Stencil and supply brands that sponsor artists

Stencil, transfer and studio supply brands, and the route into each one. 24 brands, 1 with an open application form right now, re-verified monthly.

Built by NEDS, a tattoo marketing studio running paid ads for tattoo artists across the US and Canada. Every brand below is ranked by a 4-tier accessibility scale: Tier 1 - open application, apply now; Tier 2 - earn or save now (affiliate / pro pricing); Tier 3 - invite-only, get noticed first; Tier 4 - no direct program.

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Stencil and supply brands that sponsor artists (24)

ReelSkin (Tier 1 - open application, apply now)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: UK (US operation in Texas)
Direct in the US. Direct in Canada.
Affiliate and ambassador program, presented on site as Become an Affiliate and Earn, titled Ambassador Portal. Runs on the BixGrow platform: the page embeds an open registration form, verified live. Any artist can sign up directly - no invite or approval gate visible - and earns commission on referred sales via a personal referral link or code. Commission rate is not published outside the BixGrow portal, so it is not stated here. Product is bought direct from reelskin.com, which ships to both the USA and Canada with an explicit shipping policy for both; also carried by US supply shops such as Element Tattoo Supply. Official program page.
Electrum Supply (Tier 2 - earn or save now (affiliate / pro pricing))
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA (Indiana)
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Electrum Insiders (free) = 20% off every order + 10% referral commission. Codes TRYME20 / DISRUPT30. Sponsorship form currently closed. Official program page.
True Tubes / True Grips (Tier 2 - earn or save now (affiliate / pro pricing))
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA (Ohio)
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
No sponsorship, ambassador or affiliate program exists - do not pitch it as one. The only documented artist-facing path is their distributor and wholesale account: the distributor page hosts a live Google Form, followed up by email to info@truetubes.com. The wording targets companies rather than individuals, so it realistically fits a shop owner or an artist buying for a studio rather than a solo artist. Accepted partners get marketing support: photos, videos, product description wording and logos. Direct US purchase is available from their store. Official program page.
Phomemo (Tier 2 - earn or save now (affiliate / pro pricing))
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: China (Shenzhen)
Direct in the US. Direct in Canada.
Two live self-serve tracks, both general-audience rather than tattoo-specific. (1) Phomemo Affiliate Program - pays a stated up to 5% commission on referred sales with a 60-day cookie window, plus discount codes to share with your audience; the brand cites an average order value around $200. It runs on ShareASale and AWIN, so you sign up through those networks from the apply page - approval is at network and brand discretion, no invite needed. (2) Phomemo Shining Program, their influencer track - an open contact form asking for full name, email, country, social profile link and a message. Relevant products for a tattoo artist: the M08F, TP83, L85 and TA81 wireless tattoo stencil printers plus transfer paper. Official program page.
A Pound of Flesh (Tier 2 - earn or save now (affiliate / pro pricing))
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA (Maryland)
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Two real paths, both verified on their own site; there is NO named sponsorship or ambassador roster. (1) Pro Price: every product page shows a discounted Pro Price alongside list price, roughly 15-21% off, behind an account login. The site does not document the qualification criteria anywhere including the FAQ, so create an account and email sales@apoftattoo.com or call 410.712.0145 to have pro pricing applied. (2) Distributor Application, linked from their footer but hosted off-site (A Pound of Flesh is a Body Art Alliance house brand, same parent as Painful Pleasures) - a wholesale program aimed at shops, not individual artists. Products are synthetic practice skins and limbs. Official program page.
Aloe Tattoo (Tier 3 - invite-only, get noticed first)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: Spain (Malaga)
US via distributors. Canada via distributors.
No open application exists - the site has only Home, Distributors and Contact, no shop and no program page. Two real routes. (1) Pro Team Aloe Tattoo: an invite-only sponsored roster, confirmed by artists publicly captioning themselves PRO TEAM ALOE TATTOO on Instagram, but with no published application form - the path is to get noticed via @aloetattoo by tagging them in work using Stencil Premium, then email info@aloetattoo.com to introduce yourself. (2) Trade pricing: open a professional account with a stocking distributor. The only official US distributor listed is Grim Land Supply, New York NY, +1 347-439-1591, grimlandsupply@gmail.com. Official program page.
Stencil Stuff (Tier 3 - invite-only, get noticed first)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA (Texas)
US via distributors. Canada via distributors.
No own pro/sponsor program; pro pricing via distributors (Kingpin, TatSoul; CA - FYT, Maple). Tag @stencilstuff for reposts. Official program page.
S8 Tattoo (Tier 3 - invite-only, get noticed first)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA-marketed
US via distributors. Canada via distributors.
Distributor / wholesale model via supply chains. Official program page.
ReproFX Spirit (Tier 3 - invite-only, get noticed first)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Wholesale / retail for shops and distributors (stencil paper, S8 printer). Official program page.
Ozer (Tier 3 - invite-only, get noticed first)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: China, Yiwu, Zhejiang Province
Direct in the US. Direct in Canada.
Ozer makes quick stencil printers, transfer paper and gel, plus wireless pens and cartridges, and sells them from its own store with a stated warehouse in China and one in the United States. It keeps a Pro Team page that lists artists by name, country and style. No application form, no criteria and no benefits are published on that page; the only route it shows is a contact button that opens an email to the brand. An artist would have to write and be chosen, so treat the roster as invite only.
Nord Medical Supply (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: Canada
US via distributors. Direct in Canada.
Nord Medical Supply is a Canadian house label of studio disposables for tattoo and permanent makeup work: barrier film, ink caps and mixers, blue soap, surgical tape, skin markers, rinse cups and a stencil product it lists on its own page. A Canadian artist buys direct from its store, priced in CAD, and Canadian shops such as Maple Tattoo Supply also carry the line. The site publishes no artist programme, no ambassador roster and no pro pricing: besides the shop the only pages are a contact form and the stencil page. No US shipping statement and no named US distributor appear on the site, so a US artist has no published route.
Purple Stencil (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, Wheeling, West Virginia
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Purple Stencil is the tattoo line of TROY Group, an ink and printing company: inkjet stencil printers, stencil ink cartridges and EcoFit ink bottles. Artists buy direct from the brand's own shop, and that shop states ground shipping at no cost within the continental US only. The brand site publishes no artist application, no ambassador roster and no affiliate or pro pricing track; the only artist facing activity shown is convention exhibiting and event sponsorship, arranged with the events themselves. There is a Request a Demo contact link, but it is a sales enquiry rather than a sponsorship application, and no discount or payout figure is published.
3K Instruments (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: Germany, Bavaria (Allershausen, near Munich)
US via distributors. Canada via distributors.
3K Instruments builds the TIM and TIMmy thermal stencil copiers and sells them from its own shop in euros with worldwide shipping, at listed prices of 875 euro for TIM and 575 euro for TIMmy excluding tax. There is no artist programme on the site: no application, no ambassador roster, no affiliate or pro pricing page anywhere in its page list. For North America the site names one official repair partner, Eikon Device Inc in Kingston, Ontario, and the machines are stocked by tattoo supply shops in both countries, so an artist buys through a shop or direct from Germany. If you want anything beyond the retail price you would have to ask by email or through the contact form, because no artist terms are published.
Jet Black Supply (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, the site does not state a city or region
US via distributors. Canada via distributors.
Jet Black Supply is a house label for black barrier and personal protection items used in tattoo work: barrier film, bed drapes, lap cloths, machine bags, gloves, masks, aprons, rinse cups, ink caps and a concentrated soap. Its own site is a catalogue without prices or a cart, and it sends buyers to a Where to Buy page that names Kingpin Tattoo Supply, TATSoul and Eternal Tattoo Supply, all in the United States. No Canadian seller is listed, so no published route into Canada was found. The site has only three pages beyond products, and none of them mention an artist programme, ambassador roster, affiliate payout, pro pricing or even a wholesale application.
InkJet Stencils (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, products stated as manufactured in the United States
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
InkJet Stencils makes a stencil printing system of ink, paper and prep spray and has run since 2005. A US artist can order direct from the site, which states purchases on the site are US only, and Canadian artists buy through listed distributors such as Hildebrandt in British Columbia, Maple in Ontario and Saskatchewan, and SB Distribution in Quebec. The only programme on the site is a distributor track, entered by phone or email rather than a form, and it is aimed at businesses that will resell. No artist programme, ambassador roster, affiliate payout or pro discount is published. Official program page.
Hive Caps (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, the site does not state a city or region
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Hive Caps makes ink caps, rinse cups, cartridge tubes and stencil paper and sells them from its own US store, so a US artist can buy direct. For Canada the site points to authorized distributors and names Inkneedz in Ontario plus Eikon and Good Guy Tattoo Supply nationwide. The only programme with an entry route is Collective Supplier, which asks Shopify store owners to resell the products, so it is a reseller arrangement and not artist sponsorship. Named artists appear on the site through collaboration keychain drops with Jesse Smith and Ryan Ashley, but no roster, criteria or application for artists is published, and no artist discount or percentage is published anywhere on the site. Official program page.
Gorilla Glove (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, Lake Elsinore, California
Direct in the US. Direct in Canada.
Gorilla Glove manufactures disposable latex, nitrile and vinyl gloves and sells them direct from its own online store, including a tattoo glove line. The only published account track is the Wholesale Program, which the brand describes for a distributor, reseller or store owner buying in bulk, with pricing by volume; you download an application document and email it in. There is no artist application, no ambassador roster and no pro pricing tier for an individual artist published anywhere on the site. The brand has one named artist collaboration, a signature glove with Stefano Alcantara, but that page carries no invitation, no form and no way for another artist to join, so no percentage or benefit for artists is published. Official program page.
FINK Caps (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: United States, city and state not published on the site
US via distributors. Canada via distributors.
FINK Caps makes patented slanted oval ink caps, sold in bulk bags of 1,008 caps on perforated sheets, and states they are made in the USA. There is no artist programme: no sponsorship, ambassador roster, affiliate track or published pro discount appears anywhere on the site. The only application the brand runs is a Distributor Application, and it is explicitly for businesses, asking for business name, contact, email, phone, website, address, tax ID and a resale tax exemption certificate. An artist buys the caps through one of the named retailers instead, which in the USA include Lucky's Supply, Kingpin, Old Standard Supply, Alliance, Beehive Worldwide and Saltwater Tattoo Supply; no Canadian distributor is listed, and no percentage or artist benefit is published.
Proton (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: Spain, Leon
US via distributors. Canada via distributors.
Proton makes its own stencil primers, removers, soaps, butters and tattoo and piercing care, and sells through shops rather than through an artist programme. The site has no ambassador, pro team, sponsorship, affiliate or artist application page; the only trade route shown is an Official distributors store locator, so an artist buys from a stockist. In the USA the primer is carried by shops such as Element Tattoo Supply and Needle Supply, and in Canada by FYT Tattoo Supplies, Maple Tattoo Supply, Mithra and Nano Supplies. No discount percentage or artist term is published anywhere on the brand site.
Nikko Hurtado (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, California, studios in the San Fernando Valley and on Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
This is the artist's own storefront, not a supply company with an artist track. The shop sells his house products directly to anyone at one listed price, for example the Anchored Stencil Solution 8oz bottle at $20 and Vegan Blue 4oz jar at $20, alongside his ink set, rotary machines, prints and apparel. There is no application form, no pro or artist pricing tier, and no ambassador or sponsorship page anywhere in the navigation, and the FAQ answers only booking, tour and order-tracking questions. An artist who wants the products simply buys them at the public price; nothing is published about wholesale or distributor terms.
Viscot (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Wholesale / bulk for pros and distributors (surgical skin markers for layout). Official program page.
Anchored by Nikko (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: United States, Tampa, Florida
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Anchored by Nikko sells its stencil solution and its Vegan Blue tattoo cream direct from anchoredbynikko.com, where single bottles and jars are twenty dollars each. Cases are restricted to approved distributors, and the site tells businesses to register and send a resale certificate to open a distribution account. In Canada the named approved distributors are Eikon Device in Kingston, Ontario and Canada Tattoo Supply in Ottawa, Ontario. No artist programme, pro team, ambassador roster or affiliate scheme is published anywhere on the site, and no artist pricing is stated.
Alpha Markers (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, ships from the US; the store defaults to Canadian dollars
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Alpha Markers is the brand behind the Alpha-Betts skin markers used for freehand drawing on skin, and it also sells cartridge needles, Formula 23 ink and flex tape from its own store. The only business track published on the site is a wholesale inquiry page aimed at companies, which asks for full name, phone number, email address, company name and a comments field, after which a person replies with terms. There is no sponsored artist page, pro team, ambassador roster or affiliate scheme anywhere on the site, and no artist discount or commission is published. An artist buys at retail from alphamarkers.com, or from shops that carry the line such as Eikon, Good Guy Tattoo Supply, BNG and Mayday Supply. Official program page.
Snail Trail (Tier 4 - no direct program)
Stencil / Supplies · HQ: USA, Georgia
Direct in the US. Canada via distributors.
Snail Trail is a stencil gel made by tattooer Chuck Clifford and sold from the brand's own store, with the site stating it is made in Georgia, USA. The only trade route the site advertises is wholesale, marked simply as available, with no application page, terms or contact form published for it. There is no ambassador, sponsored artist or affiliate track anywhere on the site. United States artists can buy direct or through supply shops that carry it; for Canada the brand names no distributor.

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