How to Host a Tattoo Website After the Download

The search is “host a tattoo website for free.” In Tattoo Studio Pro help, the free part is the portfolio file. The ZIP is $0. Putting that page on portfolio.ink is a hosting bill, unless your subscription already includes hosting.

Prices below were read from help and the website pages in this repo on November 8, 2026. Where a marketing page and a help article disagree, help wins.

The portfolio ZIP is $0

Help’s Portfolio Template is one page. Six sections: hero, about, gallery, aftercare, contact, and footer. Dark and light themes. 10 style presets, 22 heading fonts, and 6 body fonts.

In the Site tab, Download Site gives you the ZIP. If you are not signed in, help says a sign-in prompt appears first. Cloud save needs a free Tattoo Studio Pro account. Until you sign in, the draft stays in that browser.

Help lists what the ZIP holds: index.html, css/style.css, the photos you uploaded, the fonts you picked, the SEO tags, and a favicon. What it leaves out is the admin panel, the download tool, and cloud save.

The gallery and the contact lines you typed are static files. Subscribers can connect their Tattoo Studio Pro portfolio or booking form. If the exported site uses that form or the connected portfolio, those features load live from Tattoo Studio Pro and need an internet connection.

A form on the contact section needs a handler. Help lists FormSubmit, Netlify Forms, and Formspree, and tells you how to configure each one. This pass did not open Formspree’s price card.

portfolio.ink hosting is $10 a month or $100 a year

Publishing to yourstudio.portfolio.ink uses Tattoo Studio Pro hosting. Help prices that plan at $10 a month or $100 a year. A subscriber claims hosting with the subscription. There is nothing extra to pay, and only the studio owner can claim it.

Help’s path on our hosting:

1. Claim the included website, or pay for a hosting plan if you do not subscribe.
2. Click Publish in the Site tab. Or, on the Hosting page, drop a ZIP on the upload area (max 50MB) and click Publish.
3. The address starts as something like yourstudio.portfolio.ink. Change subdomain takes lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.

Help says a ZIP upload goes live within seconds, and that a global update can take a minute. This pass did not time a publish.

A custom domain is optional. Help says you enter the domain, receive two nameserver addresses, and replace the nameservers at the registrar. Propagation typically takes a few minutes and can take up to 48 hours. SSL may take up to 30 minutes after the domain is active. Those times are the help article’s lines.

On that plan, help includes the portfolio.ink subdomain, a custom domain with SSL, a CDN across 275+ cities, email forwarding, DNS records, DDoS protection, and uptime monitoring.

The portfolio product page names Netlify and GitHub Pages as ZIP upload targets. Help’s self-host table also names Cloudflare Pages. Their price cards were not opened for this post.

The setup page says domain registration is typically $10 to $15 a year. That figure is the page’s line, not a registrar audit from this pass.

A paid template is a different ZIP

The Artist template is $99 one-time. The Studio template is $199 one-time. Help lists 7 pages: Home, About, Portfolio, Services, Aftercare, Policies, and Contact. Booking sits outside those seven. Switch on Enable Booking Page and paste an embed. That page does not take a deposit or store a consent form.

You can build before you buy. A subscriber publishes that paid template without a separate license, after claiming the included website. A ZIP of the Artist or Studio template still needs a license. Without a subscription, the license is what lets you publish, and publish still needs hosting at $10 a month or $100 a year.

The free tattoo website template is a third file: $0, 11 HTML pages, a contact form, and no booking page.

If someone else should build the $99 or $199 site, setup is $799 or $999 one-time. The first year of hosting is included, then $100 a year unless your subscription includes hosting. That $100 renewal is the setup contract. It is a different bill from the $10 a month card. The setup page’s description says the site is live in a week. This post did not time a job. One revision round is included, and the page includes 30 days of post-launch support. The split is on DIY or done-for-you.

The portfolio file is on the free tattoo portfolio page. What “own the files” means next to a builder account is on own your tattoo website.

FAQs

Is the portfolio download free to host anywhere?

The template and the ZIP are $0. Hosting on portfolio.ink is $10 a month or $100 a year unless your subscription includes hosting. Other hosts are named as upload targets. This post did not open their price cards.

Does the ZIP include a booking form?

Subscribers can connect their Tattoo Studio Pro booking form. If the exported site uses that form or the connected portfolio, those features load live from Tattoo Studio Pro and need an internet connection. The ZIP leaves out the admin panel, the download tool, and cloud save.

Can I publish without a template license?

A subscriber claims the included website and can publish a paid template without a separate license. A ZIP of the Artist or Studio template still needs a license. The free portfolio ZIP does not use that paid-template license.

What is included with Tattoo Studio Pro hosting?

Help lists a portfolio.ink address, custom domain with SSL, a CDN across 275+ cities, email forwarding, DNS records, DDoS protection, and uptime monitoring. A non-subscriber pays $10 a month or $100 a year.

How long does a custom domain take?

Help says nameserver changes typically take a few minutes and can take up to 48 hours. This post did not time a domain.

Is the 11-page HTML file the same ZIP?

No. That download is $0, 11 pages, a contact form, and no booking page. It is a different product from the portfolio ZIP and from the paid-template license.