Websites & Portfolios
What a tattoo website needs, and which bills to skip
Tattoo website needs: seven named template pages, a separate booking switch, a $99 or $199 license, and hosting that a subscriber does not buy again.
A tattoo website needs the work, a way to book, and the hours. On November 8, 2026 this post read the website help and the website pages in this repo. WordPress, Calendly, Etsy, and agency quotes were not opened. Their prices are not here.
The pages with a name
Help lists 7 pages on the paid templates: Home, About, Portfolio, Services, Aftercare, Policies, and Contact. Booking is a separate switch. You turn on a booking page and paste an embed, or a subscriber can use the Tattoo Studio Pro booking form. That page is not an eighth name on the list of 7.
The free portfolio is one page. Help gives it six sections: hero, about, gallery, aftercare, contact, and a footer. The free HTML template is a different file: $0, 11 pages, a contact form, and no booking page. You edit those files.
The bills we could price
| File or plan | Price | What the source says |
|---|---|---|
| Free portfolio ZIP | $0 | One page you can host yourself |
| Free HTML template | $0 | 11 pages, a contact form, no booking page |
| Artist template | $99 one-time | License to publish or download |
| Studio template | $199 one-time | Same editor, with a team page |
| Hosting, no subscription | $10 a month or $100 a year | portfolio.ink, or your own domain |
| Done-for-you, artist | $799 one-time | Template plus the first year of hosting |
| Done-for-you, studio | $999 one-time | Studio template, same hosting line |
A license is what lets you publish and download a template you bought. You can edit before you buy. Signed-in edits stay in the account. Close the browser while signed out and that draft is gone. Publishing still needs a hosting plan. Download as ZIP still needs a license even when a subscription lets you publish without buying one. Subscribers claim the included site from the account portal. Only the owner can claim it.
The free portfolio ZIP is a different file. Typed text and the photos you uploaded are in it. Help lists index.html, the stylesheet, those photos, the fonts, the SEO tags, and a favicon. It leaves out the admin panel, the download and export tools, and cloud save. If you connect a Tattoo Studio Pro portfolio or booking form, those parts load live and need an internet connection. Help does not say the ZIP strips that booking form. Putting the page on portfolio.ink is the $10 a month or $100 a year host, unless the subscription already includes hosting.
Two hosting bills, not one
A subscriber does not buy the $10 card. The account hosting page says the site stays live while the subscription is active. If the subscription ends, the site goes offline. Resubscribe and the content is intact.
The paid hosting plan is the other bill. Help prices it at $10 a month or $100 a year. Past due: the site stays live while Stripe retries. Grace period after a cancel: the site stays live until the deadline on the page, and new publishes are off. Suspended: the site is offline until the card is fixed. That card is not the done-for-you renewal.
Done-for-you setup is $799 or $999 one-time on the template setup page. You send the words and the photos. The first year of hosting is included. After that the setup contract is $100 a year unless you subscribe, in which case hosting is included. One revision round is included. The page includes 30 days of post-launch support. The description says live in a week. A later step says typically 2 to 3 business days. This post did not time a job. If you already bought the $99 or $199 template, that page credits the purchase toward setup.
Some marketing pages still say a template purchase includes 3 months of free hosting. Help does not say that, so this post leaves it out. The longer price split is on DIY or done-for-you and tattoo website cost.
What to skip
Skip a second host if you already subscribe. The included site is the one you claim.
Skip a custom booking build when the template already has a booking page. This post did not price Calendly, Acuity, or a freelancer’s booking add-on.
A blog is not one of the 7 pages. Neither is a merch cart. If you want either, that is a separate project, and this post has no price for it.
FAQs
What does a tattoo website need on the page list?
Help names 7 pages: Home, About, Portfolio, Services, Aftercare, Policies, and Contact. Booking is a switch you turn on, not an extra name on that list. The free portfolio is one page. The free HTML file is 11 pages with a contact form and no booking page.
Is the $99 template the same bill as hosting?
No. The artist template is $99 one-time and the studio template is $199 one-time. Hosting, if you do not subscribe, is $10 a month or $100 a year. A subscriber claims hosting and does not buy that card.
Does canceling take the files?
A ZIP you already downloaded is a file you have. The paid-template ZIP needs a license. A subscriber can publish without that license, and the ZIP still needs one. If the subscription ends, the hosted site goes offline and comes back with the content intact when you resubscribe.
What is left out of the free portfolio ZIP?
The admin panel, the download and export tools, and cloud save. The page you typed is in the file. A connected Tattoo Studio Pro portfolio or booking form loads live and needs an internet connection.
What does done-for-you include after the first year?
$799 or $999 one-time, then $100 a year unless your subscription includes hosting. One revision. 30 days of post-launch support. The page says live in a week, and also says typically 2 to 3 business days. This post did not time a job. An earlier template purchase is credited on that page.
Where are the WordPress and agency prices?
Not in this post. Those pages were not opened on November 8, 2026. The prices above are the ones in help and on the website pages in this repo.