Mark a piece as sold
Selling a piece is the good news; the awkward bit is that your website doesn't know yet, and the next person to enquire is about to be disappointed. On a bernard-hosted site you mark it sold by asking.
How it works
- Get your access prompt. Log in to bernard, open your site, and copy the prompt from Edit with AI (it contains a key that works for 12 hours).
- Paste it into your AI — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, whichever you already use — then say which piece has sold, or use the prompt below.
- Approve. The AI sends back a preview link. Check the piece is labelled the way you want, press Approve, and it's live.
Sold work is good marketing — a shop page with a few red dots tells visitors your work moves. Ask for a label rather than removal unless you'd rather the piece disappeared.
The prompt
“Mark [the piece name] as sold on my shop page — keep it on the page but label it clearly as sold, and remove the price.”
The [bracketed] parts are yours to fill in. First time? Log in to bernard → your site → Edit with AI → copy your access prompt, paste that into your AI first, then ask the above.
Questions people ask
- How do I mark an item as sold on my website?
- If your site is hosted with bernard, tell the AI you already use — ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini — which piece has sold. It updates your shop page, and nothing goes live until you approve it on a preview page.
- Should I remove a sold piece or label it as sold?
- Keeping sold work visible usually helps — it shows your work finds buyers and gives commissioners a sense of what you make. Ask the AI for either: a 'Sold' label, or removal altogether.
- Can I put a piece back on sale if the sale falls through?
- Yes — just ask the AI to restore it with its price. bernard keeps a full year of history, so the earlier version of the page can be restored.