Stop running your business on Instagram DMs and spreadsheets.
pencild is the professional system that brings your clients, bookings, messages, and calendar into one place. Built specifically for tattoo artists.
14-day free trial. Add a card to extend to 30 days.
Sound familiar?
You're a professional artist running your business on amateur tools
Your inquiries live in Instagram DMs. Your bookings are in a spreadsheet. Your calendar is somewhere else entirely. And every day, something slips through the cracks.
- Messages get buried.
- Client inquiries disappear in a flood of Instagram DMs and emails across multiple apps.
- Bookings fall through.
- Without a proper system, appointments get missed, deposits go uncollected, and clients lose trust.
- You look unprofessional.
- Delayed responses, forgotten details, and messy scheduling undermine the quality of your art.
- You waste hours on admin.
- Copy-pasting between apps, chasing deposits, and manually updating calendars eats into your creative time.
The upgrade
One professional system for your entire business
pencild replaces the patchwork of apps and workarounds with a single system designed for how tattoo artists actually work.
- One inbox for everything.
- Instagram DMs and email together in one place. No more switching between apps to find a conversation.
- Bookings that work.
- Accept requests, collect deposits, and send confirmations. You approve, pencild handles the rest.
- Client profiles with history.
- Every client has a complete record: conversations, projects, appointments, and notes all in one profile.
- Automatic reminders.
- Booking confirmations, day-before reminders, and aftercare follow-ups send themselves.
- Calendar and scheduling.
- Keep your availability, bookings, and appointments in sync. See your week at a glance.
- Your data is yours.
- Encrypted with your own key, portable wherever you work. Your client relationships belong to you.
Your toolkit
Unified communications
See Instagram messages and emails together in one inbox. Never miss a client inquiry again, and keep every conversation in context.
- All channels, one view
- Instagram DMs and email side by side, no more app-switching.
- Full conversation history
- Every message tied to the client, so you always have context.
Calendar and appointments
Keep your bookings, availability, and schedule in one place. Appointments trigger automatic reminders and follow-ups.
- Visual scheduling
- A clear calendar view of all your appointments and availability.
- Automatic communication
- Reminders and follow-ups send based on your appointments.
Client profiles
Every client has a complete profile with their conversation history, projects, appointments, and preferences. Know exactly where you left off.
- Complete client history
- Messages, projects, and appointments all tied to one profile.
- Notes and preferences
- Record important details so nothing gets forgotten between sessions.
Projects and tasks
Track tattoo work from initial consultation through completion. Tasks link to clients, projects, and appointments so nothing gets forgotten.
- End-to-end tracking
- Follow each project from inquiry to healed tattoo.
- Tasks that stay connected
- Create tasks linked to specific clients or projects. See due dates on your dashboard.
Booking and deposits
Accept booking requests, collect deposits, and send confirmations without the back-and-forth. You approve, pencild handles the logistics.
- Deposit collection
- Secure deposits automatically when clients confirm their booking.
- Clear confirmations
- Clients get professional booking confirmations with all the details.
Notes and files
Store reference images, consent forms, and important notes securely. Everything attached to the right client and project, easy to find when you need it.
- Pinned notes
- Keep important information front and centre on any client or project.
- Secure file storage
- Reference images, consent forms, and documents stored safely.
For studios
Give your artists professional tools
Studios provide the space. pencild helps you provide the infrastructure too. Give your artists a professional system for managing clients and bookings, with shared visibility into schedules and activity.
- Shared calendar visibility.
- See your artists' schedules and bookings at a glance without managing their clients.
- Sponsored artist seats.
- Provide pencild accounts to your resident artists as part of your studio offering.
- Artists stay independent.
- Artists own their client data. Studios gain coordination without taking control.
Ready to run your business like a professional?
Join tattoo artists who have upgraded from scattered tools to one professional system.
14-day free trial. Add a card to extend to 30 days.