If you own a tattoo shop, it's important to make it easy for clients to find you, learn about your craft and experience, and get in touch with you.

Here's how Jetpack can help simplify a few of your most important website design considerations when building an online presence for your tattoo shop.

1. Pick a theme that aligns with your brand

One of the most fundamental goals of website design is effectively communicating your brand to site visitors. With Jetpack, you'll have access to more than 100 professional themes to choose from, and additional 200 premium themes if you're on a Jetpack Professional plan.

Jetpack themes

With a basic understanding of WordPress and the Customizer, you can configure themes to your liking and communicate your brand whether or not you decide to work with a web designer. Empowered with access to hundreds of customizable designs with Jetpack, your fully-functional website will soon attract potential clients.

In addition to a visually stunning theme, incorporate photo elements into your site. Display photos of your clients' finished tattoos. Feature each of your shop's artists, with their own respective galleries of work. Prospective clients can browse through these examples to choose an artist who excels in a particular kind of design, like shading or line work.

2. Make appointments easy to schedule

If your site visitors aren't sure how to get in touch with you, it can prove difficult to convert them into paying clients. With this in mind, the best websites make it convenient for people to connect with the businesses they represent.

The easiest way to drive people to your business? Make it simple for customers to book or request appointments. A call to action with a generic company email address isn't enough. It's better to create a Contact Form that collects all the information you need.

With Jetpack's new Form block, the process of adding contact forms has become even quicker and smoother than before.

Jetpack form block

With Jetpack's Form block, you can add forms to any post or page on your website — not just the Contact page.

While you're at it, why not add and configure a Contact Info Widget? This tool displays relevant business information like your address, hours of operation, phone number, and an interactive Google Map. Putting all of this information in one place can make it that much easier for prospective clients to schedule a time to visit your shop.

3. Use descriptive menus for smooth site navigation

If you're thinking about improving a future client's experience on your site, you'll also want to consider your site navigation. Be sure to label your menus based on words that customers can easily understand.

For example, instead of "News," you may want to use the "Blog" to label your section of up-to-date information and relevant articles that cover tattoo industry trends. "News" isn't technically incorrect, but it might just be a term that people associate less frequently with a tattoo shop.

Similarly, if you want to direct people to make inquiries, it might be more appropriate to label a section of your website as "Contact Us," as opposed to "Inquiries." If your business is casual and friendly, make sure the language you use on your site matches it.

Your designs can be intricate, but keep your website simple

A simple website with a great user experience can outperform a gorgeous but confusing website. These three website design considerations can help to streamline your efforts and improve your clients' online experiences with your tattoo business.