Track Artist Commissions in Tattoo Studio Pro

A spreadsheet breaks the week someone is out, or the week a rate changes halfway through a sale. Tattoo Studio Pro saves the rate on the sale when you check out. Later edits do not rewrite that sale.

This page follows the commissions help article. It reports what each person is owed. It does not pay them. Your studio still decides how and when money moves.

What you can set

Only managers see the commission fields. They live on the Payment tab of a team member’s profile.

One rate. A single percentage on every service, however the client paid. Leave it blank and the artist keeps the full ticket.

Cash and card. Some shops pay a lower percentage on card sales. You mark each payment method as cash or card under Settings, Payments. Stripe payment links and the Stripe card reader start as card. Other methods, including Other Processor, start as cash. You can change any of them. The card rate applies to the full sale. The app does not subtract the processing fee first.

Products. Product commission is set on the product, not on the person. Jewelry can pay a percentage and t-shirts can pay none. At checkout, the product line needs an artist or it earns nothing. If the sale has one service artist, that name is filled in and you can clear it.

A sliding scale. The rate rises as the artist sells more in a pay period. You need a pay frequency first (weekly, biweekly, or monthly). Biweekly also needs a pay period start date. You can use 2 to 6 bands. Two methods:

Whole period re-rates every sale in the period once a band is crossed.
Marginal pays the higher rate only on the dollars above the threshold.

An artist is on a sliding scale or on cash and card rates, not both. Product commission can sit beside either. Tips never enter the bands. They go to the artist in full. Services count. A product counts only when that product has a commission set, and it keeps the product’s own percentage. A deposit counts once it is applied at checkout, not while it is still credit on a profile.

With whole period, one more sale can move the whole period into a higher band. Help labels those figures “Provisional until the period ends.”

Who can see the numbers

My earnings is on the team member’s own profile. It shows sales, commission, tips, and payout for a date range, and salary if one is set. On the web you can pick today, this week, this month, pay period, or a custom range. Pay period appears when that person has a pay frequency. A sliding-scale artist also sees the current band and how far the next one is.

The studio owner sees the same numbers as Earnings on any team member’s profile. Other managers do not. A session on the shared team PIN does not show earnings. The person has to sign in with their own PIN.

Managers use Reports, in the Commissions and Payouts views. Artists are not pointed at that screen. Payouts adds tips and salary on top of commission. If anyone is on a sliding scale, those reports use the full pay period to find the band, even when you are looking at a few days. When the scale is available on the account, the CSV adds Pay Period, Rate Method, and Commission %.

Limits that change the math

Each sale keeps the rate it had at checkout. A new rate applies from the day you set it. Sales recorded before November 4, 2026 do not have a saved rate. Those use the artist’s current rate.

Turning a sliding scale on, or changing the bands, applies to the whole current pay period, including sales already made. Turning it off waits until the next pay period.

Solo is $29/month or $239/year for 1 team member, and every feature is on every plan. Yearly billing costs less than paying monthly. Other team sizes are on the pricing page.

Commission sits next to booking and consent forms. A sale still needs an artist on the line or the commission does not land.

FAQ

Does this pay the artists?

No. It reports what is owed. Payroll, direct deposit, and 1099s are not part of this help article.

Can an artist see everyone else’s commission?

No. My earnings is their own profile. The studio owner can open Earnings on other profiles. Other managers cannot. The shared team PIN hides the numbers.

Can one artist have a card rate and a sliding scale?

Not together. Pick one. Product commission can run alongside either.

Why did earlier sales in the week jump?

They are probably on a whole-period scale and crossed a band. Every sale in that pay period moves to the higher rate. Marginal only lifts the dollars above the threshold.

Why didn’t old sales pick up a new rate?

Checkout saves the rate on the line. Sales from before November 4, 2026 have no saved rate, so those use the current one.

What does the subscription cost?

Solo is $29/month or $239/year. Yearly billing costs less than paying monthly. See the pricing page for other team sizes.