Art Business Starter Kit | The Business Side
Starter Kit — 10 Tools + Launch Bonus

The Tools to Run Your
Art Business Like a Pro

10 interactive tools that track your income, manage your clients, calculate your prices, and keep you organized. Not just static worksheets but smart systems that do the work for you.

$47 $37 Launch Price
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Why we are here

Welcome to The Business Side

Sound Familiar?

You're making art.
But are you running a business?

  • You're guessing at prices instead of calculating them
  • Your "marketing plan" is posting when you remember
  • You've lost track of who bought what (and when to follow up)
  • You have no idea if you're actually making money or just staying busy
  • Every invoice, contract, or bio starts from a blank page
Let's Get Organized

What's Included

12 Tools to Get Organized

Free Bonus

Pricing Workbook

Know exactly what to charge for your work. Walk through your costs, time, and profit goals to arrive at prices you can stand behind.

Cost breakdown Profit targets Price confidence
Free Preview

Income & Expense Tracker

Finally see where your money is going. Track sales by product, monitor expenses by category, and know your actual profit each month.

Monthly dashboard By-product breakdown Tax-ready categories

Inventory Tracker

Catalog every piece you've made. Track status, location, and value. Know exactly what's available, sold, or out on consignment.

Status tracking Location notes Value summaries

Client & Collector CRM

Track relationships, purchases, and follow-ups. Remember who bought what, when to reach out, and never lose a lead again.

Contact tracking Purchase history Follow-up reminders

Invoice Template

Professional invoices with auto-calculating totals. Fill in your info, send, and look like the professional you are.

Auto-calculate totals Tax included Print or PDF

Commission Contract

Protect yourself and set clear expectations. Covers scope, timeline, payment terms, revisions, and usage rights.

Fill-in-the-blank Plain language Customizable terms

Content Calendar

A 12-week content plan laid out and ready to fill. Content pillars, post types, and a realistic schedule you can actually stick to.

12 weeks planned Content pillars Post type mix

Artist Bio Builder

Three versions (short, medium, and full) ready to copy and paste. Answer the prompts, get a bio that sounds like you (not like everyone else).

3 lengths Fill-in prompts Copy to clipboard

Media Kit

A polished one-pager for galleries, podcasts, and press. Your bio, stats, high-res images, and contact info - ready to send.

Professional layout Quick facts section Print or PDF

Wholesale Pricing

Calculate your wholesale margins and set up volume discount tiers. Ready for when galleries and retailers come calling.

Auto-margins Volume tiers Terms template

Show & Market Checklist

Everything you need for art fairs and markets. Packing list, booth setup timeline, day-of checklist, and post-show follow-up tasks.

Complete packing list Day-of timeline Follow-up tasks
Free Launch Bonus

90-Day Business Roadmap

Your step-by-step action plan broken into weekly tasks and monthly milestones. Tells you exactly what to focus on first so you're not guessing where to start.

Weekly tasks Monthly milestones 12-week plan

Included free during launch only. This bonus will be removed.

Why This Kit Exists

Five Problems. One System.

Every art business runs into the same five operational problems. This Kit was built to solve them.

1
You Don't Know What to Charge
So every sale feels like a negotiation

You look at what other people charge, pick a number that doesn't feel "too much," and hope for the best. Your prices end up based on comfort level instead of actual costs. You undercharge, or you freeze up entirely and don't put a number out there at all.

With a system

You've done the math. You know what your materials cost, what your time is worth, and what the market will support. When someone asks your price, you have an answer. The number isn't a guess anymore.

Pricing Calculator Wholesale Pricing Calculator
2
You Don't Know Where the Money Goes
So you can't tell if you're actually profitable

Money comes in, money goes out, and at the end of the month you're not sure what happened. Tax season is a scramble. You don't know which products actually make you money versus which ones just keep you busy.

With a system

Every dollar is tracked from day one. You can see at a glance what's coming in, what's going out, and what you're setting aside for taxes. When someone asks "is this working?", you have a real answer.

Income & Expense Tracker Inventory Tracker
3
You're Not Ready When Opportunity Shows Up
So you scramble, stall, or miss it entirely

A gallery asks for your bio. A brand wants to collaborate. Someone with a big audience wants to feature you. And you don't have anything to send them. You spend two days scrambling to put something together. By the time you respond, the moment has passed.

With a system

Your bio is written in three lengths. Your media kit is one email attachment away. When the opportunity comes in, you respond the same day with something polished, because you already did the work.

Artist Bio Builder Media Kit Show & Market Checklist
4
Client Work Runs You
So you end up overworked, underpaid, or both

You agree to a commission over DM. There's no contract. The scope keeps creeping. The client asks for a fifth round of revisions and you don't know how to say no because you never defined the boundaries. You finish the project exhausted and underpaid.

With a system

The contract is signed before work begins. Revisions, timeline, and payment terms are defined upfront. The invoice goes out in minutes. The client's details live in your CRM. The work is protected. You get paid on time.

Commission Contract Invoice Template Client & Collector CRM
5
You Post When You Feel Like It
So marketing feels like a second job you never signed up for

Some weeks you post every day. Some weeks you disappear. There's no plan, no rhythm, no idea whether what you're posting is doing anything. You feel guilty when you're not posting and overwhelmed when you try to catch up.

With a system

You sit down once and plan 12 weeks of content. When it's time to post, you already know what to make. The pressure drops because you're working from a plan instead of staring at a blank screen every morning.

Content Calendar

From the Community

What Artists Are Saying

"What I like the most is that these resources are built with Marco's experience as a full-time artist, so that we can avoid the mistakes he had to go through."

Minh Duy Le

"Thank you very much for this resource! I'm so happy to have it."

Alysia

"Thank you for the short yet very informative guide for pricing work."

Arts Data

"The cost of the piece was eye-opening. I never thought about it that way."

Aniket

"I read the workbook and I think it will be invaluable going forward. Thank you."

Sam

"I appreciate the little descriptions in the text fields. As a newbie, I don't always know the meaning of art business terms."

Neil

Is This For You?

The Starter Kit is Perfect If...

This is for you if...

  • You're ready to get organized but don't want to build from scratch
  • You need the basics handled so you can focus on making art
  • You're a DIYer who just needs the right tools
  • You value your time over figuring it all out yourself
  • You want to look professional when opportunities come

This is NOT for you if...

  • You want someone to do it all for you
  • You're not comfortable with basic spreadsheets
  • You need hands-on coaching or strategy (we offer that too)
  • You're not ready to take action on your business

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Everything You Need to
Run Your Business

10 Essential Tools

  • Income & Expense Tracker
  • Inventory Tracker
  • Client & Collector CRM
  • Invoice Template (auto-calculating)
  • Commission Contract
  • Content Calendar (12 weeks)
  • Artist Bio Builder (3 lengths)
  • Media Kit
  • Wholesale Pricing Calculator
  • Show & Market Checklist

Also Included

  • Video walkthrough for each template, both Excel and Google Sheets versions, and lifetime updates

Bonus Guides Included

  • Quick Start Guide
  • Scripts for Hard Conversations
  • Pricing Pitfalls
  • Business Terms Glossary

Free Bonus

  • Pricing Calculator — know exactly what to charge for your work Free Preview

Limited Time Launch Bonus

  • 90-Day Business Roadmap — your step-by-step action plan broken into weekly tasks and monthly milestones

This bonus won't be included forever. Grab it while it's here.

$47 $37 Launch Price

Less than $4 per template!

One-time payment. Instant download. Yours forever.

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Your Instructors

Co-Designed by Two Worlds

Marco Bucci

The Artist

Marco Bucci

Professional Artist & Creative Entrepreneur

With over a decade of experience turning creative passion into a thriving career, bringing the artist's perspective to every lesson.

15+ Years Professional Self-Taught 100K+ Community
Renee Walkom

The Strategist

Renee Walkom

Business Strategist & Operations Expert

Translating complex business concepts into actionable frameworks that artists can actually use, with a passion for helping creatives succeed.

MBA Background Strategy Consulting Creative Industries

Questions

Frequently Asked

The spreadsheet templates (Tracker, CRM, Calendar, etc.) come in both Excel (.xlsx) and Google Sheets formats. The text-based templates (Contract, Bio, Media Kit) are provided as editable documents. Everything is downloadable and works offline.

Not at all. All the formulas are pre-built - you just fill in the highlighted cells with your information. If you can type numbers into a cell, you can use these templates. Each one includes a short video walkthrough too.

Absolutely. These are your templates to use however you'd like. Add columns, change categories, adjust the wording - make them work for your specific business. The video walkthroughs show you how the formulas work so you can modify confidently.

Immediately after purchase, you'll receive an email with download links for all templates plus access to the video walkthroughs. You can download them as many times as you need.

This kit covers the operational basics, but if you're looking for strategy, guidance, or a more comprehensive approach to building your art business, we're working on something more in-depth. Get on our email list to hear about it first.