Instagram already sends you the clients. The page takes it from there: real openings in your bio, your deposit paid before the slot confirms, your policy agreed to in writing — and if someone fights the charge later, the evidence packet is one tap. Free to start. Cash in the chair stays untouched.
Artists estimate over 70% of their clients come from Instagram — top names say 90% (CNBC). The channel works. The DM thread is where it breaks: screenshots of flash, "what's your deposit?", three days of back-and-forth, then silence. A link in the bio that shows real openings ends the thread at tap one.
Artists already write serious rules into their intake forms — non-refundable deposits, design fees, 48-hour reschedule windows (a real artist's form). But a deposit sent by Venmo or Zelle carries none of that: when plans change, it's your word against a screenshot. Here the policy is shown before payment, agreed to, and recorded.
Fake accounts collect "deposits" in working artists' names — it's a recurring local-news story (News 5 Cleveland). When the only place money moves is yourname.takingclients.com, the fakes have nothing to point at.
Clients book actual open slots. The status dot on your page says books open or books closed — the story you post every month, automated.
Flash holds at $50, a custom session at $200 — whatever your numbers are. Paid while they're still holding their card, before the slot confirms.
Your deposit and reschedule rules are shown in writing before anyone pays, and the agreement is recorded with a timestamp.
Client disputes a kept deposit with their bank? One tap prints the packet: the policy they agreed to, when they agreed, and the IP the booking came from.
Your pieces, ten looks built for ink — a page that reads like a portfolio, not a calendar grid.
Answers sizing, pricing, and aftercare questions at 2am and holds your prices. Try it live: inkbyjay.takingclients.com — open the chat and try to talk it down.
Honest framing: we won't pretend deposits end no-shows. They turn an empty chair from a total loss into a paid hold — money collected before the appointment existed, with the policy and the evidence to keep it.
It won't send you clients — there's no marketplace here, and Instagram is already better at that than any booking app's feed. It won't take a cut of your work beyond the 1% platform fee when a client pays through the page. And it never touches cash or cards taken in the chair. If what you need is discovery, a marketplace's new-client fees are the honest price of it — we've written up that math for Booksy, Square, Fresha, and StyleSeat.
The $0 plan includes the page, booking, deposits, and the evidence packet. The only money that moves is card processing + our 1% when a client pays through your page — cash in the chair is untouched. Pro is $12/mo (free for your first year if you sign up by Dec 31, 2026), and Studio at $29/mo adds the AI front desk.
Yes — deposits are per service, at your amounts. $50 to hold a flash slot, $200 to hold a full-day custom session. Your numbers, shown in writing before anyone pays.
One tap prints the evidence packet: the exact policy they agreed to, the timestamp, the booking IP — the paperwork a card dispute asks for, assembled for you.
No. No feed, no rankings, no competitors one tap away, no new-client fees. Your page is yours, your gallery is yours, and your client list exports any time — because it's yours too.
Free to start, live in ten minutes — and Pro is free for your first year through Dec 31, 2026.
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