One app for the whole shop — walk-ins, guest spots, and the books
A tattoo shop runs on three clocks at once: the walk-ins waiting for a chair, the guest-artist weekend that packs the place for two days, and the appointment book full of deposits and no-shows. Waitlist App handles all three from the phone already in your artists' pockets — no rented tablet, no per-chair fee, and it keeps working when the shop Wi-Fi drops. Start free, and only pay when you want the parts that make you money.
Three ways tattoo shops run on it
1. The shop floor — walk-ins without the clipboard
Add a walk-in in two taps, or let them scan a QR to join the list themselves. Each person gets a live link to their place in line, so they can wait wherever they like — at the coffee shop next door, in their car — instead of hovering at the counter. Run a line per artist so walk-ins queue for the right person, and check anyone in from one front-desk screen with Reception. When the chair's ready, one tap texts them.
/q/… — their live spot, groups ahead, and wait, on their own phone.2. Pop-ups, guest artists & conventions — the Event Pass
A guest-artist weekend or a convention booth isn't a monthly subscription problem — it's a two-day one. The Event Pass is built for exactly that: a one-time $49.99 unlocks 48 hours of the full Pro toolkit for a single event, and the clock only starts when you add your first real guest (testing your own phone doesn't burn it). Print one QR for the booth, let the crowd scan to join the flash-day list, and when it's over you get a clean event summary — who came, who you notified, what you took — grouped as one event. Do another next month? Buy another pass and your setup comes right back.
/s/… — one QR on the booth, and the crowd joins the line or the flash-day event themselves.3. Bookings & deposits — stop the no-shows
Every artist sets their own available hours, and clients book real open slots from a link you share in your bio or DMs. Ask for a deposit to lock it in — the slot isn't held until the card clears, and the money lands in your own Stripe account (flat platform fee, no middleman). A booked-and-paid client shows up; the ones who used to ghost you don't get the slot. Reservations sync across every device and artist, so the book is never on one phone.
/book/… — each artist's genuinely-open slots, with a deposit that goes to your own Stripe.Why artists actually use it
- A line per artist. Kap's walk-ins and Rae's walk-ins are separate queues, run from one desk.
- Consent & release forms on a phone. Send a client a link, they type-sign before they're in the chair, and the signed copy is saved to their profile — no paper to file.
- Your customers, remembered. Every walk-in and booking rolls up into one client book, so a repeat client's history is one tap away.
- Text, WhatsApp, or email — from your own phone on the free plan, or sent automatically for you on Pro.
- White-label on Pro. Your clients see your shop, not our logo, on their tracking page.
What it costs
The free app runs your walk-in list and device-native texts forever. Pro ($149/mo) lifts the weekly cap, activates every artist's line, adds automatic notifications, the booking storefront with deposits, consent documents, and white-labeling. And the one-time Event Pass ($49.99) is the pop-up option — full Pro for a single 48-hour event, no subscription. Most shops start free for the front desk and add Pro (or a pass) when they want bookings and guest weekends.
