This website evaluates and compares the CMS/hosting platforms
WordPress and
Sqaurespace for the use-case of selling art-related goods, such as prints, zines, or art objects.
Loose Joint's item listing for
I Wish I Never Saw The Sun
[Source: screenshot of
loosejoints.biz/collections/out-of-print/products/sunshine]
Printed Matter's item listing for
Today I Shall Judge Nothing That Occurs
[Source: screenshot of
printedmatter.org/catalog/49523/]
Printed Matter's item listing for
Candy Darling
[Source: screenshot of
printedmatter.org/catalog/5816/]
some examples of art-centered commerce websites who utilize custom coding to create a 'product-enhancing' design.
Loose Joints is publishing company and graphic design studio based in Marseilles. Their website uses custom-coding hosted on Cloudflare's servers, with checkout powered by Shopify.
Printed Matter is a bookstore and arts organization in Chelsea centered on artists' books and zines. Their website uses an SQL database of all their current and past catalog items, with custom coding styling it.
Their website is not only useful as an online storefront, but also as
"one of the largest and most comprehensive databases of artists' books and related publications". Rare out-of-print books, such as
this collection of Candy Darling's writings, often have some of their most extensive online records on Printed Matter's site.