Free & Independent

TatSeek is free to use — for people looking for a tattoo, and for the studios and artists in it. Here is exactly what that means, how the project is paid for, and what would happen if that ever changed.

What “free and independent” means today

  • No ads. Not in the catalogue, not in the guides, not between tattoo photos.
  • No booking fees or commissions. You contact the studio directly through its own channel; TatSeek never sits between you and the payment.
  • No paid rankings or placement. The order comes from the work — matching tattoos, healed pieces, Google ratings weighted by review count. How lists are sorted
  • Free for studios and artists. No listing fee, no subscription, no fee per enquiry.
  • No selling data. No advertising cookies or cross-site tracking. Privacy

How TatSeek is paid for

Today TatSeek is funded by its founder. The focus for the coming months is the catalogue itself — more real work, deeper data, better answers — not revenue.

Why this matters

A directory that earns money from studios has a reason to put some studios first. TatSeek doesn’t, so an artist appears because of the work in their portfolio — and a person or an AI assistant reading TatSeek can rely on that.

If anything changes

Later, once many people use TatSeek regularly, we may add an optional way to support it — for example a voluntary contribution. Support would never buy a better position, a tag, a price or a rating. Any change to how TatSeek is funded will be announced on this page, with the date.

How you can help right now

  • Share a page that helped you with someone who is planning a tattoo.
  • Tell a studio or artist they can be added for free — for studios.
  • Spot something wrong? Report it — corrections are free and fast.
  • Couldn’t find what you were looking for? Tell us — it tells us what to add next.

Last updated October 1, 2026

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