Just spent some time and uploaded a portion of my collection. It takes time but the experience was rather pleasant and seems like it could provide a number of cool monitoring tools/graphs/updates that I'm not aware anybody else is providing.
Would encourage the community to contribute and like the idea that we get free lifetime access as early contributors.

Hey guys, first thank’s to Daniel for having brought the deal.
Then, I just started to use the platform, there is the bulk upload that is quite handy, I just reformatted a bit my excel and it went smoothly into the system. Still have to add picture manually and some other data but it speeded up quite a bit the process.
I think the valuation is not automatic because the appraisal field is manual. Idk if they will make this somehow automatic but atm even like this is nicely done. Will play another bit and see if I can find answers.
Prob worth to ask directly to the founder and see where this is going.

So once you've laboured and uploaded all your content to the site, got use to its operating system, the "free" account vanishes to be replaced by an expensive subscription model with even more expensive add ons, premium access etc etc , or is this funded another way ?

Thanks, that’s good know. Also signed up.

From what I've seen on their website (screenshot below) you can get the upgraded membership for free forever. The condition is to upload a few artworks before the end of this year so definitely worth a try. 

Hi everyone, this is Alex from Artscapy (AlexDS).
First thing first, thanks to Daniel for opening the thread, and thanks to everyone who is trying the platform so far. I hope you are finding it easy to use.

Then, I'd be happy to pick up your questions and probably the best way to start is to follow up on the ones already posted here and the ones that I received via email or DM.

1. Background: I'm a passionate and active collector myself, I started collecting about 10 years ago and now I do it with my wife who has a strong saying on the steering of our collection I'm always happy to have art-conversations so feel free to ping me for a chat!

2.Security: we adopt military grade encryption, making the platform extremely safe. As I always say, the problem with data hacking is more around the security of each individual user: how complicated and often the password changes.

3. Privacy: quite related to the point above, I believe, as many on this forum, that privacy is something I feel very strongly about when thinking about my collection. While using Artscapy you will see that the info needed to add an artwork in your inventory are grouped by sections. Each section has its own privacy level. In this way you are in full control of the access and visibility of the information that compose your collection. By default any sensitive data are already marked as 'private'. This means that you would need to actively make them visible. While general information like artist; title; category (and a couple of more fields) are by default visible to your friends, but of course you can change it and make it totally private.

4. Valuation: Not sure if a previous message from Artlike is referred to Artscapy, but at this stage we do not offer automated appraisals. The implication is that each collector would need to track the value of his collection and by logging the value of individual works in the section 'appraisal' the engine will make the calculations and populate the charts. Automation is something we are looking at but I can't provide at this point in time more information on timeline and on how this will look like. With this said, we are in conversation with professional art advisors and qualified valuers for this purpose. All these professionals and the services that they will offer are independent. We will however ensure the quality and fair rates, being a collector myself..

5. Marketplace: Like the info above, let's say that this wasn't public knowledge yet, but somehow it arrived here before I could say something Anyhow, the information is correct. We are releasing a marketplace which will require a certain level of due diligence as well as the need for each artwork listing to meet some requirements. Everything will be disclosed once the service is live.

6. Business model: A strong point we are making with Artscapy is to make collecting more accessible.
This is translated into offering a certain level of features for free. This is a level that I would comfortably say can help any new collector to start and grow his/her collection. Then yes, some of the features are premium and there will be a small charge on the marketplace. Reality is that we are currently offering a free lifetime subscription, which unlock all the features (present and future) as well as provide access to a lower marketplace fee. The marketplace fee is applied only to the seller side.

I hope this was helpful and I'm happy to answer any questions.

Cheers,
A.

Hi Alex, thanks for the clarifications. Are there any galleries supporting/working with the site?

Started to use the platform last week or so. My impression is overall positive - starting adding 1 by 1 but then I used the bulk excel - imo there is some UI improvement to be done. I have noticed that in my collection there is an option to 'sell', is this active?
Is there a date for the marketplace?

After spending a bit more time on Artscapy (and hooking up with a few from here!), I like it but is it more and Instagram for higher end art or a forum? Or will it be an Ebay? Or even releases agent?? Keen to hear from the owner as I have that option!

5 inside...tomorrow more

If the title does not exist yet, you have the possibility to create it and enter the relevant info. It's a bit of work but I guess this is how we help and contribute as early joiners.

Of course that would be easier if it was possible to upload all the info about all the artworks of all the artists from one single database but I assume this database just simply does not exist.

Now what I wonder is how the team will reconcile the different entries. Say I entered a work from Invader and someone created the same work but by Space Invader, who is going to flag that this is the same work. Same if titles are slightly different.

Yes I noticed that too. I guess just like the owner of this forum has his little secretaries, Artscapy will to and they'll fix any similar duplicates?
Eventually they'll all be on there as more and more serious collectors/art traders get involved

Hi and happy weekend to everyone!

A little update from Artscapy, even if it was already spoiled , we opened the marketplace!
We will use this period as pilot so please every feedback is very appreciated.
On the other hand I hope you will be forgiving of any little glitches and reporting them will help us to fix them.

One - among the many - cool things is that when buying from the marketplace and once the transaction is confirmed the artwork and all the associated info and documents will be automatically transferred into your collection and reflected into the stats. You will need to coordinate with the seller for logistic and shipment, which is not reflected into the pricing.
Likewise you can sell directly from your own collection into the marketplace. Just remember that every artwork undergoes a due diligence process, so you will need to be ready to submit info and documents. This is a necessary step for Artscapy to create a trusted and safe environment to buy art.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Best,
Alex

Yeah it's a win win in terms of taking all the pics and getting them uploaded. Great for insurance. Just need to find the time haha!