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Pilot guide

Your first day with Inkstay.

A short guide for pilot studios: what Inkstay does, what you set up on day one, and how a trial studio goes live. The pilot runs in Türkiye first.

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In one minute

Inkstay in one minute.

Inkstay keeps a tattoo studio's work, from request to aftercare, on one record. A client sends a request with photos through the link on your Instagram profile. You write the quote on top of the request; the client picks a time and accepts your deposit rule. When the deposit arrives, you mark it. On the day, the consent form is signed digitally, and afterwards the client opens the aftercare instructions you wrote on their phone.

  1. Request
  2. Quote
  3. Deposit
  4. Calendar
  5. Consent
  6. Aftercare

Four things on day one.

These are what you do on the day you go live. In the trial studio you try the same steps first, on sample requests.

Day one

  1. Sample

    Put your request link on Instagram.

    Add the link to your Instagram profile (bio) and share it in your Stories. When someone asks for a price in DMs, send them the same link; reference photos, placement and size arrive in one form.

  2. Sample

    Write your first quote.

    Open the request and write a price or range, the duration, the deposit and up to 3 time options. The client opens the quote on their phone, picks a time and accepts your deposit rule.

  3. Sample

    Record the deposit.

    The deposit goes straight to you, by bank transfer or cash. Inkstay never touches the money. Once it's in your hands, mark the deposit as received; if you mark it by mistake, you can undo it.

  4. Sample

    Check the calendar.

    The time the client picked shows on the artist's calendar; bookings still waiting for a deposit are marked. You send tomorrow's reminders from your own WhatsApp.

Consent and aftercare

  • A consent form open on the studio's tablet
    Sample

    Consent form

    The consent form's text is your studio's own. The client signs it digitally, by link or on the studio's tablet, and the signed form is kept as a PDF with its version.

  • The today screen of a care plan on the client's phone
    Sample

    Aftercare instructions

    Your studio writes and publishes its own aftercare instructions. After the session, the client opens them in their phone's browser. The content is your studio's; Inkstay gives no medical advice.

Until your first aftercare instructions are published, care plans stay closed; requests and the calendar work in the meantime.

Going live

First a trial studio, then going live.

  1. Trial studio

    Your account opens with a trial studio. Try quotes, deposits, the calendar and consent on sample requests as often as you like. No real client requests arrive while you're in it.

  2. Set-up call

    With the founder, you set up your team, working hours, request link, consent form and aftercare instructions.

  3. Going live

    When you're ready, you go live together with the founder. Real client requests start that day, and the 42 free days count from it too.

We don't set a go-live date in advance. We decide together when your studio is ready.

The pilot

What the pilot asks of you, and what you get.

What we ask pilot studios

  • Use Inkstay on real requests and sessions.
  • 15 minutes of honest feedback a week. No review or reference required.

For pilot studios in Türkiye

  • Set-up with the founder: studio, team, calendar, request link, consent form and your care instructions.
  • 42 free days from the day you go live. No card needed.
  • Then the founding price: Solo $19 a month, Studio $49 a month (3 artists included, extra artist $12 a month). Fixed for the first 6 paid months.
  • Direct access to the founder. Your feedback goes to the person building the product.

Prices in US dollars, excluding tax. The founding price is for the first 6 pilot studios.

Contact

Stuck? Write to the founder.

Write with a question, a problem or an idea. Studios in Türkiye hear back from the founder within 2 working days.

info@montilabs.co

Not applied yet?

It takes a few minutes. Studios in Türkiye apply to the pilot; anywhere else, you join the early-access list.

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