Tattoo payments and credit card processing for tattoo shops and artists

Tattoo payments are every way money moves through a tattoo shop: the deposit at booking, the balance after the session, the tip for the artist, and the payout to your bank. Revify handles all of it for tattoo shops and artists.

Tattoo shop credit card processing should fit the way a shop actually runs. Clients book weeks out, put down a deposit, sit for hours, tip the artist and pay a balance at the counter.

Some pay cash, most pay by card, and plenty tap a phone. Revify was built for that flow. It is payment processing for tattoo shops, co-founded by tattoo shop owners, including a co-founder of Made To Last Tattoo in Charlotte, NC.

Here is the short version. Revify Payments is $0 a month. You post a cash price and a card price, and both show on every receipt so the client chooses how to pay.

You get a free terminal to use while you process with Revify, next-day funding and no long-term contract. On top of that, you earn Monthly Cash-back of up to 0.75% of your card sales, paid every month.

This page walks through how it all works: dual pricing with real numbers, the Cash-back tiers, deposits and tips, the terminals, funding, what you need to apply, and how switching works. If you just want the number for your shop, jump to the savings calculator.

Who this tattoo shop credit card processing is for

Revify is tattoo-first, not tattoo-only. It fits street shops, custom studios, private studios, piercing counters inside tattoo shops and artists who travel to conventions. If you take deposits, take tips and take cards, the setup on this page applies to you.

Dual pricing for tattoo shops is simple. Every service has two posted prices: a cash price and a card price. The card price is set a small percentage above the cash price.

The client sees both prices on your signage and both prices on the receipt, then chooses how to pay. Nothing is hidden and nothing is added at the last second.

A worked example: a $300 tattoo

Say an artist quotes a piece at $300. With a card price set at 3.5%, here is what the client sees:

• Cash price: $300.00
• Card price: $310.50 ($300 plus 3.5%)

If the client pays cash, they pay $300. If they tap, dip or swipe a card, they pay $310.50. Both numbers show on the receipt. Your artist quotes the work the same way they always have, and the terminal handles the math.

Because your shop set its card price at 3.5%, that card sale also counts toward the 0.50% Monthly Cash-back tier. Run that across a month of card sales and the Cash-back adds up. Use the savings calculator to see a monthly estimate for your volume.

Why tattoo shops like dual pricing

• It is clear. Clients see two prices up front and pick the one they want.
• It matches how shops already talk. Many shops have quoted a cash price for years. Dual pricing makes it official and consistent.
• It is set up to the rules. Revify sets up dual pricing to card-network rules, including signage and receipts, so you are not guessing.

Curious why so many shops lean toward cash in the first place? Read why tattoo shops take cash. And if a client asks whether you take cards at all, our guide on do tattoo shops take credit cards answers it from their side.

Monthly Cash-back is the part most shop owners ask about first. Every month, Revify pays you back a share of your card sales. The rate depends on the card price your shop sets:

• Card price set at 3.0%: 0.25% Monthly Cash-back
• Card price set at 3.5%: 0.50% Monthly Cash-back
• Card price set at 4.0%: up to 0.75% Monthly Cash-back

You choose the card price that fits your shop and your clients. A shop that runs most work on cards earns more Cash-back simply because it has more card sales. It is paid monthly, so it shows up as a real line you can count on when you plan rent, supplies or a new chair.

What a month can look like

The math is your card sales times your tier. A shop running mostly card sales at the 3.5% card price earns 0.50% of those card sales back every month.

The best way to see your own number is to plug your monthly card volume into the savings calculator. If you want help reading your current statement, request a free statement review and we will walk through it with you.

Deposits

Deposits protect your artists' time. No-shows on a four-hour slot hurt. With InkedIn Tools, the deposit is charged automatically when the client books, and with Revify Payments the deposit at booking and the balance at checkout run on the same system.

That means fewer screenshots of payment apps and fewer notes on sticky pads. Read more on tattoo deposits.

Tips

Tips matter in this industry. Revify terminals show tip prompts on screen, so the client can add a tip in a couple of taps right after paying. No awkward asking, no passing a tip jar.

Every way clients want to pay

Clients can tap, dip or swipe a card, or pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay. Cash still works the way it always has, at the cash price. Every receipt shows both prices so there are no questions later.

Cash flow is tight in a lot of shops, especially around rent day or a big supply order. With Revify, card sales are funded next day, so the money from a Friday session is not stuck in limbo for a week.

There is no long-term contract. Revify Payments is $0 a month. If it is not working for your shop, you are not locked in. We would rather earn your business every month.

Setup is done for you

Switching processors sounds like a project. It does not have to be. Revify handles the setup: the signage that shows your cash price and card price, the receipt layout, and the terminal programming. Your team learns one simple checkout flow and gets back to work. Want to see the full cost picture first? Check pricing.

Some providers treat tattoo shops as high-risk merchants. Shop owners hear it when they apply for a merchant account for tattoo shops, and it can mean extra paperwork, holds or higher pricing depending on the provider. It usually comes from how the industry gets categorized, not from how a specific shop runs.

Revify was started by tattoo shop owners, so the business is set up around how tattoo shops actually operate: booked appointments, deposits, long sessions and tips. We know how the work runs. Like any merchant account, yours is subject to approval.

Common myths

• "Tattoo shops can't get a regular merchant account." Many can. It depends on the provider and your shop's details.
• "Taking cards always costs more than it's worth." With dual pricing and Monthly Cash-back, card sales can earn you money each month.
• "Switching means downtime." With setup done for you, most of the work happens before your terminal ever arrives.

Applying for Revify Payments is straightforward. Have these ready:

• Business information: your shop's legal name, address and basic details about how you take payments.
• A business bank account: where your next-day funding will be deposited.
• Owner ID: a government-issued ID for the business owner.

A recent processing statement helps too, so we can show you what changes. Merchant accounts are subject to approval. Start at get started and a real person will follow up.

Made To Last Tattoo in Charlotte went from paying $4,500 to $5,500 a month in processing fees to $0, and now earns about $1,125 a month in Monthly Cash-back.

All in, that is $73,500 saved. It is the shop one of our co-founders helped build, and it is why Revify exists. Read the full story on shop stories.

Every shop's numbers are different. Your results depend on your card volume and the card price you set, so run your own numbers in the savings calculator.

Revify Payments handles the money. InkedIn Tools, the booking app built by tattooers and now part of Revify, handles everything before the client sits down: an online booking link for Instagram, Google and your website, automatic deposits, one inbox for IG DMs, Facebook, texts and email, automated reminders, digital consent forms and aftercare messages.

InkedIn Tools is $99 a month with a 14-day free trial. When your shop processes at least $10,000 a month with Revify, InkedIn Tools is free. That is $1,188 a year in value. Deposits at booking and balances at checkout run on the same system, so your front desk is not reconciling two tools.

Looking at tattoo shop payment solutions side by side?

If you are comparing tattoo shop payment solutions, see our neutral, dated comparisons like Revify vs Square and Square alternatives for tattoo shops, or read the guide to tattoo shop POS setups. For the full software picture, start with tattoo shop software.