Selling your artworks online
A remote buyer trusts you without having met you, or seen the work in person. Here's how to show them the sale is serious — and close it cleanly.
They're afraid of getting it wrong too
Buying from a distance, from an artist they don't know, is an act of trust. Understanding their doubts is knowing how to lift them.
“Is it like the photos?”
They haven't seen the work in person and rely on your seriousness. Sharp visuals, precise dimensions and an honest description reassure them.
“Is the artist reliable?”
A plain online account — is it a real artist or a mirage? A clear identity and a coherent body of work remove the doubt.
“Will I actually receive it?”
Paying a stranger is scary. A card payment, with recourse, reassures far more than an irreversible transfer.
“What if it arrives damaged?”
Shipping an artwork worries them as much as you. Careful packaging and tracked delivery lift that doubt.
The signals that reassure
Trust doesn't come from one argument, but from the coherence of the whole.
A page in your name
A Pro Site where the buyer discovers your world, your works and your story before buying. You don't buy from a stranger: you buy from an artist you've come to know.
A secure payment
A card gives the buyer recourse, unlike a transfer or an irreversible instant payment. Reassuring, and serious.
A certificate of authenticity
Verifiable by QR code, it proves the work's origin and matters for a future resale. Serious collectors expect it.
An invoice, a receipt
A real proof of purchase and clear terms: it professionalizes the transaction and lifts the last doubts.
Careful, tracked shipping
Protective packaging, a tracking number, and you keep the buyer informed until delivery. The most anxious phase becomes calm.
Clear prices
Showing the price removes the first barrier to buying online. The buyer knows what to expect, without having to ask.
None of these is enough on its own. It's their presence together that inspires confidence and gives the buyer the assurance to take the step.
All these signals, in one place
MycreArt brings together what makes a serious sale, in one place.
Your Pro Site
A showcase in your name, your Pro Site, where your works become buyable online. Each artwork page shows several views and a room preview — the buyer sees what they are buying, and steps into your world before purchasing.
Payment request and card
A clear summary before payment, then settlement by card (Stripe) collected directly into your account, never into MycreArt's.
Automatic certificate and invoice
After payment, the buyer receives a confirmation. The issued sale document and certificate of authenticity can be attached under your settings.
Buyer directory
Each buyer is kept with their history. Enough to stay in touch and present new works: a reassured buyer comes back.
What an online sale costs
It's the question that changes everything — worth putting side by side.
35 to 50% of the price
On online art marketplaces, every sale carries a commission — commonly 35 to 50%, sometimes on top of a subscription. On a €1,000 work, that's hundreds of euros that never reach you.
0% MycreArt commission
MycreArt takes nothing from your sales: the money goes from the buyer's card to your bank account. For online payments, Stripe applies its processing fees according to its current pricing. The MycreArt cost is the subscription, and it doesn't grow with your sales.
Marketplaces bring their audience — that is their value. Your site, on the other hand, converts the audience you build yourself — Instagram, exhibitions, word of mouth — without giving up a percentage.
What artists ask
Step out of the plain conversation: show a clear identity (real name, background, coherent works), offer a secure card payment tied to you — your MycreArt payment link or page — and announce that the invoice and certificate go out after payment. It's this coherence that turns a DM into a serious sale.
These are two different situations. You use the payment link when someone has already contacted you: a buyer writes to you by DM or email, you talk about a work, and you send them a link to pay for it. No website needed. The Pro Site is the opposite: an online shop open to everyone, where a buyer who doesn't know you yet can discover your works and buy them on their own, any time. So the link is for finalizing a sale when contact already exists; the site is for attracting new buyers. Many artists use both.
Because it leaves them recourse: if something goes wrong, they can dispute the transaction with their bank. A transfer or an instant peer-to-peer payment, on the other hand, is irreversible and unprotected — which worries a cautious buyer, and often scares off the good ones.
Yes. It proves the work's origin, reassures about its authenticity and matters a lot for resale or donation. Serious collectors ask for it. A certificate verifiable online (by QR) is worth more than a simple piece of paper, because it stays checkable at any time.
Yes. The lack of a price is the first barrier to buying online: many buyers don't dare ask and move on. Showing a clear price removes that barrier and looks more professional. You keep the option of a price on request for a special case.
Take care with the packaging, choose tracked shipping (and insured depending on the value), and keep the buyer informed: shipping confirmation, tracking number, a message on delivery. It's the most anxious phase for them; a few clear messages turn the wait into trust — and loyalty.
MycreArt takes no commission on your sales: the price of the work lands in your bank account, except for Stripe processing fees if the buyer pays online by card. The only fixed MycreArt cost is the Pro subscription, which stays the same whether you sell one work or fifty.
Related guides
The steps around a successful online sale.
Selling safely
Avoid the common scams and only ship the work once the money has cleared.
Sell directly
The mechanics: payment link, Stripe and documents, without commission.
Certificate of authenticity
Attach a QR-verifiable certificate to a sold work.
Create your Pro Site
A showcase in your name where your works become buyable online.
Give your online sales a reassuring framework
Go Pro to sell from a site in your name, collect by card and provide invoice and certificate — everything that inspires confidence, in one place.