SKIN DEEP MAGAZINE • 11There's a new digital interface called Pencil Me Ink
on the market aimed at taking tattoo booking out of
the big slab of a desk diary and onto the smartphone.
The big question for us (and therefore, from tattoo-
ers all over the country) is what makes it work bet-
ter for a studio than the tried and trusted paper and a
pen? What better way to find out other than by quiz-
zing them:
"One of the many bonuses is that you can take Pencil Me Ink
absolutely anywhere with you, wherever you go, so you are
always in-tune with your customers needs and the studio!
"We’re helping tattoo artists keep up with the times, giv-
ing them what they need at their fingertips, and making the
studio life easier; allowing tattooists to get on with what
they love—tattooing.
"Pencil Me Ink works for the entire studio so you have 1
system and not 5 diaries, giving an over view of the shop in
an easy to work app.
"We’ve spent months with various studios, making sure
we’re building a system that works perfectly for them, and
the artists themselves.
"One of my favourite features of Pencil Me Ink is our
Quick Book Links, built for cancellations or filling up the
last few hours of a day with minimal effort from the artist.
"Select a date and time. Set a price. Share the link provid-
ed. That’s it! A client goes to the link and the appointment
is there’s.
"You can also manage payments, take deposits, store on-
line consent forms and photos, print stencils, sell flash de-
signs and so much more!
"The studios already using the system wish they had it
years ago and we are now adding features based on their
feedback, including a messenger where clients can contact
the studio direct into the system, and talk through their
needs prior to the appointment.
"We inspire to become the one stop shop for tattoo stu-
dios, where we do everything except the actual tattooing!"
Having started with a quite a challenging question—
that Quick Booking system looks pretty priceless ac-
tually as does the Payments section where customers
can utilise Paypal for deposits. Have tattooers and
their studio staff had a hand in it along the way?
"Yes! My partner is a tattoo artist at Chameleon Tattoo Stu-
dio in Needham Market, Suffolk, and she’s been involved
since the very beginning, knowing what would make her day
as easy and seamless as possible, and using the app from the
early stages to make it a system she now can’t do without!
"It’s been invaluable to have so many tattooists and stu-
dios on hand, working to make this system deliver exactly
what every tattoo studio needs.
"We want to continue to build a system that studios feel
is created specifically for them, so we're going to add a sec-
tion where artists and shop administrators can propose new
features and other users can vote for it. If the feature gets
enough votes, we’ll add it in."How far away are you with the phone app?
"It will be available on the Apple and Android app stores
within the next month. Pencil Me Ink works on all phones
now by signing in from our website, pencilmeink.com, how-
ever the app will be vital in making it a much sleeker and
cleaner system to use. "Intrigued? Everything else you need to know is right here:
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