Terms of Service.

By accessing or using InkedVice's digital tools for tattoo artists (the “Service”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.

Artists: You must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into a binding agreement to use the Service.

Clients: A client booking through an artist may be a minor where permitted by applicable law, provided a parent or legal guardian consents to and is present for the booking and the tattoo. Verifying age and obtaining any required parental or guardian consent and presence is the responsibility of the artist, not InkedVice. We do not verify the age of clients and are not responsible for enforcing these requirements.

To access certain features, you must create an account by providing accurate and complete information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.

InkedVice provides software that helps tattoo artists run their business — booking, messaging, scheduling, payments, and portfolios — and helps clients discover artists and request bookings. There are two types of users:

• Artists — professionals who hold an account and offer tattoo services.
• Clients — people who book, message, or pay an artist through the Service.

We are a platform, not a party to your booking. Tattoo services are provided solely by artists. InkedVice is not a party to any agreement between an artist and a client, does not provide tattoo services, and does not employ or act as an agent of any artist. Artists are independent and solely responsible for their services, pricing, scheduling, conduct, and compliance with applicable laws and licensing requirements.

We do not control and are not responsible for the quality, safety, legality, or outcome of any tattoo, consultation, or booking, for any artist's or client's conduct, or for missed appointments, deposits, or disputes between artists and clients. Any dispute arising from a booking is between the artist and the client.

We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Service for your professional tattoo art business (if you are an artist) or to book and communicate with artists (if you are a client), subject to these Terms.

You agree not to misuse the Service. You will not:

• Harass, threaten, abuse, defame, or discriminate against anyone, or engage in hate speech.
• Use the Service to defraud, scam, or mislead others.
• Upload or share content that is unlawful, obscene, infringing, or that violates the rights or privacy of others.
• Impersonate any person or misrepresent your identity or affiliation.
• Send spam or unsolicited commercial messages through the Service.
• Scrape, crawl, or use bots or other automated means to access the Service, or access it in a way that places an unreasonable load on our systems.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the software, or circumvent security features or attempt unauthorized access.
• Resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit the Service except as expressly permitted.
• Use the Service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of these Terms.

We have zero tolerance for harassment, hate, discrimination, scams, or unsafe behavior, and may remove content or suspend accounts that violate these rules.

No subscriptions. The Service is free for artists — there are no subscriptions or upfront costs. The only fee we charge is a service fee on payments you process through our payment and invoicing feature, described below. If we introduce other paid features in the future, we will describe the pricing and terms before you are charged, and these Terms will be updated accordingly.

Payments between clients and artists. The Service lets clients pay artists. Payments are processed by Stripe, our third-party payment provider. By using any payment feature, you also agree to Stripe's applicable terms, and you authorize InkedVice and Stripe to facilitate the relevant transactions.

Service fee. If you use our payment or invoicing feature, we charge a service fee on each payment processed through it — currently 4% — disclosed before the payment is completed. We do not charge this fee if you do not use the payment or invoicing feature. Stripe may also charge its own processing fees.

Connected accounts.Artists who receive payments or payouts onboard with Stripe as a connected account. Your ability to accept payments is subject to Stripe's review and the applicable Stripe Connected Account Agreement.

Card data. Payment card and bank details are collected and processed directly by Stripe. We do not store full payment card numbers.

Refunds, deposits, and disputes.Deposits, pricing, cancellations, refunds, and chargebacks for a booking are between the client and the artist. The artist sets and is responsible for their own deposit and refund policy and for delivering the services they charge for. InkedVice only facilitates the transaction and is not responsible for refunds, deposits, no-shows, or payment disputes between clients and artists, except as required by law or by Stripe's rules.

The Stripe agreements that apply to you depend on the country where your Stripe account is established:

Ownership: You retain all rights to content you upload or create through the Service.

License to us: By submitting content, you grant InkedVice a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, modify (for formatting and display), and display your content as needed to operate, provide, and improve the Service. This license extends to our service providers (such as hosting and content-delivery providers) acting on our behalf, and ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies retained as described in our Privacy Policy or required by law, and for content others have already shared.

Your responsibility: You represent that you own or have the necessary rights to the content you submit and that it does not infringe the rights of others or violate any law. You are solely responsible for your content and for ensuring it complies with applicable laws.

We respect intellectual property rights and expect users to do the same. If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright or other rights, contact us at support@inkedvice.com with enough detail to identify the content, your rights in it, and your contact information.

We will review valid reports and may remove content, and we may, in appropriate cases, suspend or terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the rights of others.

All intellectual property rights in the Service (excluding your content) are owned by InkedVice or its licensors. You may not use our trademarks, logos, or other proprietary information without our prior written consent.

The Service integrates with third-party services, including Stripe (payments) and, where you choose to connect them, Instagram and Google Calendar. Your use of those services is subject to their own terms and privacy policies. InkedVice does not control and is not responsible for third-party services, including their availability, content, or practices.

Your use of the Service is also governed by our Privacy Policy.

InkedVice provides software only. We do not provide tattooing, medical, health, or professional advice, and nothing in the Service is a substitute for the judgment of a qualified professional. Information collected through booking forms (such as skin or health details) is shared with the relevant artist and is not reviewed by InkedVice.

Artists are solely responsible for operating safely and hygienically, for following applicable health, safety, and licensing laws, and for any aftercare or health-related guidance they give. InkedVice is not responsible for any health outcome, injury, or harm arising from a tattoo or related services.

As-is basis:The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We make no warranty that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or regarding its accuracy, reliability, or availability.

Limitation: To the maximum extent permitted by law, InkedVice will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or business, arising from or related to your use of the Service.

Liability cap:To the maximum extent permitted by law, InkedVice's total liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount of fees we collected from you in the twelve (12) months before the event giving rise to the liability, or (b) one hundred Canadian dollars (CAD $100).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless InkedVice, its affiliates, and their respective officers and employees from any claims, damages, or expenses arising out of your use of the Service or violation of these Terms.

By you: You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time, from your account settings or by contacting support@inkedvice.com.

By us: We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at our discretion, with or without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users or us.

Effect of termination: When your account is terminated or deleted, we delete the personal data associated with it from our servers, except where we need to keep certain records to comply with legal, tax, or accounting obligations, resolve disputes, or prevent fraud, and except for residual copies that may remain in backups for a limited period before being overwritten, as described in our Privacy Policy.

Survival: Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including the User Content license for content you have already shared, Intellectual Property, Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, Governing Law, and General — will survive.

Changes to these Terms: We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be communicated, and your continued use of the Service constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

Changes to the Service: We are still building, and we may add, change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Service at any time, with or without notice. We are not liable to you or anyone else for modifying or discontinuing the Service or any feature.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable there, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. The courts located in British Columbia, Canada will have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service, subject to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you may have where you live.

Entire agreement: These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and any agreements expressly incorporated by reference, are the entire agreement between you and InkedVice regarding the Service and supersede any prior agreements.

Severability: If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

Waiver: Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.

Assignment: You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

No third-party beneficiaries: These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights, except that Stripe is a beneficiary of the provisions relating to payments and its agreements.

Force majeure: We are not liable for any delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond our reasonable control.

Notices: We may provide notices to you by email or through the Service. You can reach us at support@inkedvice.com.

For questions about these Terms, reach out — a human will get back to you.