When tattoo money actually reaches your bank
A client paid your $150 deposit on Friday evening. On Saturday morning it's not in your bank. Nothing is wrong. It lands on Monday, the next business day.
Maya Rivera·Payout account Your bankFriday to Monday
- Fri · evening Payment succeeds
The client pays the deposit. The card goes through. The slot is held.
$150 paid - Sat · morning You check
Nothing in your bank. Saturday is not a business day.
- Sun Still waiting
Sunday is not a business day either.
- Mon Money arrives
Monday is the next business day. The $150 lands in your bank.
$150 in your bank
A successful payment and an arrival are two events
The payment happens on the client's side. Their card goes through, the deposit shows paid and the slot is held. The client is done.
The arrival happens at your bank. The payout lands in your account and you can spend it.
pays card payments straight to your bank. You don't move the money yourself. It just doesn't land the same day. The gap is one business day, so you can always work out the day it arrives.
Shows the moment the card goes through.
Ready to spend.
Next business day, deposited daily
Card payments are deposited daily. Each one is paid out to your bank on the next business day after the client pays. Business days run Monday to Friday.
Deposited daily means you don't wait for a weekly batch. Thursday's balances and walk-ins land in your bank on Friday.
- Paid MonTueArrives
- Paid TueWedArrives
- Paid WedThuArrives
- Paid ThuFriArrives
- Paid FriMonYour deposit
- Paid SatMonArrives
- Paid SunMonArrives
A Friday-night deposit, a Saturday walk-in and a Sunday flash sale claim all land on Monday. Plan supplies and booth rent around Monday, not around the day the client paid.
The US-only limit
Payouts are US-only for now. Your payout goes to a US bank account. If you tattoo outside the US, you can't take payouts through yet. Check this before a client pays you, not after.
Doing a guest spot in another US city? Same rule: your payout lands the next business day.
Checking payout status and estimated arrival
It's Saturday morning and the deposit isn't in your bank. Check three things.
- 01
Check the payment
Open the booking. If the deposit shows paid, the client's card went through. In Payments, the money shows as on the way, with the day it arrives.
- 02
Note the day it was paid
Arrival counts from the day the client paid, not the day of the session.
- 03
Count one business day forward
Skip Saturday and Sunday. That date is your estimated arrival. If it has passed and the money still isn't in your bank, look into it.
The owner report shows what each artist was paid that week, with the shop total.
Maya Rivera$1,200
Nina Vos$950
Cal Brennan$600 · StatementThis weekPaid per artist Maya Rivera$1,200Nina Vos$950Cal Brennan$600What it costs
One booking fee covers every card payment for the tattoo: deposits, balances, full payments and walk-ins. It includes card processing. There's no separate processing fee.
Nothing comes off your price. The client pays the fee by default, so the full $150 deposit is what reaches your bank. You can split the fee 50/50 or pay it yourself.
The minimum is $2.50 per payment. A $20 deposit on Free carries a $2.50 fee, not $1.98. Tips never carry a fee and go 100% to you.
A month, for good. 9.9% booking fee.
A month. 4.5% booking fee.
A month. 3.5% booking fee.
Every plan has every feature and card processing. Payouts work the same on all three.
Start FreeKnow the day your money lands
Free costs $0 a month, for good. Card payments go straight to your bank, deposited daily, next business day.