Arta

What Arta does

Arta is a private commerce-technology platform purpose-built for the art, luxury, and collectibles market. The company unifies four operational modules — Shipping (quoting and fulfillment), Insurance (embedded coverage for high-value items), Tracking (automated notifications), and Deliver Duty Paid (cross-border duty/tax handling) — behind a configurable technology layer that includes a comprehensive API, JavaScript quoting and tracking widgets, a white-label Brand Studio, and a no-code Shopify app. Its underlying platform abstracts a curated global network of white-glove logistics providers and specialty insurance carriers across 65+ countries, enabling customers to move precious items from self-ship through white-glove service without coordinating carriers directly.

Arta serves three primary customer segments: online marketplaces (e.g., Artsy, 1stDibs, StockX, Invaluable), merchants and galleries (e.g., David Zwirner), and auction houses (e.g., Sotheby's, Bonhams, Phillips, Heritage, Rago, Juliens Auctions). Distribution is a mix of direct enterprise API integrations for large platforms, hosted white-label solutions, and a Shopify app that extends reach to SMB merchants without engineering effort.

The business model combines transaction-linked revenue from shipping and insurance fees on each shipment with recurring platform/SaaS fees for API access, white-label hosting, and dashboard services. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, structured as a transaction or take-rate model with pay-as-you-go billing tied to shipment value, destination, service level, and insurance coverage. Arta reports $1B+ in total sales value powered, $250M+ in insured value shipped in the trailing 12 months, and a claimed 80% share of the world's luxury and fine art retailers using the platform.

Name

Arta

Website

https://shiparta.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arta is a purpose-built commerce platform for the art, luxury, and collectibles market, providing integrated shipping, embedded insurance, tracking, and cross-border fulfillment to marketplaces, galleries, and auction houses across 65+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Art & Collectibles Logistics Software

NAICS

Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures (71141)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Art Handling & Transport (HSAKAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Online Collectibles Marketplaces & Auction Retail (CRALAGAO)

Keywords

• Art logistics platform
• Collectibles shipping
• Fine art insurance
• Auction fulfillment
• White-glove delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Shipping Fulfillment: Fees earned from coordinating and managing global shipping logistics for collectibles. Services range from standard shipping to white-glove delivery.
2. Insurance Services: Embedded insurance solutions for collectors providing peace-of-mind during delivery and after, generating premiums on protected shipments.
3. Platform/SaaS Fees: API access, white-label solutions, and hosted services for enterprise customers including marketplaces and auction houses.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Arta provides a unified commerce technology platform that lets marketplaces, merchants, and auction houses ship, insure, and track valuable collectibles globally. The platform combines instant shipping quotes, white-glove fulfillment, embedded collector insurance, automated tracking notifications, and white-labeled brand experiences, accessed via API, JavaScript widgets, a Shopify app, or hosted solutions.

Product overview

Arta is a purpose-built commerce technology platform for the art, luxury, and collectibles market. The platform operates as a unified product with multiple integrated modules: Shipping (quoting and fulfillment), Insurance (embedded coverage for collectibles), Tracking (automated notifications), Integrations (API and hosted solutions), and Deliver Duty Paid (DDP). These products work together to transform every aspect of the buying journey for precious and valuable collectibles globally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• $1 Billion+ in sales value powered and protected
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• ShopifycoreTechnology or IntegrationShopify integration partnership allowing seamless installation of Arta's app into Shopify instances without additional code or development. Provides shipping quotes, tracking, and insurance services to Shopify merchants selling art and collectibles.
• ArtsycoreTechnology or IntegrationStrategic integration enabling Artsy to offer end-to-end shipping, tracking, and customer service for hundreds of thousands of artworks from galleries globally. Arta powers the transaction fulfillment for Artsy's marketplace.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• FedEx Custom Critical: FedEx Custom Critical is the time-sensitive and high-value shipping arm of FedEx, serving customers needing white-glove and expedited handling. It is an incumbent competitor for Arta's white-glove, high-value shipping service.
• ShipBob: ShipBob is a fulfillment and shipping platform for DTC and e-commerce brands offering warehouse network, label generation, and tracking. It addresses adjacent shipping orchestration needs at scale, though without collectibles specialization or embedded insurance.
• ShipStation: ShipStation is a widely adopted shipping management platform owned by Stamps.com (Auctane) for SMB and mid-market e-commerce. It addresses similar use cases of multi-carrier label printing and tracking, but as a generalist platform without fine-art specialization.

Direct peers

• Masterpiece International: Masterpiece International is a specialty fine art logistics company providing white-glove packing, crating, and shipping for galleries and collectors. It is a direct competitor for Arta's white-glove fulfillment offering in the high-value art segment.
• Cadogan Tate: Cadogan Tate is a leading fine art logistics specialist offering international shipping, storage, and installation services for galleries, collectors, and auction houses. It competes with Arta's fulfillment and white-glove services in the same customer base.
• Shippo: Shippo provides a shipping API and dashboard for SMBs and marketplaces to generate carrier labels, compare rates, and track parcels. It addresses the same developer-first integration pattern Arta targets, but at broader e-commerce rather than collectibles specifically.
• Easyship: Easyship is a multi-carrier shipping API and platform offering instant quotes, label generation, and tracking for e-commerce sellers. It competes with Arta on the API-first shipping aggregation layer, though without Arta's fine-art specialization or embedded insurance.
• Aftership: Aftership is a post-purchase shipment tracking and notifications platform used by marketplaces and retailers globally. Its tracking widget and branded notification features directly overlap with Arta's tracking product and embedded experience layer.

Emerging players

• ParcelPerform: ParcelPerform is a supply chain visibility and tracking platform serving enterprises and logistics providers. It competes with Arta on shipment tracking and post-purchase experience but focuses on broader logistics rather than the collectibles niche.
• Convelio: Convelio is a tech-enabled art logistics platform providing instant shipping quotes and booking for galleries and online art businesses across Europe. It targets the same galleries and marketplaces Arta serves, with overlapping technology and go-to-market.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arta-io
• Facebookfacebook.com/shiparta

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

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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