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Issue a certificate of authenticity
The certificate is created in one click for any artwork whose sheet has its dimensions. Before the first one, set your signature: it signs every certificate, and it is what the buyer looks at first.
Before you start
- The artwork has its height and width on its sheet. Its photo, technique and year are there too: they are printed on the certificate.
- Your Pro subscription is active.
Screen 1 · Documents
In the menu, open Documents, then Certificates of authenticity.
Screen 2 · My certificates of authenticity
Click Signature. Only once: it will be used on all your certificates.
Screen 3 · My signature
Sign inside the frame, with your finger on a phone or the mouse. Or click Upload a photo: your signature in black felt pen on a white sheet, photographed in daylight; the background is removed automatically.
Click Place this signature on my certificates. Without a signature, The calligraphic name signs your certificates: correct, but it is not your hand.
Screen 4 · New certificate
Back in My certificates of authenticity, click New certificate: the Eligible artworks list shows your artworks that are ready. Click Generate next to the artwork.
Done
The certificate is created, with its number. Find it in My certificates of authenticity: PDF to send or print, Verify online to see the page the buyer opens by scanning the QR code, Copy verification link to send it to them. The certificate is frozen: its details will not change, even if you edit the sheet.
The certificate sheet, where everything is:
Revoke: what it is for
Revoking means canceling a certificate already issued: a mistake in its details, a destroyed artwork, a dispute. On its sheet, More actions then Revoke this certificate, with a reason. It cannot be undone: the verification page shows the warning to whoever scans the QR code, and the artwork becomes eligible for a new certificate. Never revoke to send a PDF again: download it again, it is the same original.
After revocation:
What if…
The artwork is not in the list?
Two possible reasons: its sheet has no height or width, or it already has a valid certificate — an artwork has only one at a time. Complete the sheet, and it appears in Eligible artworks.
The buyer lost their certificate?
Send them the same PDF again from My certificates of authenticity. Do not create a second certificate for the same artwork: two originals with two numbers is exactly what a certificate must prevent.
From the artwork sheet?
Same result: on the artwork sheet, the More actions menu offers Generate a certificate.
At the time of a sale?
The certificate is generated and sent with the receipt or invoice, from the sale sheet: see Record a sale and send its documents.
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