If a friend wants to buy an original, do I have to process the sale through my website or can I sell it directly?

If it’s someone you know personally, you can handle the original sale completely on your own without using the website. However, if your customer wants to pay by card, it’s a good option to still use the website since you already have payment processing set up there. After selling the original through any method, just mark it as sold on your website by reducing the quantity to zero, which will automatically display a ‘sold’ badge.

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Asked by an artist selling originals locally · Answered by Indra · Office Hours · 2026-04-16