A working painter turned prints and commissions into $92k of recurring revenue
A proper print shop with editions, a commission intake with tiered pricing, and a collector waitlist — the plumbing every working artist actually needs. Revenue slumps in January after the holiday gifting rush, then climbs sharply Feb–May as the spring art-show and open-studio cycle drives print and commission demand.
Monthly revenue $ (Jan slump before spring show cycle)
How we modeled thisMonthly revenue is actual sales from the artist's Shopify + gallery-consignment reports. The Jan slump is the standard post-holiday art-market lull; the Feb–May climb reflects the observed spring art-show cycle.
The challenge
Isla was selling prints via DMs and a Squarespace store that couldn't handle limited editions. Commission inquiries came in cold and she'd quote from her phone. No mailing list to speak of.
What we built
- ▸Commerce build with editioned prints, inventory, and collector-only pre-releases
- ▸AI commission intake that produces a tier-priced proposal draft
- ▸Studio visit booking (calendar + NDA for larger works)
- ▸Collector waitlist with new-work SMS drops
Results after 6 months
- ✓$92k in first-year print + commission revenue (from $11k the prior year)
- ✓Collector waitlist grew to 1,340 in six months
- ✓Studio visits now booked out 6 weeks
"I stopped running a store out of my DMs. That changed the work I could take on."