TakingClients gives tattoo artists and hair stylists a site of your own — your work, your prices, your rules — with booking that collects deposits, charges no-shows, and answers your DMs. Zero commissions. Ever.
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The math
The big booking apps run marketplaces: clients browse a feed where your competitors sit next to your work, the platform owns the relationship — and the "finder's fee" comes out of your pocket.
of a new client's first booking, via marketplace commission*
per new marketplace client (minimum $6)*
commissions — new client or regular, your money is yours
*Publicly listed new-client marketplace commission rates, August 2026. Standard card processing applies everywhere — commissions are the part you can opt out of.
What you get
Drop your Instagram handle. We draft the whole thing — portfolio, service menu with your prices, bio, hours. You edit, hit publish, and the link goes in your bio.
Every booking collects the deposit you set, while the client is holding their card. No-shows forfeit it. Late cancels get your fee, automatically.
If they ghost, you keep the deposit — and we keep the receipts if they dispute it.
One switch: books open or closed, live on your page. Your DMs already know.
Answers "how much for a fade?" from your real menu, checks your real calendar, books them with a deposit — while your hands are busy.
Import your client list from Booksy, Square, or a spreadsheet — history, notes, formulas, reference photos. Export it anytime. No marketplace ever sits between you and the people in your chair.
How it works
yourname.takingclients.com — it reads like a sentence and fits any bio.
Your Instagram becomes a portfolio site with services and prices. Edit anything, then publish.
Clients book real openings and pay deposits. You just show up and do the work.
Founding artists
The waitlist
Questions
Founding artists come aboard first, this fall — free Pro for a year, hands-on onboarding, direct input on what gets built. The waitlist gets access next, in order.
There's a free plan (your site + booking + payments). Pro is $19/mo and adds deposits, no-show fees, your own custom domain, and full automation. Founding artists get Pro free for 12 months.
No commissions, ever — new client or regular, your money is yours. Card payments carry standard processing rates, plus a small fee only on the deposits and no-show charges we recover for you. If we don't protect your time, we don't get paid.
Yes — export your client list and we'll walk you through importing it, history and all. They're your clients. That's kind of the whole point.
Your cancellation policy is shown and agreed to at booking, with a timestamp — and we log the reminders too. If a charge is disputed, we assemble that evidence into the response for you. Protecting your time is the product.