Notes on building a better web

Shipping art is expensive and the tax on freight trips up many stores. Here is how to keep freight and its GST reconciled against SAM.

Both WooCommerce and Shopify connect to SAM. Here is how to choose the right platform for your art centre, and why the connector is the same either way.

You do not have to set up SAM sync yourself. Here is what guided onboarding looks like, and how art centres go live in about three days.

What does a connected art centre store feel like day to day? Here is how a single artwork travels from SAM to your website and out to a…

Connecting SAM to your store means handling credentials and data. Here is what good security looks like, and the questions to ask before you connect.

High-resolution SAM photos are great for records but heavy for the web. Here is how automatic image handling keeps your art centre store fast and tidy.

Prints, ceramics and limited editions need more than a single stock number. Here is how to sell editioned work online while keeping SAM as the source of truth.

A good SAM connector does not just push artworks to your website. It sends orders back. Here is how online sales become records in SAM, ready to fulfil.

Building an online shop for a remote art centre has its own challenges. Here is how to do it well, with your SAM catalogue driving the store.

Off-the-shelf catalogue connectors were not built for art centres. Here are the specific ways they fall short, and what a purpose-built SAM connector does instead.