About
Built by an operator, not a fund.
InkDesk is software for Indian tattoo studios. One person sits behind it, answers your emails, and ships what you ask for.
Who
Ambuj Raj
Senior engineer who's spent the last decade building software for businesses that hold real money in real markets. Watched friends in the tattoo trade lose ₹15-30K/month to ghost clients because their booking lived in DMs and their payments lived in screenshots.
InkDesk is the tool I wish they had. Built operator-first: the dashboard is the unit of value, the IG bot is the wedge, deposits are the lock.
What we believe
Trust is the product.
No dark patterns.
No fake urgency. No hidden auto-renewals. No 'free' that isn't free. If we charge, the price is on the page; if we change it, you get notice.
No money custody.
Client deposits go to your own merchant account, not ours. We are not a Payment Aggregator. The contract for the tattoo is between you and your client; we are not a party.
No data lock-in.
Your bookings, your clients, your invoices — yours. Export to CSV any day. If we shut down, you get 90 days notice and a full export.
Reply to me directly.
Every email you send InkDesk lands in my inbox. No support queue. No chatbot. If a feature is broken or missing, I want to know within the hour.
Indian by design.
Built for Indian SMB workflows. UPI-first. WhatsApp-first. GST-aware. Priced in INR, fairly.
How we make money
Transparent.
01
Subscription
₹999 / ₹2,499 / ₹9,999 per month per studio (also annual at 10× = 2 months free). One price, all features in your tier. No surprise add-ons.
02
Transaction fee (v2)
When auto-collect deposits ships, we add 1% on top of the payment-gateway fee. Disclosed before you opt in. Manual deposit tracking stays free forever.
03
Founder deal (limited)
The first 50 studios pay ₹999 once for lifetime access. Skip every future price increase. After 50 seats, the deal closes.
We do not sell data. We do not run ads. We do not take a kickback from the studios on your client's deposit. Subscription + (eventual) 1% on auto-collected deposits. That's it.
Stage
Early. Honest about it.
InkDesk is in early access. The dashboard, bookings, public booking link, GST-ready invoice scaffolding, and email notifications all work today. Instagram + WhatsApp auto-replies and Razorpay-collected deposits are the next two big chunks.
You are using software written by one person. Bugs will happen. When they do, email me and I'll fix it that day.