Masterpiece Software
Masterpiece Gallery Software has been designed by gallery owners specifially to meet the needs of gallery operators. Your business is like no other. Since 1996 Masterpiece has been recognized as the most powerful and comprehensive solution to the unique needs of the art gallery business. As the industry leader over 1000 galleries from around the world have chosen Masterpiece Art Gallery Software to improve their operations and business performance.
Let us show you why!
Complete Art Gallery Management system offering
- Inventory Control
- Customer Management
- Framing
- Point of Sale
- Web integration
- Scalability
- Internet Marketplace - Masterpiece Online
Inventory Control
- Multiple mediums - sculpture, pottery, gifts, fine art, prints, antiques
- Limited Editions
- Consigned vs. Owned or mixture of the two - i.e. consigned art, owned frame
- Tracks Artists, Suppliers, Co-Ventures
- Stock Locations - warehouse, store, home, framer, .
- Costs, Retail prices, Wholesale prices, web prices
- Digital Images
- Power Search - filter by selecting criteria.
Customer Management
- More than just "Names and Addresses"
- Tastes
- Purchase and Payment Histories
- Cross Linked automatically to inventory and sales
- Email Broadcasting
Framing
- SIMPLE to use screens - unlike most framing packages
- Powerful enough to handle all framing requirements
Point of Sale
- Automatic relation between inventory, client info, payments.
- Easily find piece already in inventory using Power Search
- "Quick Sale" features for items not in inventory
- Multiple addresses / phone numbers for clients
- Multiple payment options including gift certificates, travelers checks, credit cards, layaways and installments
- Supports POS hardware such as barcode scanners, mag stripe readers, cash drawers and receipt printers.
Web Integration
- Automated connection between "local" database and "online" database used for gallery's dynamic web site
- Allows very easy control of web content directly from gallery computer - without learning HTML or FTP
- Ensures that gallery's web site remains up-to-date
- Email titles and pictures to contacts.
Scalability
- FULLY scaleable from a single computer in one location to multiple computers running in remote locations via LAN or WAN connections.
BENEFITS TO ART GALLERIES
Masterpiece offers the art and antique gallery owner several benefits in both their counter and back office procedures.
- Cleaner presentation
- More accurate POS information
- Access to hundreds of "standard" reports
- Faster processing of "boring" paperwork tasks
- Security
Intuitive Navigation and Use
- Customizable layouts on printed Invoices, Statements
- No more "sticky notes" relating to customer promises - "Don't ship till Sept 5 th "
- No more outdated "inventory sheets"
POS Accuracy
- Client details (names, addresses) are confirmed by the client at time of sale
- Less likely to sell the "wrong piece" during the transaction
- Tax, Sale, and Discount calculations done by computer - fewer user errors
- Perpetual record. Invoices and sales data can be recalled years after the event
Reports
- Inventory reports - By Artist, Vendor, Location, Price - etc
- Sales Reports - Sales, Items sold, Receipts, Outstanding amounts
- Hundreds of other reports included
- USER Customizable layouts
Processing
- Jobs that used to take days now take minutes
1. Paying artist consignments
2. Reporting sales taxes collected
3. Ordering new inventory - Bookkeeper/Accountant has ACCURATE figures from POS area
Security
- Password protection
- User levels allow staff to view or change only the information they are supposed to