Industries · Fine art packing and shipping

Websites for fine art shippers: found by collectors, galleries and dealers worldwide

People moving a painting, a sculpture or an antique search the item and the route, then look hard for proof before they trust anyone with it. We build the site around those searches and that proof, then get it found on Google and recommended by AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity.

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The short answer

What does a website for a fine art shipping company need?

A page for every service and main route, a quote form that asks for the details you price on, and plain proof of how you pack, crate and insure. Then the monthly work that gets you found worldwide: SEO, directory listings, mentions on other websites and being named by AI tools.

  1. Step 1

    They search

    They type the piece and the route, not your name.

  2. Step 2

    Your page for that route shows up

    One page for each service and main route, so Google and ChatGPT have a match.

  3. Step 3

    They send the details

    CallRequest a quote

    A quote form that asks for size, value and addresses, with photos attached.

  4. Step 4

    They trust you with it

    Crates, insurance and past clients shown plainly, so they hand it over.

Sound familiar?

Why do fine art shippers lose the jobs they are best at?

Clients ask if they are really covered, and our site does not explain it.

People burned by carriers that exclude art go to firms that spell out their cover.

Customs held a piece for a week and the client heard nothing.

Customs delays are the top complaint in reviews, and silence turns a delay into a lost client.

Half our enquiries just say how much, with no size or value.

Hours chasing measurements, value and addresses before you can even price the job.

Ask ChatGPT for a fine art shipper and it names someone else.

Collectors who start in AI tools never see your name, even for routes you know best.

Where your customers come from

Your customers are wherever the art is going

Collectors, galleries and artists search the piece and the route, wherever they live. A buyer abroad cannot visit your warehouse, so your pages on crating, cover and customs have to win their trust for you.

Nearby

Customers who can get to you, or you to them. Found by service and place.

Across the country

Customers anywhere in the country. Found by specialism, not by town.

From abroad

Customers in other countries, searching in their own words. Found by specialism and by trust.

What they type into Google and ChatGPT:

ship a painting to New Yorkfine art shipping to Europebespoke crate for a sculpturedo I need an export licence to ship a painting?
What makes them choose you

What makes a collector hand a piece over to you

Someone sending something irreplaceable checks every detail before they even ask for a quote.

Reviews about how it arrived

Real reviews from galleries and collectors that mention the piece and the route.

Photos of your own crates

Your packing, crating and condition reports, not stock photos of lorries.

Cover spelled out

Nail to nail insurance in plain words, including what it does not cover.

Customs handled and kept in touch

Paperwork, licences and tracking explained, and a named person who replies. Then they book.

They have heard of youThey pick up the phone
What it costs

How much do a website and SEO cost for a fine art shipping company?

Growth is £750 a month on 12 months. It is for businesses where one job is worth hundreds or thousands. Every price is fixed in writing before we start, and there is no VAT to add.

First

Free check

We look at your website, your Google profile and your competitors, and tell you what Growth would do first.

Free
Every month

Growth

£750a month on 12 months
  • Everything in Found
  • Directory listings and mentions on other websites
  • Competitor watch
  • Expanding into new searches
  • Need a new or bigger website? The Growth website build, quoted at the free check
Every month

Your report

A short report in your client portal: what moved, what we did, what comes next.

After 12 months
Carry onMonth to month, 30 days’ notice
Or stopYour website and pages stay yours
One job worth hundreds or thousands

That is who Growth is built for: a few extra jobs a year cover it.

What Growth does every month, on top of Found

Reads your numbers and makes changes from them
Checks and fixes what ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity say
Keeps your Google profile fresh
Asks for reviews and replies to them
Directory listings kept consistent
Mentions and links from other websites

Not sure which fits? The free check tells you. The services behind it: custom websites, Google Business Profile setup and the SEO packages.

Already have a website?

Already have a website? We check it first

You do not have to start again. We look at what you have and tell you, in writing, what it needs.

We check it

Speed on a phone, the pages you have, how Google and AI tools read it, and your Google profile.

It can do the job

We work with it, whatever it is built on, and add the pages it needs.

WordPressWixSquarespaceShopifyHand built
A redesign would serve you better

Only if we recommend it, and we tell you why. We build it hand coded, because a fast website helps your SEO.

Which way in is yours?

SEO is working
SEO is weak or missing
Website is good
Good website, SEO workingStraight to Found or GrowthWe keep it working and push it further.
Good website, weak SEOStraight to Found or GrowthWe do the SEO and add the pages it needs, on your website.
Website needs work
Website needs work, SEO workingWe redesign itAnd keep everything that already brings you visits. Kickstart for a local business, or the Growth website build.
Website needs work, weak SEOBuild it, then grow itKickstart for a local business, the Found website build from £950, or the Growth website build from £1,500. Quoted at the free check.

Want to change words or photos yourself?

We add a simple editor behind your website for £500 one-off. You log in and change the text and images whenever you like.

You changeWording, prices, opening hours, photos
Stays as designedThe layout and the design, so nothing breaks

Everything lives in your client portal

Not lost in email. Log in any time to see what we are doing and what it is bringing in.

The YektaD client portal overview, with project progress, invoices and the menu for updates, SEO and documents
  • Your scope and progressWhat we agreed, and how far along it is
  • Your monthly reportHow people found you, and what we did
  • InvoicesSee them and pay by card
  • Files and updatesEvery document in one place

Your first month

Week 1

We agree the plan

Your main services and the places your customers come from. Your client portal opens.

Weeks 2 and 3

We build and fix

Your website and your Google Business Profile, with you approving the work.

End of month 1

Live and measured

Your website is live or fixed, with Google Analytics and Search Console set up.

Then

Every month

The work carries on, and your report shows what is moving.

It is yours

Once every invoice is paid, the website is yours, even if you stop working with us. Your domain, Google profile and Analytics are always in your name.

Proof · Real results

Does our method work for specialist businesses?

The same method, a page for every service, a complete Google profile and monthly AI visibility work, is what got our clients named by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. Mainteniq, a London property maintenance company, shows what it does over a year.

8 of 11

of our clients, in seven industries, are recommended by ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity (November 2026)

69,143

Google impressions for Mainteniq, August to October 2026, up from 40,712 in May to July

1st

ChatGPT’s first choice for landlords and managing agents in London, for Mainteniq (October 2026)

Sources: our clients' AI answer tests (November 2026) and Mainteniq's Google Search Console.

Read the Mainteniq case study →See more work →
FAQ

Fine art shipping website questions

How much do a website and SEO cost for a fine art shipping company?

Growth is £750 a month on 12 months. It covers the SEO, your Google profile and AI visibility every month, plus directory listings, mentions on other websites, competitor watch and expanding into new searches. A new website is scoped at the free check and fixed in writing before we start.

Can you get us found for routes like London to New York?

Yes. Each main service and route gets its own page, such as shipping a painting from London to New York, so Google and AI tools have an exact match for what people type.

Should we show prices when every quote depends on the piece?

Show how a quote is worked out instead: size, weight, value, collection and delivery addresses. A quote form that asks for those, with photos attached, brings enquiries you can price straight away.

How do we show we can be trusted with irreplaceable items?

Show your insurance cover in plain words, how you pack and crate, photos of your own crates and installs, the trade memberships you really hold and reviews from galleries and collectors.

Can ChatGPT recommend a fine art shipper?

Yes. ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name specialists when the web is clear about what they do and where they ship. 8 of our 11 clients, in seven industries, are recommended by them (November 2026).

How long until it brings enquiries?

Calls and clicks start to build from around month 3, rankings over months 4 to 6, and AI tools over months 3 to 6 or more. Google decides the rankings. We do the work that earns them, every month.

Ready to be found for the routes you run?

Book a free 20-minute discovery call. Direct access to Yekta, and a written plan and price within 48 hours.

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