These Terms of Service govern your use of Tattoo Review. By using our platform, you agree to them. If you don't, please don't use the platform. We've tried to write these terms in plain language — where legal precision required more formal wording, we've kept it as tight as we could.
Tattoo Review is a directory and review platform for tattoo and piercing shops and artists. We don't perform tattoos or piercings, we don't guarantee the work of any shop or artist listed, and we don't act as a middleman for bookings unless explicitly stated (as in our Flash Marketplace and Cancellations features when they launch).
You must be at least 18 years old to create an account. You're responsible for keeping your login credentials secure and for all activity under your account. Notify us at support@tattooreview.com if you suspect unauthorized use.
One account per person. Shops and artists can hold both a personal account and a claimed shop or artist profile — these are separate and subject to different terms.
You can:
You can't:
When you post a review or photo, you keep ownership of it — but you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to display, distribute, and format that content on the platform. This license ends if you delete the content, except for review data retained as historical statistics in anonymized form (see the Privacy Policy).
Reviews should be about a real, verifiable experience. We may verify reviews by requesting proof of the appointment (a receipt, a text confirmation, an appointment card). Reviews without a verifiable basis can be removed.
Shops and artists can claim their profile to respond to reviews, correct inaccurate information, and post their own portfolio. Claimed profiles are subject to additional terms in the Shop and Artist Agreement, provided during the claim process.
We don't remove negative reviews at a shop's request unless they violate our review policy (fake, defamatory, off-topic). We reserve the right to remove reviews that do violate the policy — this is on the shop's report or our own audit.
Basic Verified Shop profiles are free. Featured Shop subscriptions carry a monthly fee disclosed at signup, billed to the payment method on file. You can cancel any time; access to Featured Shop features continues through the end of the current billing period.
The platform is provided “as is.” We work hard to keep it accurate and available, but we don't warrant that:
Our review and rating system is a tool for informed decision-making — it isn't a guarantee of quality. You're responsible for your own due diligence before booking any appointment. In particular, you should independently confirm a shop's health and safety compliance, licensing, and any other credentials important to your booking.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Tattoo Review is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the platform. Our total liability for any claim relating to the platform is limited to the greater of $100 or the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.
Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law (for example, gross negligence, willful misconduct, or personal injury).
Before filing a formal claim, contact us at legal@tattooreview.com and give us 30 days to resolve the dispute. If we can't resolve it, disputes will be resolved by binding individual arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association, held in your county of residence or remotely at your election. Small-claims court claims and intellectual-property injunctions are exceptions to the arbitration requirement.
Class-action waiver: claims proceed on an individual basis only. You can opt out of this arbitration provision by emailing legal@tattooreview.com within 30 days of first accepting these terms.
You can close your account any time by emailing support@tattooreview.com. We can suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms — usually with notice and an opportunity to fix the issue, but severe violations (fraud, harassment, illegal activity) can trigger immediate termination.
We may update these terms. When we do, we'll change the effective date at the top and, for material changes, give registered users at least 30 days' notice. Continued use after the effective date means you accept the updated terms.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
Questions about these terms go to legal@tattooreview.com.
