Business type solution
Tattoo & Piercing
For tattoo studios and piercing shops, the hard part is coordinating artists, stations, deposits, walk-ins, touch-ups, and follow-up care without pulling the team away from clients. Square brings bookings, payments, customer profiles, and shop operations into one connected workflow.
Built for your day-to-day
Build an online booking site for consultations and appointments, assign artists or stations, set cancellation and no-show rules, and collect deposits when appropriate. At checkout, accept contactless, chip, wallets, cards on file, or Afterpay. Use a handheld device at the artist’s station, a countertop terminal at reception, and inventory tools for aftercare products and merchandise. Square also supports marketing, team permissions, payroll, and chair-rental organization for qualifying appointment workflows.
Key capabilities
Use color-coded calendars, artist assignments, station or chair resources, online booking, reminders, waitlists, deposits, and cancellation/no-show rules to protect scarce appointment time.
Square supports tap, chip, card on file, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Cash App Pay, and Afterpay. A phone can accept contactless payments with Tap to Pay, while Square Handheld or Square Terminal can handle checkout at the station or front desk.
Create client profiles and an online booking site, add Book Now links to Instagram, Facebook, or Google, and use Square Go for discovery and rebooking when online booking is enabled. Square Go is free, available across the U.S., and explicitly lists tattoo and piercing parlors as eligible businesses; it does not currently take payments.
Use the item library and inventory tools to track aftercare products, jewelry, apparel, and other retail items, then connect online and in-person selling. Square’s tattoo-and-piercing page specifically positions inventory management and a customizable eCommerce site for aftercare and merchandise sales.
Manage multiple calendars, role-based permissions, shifts, attendance, commissions or tips, and payroll-related workflows from the same Square ecosystem. For studios with chair leases, Square says Appointments can organize chair availability and collect or manage rent.
Explore the details
Use Square Appointments for consultation and service calendars, artist availability, client intake timing, deposits, reminders, and rebooking. Use Square Point of Sale for service charges and retail aftercare. Keep a Square Handheld with an artist or at a mobile station, and use Square Terminal or Square Stand at reception. If the studio leases chairs, confirm the exact chair-rental workflow and local operating requirements before relying on it.
Square Free has no monthly subscription cost and charges when a payment is taken. Square Plus and Square Premium add appointment, team, marketing, reporting, and other advanced capabilities; the official U.S. pages state that each offers a 30-day trial, but the current fetched plan comparison did not expose their monthly dollar amounts. Square Pro is custom-priced for businesses processing over $250,000 per year. Standard published U.S. payment rates shown on Square’s fees page are 2.6% + 15¢ for in-person tap/dip/swipe on the base column, 3.3% + 30¢ online, 3.5% + 15¢ manual entry or card on file, 6% + 30¢ Afterpay, and 1.5% for Instant Transfers; the selected subscription can change processing rates. Square Go is discovery/rebooking only and does not yet accept payments. Verify plan pricing, account approval, local licensing, and any regulated age or consent procedures before launch.
Square Handheld is $399 or $37/month for 12 months and supports Square Point of Sale, beauty workflows, a built-in scanner and camera, Wi-Fi, and offline payments subject to terms. Square Terminal is $299 or $27/month for 12 months, includes a receipt printer, and supports Wi-Fi or Ethernet; its optional Hub is needed for Ethernet and accessories such as a cash drawer or barcode scanner. Square Stand is $149 or $14/month for 12 months, requires a compatible USB-C iPad, and supports Appointments plus Square Point of Sale. Square Reader for contactless and chip is $59, connects by Bluetooth to compatible iOS or Android devices, and is useful for mobile checkout. Offline payments must reconnect within 24 hours and leave the seller responsible for expired, declined, or disputed payments.
Keep exploring
Hardware
Square Handheld puts a complete Square checkout in a staff member’s hand instead of tying every sale to a counter.
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Hardware
Square Terminal gives a bakery counter, coffee bar, food truck, salon desk, or service checkout one compact device for taking tap, chip, and magstripe payments.
Explore Square Terminal
Hardware
Square Stand turns a compatible USB-C iPad into a tidy countertop POS with built-in contactless and chip payments.
Explore Square StandHardware
Square Reader for contactless and chip (2nd generation) gives mobile operators and small counters a compact way to accept EMV chip cards, contactless cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, and Afterpay through a compatible phone or tablet.
Explore Square Reader for contactless and chipHardware
Square’s U.S. printer lineup covers the handoff points that keep a busy operation moving: customer receipts at the counter, heat-tolerant kitchen tickets, liner-free labels for takeout, barcode labels for retail stock, and compact mobile receipts away from the register.
Explore Accessories — PrintersHardware
Square cash drawers give a bakery, café, shop, or service counter a secure place for bills and coins while keeping cash transactions tied to the point of sale.
Explore Accessories — Cash DrawersHardware
Square’s U.S. stands, docks, and mounting accessories turn a payment device into a checkout station that fits the way a business actually works.
Explore Accessories — Stands, Docks, and MountingHardware
Square’s U.S. accessories catalog currently includes three cases for mobile and tablet-based selling: a Belkin SheerForce case for Square Handheld at $39, plus $79 cases that pair a Square Reader for contactless and chip with compatible iPad mini or iPad models.
Explore Accessories — CasesPlan details
U.S. Square Free has no monthly subscription cost; Plus and Premium provide advanced appointment and business features with 30-day trials, but the current official comparison page did not expose their monthly dollar amounts. Square Pro is custom pricing for eligible businesses processing over $250,000 annually. Hardware and fee figures below are official U.S. published values retrieved October 27, 2026.
Base published U.S. rate shown on Square’s fees page; subscription plans may offer lower rates.
Base published U.S. rate shown on Square’s fees page.
Applies when the card number is manually entered or a saved card is used.
Per Afterpay transaction; Square says customers pay in four installments while the seller is paid immediately.
Square’s published base-column rate; plan column can add a $10 fee cap.
Per transfer; Square’s reader page says minimum $25 and maximum $10,000 in one transfer, with possible new-seller limits.
No Square processing fee shown for cash or check.
This record uses only official Square U.S. English pages and was verified on 2026-10-27.
Monthly dollar prices for Square Plus and Square Premium were not exposed in the current official U.S. plan comparison retrieved, so monthlyUSD is null and no plan price is inferred.
Hardware installment offers are subject to credit approval, APR and state availability; Square’s hardware pages exclude AL, DE, MO, MS, NH, and TN for the cited credit-sale plans.
Hardware prices are purchase prices unless explicitly described as an installment amount; taxes and fees may apply.
Offline payments have a 24-hour reconnection requirement and seller liability for expired, declined, or disputed payments.
Square Go’s cited 38% rebooking and 21% no-show figures are Square’s own reported comparison and are not a guarantee.
Afterpay availability, card-on-file use, deposits, no-show fees, tipping, chair rental, and marketing features may depend on account configuration, plan, eligibility, and applicable laws.
No claim is made that Square replaces tattoo/piercing consent, sanitation, health, age-verification, or local licensing procedures.
Questions
Yes. Square’s U.S. industry page expressly targets tattoo and piercing shops and describes scheduling for walk-ins, touch-ups, and custom pieces, with artist and station assignments, reminders, payments, client management, inventory, and team operations.
Yes, if the business is a beauty or personal-care business with Square Appointments online booking enabled. Square lists tattoo and piercing parlors as eligible, says Square Go is free and available across the U.S., and says it syncs bookings with Appointments. Square Go currently does not accept payments.
Square Free has no monthly subscription cost, and Square says hardware is not required. A business can use Tap to Pay on a supported iPhone or Android device, invoicing, payment links, or Virtual Terminal. If a reader is preferred, Square Reader for contactless and chip is published at $59 before applicable taxes or fees.
Information as of 2026-10-27. Product details date: 2026-10-27.
Some availability details may be limited; confirm current qualifications directly with the official source.
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