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An e-commerce platform is built to put products in front of buyers and take them through checkout, whether online or in person. A catalogue-first platform begins with the objects themselves: what they are, where they have been and who owns them. Commerce can follow from a public shop, a private presentation, an enquiry or an invoice.
Checked on 4 October 2026 · Sources
| Feature | Art.Industries | Shopify |
|---|---|---|
| Built around | Catalogue-first platform for creative businesses; online selling is optional | Commerce platform for selling online, in person and across channels1 |
| Online store and checkout | Yes. Storefront checkout connected to live inventory | Yes. Broader theme, checkout, payment and sales-channel choice14 |
| Selling in person | Coming soon. In-person selling through the mobile app | Yes. Shopify POS connects online and in-person sales5 |
| Free of platform fees | Yes. Stripe fees only; Art.Industries adds no platform fee | Partly. No extra fee with Shopify Payments; 0.2–2% with other providers16 |
| Enquiries and private sales | Yes. Enquiries, holds, private presentations, deposits and instalments | Partly. Draft orders, holds and terms; deposits need Plus or an app7 |
| How features are added | Connected tools in one workspace; plan availability [to confirm] | Core commerce extended through more than 16,000 apps11 |
| Catalogue and inventory | Yes. Unique works and edition copies keep individual records | Partly. Custom fields; edition copies need a paid app23 |
| Network and marketing | Yes. Contact history, audiences, email and campaign analytics | Yes. Segments and email; 10,000 emails a month included89 |
| Events and ticketing | Yes. RSVPs, waitlists and paid tickets; scanning coming soon | Add-on. Event ticketing and scanning require a paid app10 |
| Consignments and agreements | Yes. Consignor, terms and contracts kept with each item | Add-on. Consignment tracking needs a paid app, from $15 a month15 |
| Locations and movements | Yes. Storage, on loan, on display or with a client, with its history | Partly. Locations hold stock counts for shops and warehouses, not one work's whereabouts14 |
| Application manager | Yes. Track every application and what you sent | No. Not part of a commerce platform1 |
| For collectors | Yes. Selling is optional; the catalogue works on its own | No. Every plan is a store subscription, from $39 a month1 |
Shopify products can carry custom fields, but its native inventory model is built around products, variants and quantities. Art.Industries gives a unique object or edition copy its own record, with its number, location, owner, price, condition and history.
Shopify supports draft orders, reservations and payment terms. Art.Industries also keeps enquiries, offers, holds, private presentations, invoices, deposits and instalments together, so a sale can begin with a conversation rather than a public product page.
Shopify is designed around commerce channels and checkout. In Art.Industries, a public shop is optional. The same catalogue can support private presentations, invoices, contacts and events even when nothing is offered for sale online.
Yes. The catalogue, contacts, private presentations, invoices, campaigns and events work without a public storefront. You can publish a website without offering checkout, or use Art.Industries without publishing a website at all.
Art.Industries adds no platform fee; payments use your own Stripe account. Shopify Payments charges card-processing rates without an additional Shopify transaction fee. Shopify lists an extra 0.2–2% fee when another payment provider is used.1613
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