Why Do Tattoo Artists Take Deposits?

Tattoo artists typically take deposits for appointments to ensure that the client is serious about getting tattooed and will be more likely to show up on time. Additionally, deposits help compensate the artist for their time and effort in preparing for the appointment, such as designing the tattoo, preparing the equipment and reserving the available time slot. Deposits are also in place to help protect the artists income in the event of a last minute cancellation or no show, by taking deposits the artist can offset some of the financial loss that may occur in due to missed appointments or late cancellations.

Taking deposits is standard practice in the tattoo industry and benefits both artists and the client by ensuring a commitment to the appointment.

Our Policy
If you have booked with any of our artists before you will of been sent out our booking terms prior to making an appointment.
At The Barracks Tattoo Studio all deposits are non-refundable, we ask that you give us 72 hours notice if you are unable to make your appointment in which case we will gladly re-arrange your appointment we can do this only once.

We are an appointment only studio meaning we rely on bookings alone, we believe that the 72hours notice to be a reasonable amount of time for us to potentially re-book an appointment at short notice.