Most POS systems are built for high-volume retail — barcodes, till receipts, sell-through velocity. Art galleries operate differently: a €40,000 painting, a consignment split with the artist, an invoice sent to a collector's advisor, VAT-margin scheme accounting. Aurelian is art gallery POS built for that transaction, not the coffee-shop one.
What it does
Buyer, work, price, VAT scheme, consignment split, and delivery route captured against one sale — not scattered across a till receipt and a spreadsheet.
Every sale of a consigned work knows the artist and the split. Statements generate from the same data — no reconciliation month-end.
Branded invoices generated from the sale record with configurable VAT, currency, and terms. Emailed or downloaded as PDF.
Stripe integration for card payments and deposits. Bank transfer reference generation. Shopify integration on the roadmap for gallery e-commerce.
The buyer's record updates on every purchase — full lifetime history, next-show prompts, and follow-up cadence.
Who uses this
Sales, consignment splits, and artist statements all in one ledger. No accounting spreadsheet required.
Private sales with confidential provenance, VAT margin scheme, and buyer-side advisor invoicing.
Live sale entry on iPad. Reserved and sold states visible to the whole team on the floor.
Questions
No — Aurelian is web-native and does not connect to till hardware or receipt printers. It is designed for the sale ticket, not the checkout counter.
Yes. Sales can be flagged as margin-scheme with the correct VAT treatment applied to the invoice. UK, EU, and Swiss margin schemes supported.
For high-value, low-volume trade, Aurelian replaces the POS entirely. For high-volume retail with hardware till needs, a traditional POS remains the better fit for checkout, and Aurelian handles CRM and provenance alongside.
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