The piercing industry's home base.
Retrieve any consent in seconds, automate every healing follow-up, and never run out of a client's size. Built by piercing studio owners who got tired of paper forms and manual stock counts.
Switching tools? Import your clients via CSV and go live in a day.
You trained for precision and safety - not to spend your evenings tracking jewelry stock, chasing healing check-ins, and digging through paper consent forms. Every missed follow-up and every lost consent form adds up to revenue, reputation, and legal risk you can't afford.
You set aside specific jewelry, sterilized your station, and blocked out the time. Client doesn't show. No deposit, no cancellation, no way to fill that slot. The jewelry goes back to inventory and you sit idle.
The costLost revenue and wasted preparation
Which titanium labrets are running low? Did you sell the last 16g nose ring yesterday or last week? Without real-time tracking, you're either overstocked on slow sellers or turning away clients because you're out of their size.
The costLost sales and wasted inventory spend
Health questionnaires, allergy checks, aftercare acknowledgments - all on paper. Can you produce the signed consent from six months ago if a client has a healing issue? Paper fades, gets lost, and doesn't hold up.
The costUnprotected if there's ever a dispute
Checking IDs by hand, photocopying parental consent forms, filing them in folders. One missed verification and you're facing a legal issue. The paper trail is messy and hard to prove.
The costLegal exposure on every minor piercing
Two-week check-in, one-month photo request, three-month follow-up. Doing this manually for every client means most don't get followed up at all. Healing issues go unnoticed until the client shows up angry.
The costWorse healing outcomes and damaged reputation
Cloud-based tools are useless when the internet goes out. And in a busy studio with thick walls, that happens more than you'd like. You're back to paper and hoping nothing gets lost.
The costYour system fails during peak hours
One flow handles the entire client journey: age verification, consent, piercing, aftercare reminders, and healing follow-up - all linked and auditable. By week one, it's running on autopilot.
The only system that connects age verification, consent, aftercare, and jewelry tracking in one auditable flow. We call it the Piercer Compliance Chain - and no generic tool comes close.
Different appointment lengths for simple lobes vs. complex cartilage work. Automatic buffer time between clients for sterilization and station prep. Deposits on high-value jewelry bookings to protect against no-shows.
Gauge size, jewelry type, material, piercing location, before/after photos, healing notes - all saved to the client's profile. When they come back months later asking 'what size was that nose ring?', you have the answer in seconds.
Digital consent forms with health questionnaires, allergy screening, and ID verification. For minors: parental consent with both IDs stored. Complete audit trail with timestamps and signatures. Meets health department and insurance requirements.
Track every piece by type, gauge, material grade (implant-grade titanium, surgical steel, niobium), and supplier. Automatic deduction on every sale. Low-stock alerts with supplier reorder info so you never turn a client away.
Revenue split between piercing services and jewelry sales. Healing success rates, most popular piercings, busiest hours, and piercer performance - all in real-time dashboards designed for studio owners.
See every piercer's schedule on one screen. Block time for sterilization, prep, and inventory. Drag-and-drop rescheduling with automatic client notifications. Piercers see their own view, the owner sees everything.
Whether you're working a single station or managing a multi-piercer operation, inkStar fits your workflow.
Run your studio from your phone. No receptionist, no front desk, no problem.
One dashboard for your entire operation. Every piercer, every station, every piece of jewelry - visible and accounted for.
Generic booking tools don't track jewelry inventory. Calendar apps don't manage healing timelines or age verification. The features that matter most for piercing studios simply don't exist in one-size-fits-all software.
| Feature | Pen & Paper Filing cabinets & clipboards | Generic Tools Fresha, Calendly, etc. | inkStar Built for piercers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewelry inventory tracking | Manual stock counts | Not supported | Real-time by type, size, material |
| Healing follow-up automation | Memory-based | Not available | Automated day 1 through 3 months |
| Age verification / parental consent | Manual ID checks, paper forms | Not supported | ID scan, parental consent, audit trail |
| Piercing consent forms | Paper, easy to lose | Generic waivers | Piercing-specific with health screening |
| Piercing location records | Written notes | Not supported | Gauge, material, photos per piercing |
| Sterilization buffer scheduling | Estimated manually | Basic buffer times | Auto buffers per piercing type |
| Offline functionality | Works offline, no sync | Cloud-only, useless offline | Full offline with auto-sync |
| Team calendar / multi-piercer | Separate paper books | Basic shared calendar | Shared view with per-piercer filters |
| Pricing transparency | Free but no features | Per-feature add-ons | One price, all features included |
| Deposit collection | Cash only | Basic payment links | Automatic deposits at booking |
| Consent audit retrieval | Minutes to hours searching files | Basic document search | Any consent in seconds, full audit trail |
| Consent legal defensibility | Paper fades, no proof of delivery | Basic e-sign | Timestamped, IP-logged, GDPR-compliant |
| Built for piercing studios | Generic, no piercing features | One-size-fits-all | Every feature designed for piercers |
Hear from piercers and studio owners who made the switch.
“Age verification saved us from a legal nightmare.”
A parent claimed we pierced their 14-year-old without consent. I opened inkStar, pulled up the consent form with both IDs, signatures, and timestamps - took about thirty seconds. Case closed in five minutes. Before digital records, this would have been a disaster with hours of filing cabinet searches. Now every minor piercing has a complete, timestamped audit trail.
“Healing follow-ups went from 'we should do that' to automatic.”
We always meant to follow up on healing, but it never happened consistently - maybe a third of clients got a check-in. Since turning on inkStar's automated aftercare, every single client gets check-ins at two weeks, one month, and three months. We catch issues earlier, our healed results are noticeably better, and clients tell their friends we actually care. Referrals went up since we started.
“I finally know what jewelry is actually selling.”
Before inkStar, I'd order based on gut feeling and end up overstocked on styles nobody wanted while running out of popular sizes. Now I see exactly which gauges and materials move and what's sitting on the shelf. My jewelry spend went down because I stopped overordering, and my sales went up because I stopped turning people away. The inventory tracking alone justified the switch.
Everything you need to know about using inkStar for your piercing studio.
inkStar offers a free trial so you can test every feature with your real studio setup. After the trial, plans start at a flat monthly rate per piercer with no per-feature add-ons - jewelry inventory, healing follow-ups, age verification, and everything else included. Cancel anytime, data always exportable.
Import your client list and jewelry inventory via CSV. Our team helps you configure services, piercing types, sterilization buffers, aftercare intervals, and age policies. Most studios are fully set up within a day.
Yes. Every time you sell jewelry - with a piercing or standalone retail - stock deducts automatically. Set low-stock alerts per item. See real-time levels by type, gauge, material, and supplier. Reorder history is one tap away.
Built-in ID scanning calculates age and flags if requirements aren't met. For minors, the app walks through parental consent with both IDs stored. Complete audit trail with timestamps and signatures. Meets health department requirements.
Fully automated. After each piercing, inkStar sends aftercare instructions immediately, then check-in reminders at two weeks, one month, and three months (customizable). You can request healing photos at each stage to track progress and catch issues early.
Yes - full offline support. View schedules, book piercings, log jewelry sales, access client records, and run consent forms without internet. Everything syncs automatically when you reconnect.
No. Clients use a web browser for booking, consent forms, aftercare instructions, and payment links via email or SMS. Only you and your team use the app.
Yes. Record exact location, gauge size, jewelry type, material, and add before/after photos. When clients return months later asking 'what size was that nose ring?', you have the answer instantly.
Yes. Create a quick appointment on the spot, run through consent on your tablet, and log the piercing in under two minutes. Full tracking even for unscheduled piercings.
Yes. One account manages all locations. Each has its own piercers, schedule, and jewelry inventory, but you get unified reporting and can share client data across locations.
Yes. Scheduling, online booking, jewelry inventory, consent forms, age verification, healing follow-ups, payments, client records, team calendars, commission tracking, and offline mode - all included. No hidden modules, no per-feature pricing. One flat rate per piercer.
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