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Google Business Profile

Tattoo Shop Google Business Profile That Shows Your Artists.

Ready for a first piece, a nervous client compares shops on the map by the healed work in their photos. Your profile shows the sign out front and nothing your artists made, so the listing with a full gallery gets the consultation instead. We put your best healed work, styles and artists on the profile.

  • People choosing a shop on the map judge the work in the photos before they read anything. A storefront photo alone tells them nothing about your artists.
  • Styles and services like fine line, traditional, cover ups or piercing, listed one by one, give Google something to match beyond the word tattoo.
  • By appointment, walk-ins welcome or both: the profile and the website should say the same thing, or people show up expecting a chair that is not free.
  • Google no longer offers questions and answers on Business Profiles, so deposit, aftercare and ID questions belong on your website.

What keeps the phone quiet

Why the shop with the full gallery gets the booking.

A gallery with none of your work

The profile has the sign out front, a logo and a few customer photos taken in bad light. Someone comparing shops on the map scrolls straight past to the listing full of healed pieces.

Services that say tattoo and nothing else

Your artists do fine line, realism, cover ups and lettering, but the profile lists none of it. Someone searching for a cover up artist sees shops that named it, and yours never comes up.

Hours that do not explain how you work

The listing says open until nine, but the chairs are booked weeks out and walk-ins only happen on certain days. People drive over expecting a walk-in, leave disappointed, and some of them write a review about it.

“Clint at BlakSheep Creative is incredible! His proactiveness and service are such a rarity in his business category! I can't wait to see how his business and mine both grow in 2021!”

Dane ArnoldGoogle review, 2021

What you get

Built to book the job.

Categories checked at setup

Your primary category set to the closest match in Google’s current list, confirmed when we do the work rather than assumed, with secondary categories only for services you really offer, such as piercing or removal.

Styles and services listed one by one

Fine line, traditional, realism, blackwork, lettering, cover ups and touch ups, each entered with a short plain description and the artists who do that work, so the profile matches what people actually search.

Healed work from every artist

Photos of finished and healed pieces, labeled by style and artist, with the client’s permission, added every month. The studio too: clean stations, the front counter and the entrance, so a first-timer sees where they are going.

Hours and booking that tell the truth

Regular hours, holiday hours and your walk-in policy set to match your website exactly, with a booking link to your consultation form. With Grow, a call missed mid-session gets a text back in seconds, and every client gets a review request. Grow for tattoo studios

Posts that show the books are open

Regular posts with a recent healed piece, a guest artist, flash days or open books, so the listing looks active. Questions about deposits, aftercare and ID go on your website, since Google has retired profile questions and answers.

A review routine from day one

Profile fixes can move quickly; reviews build over months. The ask goes out once the piece has healed, when the client can see how it settled. Collecting and answering reviews is its own job. Reputation management for tattoo studios

Work we shipped

Website Redesign for Tattootopia

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Want this priced for your business?

How it works

Fixed quote. Fixed timeline. Yours when it’s done.

  1. 01

    15-minute call

    The styles you want more of, your artists, your walk-in and booking policy, and who can sign in to the profile today.

  2. 02

    Audit

    Categories, services, photos, hours, posts, citations, and which shops appear on the map for the style searches around you.

  3. 03

    Price in writing

    Setup is a one-time project, and monthly upkeep comes with the 12-month plan at $500 a month with the build fee waived. Included with every site plan.

  4. 04

    Fix, then keep it current

    Categories, services and hours first, then healed work and posts every month. A monthly readout of calls, direction requests and website clicks from the profile.

400+ clients served

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Proof beats promises

Google reviews

What clients actually said.

Real Google reviews, five stars, with the year each was left.

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  • “Blaksheep Creative was such a pleasure to work with. Great service and even better results!”

    Casey HardyGoogle review, 2026
  • “Best service around!!”

    Inkya TattoosGoogle review, 2026
  • “Black sheep creative created me a website that is fully functional and looks amazing! They were quick and worked with me effectively in order to create the website that I always envisioned for my company!”

    Nik SanchezGoogle review, 2026
  • “Exceptional service from an exceptional group!”

    Zach SonnierGoogle review, 2026
  • “Mr clint is an amazing guy who is extremely professional and responsive, when it comes to the service he provides. His website building and promoting skills are top tier.”

    nicholas mcdowellGoogle review, 2026
  • “We had a great experience working with BlakSheep Creative! Clint was professional, responsive, and easy to work with throughout the entire process. He was always willing to help and made sure everything was taken care of. We truly appreciate his work and would definitely recommend BlakSheep Creative to anyone looking for a great website company!”

    alejandra serranoGoogle review, 2026
  • “Clint took my company's project much further than I ever expected. His tech experience was fantastic, but even more than that, he guided me in directions I hadn't anticipated. We hadn't planned on some of the changes he suggested, but he made it all bigger, better and bolder.”

    Christy GilfourGoogle review, 2026
  • “Clint and the team at Blaksheep have truly exceeded our expectations. From day one, the communication was clear, prompt, and professional. We were never left guessing where things stood. The work they've done on our website and social media presence has been outstanding.it looks great, functions seamlessly, and really captures the essence of our brand. We're so grateful to have found a team that combines creative talent with such reliability and responsiveness. We're genuinely excited to continue growing with Blaksheep and can't recommend them highly enough!"”

    Brandon CurryGoogle review, 2026

Fixed quote in writing, before any work starts.

How you can buy it

By the project, or one monthly plan.

By the project

One job, scoped and priced in writing before work starts: a website, a profile cleanup, a link campaign, a press release. You pay for the work, and everything we build is yours.

The monthly plan

$500 a month · 12-month plan, website build fee waived

Get found

  • Your website, built, hosted and maintained
  • Google Business Profile optimization, with 3 posts a week
  • Local SEO: on-page work, technical fixes and schema
  • Keyword research, and rank tracking on up to 100 keywords
  • 75+ citations on Google, Bing, Apple Maps and directories
  • AI search visibility, so assistants can name you

Get trusted

  • 4 SEO articles a month, guaranteed
  • 6 guest-post backlinks a month from relevant sites
  • 1 press release a month, written and distributed
  • Review requests after every job, and a reply to every review
  • Social media posting on 3 platforms

Stay in the loop

  • A monthly report on rankings, traffic and leads
  • A monthly strategy call, direct with the people doing the work
  • You own the site, domain and content

Pay-per-click ads are managed separately, and ad spend stays in your own account.

Text-back on every missed call, automatic follow-up and call tracking come with Grow, our platform. See Grow.

If the price is what stands between you and getting started, tell us your story. Pennies on the dollar when we can.

Why businesses hire us

  • Veteran-owned, in Denham Springs since 2000.
  • Fixed quote before we start. No hourly surprises.
  • You talk to the people who do the work.
  • Rather pay monthly? Grow for tattoo studios: the website, CRM and follow-up in one plan.
  • Published pricing and a free 15-minute discovery call.
  • Tight budget? Tell us your story. We listen before we decide what is possible.

Get a tattoo shop profile audit with the price in writing

Tell us the styles you want more of and how your artists book. We reply within one business day with what is keeping you off the map and what it costs to fix.

Call (225) 505-3834

No spam, no pressure. Fixed quotes before we start.

The short answer

A tattoo shop Google Business Profile is the map listing people compare when they search tattoo shop near me, a phrase SE Ranking puts at 165,000 US searches a month. We check your categories at setup, list your styles and services such as cover ups, add healed work from each artist on a schedule, match hours and walk-in policy to your website, and start a review routine after every session.

Common questions about google business profile for tattoo studios

What Google category should a tattoo shop use?
The closest match to your main work from Google’s current list, which we check at setup because it changes. Add secondary categories only for services you actually provide, such as piercing. A padded list does not help, and it can blur what the shop is to both Google and the person scrolling.
Do we need the client’s permission to post their tattoo?
We treat it that way. A tattoo is on someone’s body, and some clients do not want their piece or their skin online. Ask at the session, note who said yes, and crop out faces and anything identifying unless they agree to more. Healed photos with permission make the strongest gallery.
Should every artist be on the profile?
Their work should be. A Business Profile belongs to the shop, so artists are best shown through photos labeled by name, a services list that says who does each style, and posts when their books open. Each artist can then have a full page on your website, linked from the profile.
Can clients still ask questions on our profile?
No. Google has discontinued the questions and answers feature on Business Profiles, so we do not sell it. The questions clients ask, such as deposits, pricing approach, aftercare and ID rules, go into your business description and the FAQ on your website, where the wording stays yours.
Do Google posts help a tattoo shop?
They show the shop is busy and give your artists another place to show recent work, flash days or open books. They are not a ranking shortcut. Categories, services, reviews and distance from the searcher matter more, so posts come after those are right, on a steady schedule.
How fast does profile work show up?
Category, service and photo fixes can change where you appear within a few weeks, which makes this the quickest part of local search. Reviews build more slowly, and nobody controls how far the client lives from your shop. Starting the review routine the same week is what closes the gap over time.
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