Software Solutions for Canvas Sellers
Canvases are sold in standard sizes and in custom ones, with options for depth, priming and fabric. They are bulky, fragile and priced by area. Sellers need a size configurator, a workshop job sheet and shipping rules based on dimensions.
Sell ready sizes and made-to-measure canvases, and ship them without damage.
A canvas has no fixed size that suits everyone. Artists ask for exact dimensions, and price rises with area, so a quotation by hand soon becomes the slowest part of selling.
It is also light but very bulky. Freight and breakage become the main cost.
Canvas makers with a workshop
A maker stretches and primes canvases to order and sells standard sizes from stock.
Art shops adding custom sizes
A shop sells ready canvases and passes custom orders to a local workshop.
Suppliers to studios and institutions
A supplier sells canvases in bulk to art classes, galleries and framers.
The workflow for canvases.
- 1
Choosing the size
A buyer picks a ready size or enters dimensions, then chooses depth, fabric and priming.
- 2
Pricing the piece
Price comes from area and options, with a lead time from the workshop’s open orders.
- 3
Passing it to the workshop
A job sheet carries exact measurements, fabric, depth and finish.
- 4
Packing for transit
Corner guards, boards and rigid boxes are chosen by size, and large pieces go by goods transport.
- 5
Delivering and inspecting
The buyer checks on arrival, and a damaged piece is photographed and replaced.
The challenges, and what they cost.
What is specific to this trade.
These are requirements we would confirm in discovery. They describe what the solution may need to handle. They are not features that already exist.
- Minimum and maximum dimensions with a price rule for area, depth and priming
- A job sheet that carries measurements without retyping
- Shipping chosen from dimensions, with oversize rules
- A damage-claim process with photographs
What we would build for canvases.
Chosen from the commerce capabilities this business needs, not a list of everything.
Who works in the system, and what each can do.
What it would connect to.
An integration is confirmed only after its API, access and scope are checked. A connection that updates on a schedule is described as scheduled, not real-time.
- A gateway sandbox used for test orders before any real money moves
- Rate tables from the carriers you use, loaded by box size and weight
- A GST report prepared from order data, for your adviser’s review
- Stock figures refreshed at fixed times, with the next refresh shown to staff
How the work runs, and what we need from you.
What you provide
- Your ready sizes and custom limits
- How you price by area today
- Your carriers and packing materials
Define the price rule
Area, depth and priming rules are agreed and tested against past orders.
Pack and test
Packing is trialled for the larger sizes before they are offered.
What you receive.
- A size configurator and price rule
- Workshop job sheets
- Dimension-based shipping rules
- Damage-claim steps
How progress is judged.
Measures are agreed against your own baseline. We do not promise a result in advance.
- Quotes answered automatically within your limits
- Damage claims per hundred parcels, against your baseline
- Workshop orders corrected after reading the sheet
Selling at home and abroad.
Canvas sizes are quoted in different units in different countries, and some markets favour other standard sizes. The configurator shows inches or centimetres, and freight to other countries is priced by route.
The wider requirements for art supplies are on the Art Supplies page.
Related subcategories.
Canvas E-commerce & Made-to-Size Ordering Software
Configured implementation
Size options, dimension-based shipping and quote rules are put together on the tooling that the discovery stage recommends. Nothing in the current GullySystem range prices canvases by size.
Read about the softwareExisting GullySystem products that apply
Questions about canvases e-commerce.
Can a buyer enter any size?
Within the minimum and maximum you set, yes. Sizes outside that range become a quote request.
Does the workshop get exact measurements?
Yes. The job sheet carries the dimensions the buyer entered, so no one copies them from a message.
Can it show shipping before payment?
Yes, once parcel dimensions are known. Oversize pieces are marked as freight and quoted by a person.
Talk through your commerce requirement.
Describe what you sell, where you sell it and what is slowing you down. An engineer will reply within one business day.
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