BUYMYARTS

BuyMyArts: A Custom Wall-Art Marketplace, Built to Scale

Client: buymyarts.com  

Type: Two-sided marketplace / e-commerce platform  

Status: In Progress

The Brief

BuyMyArts - is more than online store. Artists will be able to list and manage their own work, buyers need a smooth path from browsing to checkout, and the team behind it all nees real control over the platform without calling a developer for every change. Off-the-shelf marketplace software either don't fit the workflow or can't be customised far enough — so the site will be custom-built end to end.

The Challenge

A marketplace is a harder build than a standard store, because it has to serve two very different users at once:

• Sellers need to onboard, list artwork, manage inventory and pricing, and get paid reliably.
• Buyers need to discover art, trust the checkout, and track their orders.
• The platform team needs oversight of both sides — approvals, content, disputes, and reporting — from one place.

Getting all three to work together, securely and at speed, is the core of the project.

What We Build 

Separate buyer and seller accounts. Two distinct account types with their own dashboards, permissions, and workflows — sellers get listing and sales tools, buyers get orders and purchase history.

A custom admin panel / CMS. Rather than bolting the platform onto a generic CMS, we built a bespoke admin panel so the BuyMyArts team can manage listings, users, content, and orders directly — no developer required for day-to-day operations.

Secure payments with Stripe. End-to-end checkout and seller payouts handled through Stripe, so money moves reliably between buyers, the platform, and artists.

Media handling with Amazon S3. High-resolution artwork is stored and served through S3, keeping the site fast and the image library scalable as more artists join.

Google and third-party integrations. Google services — e.g. sign-in, analytics and additional integrations wired in to support discovery, accounts, and operations.

How We Approached It

The build follows our standard studio process: a discovery phase to map both user journeys and the admin workflows, design sign-off before any code, then an iterative build against a staging environment so the BuyMyArts team could watch the platform come together and give feedback throughout.

The Stack

Custom-built platform · Stripe (payments & payouts) · Amazon S3 (media storage) · Google services

Building something two-sided? Marketplaces, portals, and platforms with multiple user types are squarely what we do.