There are very few online marketplaces for artworks like paintings, furniture, drawings, and sculptures that solve the problems of art collectors, galleries, artists, and art enthusiasts. Other artwork marketplaces only rely on expensive third-party shipment companies and do not give the freedom for galleries and artwork sellers to have in-house shipping.
To design and develop (Widewalls) a global online B2B modern and contemporary art resource that will bring resilience to the traditional art sector, display and market the artworks of galleries, and provide a platform for collectors and art enthusiasts to acquire and celebrate art.
I studied interview results, researched the competitors, and optimized the user flow charts to understand the user groups and effectively solve their problems. The primary user groups identified through research were art collectors (buyers) and galleries (sellers).
The world of traditional art does not have a platform to keep up with the modern way of selling art pieces.
Other art marketplaces do not offer a variety of options for shipping.
There's a lack of an adequate and effective platform designed to reach art collectors and enthusiasts.
Mila is an art dealer who struggles to find a proper online venue to sell art pieces because there's no proper platform to sell art pieces.
Kristoff is a gallerist who wants to reach a global audience because his gallery is only physically located in London.
Sue is an art collector and enthusiast who often complains a lot when ordering artwork online because of the overly expensive shipping cost of the art pieces.
