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For Artists
Organize, sell, and show your work
For Galleries
Multi-artist show tools
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Printed Materials
Labels, handouts, collector records
ScanAlytics
See what visitors scan before and after shows
QID Connections
Artist and gallery connections
Commissioned Artwork
Requests, agreements, payments
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ARTIST + GALLERY COMPARISON

QuRated.art vs Art Storefronts

QuRated.art is a mobile-first Application connecting Artist and Gallery pages, artwork, shows, QR Powered Materials, engagement intelligence, direct sales, Professional Connections, and Commissioned Artwork. Art Storefronts provides a subscriber-operated ecommerce website with original-art and print sales, automated print fulfillment, website analytics, and marketing resources.

Last reviewed: July 27, 2026.

Sourced against current first-party Art Storefronts product, support, pricing, and terms materials, corrected when applications change.

Best fit

Choose QuRated.art when you want

  • A public Artist or Gallery presence connected to artwork, shows, and exhibitions
  • QR Powered Wall Labels and handouts generated around living public destinations
  • A distinct QR identity for each supported Printed Material
  • QuRated.art's ScanAlytics by artwork, material, show, and exhibition context
  • Native Artist audio narration inside the artwork page
  • Professional Connections between separate Artist and Gallery accounts
  • Artist-controlled participation where the Artist retains the source artwork record
  • Written strategic guidance based on your own engagement and sales activity
  • Direct sales without commissions on artwork sales
  • A structured Commissioned Artwork workflow from request through signed record
  • A permanent free Artist tier through Solo

Consider Art Storefronts when you want

  • A subscriber-operated ecommerce website
  • Original-art, print, limited-edition, and merchandise sales from that website
  • Automated print fulfillment
  • Wall Preview and Live Preview options
  • Website traffic, acquisition, and ecommerce reporting
  • Email marketing tools, contacts, and marketing education
  • A Live Art Show Store inside the website

Use both when

Use QuRated.art for its connected public presence, QR Powered Materials, ScanAlytics, Professional Connections, exhibition participation, Sales Reporting, and Commissioned Artwork while using Art Storefronts as a separate ecommerce website and print-fulfillment system.

For Artists

With QuRated.art, an Artist can maintain a public presence connected to artwork, price and availability, shows, QR Powered Materials, native audio narration, inquiries, direct purchases, Professional Connections, ScanAlytics, Sales Reporting, and Commissioned Artwork. The Artist keeps the source artwork record when offering work into a hosted exhibition and can follow engagement from the physical encounter into later inquiry or purchase.

Art Storefronts gives an Artist a subscriber-operated ecommerce website for originals, prints, limited editions, and merchandise. It also supports automated print fulfillment, website marketing tools, downloadable page and product QR codes, Live Art Show pages, and marketing education. Those website and fulfillment capabilities do not replace QuRated.art's material-specific engagement, account-to-account Professional Connections, or structured Commissioned Artwork workflow.

For Galleries

With QuRated.art, a Gallery can connect its public presence to participating Artists, artwork, exhibitions, QR Powered Wall Labels, QR Powered Show and Exhibition Handouts, material-specific engagement, Professional Connections, Artist-held source records, direct sales, Sales Reporting, and written strategic guidance.

Art Storefronts supports Gallery and multi-Artist website presentation. Artist names can appear with products, products can be grouped by Artist, and order exports can help a Gallery review sales by Artist. That is a single-site website and store workflow, not a persistent relationship between separate Artist and Gallery accounts, a synchronized Artist-held source record, or an account-to-account exhibition workflow.

Artwork & Provenance

With QuRated.art, the artwork record connects public presentation, pricing and availability, provenance, a printable certificate, QR Powered Materials, shows, inquiries, purchases, native Artist audio, and Commissioned Artwork. Art Storefronts uses ecommerce product records to present and sell originals, prints, limited editions, and merchandise, but the public materials reviewed did not show the connected provenance and certificate system that QuRated.art provides.

Capability QuRated.art Art Storefronts
Detailed artwork record Included Different model: ecommerce product record for originals, prints, limited editions, and merchandise
Detailed public artwork sales page Included Included
Images and supporting information Included Included
Pricing, availability, and sold status Included Included
Provenance and artwork-history records Included No equivalent capability found
Printable provenance certificate Included No equivalent capability found
Certificate carries a QR connection to a living public record Included No equivalent capability found
Public record remains connected to Artist context Included Included
Destination manageable without reprinting Included - Persistent redirect resolved at scan time Not confirmed
Connected show, inquiry, purchase, and Commissioned Artwork paths Included Different model: inquiry and purchase from website product pages; no structured Commissioned Artwork path
Editions and quantities Not included Included
Variants and merchandise Included Included
Custom artwork fields Not included Not confirmed
Locations, loans, and movement Not included No equivalent capability found
Consignment records and documentation Not included No equivalent capability found
Bulk artwork data import and export Not included Not confirmed
Native Artist audio narration Included Different model: externally hosted audio can be embedded in a product page

QuRated.art connects a printable provenance certificate to the artwork's living public record, Artist context, and artwork details through QR. It is not presented as legal authentication, government certification, independent verification, appraisal, blockchain, or an immutable ownership history.

The Artist's voice stays with the artwork, and the visitor stays within the QuRated.art experience. Art Storefronts documents embedding an externally hosted MP3 into a product page through HTML rather than native, platform-contained audio hosting.

Shows & Exhibitions

With QuRated.art, a show or exhibition can connect participating accounts, Artist-held artwork records, public exhibition pages, QR Powered Materials, inquiry and purchase paths, and post-show engagement. Art Storefronts provides a Live Art Show Store and landing page inside one website, which is useful for presenting and selling selected work but does not create the same account-to-account participation model.

Capability QuRated.art Art Storefronts
Artist-created shows Included Included
Gallery exhibitions Included Included
Peer or Artist-hosted show with another account participating Included No equivalent capability found
Gallery-hosted exhibition with connected Artist accounts Included No equivalent capability found
Public show or exhibition page Included Included
Participating artwork with price and availability Included Included
Participating Artist navigation Included Different model: Artist names can display within a multi-Artist website
Artwork submission for host review Included No equivalent capability found
Host invitation, review, selection, and release Included No equivalent capability found
Artist retains the source artwork record during exhibition participation Included No equivalent capability found
QR Powered Show and Exhibition Handouts Included - Connects the exhibition to participating artwork, Artists, and sales paths Different model: downloadable page or product QR can be added to self-created materials
Show-level and post-show engagement reporting Included Different model: website and sales reports; no show-specific scan reporting
Public calls for entry Coming soon No equivalent capability found

Art Storefronts' Live Art Show Store is credited as a public show page and selling path. It is not treated as an equivalent to QuRated.art's connected Artist participation, source-record retention, material-specific QR identities, or show-level ScanAlytics.

Marketing & Discovery

QuRated.art gives Artists and Galleries a connected marketing presence across public pages, exhibitions, shareable artwork, QR Powered Materials, professional relationships, inquiries, and sales. Art Storefronts provides a subscriber-operated website with ecommerce, email and contact tools, marketing education, and optional services.

Capability QuRated.art Art Storefronts
Public Artist presence Included Included
Public Gallery presence Included Included
Custom public Artist or Gallery URL Included Included
Public artwork pages Included Included
Public show and exhibition pages Included Included
Connected navigation among Artist, Gallery, artwork, and show Included Different model: navigation among pages and products inside one website, without connected accounts
Search visibility of the public presence Included Included
Social and direct sharing of artwork and pages Included Included
Professional discovery through connections Included No equivalent capability found
Subscriber-operated website builder Different model: custom website design and development are available separately through Ignite Custom Websites for Artists Included
Custom-developed Artist website Available separately through Ignite Custom Websites for Artists, the developer of QuRated.art Different model: subscriber-operated website platform
Email marketing system Not included Included
Marketing education and coaching Different model: written strategic guidance based on the account's own engagement Included
Direct human support Included Included

Art Storefronts' website builder, email tools, contacts, Success Plan, and member resources are genuine capabilities. QuRated.art's different strength is that its public pages, QR Powered Materials, Professional Connections, ScanAlytics, Sales Reporting, and Commissioned Artwork operate as one connected Application.

Custom website design and development are available separately through Ignite Custom Websites for Artists.

Engagement & Sales

QuRated.art's ScanAlytics and Sales Reporting show which artwork, Printed Materials, shows, and exhibitions attract attention and where engagement progresses toward inquiry or purchase. Art Storefronts provides website traffic, customer-acquisition, conversion, and ecommerce sales reports, but the reviewed first-party materials did not show material-specific scan intelligence.

ScanAlytics shows how people engage with artwork and printed materials without turning the dashboard into a visitor-profiling tool.

Capability QuRated.art Art Storefronts
Engagement by artwork Included Different model: website traffic, acquisition, and ecommerce reporting
Engagement by Printed Material Included No equivalent capability found
Engagement by show or exhibition Included No equivalent capability found
Wall-label versus handout activity Included No equivalent capability found
Date, hour, and weekday patterns Included Different model: website analytics
Device context Included Different model: Google Analytics integration
Broad location context Included Different model: Google Analytics integration
ScanAlytics engagement reporting Included No equivalent capability found
Sales Reporting Included Included
Standard reports and dashboards Included Included
Collection and financial reporting Included Different model: ecommerce sales and customer-acquisition reports
Written strategic guidance from account engagement Included No equivalent capability found
Inquiry activity Included Included
Purchase paths from Artist, Gallery, artwork, show, exhibition, and QR pages Included Different model: website product and store pages plus downloadable page or product QR
Direct human support Included Included

Art Storefronts' website and ecommerce reporting is credited as a genuine capability. It is not presented as equivalent to QuRated.art's ability to compare physical Printed Materials, connect those sources to artwork and show context, and provide written strategic guidance from the account's own engagement.

Direct Sales & Payment Options

Capability QuRated.art Art Storefronts
Direct purchase from a public artwork page Included Included
Original artwork sales Included Included
Prints and merchandise Included Included
Automated print fulfillment Not offered Included
Payment service QuRated.art payment processing Stripe, Authorize, or PayPal
Published payment-processing rate Paid plans: 2.9% + $0.30; Free plan: 3.9% + $0.50 2.9% + $0.30 for U.S. purchases, separate from Art Storefronts transaction fees
Platform commission or transaction fee on sales No commissions on artwork sales 5% to 15% by plan, with 0% plans available
Alternate payment methods PayPal, Zelle, Venmo, Cash App Included through configured payment gateways
Sales records and reporting Included Included
Native direct checkout currencies Not included: native QuRated.art artwork direct checkout currently uses USD and CAD Not confirmed

Art Storefronts transaction fees, payment-gateway processing fees, and fulfillment costs are separate fee categories.

Pricing

QuRated.art uses published subscription pricing and charges no commissions on artwork sales. Art Storefronts does not publish a fixed subscription price in the reviewed first-party materials and uses consultation-based pricing with plan-dependent transaction fees.

QuRated.art Pricing

Solo

Permanent free Artist tier

Free Always free

Ongoing free plan

Start Free

Studio

The full QuRated.art experience for professional Artists

$24 per month

$229 per year, $19/month equivalent with annual billing
Save 20%

Get Started

Gallery

For Galleries, hosts, collectives, and multi-Artist exhibitions

$79 per month

$699 per year, $58.25/month equivalent with annual billing
Save 26%

Start as a Gallery

Art Storefronts Pricing

Art Storefronts

Pricing available through consultation
  • Monthly or annual license options are documented
  • Transaction fees range from 5% to 15% depending on plan
  • 0% transaction-fee plans are available
  • Payment-gateway processing fees are separate
  • Automated fulfillment and production costs are separate
  • Optional marketing services may carry separate charges

QuRated.art offers Solo as a permanent free Artist tier. Art Storefronts does not provide a permanent free Artist tier in the reviewed first-party materials.

Final Artist and Gallery decision guidance

For Artists

Choose QuRated.art when you want one connected Application for your public Artist presence, artwork pages, shows, QR Powered Materials, native audio, material-specific engagement, Professional Connections, direct sales, Sales Reporting, and Commissioned Artwork.

Consider Art Storefronts when your primary requirement is a subscriber-operated ecommerce website with print-on-demand fulfillment, website marketing tools, and general website and sales reporting.

For Galleries

Choose QuRated.art when you want a public Gallery presence connected to separate Artist accounts, Artist-held artwork records, exhibitions, QR Powered Wall Labels and handouts, material-specific engagement, Professional Connections, direct sales, and written follow-up guidance.

Consider Art Storefronts when your primary requirement is a Gallery-operated ecommerce website with multi-Artist product presentation, print fulfillment, and sales exports organized by Artist.

Combined use

Use both when QuRated.art handles the connected public, professional, physical-material, engagement, and Commissioned Artwork experience while Art Storefronts serves as a separate ecommerce website and print-fulfillment system.

FOR ARTISTS

Give Your Artwork a Connected Path

Build a public Artist presence that connects artwork, shows, QR Powered Materials, engagement intelligence, direct sales, Professional Connections, and Commissioned Artwork.

Get Started as an Artist

FOR GALLERIES

Connect the Exhibition to What Happens Next

Bring Artists, artwork, shows, QR Powered Materials, engagement, follow-up, and sales into one connected Gallery experience.

Get Started as a Gallery