Artist Guide

Your overview on how to manage your artist page & art products

After reviewing the guides below, if you still have questions contact us.

Artist Login

Artist Login

  1. Select Artist Login from the top menu.
  2. Login in with the credentials you were sent when your page was set up.
  3. Contact us at 336-601-8630 if you have lost the information.
  4. You can change your password by selecting the “Lost your Password” link.

Artist Dashboard

Artist Dashboard

This is the page you should first see when you login.

The Menu on the left are links the different sections of your pages.

  1. Dashboard: is a general overview
  2. Coupons: is where you can create coupons to send to your patrons
  3. Artwork: is where you create the individual pages and upload your art
  4. Commissions: is a running total of sales and commissions
  5. Artist Settings: is where to change/update the information on your artist page
  6. Orders: is a breakdown of all your orders
  7. Logout: Please logout after each session

Adding Artwork

Adding Artwork/Products 

  1. This is the section where you add products and their images to your Shop page (it will automatically add the image to your Artist page.)
  2. Mouse over a title to see the Edit, Delete, View, and Duplicate links.
  3. It’s easiest to duplicate an existing page and change the information rather than starting a new page.
  4. Duplicating a page does not replace the existing page, it just makes a copy.

Mouse over title to show extra links

Artwork Details

Artwork Details 
This is the section where you fill in the information about a specific piece of art and add the image(s) associated with it.
NOTE: Images should be no larger than 1000px along the longest side of the art.

Starting at the top and working down

  1. Thumbnail: Is actually the main Art Image.
  2. Product Gallery: Is additional images of the same art. Gallery images are optional
  3. Description: Is where you tell the story behind this specific piece of art. ( We recommend you do this.)
  4. Excerpt: Is the basic information of materials used and size of your art.
  5. General Section:
    • Regular price is the amount you want to sell it for.
    • Sale Price is if you want to offer it below the regular price. (Not recommended.)
    • Tax and Tax Class should be left as Taxable and Standard (We handle the tax collection.)
    • Status: Set to Draft while you are working on it and Publish when you want it available
    • Product Categories should be left blank unless this art is also shown in the CVA Gallery.
    • Product Tags should only describe this piece of art. (Select one.)

SAVE the page whenever you make a change!

  1. Inventory:
    • SKU id is unique to you. We suggest you use your initials ( initials-01, initials-02, etc.)
    • Leave Stock Management checked with a quantity of 1. Also check Sold Individually.
  2. Shipping: Fill in the dimensions of the artwork.

Inventory Sub Section – 

Shipping Sub Section – 

Artist Settings

Artist Settings

  1. NOTE: select Store Settings in the top tabs to edit your information
    • Dashboard: is just another overview of your sales
    • Payment info: is for direct payment to the artist and is not set up.
  2. At this time we are not using the Vendor Profile Image only the Vendor Header
  3. Select the Upload Vendor Header Image link to upload an image that represents your work. Note the size is 1400 x 460 pixels, similar to a Facebook header image.
  4. As you scroll down you can see the other areas where you can change the information shown on your Artist page.