# Instagram Automation for Tattoo Artists & Studios > Collect placement, size and the idea inside the DM, send your consult form, fill flash days and hand every quote to the artist. Free to start, $9/mo Pro. Built for tattoo artists & studios # "How much for this?" Get the details first. Quote when you're ready. "How much for a forearm piece?" "Are you doing flash this weekend?" "When do your books open?" Most booking DMs arrive without what you need to quote. Reachlee asks for placement, size and the idea inside the DM, sends your consult form, and passes the request to you with everything in one place. It never quotes a price or takes a deposit. You do. Updated October 2026 · Human-verified [Start free ](/app/?src=seo&page=for%2Ftattoo-artists) For tattoo artists, studios, guest spots and piercers · Instagram and Facebook Pages · official Meta API 1Someone comments or DMs BOOK and Reachlee asks three quick questions (placement, size, the idea), saves the answers, and sends your consult form or booking link. 2Flash-day and books-open posts send the sign-up link to everyone who comments and file them in a waitlist folder you can message when the date is set. 3No automated quotes and no deposits: the artist prices every piece. Reference photos people send land in your Inbox for you to see; Reachlee's AI reads text only. ## The short answer Tattoo artists automate Instagram booking enquiries to collect what a quote needs (placement, size, the idea and contact details) before they reply, and to send consult forms, flash-day links and aftercare notes instantly. Reachlee does this on Meta's official API. It never quotes, books or takes a deposit by itself. Every price comes from the artist, and reference photos clients send wait in the Inbox for you. ## Why "price?" is the hardest DM in a studio Nobody can price a tattoo from the word "price". You need the placement, the rough size, colour or black and grey, the style, and usually a reference. So the first reply to almost every booking DM is a list of questions, and the answers trickle back over hours or days while you're four hours into a session with gloves on. Somewhere in that back-and-forth a share of good clients drift off to whichever artist replied first. The fix isn't to make a bot quote prices, which would be wrong as often as it's right. It's to ask the questions the moment the message arrives, so that your first personal reply can be a real answer. The same studio inbox also fills with flash-day requests in a rush, waitlist questions whenever books are closed, and aftercare questions at odd hours. Each of those has a pattern you can automate, and each has a line the automation shouldn't cross. * A quote needs placement, size, colour, style and a reference: gather them before you reply. * Flash and books-open posts draw a burst of "me!" comments in the first hour. * Aftercare questions repeat, and the written steps can be sent at any time. * Anything that sounds like a healing problem goes to a person; the AI never gives medical advice. How it works ## Build the booking intake once 01 ### Connect the studio's Instagram Sign in with Google and connect your Instagram professional account through Meta's own login, so Reachlee never sees your password. On Pro you can add a Facebook Page, and on Business up to 10 accounts, which lets each artist in a studio connect their own Instagram. 02 ### Start one automation for BOOK In the flow builder, add two triggers to the same When card: a comment containing BOOK on your posts (any post on Pro) and a DM containing BOOK. Whichever way someone asks, they go through the same intake. 03 ### Ask what the quote needs Open with a short message and a Start button, then add Ask a question steps with tap answers for placement and size (up to 13 options each, plus an "any other reply" path for anything typed), then Wait for a reply to save their idea in their own words, and Ask for an email or phone, which checks the reply before saving it. 04 ### Hand it to the artist Add to folder files the request under Consult requests. On Pro, an Email me step sends the artist an email with the person's name, handle, contact details and every answer, and a Send a link step gives the client your consult form or booking page. 05 ### Reply with a real quote Open the conversation in the Inbox, where any reference photos they sent sit next to their answers, and reply with your quote and your own deposit process. You can attach photos of similar work from the Inbox too. What's inside ## The studio's DM workload, mapped Each recurring message in a tattoo inbox, matched to a feature that exists today. 01 ### Booking intake inside the DM Tap answers for placement, size and colour, a saved free-text answer for the idea, and a checked email or phone number. The client answers in under a minute; you get a brief instead of a thread. 02 ### An email with the brief (Pro) The Email me step sends the request to the artist the moment the client finishes, with their answers listed. Busy studios point it at a shared booking address. 03 ### Flash-day sign-ups Comment FLASH and get the sign-up link, with the email saved and the person filed in a Flash folder. If the post filled with comments before the automation was live, Retrigger on Pro reaches the last 7 days of them. 04 ### A books-open waitlist While books are closed, a WAITLIST keyword collects an email or phone number into a Waitlist folder. When books open, a campaign goes to that folder: people active in the last 24 hours get it at once, and on Pro the rest get it when they next message you, for up to 30 days. 05 ### Ice breakers for new chats "How do I book?", "Do you do cover-ups?", "Walk-ins?" and "Aftercare" show as tap-to-ask chips when someone opens a new chat with you. Two on Free, four on Pro; Instagram shows them only in empty threads. 06 ### Story mentions from healed pieces When a client tags you in their story to show off a healed piece, Reachlee can send a thank-you DM with your review link or a note about touch-ups. Story triggers are Instagram only. Real scenarios ## Before and after, in a working studio ### The "price?" DM with no details Before Someone asks how much for a sleeve. You ask placement, size and references between sessions, and the answers arrive across two days, if at all. With Reachlee They tap placement and size, describe the idea and leave a number in under a minute. You get the Email me alert, open the thread with their references, and your first reply is a quote. ### Flash day announced on Friday Before The flash sheet goes up and the comments fill with "me!". You DM the form to each person by hand and inevitably miss some. With Reachlee Every FLASH comment gets the sign-up link with a public reply underneath, and each email lands in the Flash folder. Early comments from before the automation was live are swept up with Retrigger. ### Books open for the next season Before Months of "let me know when your books open" live in your notes app and your memory. With Reachlee The Waitlist folder has been collecting names all along. On opening day, one campaign reaches everyone who's reachable, and the rest receive it as they message you while the campaign stays open. ✦ Reachlee AI ## What Reachlee AI answers for a studio On Growth ($14/mo) the AI answers studio questions from what you write down, in the sender's language. It won't make up a price, a date or a link. 01 ### "Do you do cover-ups, fine line, colour?" List the styles and work you take on, and what you don't, and the AI answers from that list. Anything it can't answer is flagged Needs you, with an email or Telegram alert. 02 ### "How do I look after it?" Your written aftercare steps can be sent at any hour. A question about how a tattoo is healing isn't diagnosed: Reachlee AI never gives medical advice, so that conversation is flagged for you. 03 ### "How much would it be?" If your knowledge says every piece is quoted by the artist, the AI says exactly that and never makes up a figure. The "Reachlee AI answers, hot leads go to you" template sends anyone asking to book into a Hot leads folder for you to answer. Pricing ## Which plan a studio needs Free: 1 Instagram account, 1,000 DMs a month, 100 active contacts, 10 leads, 3 folders and 2 ice breakers, enough to run the booking intake for a solo artist getting started. Pro ($9/mo) is what a busy books-open week needs: unlimited DMs, contacts and leads, the Email me alert, any-post triggers, Retrigger, follow-ups, scheduled campaigns with Keep it open, 4 ice breakers, your Facebook Page, and no Reachlee branding. Growth ($14/mo) adds Reachlee AI. Business ($29/mo) gives a multi-artist studio 5 seats and 10 connected accounts. [Start free ](/app/?src=seo&page=for%2Ftattoo-artists) FAQ ## Studio questions, answered honestly Will Reachlee quote prices or take deposits? No. Pricing a tattoo depends on placement, size, detail and your own rates, and an automated quote would be wrong often enough to cost you trust. Reachlee doesn't take payments either. What it does is collect the brief, send your consult form or booking link, and alert you, so you can quote and take the deposit through whatever process you already use. If someone asks the AI for a price on Growth, it repeats what your knowledge says, such as "every piece is quoted by the artist", and nothing more. What happens to the reference photos people send? They arrive in your Reachlee Inbox inside the conversation, next to the answers the intake collected, so you see the brief and the references together. Keyword automations match text, and Reachlee AI reads text only, so a photo on its own never gets an automated reply. That's deliberate: judging a reference is the artist's job. You can reply from the Inbox with photos of your own work. Won't clients find a form in the DM impersonal? It's three taps and one sentence, sent from your own account in your words, with their first name. Compare that with the usual alternative: a reply hours later asking the same questions anyway. Paid plans carry no Reachlee branding. If you use Reachlee AI, it steps out of a thread for 48 hours as soon as you reply yourself, so your personal reply is never interrupted. Is it allowed? Could Instagram restrict the studio's account? Reachlee uses only Meta's official API and is a Meta-verified Tech Provider, so there's no password sharing and no browser bot touching your account. It answers people who engaged first, sends one private reply per comment, stays inside the 24-hour messaging window, paces sends and pauses automatically when Meta signals a limit. Restrictions come from unofficial tools that follow, like or message strangers in bulk. Can it help fill a same-day cancellation? Yes, through a story. Post "one slot open today, reply SLOT" and a story-reply automation sends everyone who replies your booking link or asks for their number, first come first served. You still confirm who gets the slot. Story triggers are Instagram only, since Meta sends no story events for Facebook Pages. Does it work with the studio's Facebook Page? Yes, from Pro. A Page gets comment-to-Messenger, keyword replies, up to four ice breakers, email and phone capture, follow-ups and Retrigger, plus Reachlee AI on Growth, in the same dashboard. The booking intake works there too. Story triggers and the follow check are Instagram only. We're a studio with several artists. Can each have their own account? On Business ($29/mo) you can connect up to 10 accounts and invite four teammates, five seats in all. Each connected account has its own automations and contacts, and you switch between them from the header. Pro connects three accounts with one seat, which suits a small studio where one person handles the DMs. Is the Free plan enough? For a solo artist starting out, it can be: one Instagram account, 1,000 DMs a month, 100 active contacts and 10 leads. Every email or phone number the intake captures counts as a lead, so a busy month passes ten quickly. Pro at $9/mo lifts every cap and adds the Email me alert, which is the part most studios end up relying on. Keep exploring ## More for tattoo artists [Instagram ice breakersTap-to-ask questions for anyone opening a new chat.](/use-cases/instagram-ice-breakers/)[Story replies, reactions and mentionsFill same-day slots from a story and thank clients who tag you.](/use-cases/story-reply-automation/)[Waitlist from commentsCollect a list while books are closed, then message it on opening day.](/use-cases/instagram-launch-waitlist/)[DM past commenters (Retrigger)Reach the last 7 days of comments on a flash post.](/use-cases/retrigger-old-posts/)[AI that hands quotes to youReachlee AI handles the routine questions and flags the rest for you.](/ai/human-handoff/)[Instagram automation for salonsAnother appointment-led playbook, built around booking links.](/for/salons/) --- Source: https://www.reachlee.co/for/tattoo-artists