For painters

Who holds your work, and at what split.

Every original is one-of-a-kind — its own canvas, its own frame, its own cost basis — and half of them aren't even in your studio. They're hanging at galleries on consignment splits, out at a café wall, entered in a show. Knowing who holds what, at what split, since when, is the unglamorous heart of selling paintings. MadeKeeper keeps that ledger.

The app is live. Free during the pilot. Founding rate $19/mo, locked for life.

No card to start. Use it free through the pilot, and lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

How MadeKeeper maps to your studio

Originals as individual piecesEach painting carries its own canvas, frame, and varnish costs — and its own story. Portfolio mode shows the work; the ledger knows its numbers.
Consignment, tracked properlyWhich gallery has which piece, at what split, since when. When the red dot goes up, log the sale at the gallery's percentage and your half lands on the books correctly.
Commissions from deposit to deliveryA commissioned portrait logs with its deposit, its materials, and its timeline — so custom work stops living in email threads.
Open studios, fairs, and onlineOpen-studio weekends, art-fair booths, and online sales each run their own channel, with the booth-fee math on every fair you haul panels to.

One original, to the penny

Say you finish a 16" × 20" oil:

  • Stretched canvas$9.80
  • Paint (attributed to the piece)$6.50
  • Varnish$1.20
  • Wire and hardware$0.85
Cost basis of the piece$18.35

It sells at $300 from a gallery at a 50% split: your half is $150.00, and after materials you kept $131.65. Now multiply by a year of shows and splits — that's the number your pricing should be built on.

MadeKeeper keeps your consignment records — who holds what, at what terms, since when — in the app instead of a stack of gallery agreements; several states give consigned art specific protections, and good records are how you use them.

Straight about what's live

Materials and true cost per piece, products (in bulk or one-of-a-kind), sales that drain stock, the was-this-fair-worth-it event math, mileage, expenses, and the year-end tax packet — all in the app today. Etsy and Square sync, your own storefront, a booth card reader, and shipping labels are building, shaped with founding makers. Nothing above describes a feature that doesn't exist without saying so. See the full live-vs-building list →

Questions painters ask

How does consignment tracking work?

A piece placed with a gallery logs where it went, the split, and the date. When it sells, the sale records at the gallery's cut, and your net lands on the books. When it comes back unsold, it's back in your inventory — not lost in a spreadsheet.

Do I have to track every tube of paint?

No. Attribute a fair paint cost per piece and move on — the point is an honest cost basis, not laboratory accounting. Canvas and frames, the real money, log at their receipts.

Can I show my available work?

Yes — portfolio mode lists one-of-a-kind pieces as the individual works they are, marked sold or available, with commissions traceable from deposit to delivery.

Ready to see your real numbers?

The app is live and free during the pilot. Lock the $19/mo founding rate for as long as you stay.

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