Founding artist applications — Australia
Your craft deserves
better than a link in bio.
Inkframe is a platform built specifically for professional tattoo artists — handling bookings, client intake, deposits, and discovery so you can spend your time doing what you're actually good at.
30 artists. Free for 12 months. Across Australia.
You're running a business on an app built to sell advertising.
New clients find you through Instagram. They book you through Instagram DMs. They ghost you through Instagram DMs. You spend hours creating content to stay visible in an algorithm that changes without warning — and if your account disappeared tomorrow, so would your livelihood.
This isn't a workflow. It's a workaround. Inkframe is built to give you something that's actually yours — a professional platform for your craft, not a borrowed corner of someone else's.
One platform.
Your entire business.
01
Smart booking flow
Clients submit structured requests — style, placement, size, reference images — before you see a name. No more back-and-forth asking basic questions. Every enquiry arrives complete.
02
Deposit collection
Once you've agreed on a time, clients pay their holding deposit through the platform. Secured by Stripe, deducted from their final price. Ghost bookings stop.
03
Searchable portfolio
Every piece you upload is tagged by style, placement, and size — creating a searchable index that clients can actually browse. The kind of discovery Instagram will never offer.
04
Flash drops
List available flash designs with pricing and placement. Clients book directly, instantly. Fill gaps in your schedule without opening your DMs.
05
Waitlist and notifications
When you're fully booked, clients join your waitlist. When a slot opens, they're notified automatically. No spreadsheets, no manual follow-up.
06
Healed photo verification
Past clients upload verified healed photos of their work. The only quality signal Instagram can't fake — and the one that matters most to serious clients.
We're inviting thirty artists
to build this with us.
We're not launching to everyone at once. We're starting with a small, carefully chosen group of artists across Australia — people whose work we respect and whose honest feedback will shape the platform from the ground up.
In return for your time and candour, founding artists get free Pro access for twelve months and a permanent founding member badge on their profile.
Apply for founding access
Applications reviewed individually. We'll be in touch within the week.
Application received
We'll review it carefully and be in touch
within the week. Thank you.
It's an advertising platform that tolerates artists as content creators. Every algorithm change, every API restriction, every account suspension is a reminder that your business sits on borrowed ground.
Generic booking platforms treat tattooing like a haircut. Community platforms confuse a professional portfolio with a social network. Nothing was built with a tattoo artist's actual workflow in mind.
The Australian tattoo industry is growing. Artists are more professional than ever. Clients are more discerning. The market is ready for a platform that takes both seriously.
Inkframe is being designed in direct conversation with working artists before a single line of production code is written. The founding cohort isn't a beta test — it's the foundation.