Draft: This text is a draft and is not in force. It takes effect only when Inkstay's founder puts it in force in writing. Sections marked as new or changed were added or rewritten in this draft. Inkstay can't go live with real clients while bracketed fields are empty. This text is not legal advice and does not claim to comply with any particular law.
Who we are
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The seller and provider of Inkstay is Monti Labs Ltd. Şti., operator of Inkstay (inkstay.app), a limited company registered in Türkiye ("Inkstay", "we"). Trade registry number: [registry number]. Tax office and number: [tax office and number]. Registered address: [company address]. Contact: info@montilabs.co.
These terms are between Inkstay and the studio that opens an Inkstay account ("the studio", "you"). The person who accepts them confirms that they may bind the studio.
The data processing agreement and the refund policy form part of these terms. Separate client terms apply to the studio's clients.
Who can use Inkstay
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Inkstay is for tattoo studios and artists who use it for their business. You use it as a business, not as a consumer, and the person who signs up must be 18 or over.
Keep your team's sign-in details safe. You are responsible for what is done under your studio's accounts and for the roles you give your team.
The service
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Inkstay lets a studio write and publish its own care instructions and hand them over to the client at the end of a session, lets the client see their daily step, and keeps the two in touch.
Inkstay also gives the studio a request page and request form, tools to track requests, prepare quotes, send the client a quote link that needs no account, mark appointments and deposit status in the calendar, and have its own consent form signed by link or on a device in the studio.
Inkstay is a software service. It does not provide health services, tattoo services, legal advice or content checking.
Not medical advice
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Inkstay doesn't diagnose, doesn't recommend treatment, gives no health advice and guarantees no outcome. A client with a health concern should contact a health service.
Inkstay does not review or approve the content a studio writes or publishes, and does not check whether it is accurate, current or in line with local rules.
Inkstay adds a fixed safety section to the end of every care plan (version safety-2026-11-02). It lists warning signs and tells the client to contact a health professional, or emergency care for the most serious signs, without waiting for the studio. The studio cannot remove or change it. That section is not medical advice and does not reduce the studio's own responsibility.
Starter text
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Inkstay offers optional starter text for care instructions and consent forms. It is example text prepared from public sources; Inkstay keeps the list of sources and shares it on request. Starter text is not medical advice, is not written for any particular client, tattoo, skin or situation, and is provided as is. Inkstay does not promise that it is complete, current or in line with the rules of the studio's country.
Starter text is never assigned to a client directly. When a studio copies care starter text, it becomes the studio's draft; before publishing, the studio sets every choice point itself, reads the text and changes it to fit its own practice. The studio is the author of what it publishes.
Consent form starter text is an example too. Before saving the form for the first time, the studio edits it to fit its own procedure and local rules; the studio is the author of the form it saves.
The studio's responsibility for content and procedure
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The studio is the author of the care instructions it publishes and the consent form it uses. The studio is responsible for the content being accurate, current, suitable for its clients and in line with the rules where the studio works.
Only an owner or manager can publish a version of care instructions. Before publishing, they confirm these two statements: "I have reviewed the instructions against my own practice." and "I am publishing these care instructions on behalf of my studio. My studio is responsible for the accuracy of the content; Inkstay does not review it." Inkstay writes who confirmed, when, and which statement version (studio-2026-11-02) onto the version and into the audit record (template.publish). The studio agrees that this record may be used as its own statement.
An owner or manager saves each version of the consent form and, on every save, confirms "I use this form on behalf of my studio; my studio is responsible for its content." Who confirmed and when are recorded.
The studio is responsible for the tattoo procedure, hygiene, information and consent before the procedure, which health questions are asked and how the answers are weighed, the decision whether to go ahead with a session, its team's conduct and its relationship with its clients. Following the permit, licence, hygiene and record-keeping rules that apply to its business is the studio's job.
The contract for the tattoo service is between the studio and the client. Inkstay is not a party to it.
Other studio responsibilities
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The studio is responsible for entering clients correctly, confirming they are 18 or over, and its team's accounts and roles (including who can see health answers). Artist notes may not name products, doses or durations.
No misleading presentation
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The studio may not present Inkstay as a health service, a health provider or a health adviser.
The studio may not say or imply that Inkstay, a doctor or any other health professional has approved its care instructions or consent form. It may not present starter text as a health recommendation from Inkstay.
The studio may not write content that undermines the fixed safety section, for example by telling clients to contact only the studio about a health problem.
The studio is the controller
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The studio is the controller for the data of its clients, of people who send it requests and of people who sign its consent form. Giving notice, obtaining the explicit consents needed (including for health answers and reference photos), limiting health questions to what the work needs and setting the consent form's retention period to fit its own obligations are the studio's job.
The notice, consent and signature texts Inkstay shows in the product are there to help the studio; they do not take over the studio's obligations. Details are in the data processing agreement.
Requests, quotes and deposits
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The price, duration, deposit and terms of a quote are between the studio and the client. Inkstay is not a party to the quote.
Money between the studio and its clients never passes through Inkstay. Inkstay takes, holds and refunds no such payment. The studio is responsible for the accuracy of the payment details it writes, for taking and refunding deposits, and for its cancellation terms. The "Deposit received" mark is the studio's own record, not proof of payment.
The introduction, closed note, payment details and quote notes on the request page are content the studio writes. Inkstay sends no WhatsApp messages; a message sent through WhatsApp is sent by the studio from its own account.
The studio uses request details and reference photos only to assess the request and contact the person who sent it, and does not publish them or use them for advertising. Checking the 18+ statement made on the request form before an appointment is the studio's responsibility.
Free period, prices and payment
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The length of the free period and the price of each plan are shown on the pricing page or in your written offer before you pay. Plans are paid monthly, in advance.
Studios outside Türkiye: our order process is run by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle is the Merchant of Record for these orders. Paddle sells you the subscription, takes the payment, issues the invoice, charges the tax due and handles billing questions and refunds. Paddle's buyer terms (paddle.com/legal/buyer-terms) govern the purchase. These terms apply to your use of Inkstay.
Studios in Türkiye: Inkstay invoices you directly, by hand. You pay the invoice by the method written on it.
If we change a price, we tell you before it applies to you. The new price starts with your next billing period.
Cancellation and refunds
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You can cancel at any time in the product. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the paid period, and you keep full access until then.
Refunds are set out in the refund policy: you can get your first payment back in full within 14 days. Apart from what that policy says, a period you have paid for is not refunded when you cancel.
When your subscription ends, new plans can't be assigned and plans already published run to their end, so your clients keep their care instructions.
Suspension
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A studio account may be suspended, with reasons given, for abuse, non-payment or legal necessity. Clients keep access to the help screen.
Your data and our software
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The studio keeps its rights in the content and data it puts into Inkstay. It lets Inkstay host and process them only to run the service for the studio, as the data processing agreement sets out. Inkstay does not use studio or client data for advertising or to train models.
Inkstay keeps all rights in the software, the site and the starter text. The studio may not copy, resell or take apart the software, get around its limits, or use it to build a competing product.
The owner can export the studio's data from the product at any time, including before the subscription ends.
The studio's indemnity
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The studio pays Inkstay for the loss, including reasonable legal costs, that Inkstay suffers from claims, lawsuits and administrative sanctions brought against Inkstay by third parties (including clients and authorities) because of the care instructions it publishes, the consent form it uses, its request page and quote content, the tattoo and related services it provides, its team's actions and its obligations as controller.
When Inkstay learns of such a claim, it tells the studio within a reasonable time, lets the studio take part in the defence, and does not settle the claim without the studio's written agreement.
This obligation does not apply to the extent the loss comes from Inkstay's own fault (for example a software defect or a security breach on Inkstay's side).
Limit of liability
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The software and starter text are provided as is and as available. As far as the law allows, Inkstay does not promise that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.
As far as the law allows, Inkstay is not liable for loss arising from content the studio writes or publishes, from the tattoo procedure or from the service the studio provides to its client, nor for indirect loss or loss of profit.
As far as the law allows, Inkstay's total liability under these terms is limited to the fees the studio paid Inkstay in the 12 months before the claim.
These limits do not cover liability for intent or gross negligence, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or any other liability the law does not allow to be limited.
Changes
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If these terms or the data processing agreement change, the new text gets a new version number and the change is announced in advance. Which version the owner accepted, and when, is recorded.
Governing law and courts
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These terms are governed by the law of the Republic of Türkiye. The Istanbul courts and enforcement offices have jurisdiction over disputes.
Effective date: [effective date]. Version: 2026-11.