Simple payment flow and fees

Artists can create appointments, send a deposit pay-now link, and show clients clear totals before payment. Every applicable fee is displayed before the client authorizes payment.

1. Platform pricing

$0 monthly for artists

No subscription required to start booking and taking deposits.

2. Booking fees

$10 booking fee

InkSchedule applies a $10 booking fee on appointment payments.

3. Online checkout

3% InkSchedule online service fee

Card payments processed through InkSchedule, including online checkout and Tap to Pay, include a 3% online service fee for payment facilitation, receipts, client support, and appointment management. The fee is calculated on the card-payment subtotal, including the appointment payment, any tip, and the booking fee in that transaction.

Paying cash in person

The $10 booking fee still applies to the appointment. An in-person cash payment does not use InkSchedule online checkout, so the additional 3% InkSchedule online service fee does not apply.

Deposit payment links

During appointment creation, artists can enable Send deposit email now. When enabled, the client receives a secure link to pay the deposit immediately.

If disabled, the appointment is still created, but the client does not receive an automatic deposit payment email.

Why I set it up this way

I set it up this way because I want payment tracking to be clean and fee logic to be clear up front. I do not want artists spending mental energy on booking-fee math or online-service-fee edge cases.

Artists should focus on art. The fee logic is for some coding guy to figure out (that is me).