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Jan 8, 2026
Founders Program
The Artera Founders Program gives early tattoo artists exclusive access to our software before public launch. Members help shape the product, get priority features, direct support, and locked-in founder benefits. This is a limited early access program built for artists who want to simplify studio operations and focus fully on their craft.
Founders get early software access, direct team support, the Artera Founders Kit, and a say in shaping features built for studios that value structure, clarity, and long-term growth. You’re not just early. You’re helping define Artera.
The Artera Founders Program is a limited early-access initiative created for tattoo artists who want to run their studios with more clarity, structure, and control before Artera launches publicly.
As a Founder, you receive early access to the Artera software, allowing you to manage client communication, studio workflows, and operations in one place. More importantly, you get a direct voice in shaping the product. Your feedback actively influences features, improvements, and priorities, ensuring Artera is built for real studios and real-world use.
Founders also receive direct support from the Artera team, including priority onboarding and guidance, so you’re never left figuring things out on your own.
Along with the software, every Founder receives the Artera Founders Kit a studio-ready collection of tools designed to immediately raise the professionalism of your operations. This includes essential contracts, consent forms, pricing and communication templates, and proven workflows that reduce admin work and eliminate day-to-day chaos.
The program is intentionally limited to maintain quality support and meaningful collaboration. It’s built for artists who think long-term, value systems over shortcuts, and want their studio to grow with confidence.
As a Founder, you’re not just getting early access.
You’re helping define how Artera works for the next generation of tattoo studios.
Building Artera came with real challenges fragmented studio workflows, lack of structure, and tools that didn’t understand how tattoo studios actually operate. Balancing simplicity with powerful systems, while maintaining trust and security, required time, testing, and constant refinement. The Founders Program exists to solve these challenges together with the artists Artera is built for.
Creating Artera meant first understanding the real problems tattoo artists face beyond the needle.
Studios today operate across scattered tools messages spread across WhatsApp and Instagram, bookings tracked manually, consent forms handled on paper, pricing stored in memory, and follow-ups often forgotten. This fragmentation doesn’t just slow studios down; it creates stress, mistakes, and lost trust with clients.
One of the biggest challenges was building structure without rigidity. Tattoo studios need systems, but they don’t function like corporate offices. Over-engineering would kill creativity, while under-engineering would recreate the same chaos artists are already dealing with. Finding the balance required deep observation, repeated testing, and constant iteration with real studio workflows.
Trust and security were another major challenge. Tattoo studios handle sensitive client data, legal documents, and personal conversations. Artera had to be built with strong data protection, secure sign-in, and clear ownership without making the experience feel complex or technical.
Finally, the hardest decision was choosing to slow down. Instead of rushing a public launch or adding unnecessary features, we chose to build deliberately. Saying no to bloat, no to shortcuts, and no to generic solutions allowed Artera to stay focused on what actually matters.
The Founders Program exists because of these challenges. It allows Artera to be shaped in collaboration with working artists so the product launches not as an assumption, but as a system proven in real studios.
Building Artera exposed a simple truth: tattoo studios are forced to work through fragmented tools that create chaos instead of clarity. The Founders Program exists to solve these challenges with the artists Artera is built for before public launch.
Creating Artera meant deeply understanding how tattoo studios actually function not how traditional software assumes they do.
Most studios rely on scattered systems: client conversations across WhatsApp and Instagram, bookings tracked manually, consent forms handled on paper, pricing stored mentally, and follow-ups easily missed. This fragmentation leads to inefficiencies, errors, and unnecessary stress that pulls artists away from their craft.
Another key challenge was designing structure without rigidity. Tattoo studios need clarity and systems, but not at the cost of creative flow. Overbuilding would slow artists down, while underbuilding would recreate the same disorder. Finding the balance required constant iteration, feedback, and refinement.
Trust and security were equally critical. Studios manage sensitive client data, legal documents, and personal communication. Artera had to be built with strong data protection and secure access, without making the experience feel complex or technical.
The hardest decision was choosing patience over speed. Instead of rushing a public launch or bloating the product with features, Artera was built deliberately focused on what truly matters to working studios.
The Founders Program allows Artera to be shaped with real artists in real environments, ensuring the product launches as a system that’s already proven not assumed.
