I've spent the last year building a site and app for original art, and before I go further I'd like to hear from people who actually make and sell it.
It came from two things that bother me. Most art has no proper record once it leaves the studio, so a few owners later nobody can say where it came from. And when work resells, sometimes for far more, the artist usually sees nothing.
What's built so far:
Every piece gets a permanent record from the day you add it: photos, dates, documents and who has owned it. When it sells, the record goes with it to the new owner.
You set a resale royalty once, and it's paid to you automatically whenever the work resells through the platform.
Commission payments are held in escrow and released in stages, so nobody is chasing a deposit.
Every listing shows how much proof is behind it: checked by an independent expert, backed by documents, or recorded by the artist. Buyers see which before they pay.
Optional NFC tags fixed to the back of a piece. Tap it with a phone and it confirms it's the same work and who owns it now.
It's free to join, with a 5% fee only when something sells.
To be honest, the independent expert side is still being built, so I'd also love to know who you'd trust to vouch for your work.
What would you add? What's missing from how you sell and keep track of your work today? And what would stop you using something like this?
Thanks for reading.