Welcome to inkStar
Welcome to the inkStar documentation. inkStar is a comprehensive studio management platform designed specifically for tattoo and piercing studios.
This documentation covers everything you need to get started, manage your day-to-day operations, and make the most of every feature.
What is inkStar?
Section titled “What is inkStar?”inkStar helps studio owners and artists manage every aspect of their business in one place:
- Appointments & Calendar — Book sessions, manage availability, handle reschedules and cancellations
- Customer Management — Track clients, consent, communication preferences, and history
- Contracts & Signatures — Create templates, send digital contracts, collect legally binding e-signatures
- Payments — Record payments, send payment links, manage deposits, integrate with Mollie
- Employees — Manage schedules, overrides, guest artists, and team hierarchy
- Reports — Revenue dashboards, appointment analytics, employee performance tracking
- And more — Services catalog, notification templates, role-based permissions, multi-company support
How to use these docs
Section titled “How to use these docs”- Getting Started — Set up your account, run the first setup wizard, and learn the basics
- Calendar — Navigate your studio’s calendar and create appointments visually
- Appointments — Deep dive into every appointment feature and workflow
- Customers — Manage your client base, consent, strikes, and communication
- Contracts — Build templates, send contracts, collect digital signatures
- Payments — Record payments, send links, manage deposits and tips
- Employees — Schedule management, guest artists, and team structure
- Services — Define your service catalog with pricing and duration
- Notifications — Configure customer notifications and staff alert preferences
- Reports — Build custom dashboards and track studio performance
- Company Setup — Configure company details, numbering sequences, and subscription
- Users & Permissions — Invite team members, define roles, manage multi-company access
- Integrations — Connect payment providers like Mollie
- API Reference — Technical documentation for developers
- Troubleshooting — Solutions to common issues