Artistes

What Artistes does

Artistes.com is a Paris-based, product-led SaaS website builder targeting visual artists who lack technical skills to create professional online portfolios and sell their work. The platform is operated by WEKIO SARL, a privately held French limited liability company founded in 2007 with registered capital of €7,500, headquartered at 21 rue Pixérécourt, 75020 Paris. The service is part of a portfolio of WEKIO-operated vertical site builders for creative professions including photographers, singers, actors, architects, and models.

The core product is a web-based SaaS platform featuring a WYSIWYG visual editor, integrated e-commerce with payment processing (PayPal, credit card, cheque, bank transfer), inventory and order management, multilingual site support across 13 languages, responsive design, SEO tools, Google Analytics/Search Console integration, and embedded video/audio players (YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Deezer, Spotify). Infrastructure is hosted on OVH SAS. The platform includes a one-click anti-AI scraping feature that blocks machine learning systems from indexing artworks and texts. Customer-facing pricing is structured in three tiers: Standard at €5.99/month (€71.88 annually), E-commerce at €9.99/month (€119.88 annually) with 0% platform commission on sales, and Enterprise by quote for galleries and professional studios. Free standard domain names are bundled, with premium extensions (e.g., .art, .gallery, .design, .paris) available at additional cost.

Go-to-market is fully self-serve and product-led with no sales interaction required. Marketing relies on organic SEO for French-language artist-website keywords, social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn), content marketing, earned media from art publications, and cross-referral from WEKIO's sister platforms. The customer base is fragmented across individual SMBs (painters, sculptors, illustrators, ceramicists) with no disclosed enterprise anchor customers, no disclosed funding, and no disclosed headcount or revenue. The company has been operating continuously since 2007 with live services, multilingual customer support, and a self-reported 99% customer satisfaction metric.

Name

Artistes

Legal name

WEKIO

Website

https://artistes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Artistes.com, operated by Paris-based WEKIO SARL since 2007, is a product-led SaaS website builder that enables individual visual artists to create multilingual portfolio sites and sell artwork online through integrated e-commerce with 0% platform commission.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Website Builder Software for Artists

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132), Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (7115)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPACAGAB

Creator Marketplaces & Booking Platforms

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Influencer Marketing & Creator Marketplaces

SECONDARYMPACAFAE

Creator Merchandise & Print-on-Demand Platforms

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Digital Media & Content Platforms (Online Video, Podcasts, Creators)/Creator Monetization & Fan Membership Platforms

Keywords

• Website builder platform
• Artist portfolio websites
• Online art sales
• E-commerce for artists
• Creative website hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Plans: Monthly or annual subscription for website creation and hosting services. Three tiers available: Standard (€5.99/mo), E-commerce (€9.99/mo), and Enterprise (custom quote). Annual billing or 4x installment payment options.
2. Domain Name Registration: Optional premium domain extensions (e.g., .art, .gallery, .design, .paris) available for additional fees beyond the free standard domains (.com, .fr, .be, etc.)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Artistes.com operates a no-code, vertical SaaS website builder that enables visual artists to create professional portfolio websites, organize works into albums and galleries, and sell artworks directly to collectors via an integrated e-commerce store with 0% commission. The platform bundles free domain registration, unlimited hosting, multilingual site support, AI-scraping protection, and an Enterprise bespoke-development service for galleries and professional studios.

Product overview

Artistes.com is a website builder platform specifically designed for artists, offering three pricing tiers: Standard (€5.99/month) for portfolio creation, E-commerce (€9.99/month) adding online sales capabilities, and Enterprise (custom quote) for bespoke development. The platform includes built-in modules for domain registration, email hosting, SEO optimization, social media integration, video/audio embedding (YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Deezer, Spotify), newsletter tools, multilingual support, and e-commerce functionality. All plans include free domain names, unlimited storage, HTTPS security, and no commission on sales (E-commerce plan).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Artistes.com: Website builder platform for artists enabling portfolio creation, online art sales, and e-commerce functionality.

Products and services

• Standard Website Builder Plan Subscription plan providing portfolio website creation, free domain name, unlimited hosting, professional email, HTTPS security, basic SEO, and email support. Priced at €5.99/month (€71.88 annually or 4x installments). Targeted at amateur and professional artists launching their online presence.
• E-commerce Website Builder Plan Subscription plan adding integrated e-commerce to the Standard website builder, with payment processing (credit card, PayPal, cheque, bank transfer), inventory management, order notifications, shipping configuration, and 0% commission on sales. Priced at €9.99/month (€119.88 annually or 4x installments). Targeted at artists selling original works online.
• Enterprise Bespoke Website Development Custom web development service including custom web design, personalised graphics, front-end and back-end development, WCAG accessibility compliance, post-delivery support, training, security updates, UX/UI design, and responsive design. Pricing by quote, multi-year contract, targeted at galleries and professional studios needing bespoke platforms.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% customer satisfaction rate
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration15 records

AI capability1 record

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• OVH SAScoreTechnology or IntegrationOVH SAS provides web hosting infrastructure for Artistes.com. Located at 2 rue Kellermann, 59100 Roubaix, OVH is a major European cloud provider managing server infrastructure for the platform.
• Wekio GroupflagshipOthersArtistes.com is operated by WEKIO SARL, part of a network of creative industry website platforms including Photographes.com, Chanteurs.com, Acteurs.com, Architectes.me, Peintres.org, and Modeles.pro.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Broad incumbents

• Squarespace: Squarespace is a leading generalist website builder widely adopted by artists, designers, and creative professionals for portfolios and online stores. While not specialized exclusively for artists, it competes directly for the same end customer with broader brand recognition, larger marketing budgets, and a much wider feature set.
• Wix: Wix is a large horizontal website builder with extensive customization, app marketplace, and e-commerce capabilities, frequently used by small businesses and individual creators including artists. It competes with Artistes.com for the same SMB and individual artist segment but as part of a much broader horizontal offering.
• WordPress.com: WordPress.com is the hosted version of the WordPress open-source CMS, widely used by artists and creative professionals to build self-managed portfolio and e-commerce sites. It competes for the same end customer with greater extensibility but significantly higher technical complexity than Artistes.com's no-code approach.

Direct peers

• Pic-Time: Pic-Time is a gallery delivery, print store, and portfolio platform built for photographers and visual artists, with integrated sales workflows and client-proofing tools. While more focused on photography workflows than Artistes.com's broader visual artist scope, it represents a relevant vertical peer in the artist-online-sales category.
• SmugMug: SmugMug is a portfolio, gallery, and print-sales platform built specifically for photographers and visual artists, with integrated e-commerce for selling prints and digital downloads. Its artist-focused positioning, e-commerce infrastructure, and storage-heavy approach closely parallel Artistes.com's portfolio-plus-online-store model.
• Cargo Collective: Cargo Collective is a portfolio platform originally designed for designers, photographers, and visual artists to publish self-branded websites. It serves the same visual-creator niche as Artistes.com with comparable template-driven portfolio functionality, making it a strong direct peer for artist-focused website building.
• Zenfolio: Zenfolio is a portfolio, gallery, and online sales platform designed for photographers and visual artists, with integrated print fulfillment and client proofing workflows. It serves a closely overlapping customer base with feature parity in portfolio hosting, e-commerce, and secure client delivery.
• Pixpa: Pixpa is an all-in-one portfolio and e-commerce platform built for photographers, artists, designers, and other creative professionals, with integrated client galleries, booking, and online stores. It competes in the same vertical-niche website builder category with comparable pricing and feature overlap.
• Format: Format is a portfolio website builder purpose-built for photographers, videographers, illustrators, and other visual artists, offering integrated e-commerce and client proofing. It is the closest direct competitor to Artistes.com in the vertical artist-portfolio SaaS category, with a similar feature set, pricing structure, and target customer.

Emerging players

• Adobe Portfolio: Adobe Portfolio is a free portfolio website builder bundled with Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions, targeting the same visual artist and creative professional segment. While limited in e-commerce depth compared to Artistes.com, its inclusion in Adobe's broader ecosystem makes it a meaningful adjacent competitor for Adobe-using artists.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/artistescom
• Facebookfacebook.com/artistescom
• Instagraminstagram.com/artistescom

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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