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Tattoo Price Increase Calculator

Enter your prices, the sessions you tattoo and book, and how far ahead you're full. See what the increase adds, how much room it gives you, and whether now is a good time to try.

Per session or per day, whichever you charge by.

We recommend raising 10-15% at a time.

New sessions that get confirmed, usually with a deposit.

Until the first free day you could give a new client.

Leave it empty if you pay rent or have your own space.

Anything you pay for each session that doesn't change with the price.

If every session stays

Fill in both prices and your sessions, and your result appears here.

How to Calculate a Tattoo Price Increase

For each session, the calculator takes what you actually keep: the price, less the studio's share, less the supplies and fees that come with every session. It compares that at your current price and at the new one, across the sessions you do in a month. The difference is what the new price adds if every session stays.

It then works out how many sessions at the new price would earn exactly what all of today's sessions earn. The gap between the two is your room.

When to Raise Your Tattoo Prices

Two numbers decide it. How far ahead your calendar is full, and whether you book at least as many sessions a month as you tattoo. Under a month ahead, fill the calendar first. About a month ahead, a raise is possible but carries some risk. Two months ahead is a good time to try, and three months or more is a no-brainer - as long as you check your bookings and inquiries every week after the change. If you book fewer sessions than you tattoo, the calendar is getting shorter, and a higher price could speed that up, so move carefully or fix the booking side first.

Room, Not a Forecast

The room is not a prediction that clients will leave. It's the margin a new price gives you, so a quieter month or a client who walks over price doesn't take you below where you are today.

Raising Prices Without Losing the Clients You Want

How you raise matters as much as how much. We recommend 10-15% per increase. Steps beat jumps, a heads-up beats a surprise, and existing clients often keep their old price while new inquiries pay the new one. We cover the whole approach in how to raise your tattoo prices without losing clients, and why a discount does the opposite in why discounting kills your tattoo business.

Common Questions About Raising Tattoo Prices

How much should I raise my tattoo prices?

We recommend 10-15% per increase. A step in that range is easy to say with confidence, and once the calendar shows it held, you can take the next one. The calculator flags any step above 15% and shows what a 15% step would be.

When is a good time to raise tattoo prices?

When your calendar is full well ahead and you book at least as many sessions as you tattoo. In our experience, a month ahead makes a raise possible but risky, two months ahead is a good time to try, and three months or more is a no-brainer - as long as you keep checking your bookings and inquiries every week after the change.

Will I lose clients if I raise my prices?

Possibly some, and the ones who leave over price are rarely the ones you want more of. The calculator shows how many sessions you could lose and still earn what you earn today. That is room, not a forecast.

Should I raise prices for existing clients too?

Most of the artists we work with keep the old price for existing clients and apply the new one to new inquiries, which protects the relationships that built the business. Either way, give people a fair heads-up before a new rate applies to them.

Does the studio percentage change the result?

It changes the money, not the room. A percentage takes the same share of the old price and the new one, so it shrinks both. Supplies and per-session fees are what make the difference, because they stay the same when the price goes up.

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