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Never get ghosted on a commission again. Enquiry to contract to deposit to delivery: one flow, every payment on Stripe, ending in a registered certificate that transfers to your client automatically.

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Commission · Portrait of E.H. · Eleanor Hart

Enquiry & quote

Accepted 3 Jun

Contract signed

Both parties, 5 Jun

Deposit paid

50% secured via Stripe

£900

In progress, milestone 2 of 3

Client approved the underpainting

Delivery & balance

Certificate issues, provenance transfers to client

£900

One flow. No chasing.

01

Enquiry with a live quote

Your commission page takes the brief, size, medium, deadline, and shows the client a price on the spot. Serious enquiries only; tyre-kickers filter themselves out.

02

Contract and deposit, together

The client e-signs a clear agreement and pays the deposit in the same sitting. No deposit, no start date, and nobody has to say it out loud.

03

Milestones the client approves

Progress photos at each stage. The client taps approve, you keep painting. Everything's in writing when it matters, and scope creep dies quietly.

04

Delivery, balance, certificate

Final payment releases delivery. The finished work is already registered, the certificate issues and the provenance record transfers to your client automatically. They start their collection with proof.

What your client sees.

A signed contract before any money moves. Progress photos they approve at each milestone. Payment through Stripe, never a bank transfer to a stranger. And at the end, a registered certificate in their name — proof their commission is the real thing, forever.

That’s the quiet win: you don’t just run the commission better, you look like the safest artist to commission. The professional wins the brief.

Why artists lose commissions.

The ghost

Weeks of DMs, a verbal yes, then silence. A live quote plus same-sitting deposit turns "interested" into "invested" before the enthusiasm cools.

The scope creep

"Could you just add the dog?" Milestone approvals put every change in writing, politely, automatically, without you playing the bad guy.

The awkward invoice

Chasing the balance ruins the relationship right at the finish line. Here, delivery and final payment are the same step. No chasing, ever.

The handshake ending

Most commissions end with nothing in writing. Yours ends with a registered, verifiable certificate in the client's name, the professional finish that gets you referred.

Coming to artist accounts.

Commission tools arrive as part of the Curated Registry artist subscription. Start registering your work now: every certificate you issue today becomes part of the same record when commissions launch.

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