Let's talk about money. We hate hidden fees and guessing games just as much as you do, so we keep our pricing completely transparent. The reality is, the cost of your tattoo comes down to three things: how big it is, how detailed it gets, and where it’s going on your body.
Because we host a heavy roster of residents and international guests, we keep our rate structure straightforward to match the technical weight of your project. Here is exactly how the math works at our little shop in the heart of Amsterdam.
Our Core Pricing Structure
We keep it simple: a flat hourly rate for the bigger investments, and a solid shop minimum to cover the basics for quick, smaller pieces.
The Hourly Rate (€175 / hour)
This is our standard rate for custom work, medium-sized pieces, and massive multi-session projects. It reflects decades of combined technical experience and the top-shelf materials we put into your skin. If you’re planning something huge like a full sleeve or a backpiece, your artist will sit down with you during your consult and give you a straight-up estimate of how many hours it’s going to take.
The Shop Minimum (€100)
This is our baseline fee. Even if a design takes five minutes to pull off, it costs us the exact same amount of time and money to break down, scrub, and set up a pristine, medical-grade sterile station. This minimum ensures that every single-use needle, barrier film, and medical-grade sanitizer used on your skin meets strict safety protocols.
What are you actually paying for?
When you book a chair with us, your investment covers the entire pipeline, not just the minutes the machine is actively running. You aren't just paying for the time on the clock, you are paying for the more then two decades of hard-earned experience that give our artists the technical supremacy and creative instincts to execute your piece flawlessly. Our flat hourly rate includes:
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The Twenty-Year Foundation: That "quick, simple" clean line or five-minute adjustment is backed by 20 years of tattooing those exact lines, avoiding mistakes, learning about skin, and technical tattoo expertise.
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The Design Pipeline: All the behind-the-scenes drawing and engineering time spent dialing in your custom design.
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The Brainstorm: Your dedicated one-on-one consultation and design session.
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Anatomical Placement: The precision stencil placement needed to make sure the art fits your body mechanics flawlessly.
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Top-Tier Setup: Premium, single-use sterile gear and high-quality pigments built to heal clean and look sharp for decades.
Key Factors That Determine Your Price
When you drop us an inquiry or walk into our Kinkerstraat shop, we calculate your estimate using four clear variables:
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Size and Scale: Bigger art means more time, more pigment, and more layout prep.
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Technical Complexity: An intricate fine-line geometric pattern or a lifelike portrait demands a much slower, high-precision hand than a bold, simple shape.
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Placement Mechanics: Dynamic spots, like ribs, necks, stomachs, or hands, are tougher to tattoo. They require advanced skin-stretching techniques and serious focus, which can add time to the session.
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Cover-Ups & Blast-Overs: Working over old tattoos or heavy scar tissue completely changes the game. It takes a specialized eye to map out a design that actually hides what's underneath, which usually requires extra design time and strategic color packing.
How to Get an Accurate Estimate
Ready to figure out the budget for your next piece? We have two distinct channels depending on whether you're planning ahead or looking for something today:
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The Online Booking Form (For All Custom Projects): Hit up our Online Booking Form and give us the details. Drop your reference images, approximate dimensions in centimeters, and where you want it. This gives our team everything we need to route your idea to the perfect artist and map out an accurate quote for you.
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Option 2: The WhatsApp Line (Strictly for Last-Minute Openings & Daily Walk-Ins): Looking to get tattooed today or checking if a chair opened up at the last second? Reach out through our official WhatsApp Line. Our shop manager uses this line strictly to handle real-time availability and immediate walk-ins, so we can get you on the schedule fast.