Websites for tattoo studios
A website for your tattoo studio, built for you
FreeWebGuy builds websites for tattoo studios and independent tattoo artists. Yours is $0 to build and $15 a month for hosting once you approve it, with a first version within 48 hours of your brief. It holds each artist's portfolio, your deposit and booking rules, your aftercare page, and a consult request that asks for the idea, size and placement.
Pay nothing until you approve it.
About 3 minutes. No credit card.
What a tattoo studio website has to do
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Show the work by artist and by style
Clients choose an artist before they choose a studio, and they choose by style. Instagram holds the daily feed; the site holds the curated version: each artist's healed work, the styles they take, whether their books are open and how to reach them. A style index lets a visitor name what they want before they write.
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Answer the five questions before the DM arrives
Deposit, minimum, cancellation window, age and ID, walk-ins. Every studio answers these over and over in DMs. A policies page and a booking page that state them once, in your words, mean the people who send a consult request have already read them.
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Collect a consult request an artist can act on
A good request names the artist, the idea, size and placement, references, a budget range and rough availability. The form asks for each, so the artist opens one message with everything in it instead of a thread of 12 replies, and the front desk can route it to the right artist without a phone call.
The pages we build for a tattoo studio
Your brief decides the final list. These are the pages most tattoo studios need, and the job each one does.
| Page | Why it is there |
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| Home | The studio in one screen: the artists, the styles, how to book, and a consult request button. |
| Artists | One page per artist: healed work, the styles they take, books open or closed, and how they prefer to be contacted. |
| Styles | A style index (black and grey, traditional, fine line, realism, whatever you do) that points to the artist for each. |
| Booking and consults | How a consult works, the deposit and how it applies, the cancellation window, and the shop minimum. |
| Studio policies | Age and ID, guests, what to bring, what you will not tattoo, and your health permit if you display it. |
| Aftercare | Your instructions as a page you can text a link to, with the healing timeline you give in the chair. |
| Request a consult | Artist, idea, size, placement, references, budget range and availability. |
See a tattoo studio website we designed
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A style index with five tabs
Black and grey, illustration, bold traditional, fine line and dark realism each open a one-line description. The visitor picks a vocabulary for what they want, which makes their request easier for the artist to act on.
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A four-step process, opened one row at a time
Request a consult, discuss and plan, design and approve, make your mark. A first-timer learns that the design is approved before the session starts and that a consult is a conversation, not a commitment.
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A consult request that asks for the idea
Name, email, phone, preferred contact and a text box for concept, references and placement. It reads like the message an artist wants, not a "book now" button that promises a chair before anyone has talked.
Open the full tattoo studio website design example to click through it as a phone or desktop visitor would, or browse more salon, pet and personal care website examples.
What to have ready for your brief
The brief takes about 3 minutes. Send what you have now; photos, documents and anything else on this list can follow by email.
- Each artist's name, the styles they take, their Instagram handle and 8 to 12 photos of healed work
- Permission from clients for any recognizable piece you show
- Your booking rules: deposit and how it applies, shop minimum, hourly or by-the-piece pricing, and the cancellation window
- Your age and ID policy, and the permit or license your health department issues, if you display it
- Your aftercare instructions, as you hand them to clients
- The scheduler you use, if any, so the Book button opens it, and how you collect deposits now
What customers check before they book
- Healed photos, labeled by artist, because a fresh photo shows the artist's day and a healed one shows the client's year
- A deposit and cancellation policy visible before anyone sends a request
- The permit your health department issues, if you display it, and a plain paragraph on how you keep the studio clean
- Artist bios with how long they have tattooed and what they take
- Reviews that name an artist; in BrightLocal's 2026 Local Consumer Review Survey, 97% of consumers said they read reviews for local businesses
What a tattoo studio website costs
A tattoo studio website from FreeWebGuy is $0 to build and $15 a month for hosting once you approve it: $180 for the first year, plus a domain if you need one.
| Route | What it costs | First year | Who builds it |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY website builder | $17 to $49 a month, billed yearly | $204 to $588 | You build it |
| Freelance web designer | $2,000 to $7,600 to build, plus hosting | $2,060 to $7,900 | They build it |
| Web design agency | $5,000 to $15,000 to build, plus hosting | $5,060 to $15,300 | They build it |
| FreeWebGuy | $0 to build, $15 a month | $180, plus a domain if you need one | We build it |
Sources: Wix plans; Squarespace pricing; WebsiteSetup: small business website costs (updated November 22, 2025); Ueni: average cost for a website (updated September 22, 2026); Clutch: web designer pricing (updated September 21, 2026)
A tattoo studio site carries many photos and several artist pages, and the $15 a month is the same whether you have 1 artist or 8; a small store for gift cards is included when we confirm it fits your plan.
The pricing page lists what the $15 plan includes and what costs extra. To price your own situation, use the website cost calculator or compare FreeWebGuy with Wix, Squarespace and web designers.
Prefer to build it yourself?
Building your own tattoo studio website works if you have the evenings for it. These five steps cover what the site needs on any website builder.
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Choose a builder with fast galleries; healed photos need to load on a phone in a hurry.
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Give each artist a page with their own photos, styles and contact, and link it from a style index.
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Write the booking and policy pages first: deposit, minimum, cancellation, age and ID, walk-ins.
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Put aftercare on its own page with a short URL you can text after a session.
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Build a consult form that asks for the artist, idea, size, placement, references and budget range.
For a page-by-page checklist, read What should be on a small business website? A page-by-page checklist.
How FreeWebGuy builds it
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Send the brief
About 3 minutes
Tell us what you do and what you want visitors to do.
You pay $0
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We build it
Within 48 hours of your brief
We use AI to build fast. A person checks every first version before you see it.
You pay $0
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You review the preview
At your pace
Open the private link and tell us what to change.
You pay $0
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Approve and go live
When you decide
When you approve the preview, you set up your SMBcrm account and card for the $15 hosting plan.
You pay $15 a month starts here
If you are not ready to launch, you owe nothing.
Questions tattoo studios ask
Something else on your mind? Email hello@freewebguy.com. We reply within one business day.
How much does a tattoo studio website cost?
A tattoo studio or tattoo artist website from FreeWebGuy is $0 to build and $15 a month for hosting after you approve it, $180 for the first year plus a domain if you need one. Artist pages, a style index, booking and policy pages, aftercare and a consult request are included; the pricing page lists the rest, and how it works shows when the $15 starts.
Do tattoo artists need a website if they have Instagram?
Instagram is where people find you; the site is where they decide and book. It holds the healed work you choose, your policies, aftercare and a consult form that asks the right questions, none of which fits in a bio link. It also keeps your name on a domain you own if the account is ever locked.
What should a tattoo shop website include?
A page per artist with healed work and open or closed books, a style index, a booking page with your deposit, minimum and cancellation rules, a policies page covering age and ID, aftercare, studio photos and hours, and a consult request. The tattoo studio website design example shows the shape.
How do clients book a tattoo through the website?
Custom work starts with a consult request: artist, idea, size, placement, references, budget range and availability, which emails the studio or the artist. For consult slots or flash, a Book button opens the scheduler you already use, and deposits are collected the way you collect them now. Nothing is promised a chair until an artist says yes.
Should a tattoo website list prices?
List the shop minimum, the deposit and how it applies, and either an hourly range or a note that pieces are quoted at the consult, by artist if rates differ. Exact quotes belong in the consult, where the artist can see the reference and the skin.
Should each tattoo artist have their own page?
Yes. Clients book an artist, so each needs a page with their healed work, the styles they take, whether books are open, their Instagram and how to reach them. Guest artists get a short page for the dates they are in.
Where does aftercare go on a tattoo website?
On its own page with a short address you can text after a session, written the way you say it in the chair, with the healing timeline and the products you recommend. It saves retyping the same message after every session, and clients read it that evening when they need it.
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- $0 to build
- First version within 48 hours of your brief
- $15 a month for hosting, only after you approve the preview and go live
- Month to month, no contract
When you approve the preview, you set up your SMBcrm account and card for the $15 hosting plan. That is the only time we ask for payment details.
