User Guide
Welcome to yatelier
Last updated on July 13, 2026
We are thrilled to welcome you to your new digital workspace. Whether you are a gallery owner, a director, or a gallery assistant, yatelier was built specifically to take the heavy lifting out of your daily operations so you can focus on what matters most: the art and the artists.
What is yatelier?
Think of yatelier as your gallery's ultimate digital sales room and transaction engine. It is a highly visual, easy-to-use platform designed from the ground up to help you convert collector interest into actual revenue faster.
With yatelier, your daily workflow centers around three core priorities:
- Closing Deals (The Priority): Effortlessly manage Incoming Inquiries, send Offers, and instantly generate complex, multi-currency Invoices using your custom Service Catalog (for framing, shipping, or restoration, ...).
- Smart Artwork Management: Keep your inventory flawlessly cataloged with rich metadata and use the Global Artist Registry to auto-fill artist profiles.
- Sourcing New Opportunities: Use ya:rooms (digital viewing rooms) and art:fairs (Art Fairs database) to showcase your art beautifully and attract the very inquiries that feed your sales pipeline.
What is not yatelier?
To keep your daily operations running smoothly, it helps to understand what yatelier is not designed to do:
- yatelier is not a marketing newsletter or website builder. yatelier does not send bulk marketing emails (like Mailchimp) or build public websites.
- yatelier is not a public marketplace: Your data, client lists, and private negotiation histories belong entirely to you. Your clients are your clients, not users browsing a shared public marketplace.
- yatelier is not a rigid accounting software or complex ERP: While yatelier tracks sales tax, artist payout split sheets, and processes payments beautifully via secure portal, it doesn't replace your standard bank.
