A short guide

What to ask on a tattoo booking form

Whichever template you start from, the same few rules make a form people finish and answers you can quote from. For worked examples of placement, size, reference, budget and availability questions, read questions to start with.

  1. 01

    Ask what you need to quote

    Placement, size, style and references decide the price and the time. Anything else can wait for the message thread once the request is in.

  2. 02

    Make very little required

    Every required question is one more reason to close the tab. Require what you cannot quote without, and leave the rest optional.

  3. 03

    Order it like a conversation

    Who they are, what they want, how big and where, then dates, then references. People give up when a form opens with homework.

  4. 04

    Say what happens next

    Sending a form is a request, not a booking. Tell clients you will review it and reply with a quote and dates, so nobody turns up thinking they are booked in.

  5. 05

    Use a different form for a different job

    A flash client, a cover-up and a convention walk-up need different questions. One form for everything asks each of them the wrong things.

Build your booking form in Maelo

Start from any of these, reword every question, and share one link. Requests arrive in one inbox with the photos attached, ready for you to quote.