multi-day piece can be split into staged payments tied to each sitting. The clients in your chair are the ones who have already put real money down.
Scheduling features shaped around how your practice works.
Create distinct booking types for design consultations (short, no charge) and tattoo sessions (long, with a deposit note in the booking message) — so the two are never confused.
Configure session durations from one hour to a full day. The calendar only shows slots where the full session fits, preventing accidental overbooking.
Send clients an automatic reminder before their session. Include pre-appointment instructions — eat beforehand, wear appropriate clothing, bring consent forms — so they arrive prepared.
Collect a non-refundable studio deposit at booking via Stripe, charge for design consultations, and split large multi-sitting pieces into staged payments tied to each booking. The chair is only held once the deposit clears.
Client data stays between you and them. No third-party analytics, no ads, no data sharing. Fully open-source and self-hostable.
Same profession. Completely different scheduling experience.
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How other Tattoo Artists use Tymeslot every day.
A tattoo is a multi-step job. Keeping consultations and sessions in separate booking types shows at a glance where each client is, and stops a session being booked before the consultation has happened.
A no-show on a half-day session wrecks the week's numbers. Automatic reminders and a minimum-notice rule shut off the easy ways out.
A large back piece plus two sleeve sessions in one day isn't sustainable. Precise working hours and buffer times set your limits for you, instead of leaving it to memory and manual calendar edits.
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