Clover feature · Personal services
A practical walk-through of appointment management on Clover for tattoo shops: what happens, who does what and what to set up first.
✓ Installed by our team and supported by phone. Rates and equipment are quoted to your business.
Merchant Fund Express configures this Clover capability with your devices, menu and team, so it is working from the first shift.
Appointment management lets a tattoo shop book, remind and check out from one calendar.
For a tattoo shop, the detail that matters is this: booth-rent and commission arrangements mean reports by artist are the main requirement.
consults and appointments are reviewed.
deposits are applied and tips taken.
aftercare is sold.
artist totals are reviewed.
In a tattoo shop, an empty slot is revenue that cannot be recovered. A shared calendar and ticket makes that obvious early.
A calendar that lives apart from the register means every visit is entered twice and every no-show is a surprise. When the booking and the ticket are the same record, reports show who is busy, who is booked and where the gaps are.
A Station Duo at the front counter and Flex handhelds at stations so an artist can close out at the chair.
Our team ships hardware configured, then comes on site to place it, connect it, build your items and train your staff. We stay on the line through your first service.
Booking by the clock without buffer time, so one late client pushes the whole afternoon.
It matters more in a tattoo shop because tattoo shops combine consultations, long sessions and walk-ins, with artists who run their own calendars under one roof.
Artists with individual logins; reports by artist are required.
Deposits are non-refundable by policy in many shops; state it in writing.
Tattoo shops run on artists, and most arrangements are commission or booth rent. Clean per-artist reports and a consistent deposit rule make settlement a report instead of an argument, and aftercare products at the end of a session are a small, steady revenue line that is easy to miss without a prompt.
A tattoo studio's calendar is built from consultations, long sessions and touch-ups, each with its own price logic. Separating the consultation fee, the session deposit and the final balance on one client record, and keeping aftercare products on the same ticket, gives artists and the front desk the same picture of what has been paid and what is owed.
As explained by Merchant Fund Express. Updated 2026.
Appointment tools let a booked service open at checkout so the price and provider carry over.
Yes. Deposits can be recorded as partial payments and applied at the visit.
Yes. Attach each sale to the employee or artist and run reports for the period you split.
It helps but is not required. A recent processing statement lets us compare your effective rate to what a Clover setup would look like for your sales mix.
No. Equipment and processing are quoted to your business, because the right number depends on your volume, card mix and how many stations you need. Call (305) 384-8391 for a personal quote.
Employee reports show sales by artist, which supports commission and booth-rent accounting without a spreadsheet at the end of the week.
Deposits are recorded when the appointment is booked and applied at the session, so a no-show has a visible cost and a kept appointment a visible credit.
Call Merchant Fund Express. We install it, train your staff and stay on the line after launch. Ask for a free rate review while you are at it.
