Cabinet
Artist payouts
Payouts is the shop ledger in the cabinet — per artist, per week — of who owes whom after completed work. Client deposits still collect to the shop on Stripe Connect. Inkdesk does not send money to artists; you close the period and record the cash, Zelle, or transfer you already make outside the product.
- M Marco · hybrid 50% · $1,540
- S Sia · 60% commission · —
Deposits stay in salon money until Complete + final pay.
Where it lives, and what it is not
Open the cabinet after Google login and use the Payouts item in the rail — same shop as Today, Requests, and Calendar. This is compensation tracking for your roster, not a Stripe dashboard and not a payroll run.
Staff sign in with Google — shop tenant scoped.
Deposits confirm a booking. Payouts answer a later question: once the session is done and final payment is recorded, what does that artist earn under the deal you set. Mixing those two conversations is how booth renters stop trusting the numbers.
Inkdesk does not move artist pay through Stripe Transfers. Stripe Connect is for client deposits and for the shop's $50/month subscription. Artist settlement stays the cash / Zelle / bank transfer you already use — Payouts is the record of what that amount should be.
Deposits do not become artist earnings
When a client pays a deposit, it shows up in Payouts under salon money for the week — deposits collected, how many payments. It does not enter that artist's statement until the appointment is marked completed and a final payment is recorded.
A forfeited deposit is shop-side booking security. Inkdesk will not invent a commission split on money from a session that never happened. If you refund or forfeit, a clawback adjustment can land on the statement so the ledger stays honest — it still is not automatic artist pay.
Use the day board as the activity list: if the chair was empty, that booking should not quietly inflate anyone's share.
Pay rules: commission, booth rent, or hybrid
Each artist has a compensation model with an effective-from date, so a guest week or a raise does not rewrite last month. Commission takes a percent of service. Booth rent keeps service with the artist and subtracts rent on the cadence you set (weekly, every two weeks, or monthly). Hybrid is both: a smaller percent plus rent.
The same card also stores jewelry/retail percent (independent of service — booth rent does not automatically give 100% of jewelry) and who bears card fees (shop or artist). Tips land on the statement as their own line.
Owners set pay rules. Managers can see every artist's statement; they can close periods and record settlements only if Settings → Managers manage payouts is on. Artists see their own statement, not the whole shop.
When a session actually hits the statement
A line appears after two things are true: the appointment status is completed, and a final payment exists on that booking. Until then, Payouts can still show the deposit in salon money — it will not count toward artist share.
Same states for online bookings and walk-ins.
Two artists on one piece split the session by the shares on the appointment, then each person's own pay rule runs on their portion. The rule used is the one effective on the session date, snapshotted onto the earning line so a later raise does not rewrite a finished week.
Cash or Zelle taken at the chair is marked collected by the artist; card on the shop account is collected by the shop. That distinction is why net due can flip: if the artist already held the cash, the shop may owe less — or the artist may owe rent.
Reading a week in Payouts
The top bar is This week / Last week (and previous weeks). Overview cards show deposits collected, bookings vs completed, artist share (only after complete + final pay), and balances: what the shop owes artists vs what artists owe the shop.
- M Marco · hybrid 50% · $1,540
- S Sia · 60% commission · —
Deposits stay in salon money until Complete + final pay.
Pick an artist. The statement is open, closed (awaiting settlement), or settled. Net due is artist share plus tips, minus booth rent, minus artist-borne card fees, minus adjustments (supplies, corrections, deposit clawbacks), minus money the artist already collected at the chair.
Positive net due means the shop pays the artist. Negative means the artist pays the shop — typical when booth rent outruns a slow week. Zero is a wash.
Close the period, then record the payout you already made
When the week looks right, close it (finalize). That freezes the statement so a late edit does not silently rewrite a week you already shook hands on. Then record the settlement: amount, method (cash, Zelle, Venmo, bank, or other), optional reference.
That record is bookkeeping. Inkdesk does not push the transfer. If your shop pays artists every Friday by Zelle, keep doing that — use Payouts so both sides can see the same number before money moves.
Adjustments (supply charge, bonus, correction) are for the exceptions every shop hits: a touch-up under an old price, product the artist took from the case, a one-off credit. Put them on the statement instead of a private spreadsheet nobody can audit.
FAQ
Does Stripe pay our artists through Inkdesk?
No. Stripe Connect collects client deposits to the shop and bills the $50/month subscription. Artist pay is tracked in Payouts and settled the way you already pay — cash, Zelle, bank transfer — recorded after you close the period.
When does a booking show up on an artist's statement?
After the appointment is completed and a final payment is recorded. A paid deposit alone stays in salon money for the week; it is not artist share yet.
Can we mix booth renters and commission artists in one shop?
Yes. Pay rules are per artist. One roster can have commission, booth rent, and hybrid at the same time, each with its own effective date.
Who can change pay rules?
Owners. Managers see all statements and, if Settings → Managers manage payouts is on, can close periods and record settlements. Artists see only their own statement.
What if two artists work the same piece?
Set shares on the appointment. Inkdesk splits the session, then applies each artist's own pay rule to their portion.
Does a forfeited deposit count as artist earnings?
No. Forfeit is shop-side booking security. Inkdesk will not treat a no-show as completed work. A clawback can land on the ledger if a deposit was already tangled with a statement — it still is not automatic artist pay.