Payments for tattoo and piercing shops

The fee comes out of your chair time.

Every card swipe quietly bills you for work you already did. Keep The Fees hands you two ways to stop it, and the whole software platform comes with either one.

Get 30 days free, plus the Checkout Add-On Playbook — shops use it to add $18 to $40 per client at checkout.
No long-term contract Next business day deposits* 1,000+ shops already on it Built for shops, not salons 24/7 human support
Keep The Fees Sample checkout
Half sleeve session$650.00
Numbing cream$25.00
Aftercare kit$32.00
Processing fee (3.1%)$21.62
Your cost$0.00
You keep$707.00

Card price and cash price shown at checkout

Fee: none

Run your own numbers

What the fee costs you over a year

Slide in what your shop actually runs through cards each month and the rate on your last statement. Most shops have never added it up.

$28,000

Deposits, sessions, retail, everything on a card

3.10%

Total fees divided by total volume. Usually higher than quoted.

5

Used to show the cost per chair

Fees leaving your shop this year
$10,416

That's $2,083 per artist, per year, in money the shop earned and then handed to a processor.

Dual pricing $10,416

Stays in the shop. The card price covers the fee at checkout, cash price stays the same.

Estimates only, based on the numbers you entered. Actual savings depend on your card mix, ticket size and processor. Send us a statement and we'll show you the real figure before you sign anything.

Two ways to run it

Your shop, your call

Dual pricing is standard on every plan. Plenty of owners would rather absorb the fee and keep one price on the wall, so we do that too, at the lowest rate we can put in front of you.

The client picks, the shop keeps the whole ticket

Two prices show on the screen at checkout. Card price and cash price. The client chooses, nobody's surprised, and the processing cost stops coming out of your side of the counter.

  • Both prices print on the receipt and show in the client's confirmation text
  • Deposits, tips and retail all run the same way
  • Artist payouts and commissions calculate off the real ticket, not the net
  • Set up to follow card brand rules and posted-price requirements in your state

What the client sees

Card price$707.00
Cash price$685.38

Shop keeps $707.00 either way. About four out of five clients pay by card and never think twice about it.

You cover the fee, we make it the smallest one you can get

One price on the board, same as always. Send us your current statement and we'll match or beat what you're paying. If we can't come in lower than anyone else quoting you, we'll tell you straight and you keep your processor.

  • Interchange-plus pricing, itemized, no padded monthly line items
  • No cancellation fee and no multi-year contract to sign
  • Same next-day deposits and same software either way
  • Rate review every year so it doesn't creep back up on you

Rate comparison

Typical shop rate3.10%
Keep The FeesBeats or matches it, guaranteed

Bring one month of statements. You'll have a real number back the same day.

The guarantee

Match it, beat it, or tell you straight

If you want traditional processing, we'll put our rate against whatever you're paying now and whatever else is on your desk. We aim to be the lowest credit card processing cost in the market for shops your size.

And if we can't beat your current deal, we'll tell you to keep it. You still get the software either way.

No games, no teaser rate.
★★★★★
"I am very pleased with my credit card merchant service. They have been great, and I have no issues contacting them when I have a problem. They get back to me very quickly and have been very reliable."
Felicia & Ron Champlin — Creative Instinkts
100%
Of your statement reviewed, line by line

  • Written quote off your real numbers, not a range
  • Every fee itemized before you decide
  • Month to month, cancel whenever
  • Switch between dual and traditional any time

Comes with either one

The processing is the boring part

The software is what actually runs the shop. Same platform whichever way you take payments.

01

Booking and deposits

Clients book, pay the deposit up front, and the calendar holds the chair.

02

Artist payouts

Commission or booth rent, calculated and paid out without a spreadsheet.

03

Client messaging

Reminders, aftercare check-ins and rebooking texts from the shop number.

04

Digital forms

Consent and release signed on a tablet, filed to the client automatically.

05

Point of sale

Retail, aftercare and gift cards ring up next to the session, one ticket.

06

Shop reporting

Revenue per artist, per chair, per month, without pulling three reports.

Start here

30 days free, plus the playbook

Run the whole platform for a month on us. No card to start, no contract, and we'll review your current processing statement while you're in there.

Yours the moment you submit

The Checkout Add-On Playbook

Nine add-ons shops sell at the counter without being pushy, the exact wording that works, and where to place each one in the checkout so it lands. Shops running these average another $18 to $40 per client.

We'll text you the playbook, then take you straight to our calendar to lock in a time. No contract, cancel any time.