PMU procedures are long, prepped, and high-value
Permanent makeup, whether lips, eyeliner, or brows, is a long procedure you prep pigment and tools for, priced to match the skill and time involved. A no-show on a PMU appointment is a major loss: a multi-hour block gone, prep wasted, and a slot you cannot refill on short notice. It is precisely the appointment that needs a real deposit.
Clients booking permanent work expect to put money down, so a deposit is no friction. Keptbookings lets you require one on every PMU procedure, applied to the service total. Genuine clients lose nothing, and the people who would have casually held a four-hour slot have to commit first.
- Deposit on every PMU procedure and touch-up.
- Deposit applied to the procedure total.
- Protection sized to a long, high-value appointment.
Consent and intake before pigment touches skin
PMU requires consent and a health screen first. Keptbookings lets you collect intake and consent at the time of booking, so clients confirm they are not pregnant, on blood thinners, or otherwise contraindicated before they hold a slot. You catch the issues that should cancel a procedure before you have prepped for it.
That intake and consent record stays attached to the booking. Keptbookings handles booking, intake capture, reminders, and deposits; it is booking software, so your formal procedure records and photos stay in your own system.
No-show protection that actually holds
A deposit policy is only protection if the payment clears and stays in place. Some tools never validate the card, so a fake one slips through and the deposit fails on your most expensive booking. Others let a client delete the card after booking, voiding the hold without warning.
Keptbookings validates the card with Stripe at booking and rejects invalid cards before the procedure is confirmed. If a client removes their card before the appointment, you are alerted in time to re-secure the deposit or release the slot. Deposits pay out through Stripe the next business day with no fund holds.
- Cards validated at booking, not blindly stored.
- Alerts when a client removes a card early.
- Next-day deposit payouts, no fund holds.
Book the procedure and the touch-up together
PMU results depend on the scheduled touch-up, and a missed touch-up means uneven, faded work and an unhappy client. Keptbookings gives you a branded booking page and link-in-bio where clients book the initial procedure and the touch-up, with guest checkout and no account to create. Reminders make sure the touch-up is not forgotten.
Each client’s booking history stays attached to their record, so you can see the procedure, the deposit, and the scheduled touch-up at a glance.
Flat price, zero commission, your clients stay yours
A commission on high-value PMU work is a steep recurring tax, and marketplaces treat your clients as leads to rent to competitors. Keptbookings does neither. No marketplace, no discovery feed, zero commission. You pay one flat price: around $19 solo, a flat $49 for up to six artists on Team, with a free tier of 20 appointments a month.
Your clients and their records are yours. One click exports the full list and history, importing is free, and nobody is advertising your regulars elsewhere.