We’ve all been there. The client is under contract. You’ve agreed to firm deadlines. And then doubt and indecision creep in. Dissenting voices emerge from among the family members, even those you have never met and live states away, as to the items to include in the sale. The client worries - will they earn enough in the sale to meet some minimum expectation or even finance their future plans?
Much of what a client owns, they simply own. It decorates their homes or maybe serves some functional requirement - why, hello, Chair. But then there’s a selection of objects that hold intense sentimental value to them, or are collections that took years to curate, and they pause. Objects have histories, people have memories, and it all gets really complicated. And complicating it still further is often their “why” behind the liquidation.
Helping sellers and clients get to happily ever after is Artifcts, an award-winning app that captures the stories and the value behind the objects inside those homes. Artifcts provides value to support the sales process, whether you use it yourself as an estate sale company or encourage prospective clients to try it out. Here are just 5 benefits Artifcts offers that will make you stand out and be a market differentiator.
- Get the client over the finish line. Prep, with an expeditious capital P, is the name of the game and Artifcts is a powerful tool to help with the sorting process of what goes to the sale and what goes… anywhere else! Your client can create a highly visual and accessible Artifcts collection that is also shareable and downloadable, giving them an immediate sense of progress.
- Less last minute “cherry picking.” Are you sure the client is ready to let go of that and that and that? By introducing them to Artifcts, you’re offering a tool to help them come to terms with and capture their emotional attachment to items, so they can keep the memories, even if not the objects.
- Potentially increase the total estate sale value. What sells better – a jacket owned by Bon Jovi or a jacket owned by… you? Capturing cool historical details and context about the life of any object can help increase clearance rates and overall profitability. Transform objects into modern heirlooms! As you create an Artifct, this is also your chance to ask for supporting documentation - certificates of authenticity, appraisals, receipts - to further bolster the provenance and value. And Artifcts’ new ARTIAssist blends the best of image recognition with AI chat to provide historical details, price estimates and more, too!
- Earn additional billable hours. As an Artifcts Professional you can privately and securely create Artifcts on behalf of your client and securely transfer the Artifcts to the client’s account when your work is complete. Little to no training is required – if you can create your own Artifct today, you can create an Artifct with and for a client tomorrow. Training resources and downloadable guides for you and your clients are included in your ARTIPro membership. ARTIPro memberships start at $99/year; gifted, branded client memberships start at $45.
- Be the estate sales agent with heart. No one likes to feel runover. But as sellers, you have a job to do. It may have taken your client a lifetime to collect and accumulate everything in their home, and now Artifcts offers a means to honor it before it’s scattered to the winds. Introducing your clients to Artifcts early in the process will help them to transform ‘stuff’ into memories to take away with them (and remembering you fondly for reviews and onward referrals) when the sale is done.
Artifcts are giving away ARTIPro memberships (1-2 seat membership, $99 list price) to the first 25 EstateSales.NET companies who sign up!
All ARTIPros receive:
- Exclusive email for Pros to reach Artifcts customer support
- Free training and downloadable assets
- Create 5 Artifcts free (using a regular Artifcts account, no Pro purchase necessary)
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