Keep The Fees runs the front desk and the back office. Online booking, digital waivers, messaging, commission splits, payroll, inventory, and reporting, all in one platform. Your day stays at the chair.
30-day free trial · No credit card to start
Online booking ✦ Digital waivers ✦ Two-way messaging ✦ Shop queue ✦ Commission splits ✦ Payroll & payouts ✦ Client history ✦ Inventory ✦ Reporting ✦ Mobile apps ✦
Built for the way tattoo shops actually run.
A flash day used to mean a clipboard by the door. Now walk-ins and booked appointments hold one line. Clients scan the code, join from their own phone, and sign consent before they reach the counter. You drag the rows into the order you want, and one tap sends a “you’re up” text.
1 Riley ChenWalk-in · Flash № 12 · Kat
2 Dana ReyesWalk-in · Fine line · Any artist
3 Theo Brandt2:00 appointment · Jes
Clients book their own appointments, pay a deposit up front, and get text and email reminders. No-shows drop and double-bookings end.
Consent, medical history, and ID get signed on a phone or the shop tablet, then filed straight to the client record with a time stamp.
Set each artist’s split once. Every payment divides itself, so there’s no math at closing time.
Session notes, signed waivers, and full history on one card, so you know who’s in the chair before they sit down.
Needles, ink, gloves, and aftercare counted in real time, with low-stock alerts before you run out mid-week.
Revenue by artist, service, and month. See what the shop makes, what it spends, and where every dollar goes.
Real conversations with clients. Confirmations, reschedules, deposit requests, and aftercare check-ins get asked and answered in one thread on the client’s record.
Optional add-on · $20/month
Hey! Any chance we can move Friday to 2:00?Client · 9:14 AM
Done! You’re on Kat’s books at 2:00. See you then.Front desk · 9:16 AM
Perfect, thank you!Client · 9:16 AM
The front desk
Your booking page works while the shop sleeps. Clients pick an artist and a time, pay their deposit, and get reminded automatically. You open the app to a full day, not a full inbox.
Jes
11:00 Dana R.
Sleeve, session 2
3:00 Priya M.
Fine line
Moe
12:30 Marcus T.
Walk-in script
4:30 Consult
Back piece
Kat
10:00 Cover-up
Session 3 of 4
2:00 Theo B.
Traditional rose
The back office
Every card swipe already knows the deal you set, whether that’s a flat split, a tiered rate that steps up with sales, or booth rent. Artists watch their own numbers, funding can land the same day1, and closing time stops being math time.
Instant funding · payouts land today¹
The paperwork
Send waivers out with the booking confirmation and they come back signed. Consent, medical history, and ID land on the client record, time-stamped and searchable whenever you need them.
Signature
Signed 11:42 AM · Filed to client record
1 Instant payouts are available for card-batch settlements and payroll direct deposits to artists. Card batches settle to an eligible debit card through our funding partner; an evaluation period is required before instant batch funding is enabled. Instant payroll deposits run on the RTP® network. The funding account must support Request for Payment (RfP) and the receiving account must support RTP® to avoid delays; where unsupported, deposits settle by same-day ACH. Industry-standard instant funding rates of 1.5% may apply. Payroll with direct deposits to artists and two-way messaging are sold separately as optional add-ons; two-way messaging is $20/month. RTP® is a registered service mark of The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
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“I am very pleased with my credit card merchant service. They have been great, and I have no issues contacting them when I have a problem. They get back to me very quickly and have been very reliable.”
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“The scheduling system is a game-changer. No more double bookings, and the automated reminders have cut our no-shows in half.”
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“It has been a game-changer for us. This program helps us manage customer information seamlessly and track inventory efficiently.”
Every plan runs the same platform. Booking, forms, splits, inventory, reporting, mobile apps, and 24/7 support come standard. Add payroll and two-way messaging ($20/month) when you need them.1
Solo artists & private studios
$69.99/month
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Studios with 3–6 artists
$99.99/month
Start free trial7+ artists under one roof
$129.99/month
Start free trialRunning more than one location? We’ll price it straight, no bundle games.
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Tattoo people. Co-founder Adam Facenda is a second-generation tattoo artist, and the platform was researched and built with more than 500 working artists and shop managers, feature by feature, for how a tattoo and piercing shop actually runs.
Yes. Keep The Fees has apps for both iOS and Android. Download the iOS app or get it on Android.
No. Plans start at $69.99/month, and the price on this page is the price you pay.
No long-term contracts. We do require a short application to legally approve your business, and you can cancel with 30 days’ notice.
Every sale shows two prices - one for cash, one for card - and the card price covers the processing cost, so the shop keeps 100% of its listed price instead of losing 3–4% off the top. It’s called dual pricing, it’s how the platform works on every plan, and it’s not an upgrade.
You reach a human, 24/7, by chat, email, text, or phone.
Yes. Any appointment-based business can run on Keep The Fees. Salons, piercers, and photographers already do.
Start free, bring your client list, and have booking, waivers, and splits running this week, with a human on the phone whenever you want one.