Melissa Hefferlin www.melissahefferlin.com

Masterpiece Artist Business Software enables you to process sales quickly and with ease. It records all details about a sale (shipping, payment, customer information) as well as editing sales for errors, voids, returns and future payments. The system also allows for the printing of receipts and statements directly from the software.
--No more using multiple systems for inventory, mailing lists and sales!
--No more piles of paper on the floor!
--All of your invoices and receipts are safely and accurately contained in Masterpiece Artist Business Software.

video: How to do a Quick Sale in Masterpiece Artist

 

 

Point of Sale

• Automatic relationship between inventory, customer info, payments.
• Find your art easily with Power Search
• "Quick Sale" feature for artwork not already listed as inventory (sell anything, any time)
• Multiple payment options including gift certificates, travelers checks, credit cards, layaways and installments
• Supports POS hardware such as barcode scanners, mag stripe readers, cash drawers and receipt printers.
• Know all shipping details and generate shipping documents
• Print invoices/receipts/statements directly from the program
• Give multiple discounts on one invoice and calculate the total sale
• Figure out your sales taxes - very helpful when you are selling at art shows around the country.

The Masterpiece Artist Business Software was designed specifically for the individual artist. It records all important information for each piece of art and then tracks them using your specifications (for example, "a numbered edition print that is framed and is is now at the Red Fox Art Gallery on consignment.") The artist software system tracks all inventory types, including Fine Art, Sculpture, Pottery, Antiques, Jewelry, Fine Crafts, Limited Editions, and Originals.
All forms and reports in Masterpiece Artist are completely customizable.

Artwork Control

• Unlimited Art Categories - painting, sculpture, pottery, prints, you set your own
• Unlimited Mediums - watercolor, oil, bronze, clay, paper, you set your own
• Limited Editions - Complete artwork cataloguing of multiple editions, including numbered and unnumbered editions, and all information common to editions sold or produced
• Art Locations - studio, galleries, home, framer .
• Know how much your art cost you, your retail prices, your Artshow prices, your Website prices
• Digital Images - Store and display multiple images of each work with its record
• Power Search - filter by selecting criteria.
• Create price cards or information cards for your art shows
• Create information/ tear sheets for each of your artwork with digital images
• Organize artwork and track value for insurance purposes
• Add your artist bio with your picture
• Keep track of your Consignment information with every gallery you work with
• Keep track of offers to customers / galleries
• Automatic artwork numbering

Reports

• View and print artwork, sales, and contact information in a variety of report formats
• Create your consignment agreement for an art gallery
• Create art price lists
• Send reports via email to your galleries containing specific information on inventory

We have designed a software solution called “Quicklink” which is embedded into Masterpiece Artist. We will configure your software so that automatically connects your computer to a world-class, Microsoft SQL-powered website. This one-of-a-kind connection will allow you to add artwork to Masterpiece Artist, and, by clicking the “Upgrade My Website” button, will automatically display the information on your website (containing title, subject, medium, dimensions, price, multiple images of the piece, etc.)
When you sell a piece of art, the website will either remove the listing entirely, or mark it as “sold” and eventually remove it. Of course, you control which pieces are shown on your website and which are not; price or no price, web price or retail. We have designed Masterpiece Artist Business Software to be incredibly easy to use. Ultimately, Masterpiece Artist will help to organize your business so you can focus on your passion—creating art!

Update your website with the touch of a button

• Automated connection between "local" database and "online" database used for your dynamic web site
• Allows very easy control of web content directly from your computer - without learning HTML or FTP
• Ensures that your web site remains up-to-date
• Email artwork and pictures to contacts and galleries.(excellant free sales tool)
• Add your show dates and gallery appearances
• Add your artist bio with image
• Upload your unlimited inventory to www.MasterpieceOnline.com and put your work in front of tens of thousands of art collectors and enthusiasts every single month
• Unlimited number of your artwork can be displayed on your website
• Increase your website traffic with uptodate information and links from www.MasterpieceOnline.com and www.MasterpieceManager.com
• Automatically list your upcoming events on your website (maybe the artshows you will be attending this summer, or an artist opening at the newest art gallery in town)
  
  

video: How to add a Contact in Masterpiece Artist

 

The contact function captures information that allows you to easily locate your customers, art galleries, suppliers; track key information associated with each; and communicate with them as desired. The system will automatically relate each aspect of your operation. For example, when a sale is made, the software will automatically update your customer's information, sales and artwork databases (among others) without any additional work. This means there is no need for you to enter information more than once.

• More than just "Names and Addresses" Keep track of contacts: dealers, galleries, customers, collectors, framers, etc. Even if each contact has many different addresses - home, and office, for example
• Who has what tastes
• Sales and Payment Histories
• Cross Linked automatically to inventory and sales
• Email Broadcasting of your new artwork
• Create contact 'action reminders' (maybe you should follow up with your latest customer)
• Print mailing labels based on any combination of contact criteria (just friends? just customers? just galleries?)
• Send emails based on any combination of contact criteria - great as a free sales tool!
• Track customer/gallery balances ( who owes you what and when)