Masterpiece Online
Masterpiece Online is an online market place that utilizes software purchased by Art Galleries, to display art, collectible and antiques. The company was founded as Archer Exchange in 1994, is based in Parker, Colorado, United States. EngagedWork, LLC acquired Masterpiece Online, Inc. in August, 2008.
Business Profile
Masterpiece Online is an online marketplace for art professionals and collectors. Listers of inventory to Masterpiece Online are predominantly art galleries operators, antique and consignment stores, or artists. The online inventory consists of fineart, antiques, crafts and other merchandise for sale by Art Galleries and Artists. Inventory is made available on the website through inventory management software owned by the artists and businesses that list their works. The online database has been constructed to be an online store, allowing listers of inventory on Masterpiece Online to sell to customers via ecommerce shopping carts directly through the website. These online transactions as well as the buyer information can then be downloaded and stored in the listing agent's business software.
The Masterpiece Online central database, called MGM Central is also available to automatically serve inventory and artist information directly to listing agent websites, and enabling realtime publishing of inventory updates as well as small business to small business transactions. This service requires a website provisioned to connect to the MGM Central database.
There are no fees to list merchandise on Masterpiece Online, making it one of the few web sites on the Internet available for freely listing art and related merchandise. There currently is no advertising on the web site, however there are limited numbers of featured and sponsorships listing options available for a fee. Masterpiece Online was part of a featured discussion at the Oil Painters of America seminar and is featured in a WikiHow article on putting artists work online.
As of March 2012 the site lists more than , 130,000 titles from 880 Galleries in 15 countries.
History
Masterpiece Online commercially launched in April of 2009 by Masterpiece Solutions. The company was founded by James and Gail Archer in 1994 and sold to EngagedWorks, Inc. (DBA Masterpiece Solutions) in 2008 . An earlier version of Masterpiece Online was name Archer Exchange (archerexchange.com) and was launched in January 2000, making it among the first wave of online Art and Antique Marketplaces. Starting in 2000 it operated under the domain archerexchange.com until it was purchased by Parker, CO-based Masterpiece Solutions in 2008.
In 2008 the company moved headquarters from Golden, CO to Parker, CO.
Business Profile
Masterpiece Online is an online marketplace for art professionals and collectors. Listers of inventory to Masterpiece Online are predominantly art galleries operators, antique and consignment stores, or artists. The online inventory consists of fineart, antiques, crafts and other merchandise for sale by Art Galleries and Artists. Inventory is made available on the website through inventory management software owned by the artists and businesses that list their works. The online database has been constructed to be an online store, allowing listers of inventory on Masterpiece Online to sell to customers via ecommerce shopping carts directly through the website. These online transactions as well as the buyer information can then be downloaded and stored in the listing agent's business software.
The Masterpiece Online central database, called MGM Central is also available to automatically serve inventory and artist information directly to listing agent websites, and enabling realtime publishing of inventory updates as well as small business to small business transactions. This service requires a website provisioned to connect to the MGM Central database.
There are no fees to list merchandise on Masterpiece Online, making it one of the few web sites on the Internet available for freely listing art and related merchandise. There currently is no advertising on the web site, however there are limited numbers of featured and sponsorships listing options available for a fee. Masterpiece Online was part of a featured discussion at the Oil Painters of America seminar and is featured in a WikiHow article on putting artists work online.
As of March 2012 the site lists more than , 130,000 titles from 880 Galleries in 15 countries.
History
Masterpiece Online commercially launched in April of 2009 by Masterpiece Solutions. The company was founded by James and Gail Archer in 1994 and sold to EngagedWorks, Inc. (DBA Masterpiece Solutions) in 2008 . An earlier version of Masterpiece Online was name Archer Exchange (archerexchange.com) and was launched in January 2000, making it among the first wave of online Art and Antique Marketplaces. Starting in 2000 it operated under the domain archerexchange.com until it was purchased by Parker, CO-based Masterpiece Solutions in 2008.
In 2008 the company moved headquarters from Golden, CO to Parker, CO.
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