ARTA Extends its Logistics Solution to Support Auction Houses & Aggregators

ARTA, a contemporary logistics platform for shipping specialized items, recently launched ARTA for Auctions, a new solution that automates shipping for auction houses and auction aggregators to ease their logistical burdens.

Leveraging ARTA's proprietary Instant Quote, which enables buyers and sellers to immediately receive bookable quotes, auction houses can automate the pre-bid quoting process to allow bidders to have full awareness of the end-to-end cost of an item, including complex shipping fees and how and who can manage it.

“Often times, shipping can be the Achilles heel for auction houses and their buyers,” said Adam Fields, CEO of ARTA. “With ARTA for Auctions, auction houses can focus on what they do best, while their bidders can focus on getting what they want for the price they want. From the beginning, we've aimed to fill a hole in the high end art world. With intimate insight into what auction houses need, ARTA for Auctions is extends the promise and power of our solution for seamless, pain-free logistics and shipping.”

ARTA has been helping auction houses since the company launched nearly five years ago, including serving as a preferred shipper for international, national and regional auction houses like Leslie Hindman, Wright, and Bonhams. ARTA's services augment those of auction houses with a robust logistics team, though they also serve as an outsourced logistics team for smaller auction houses that don’t handle shipping in-house.

Phillips, the leading auction house for art, design, watches and more, is already using ARTA for Auctions to relieve the logistics burden on staff and ease the shipping process for customers. “By automating the pre and post-sale quoting process through ARTA, we are saving our team time and providing a better experience for our buyers.” said Phillips.

As part of this offering, ARTA is launching an API that allows users to integrate shipping costs directly into their website to optimize the pre-sale quoting process and post-sale fulfillment operations.

Regarding the added complexity in this sector related the cybersecurity concerns, ARTA said the art world takes the same precautions to protect data that every other industry does… particularly those conducting business online.

“Because of the volume and value of the items being exchanged, auction houses are highly invested in the privacy and protection of their client data and that includes delivering a seamless and secure shipping experience through ARTA,” said spokesmen.

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