The neutral art shipping management platform built for modern logistics

Work faster, deliver a better client experience, protect your margins and win more business

Platform benefits

platform benefits

Where operational efficiency meets commercial opportunity

Where operational efficiency meets commercial opportunity

Every estimate is an opportunity to win business, strengthen client relationships, and showcase your expertise.

Yet for many art shippers, preparing estimates still means struggling through emails, spreadsheets, and messy PDFs and running through endless clarification loops before pricing can even begin. It doesn't have to be that way.

Every estimate is an opportunity to win business, strengthen client relationships, and showcase your expertise.

Yet for many art shippers, preparing estimates still means struggling through emails, spreadsheets, and messy PDFs and running through endless clarification loops before pricing can even begin. It doesn't have to be that way.

Save valuable time

Receive complete, structured shipment information from the outset, with the exact dimensions, customs details, and packing specifications your team needs to price accurately. Prepare precise estimates in a fraction of the time, without chasing missing details or working from assumptions.

Win more opportunities

Gain exposure to galleries, auction houses, collectors, and partner shippers beyond your existing network, all using Palette to request and coordinate shipping. Win relevant, high-value business that fits your active routes and capacity, while staying in complete control of your pricing and client relationships.

Improve client experience

Provide faster estimate turnaround, clearer responses, and a consistent, professional experience on every request. With every detail organized and nothing lost in email chains, your clients get quick, reliable answers that build lasting confidence and reinforce your position as a trusted logistics partner.

Protect your margins

Gain meaningful commercial insight into the routes, services, and clients that drive your business. Track pipeline performance, win rates, and route profitability through intuitive dashboards, so your team can protect margins, prioritise the most valuable opportunities, and make confident, informed commercial decisions.

Selected features

Simplifying art shipping

Built around the realities of fine art logistics

Built around the realities of fine art logistics

Developed alongside specialist art shippers, Palette brings together structured estimating, AI-powered automation, centralized information, connected communication, and commercial reporting in one platform, built to modernize the shipping management process without disrupting your established client and partner relationships.

Standardized RFQ intake

Every estimate request arrives in a complete, standardized digital format, giving your operations team the exact information needed to price accurately from the outset. Eliminate repeated clarification, reduce assumptions, and prepare precise estimates in less time.

NEW REQUEST
NYCLON
Requirements & preferences
Insurance
Tracking
Custom Crate
Must Ride
White glove
Condition check
1 artwork · Air · Target: 22 Apr
Prepare estimate
Documents
Shipment · NYC to LON
Ready
Ready
Ready
Shared on this estimate

Centralized project records 

Estimates, customs paperwork, insurance documents, bills of lading, and condition reports stay securely organized in a single, encrypted project record. Estimators and project coordinators gain immediate access to the documents they need, without searching through email archives.

Integrated communication

Secure live chats replace fragmented email
communication between clients and partners. Conversations, documents, and decisions stay together in one place, making it easy for every stakeholder to find the information they need without sifting through email threads.

Secure live chats replace fragmented email communication between clients and partners. Conversations, documents, and decisions stay together in one place, making it easy for every stakeholder to find the information they need without sifting through email threads.

Messages
Estimates & Shipments
3
NG
Northstar Gallery
2m
Estimate
Can you include climate control?
EA
Eastbridge Auctions
1h
Shipment
Pickup confirmed for Thursday
AT
Atlas Art Transport
Yesterday
Estimate
Available for Miami origin
Invite sub-agent
Paris → Miami · Air
Near origin · 3 agents found
GW
Gander & White
ICEFAT
AT
Atlas Art Transport
FA
Fine Art Logistics
0 agents selected
Next

Agent-to-agent collaboration

Partner agents and service providers can coordinate directly on shared shipments, international coverage, and additional services, all within one platform. Communication, documentation, and responsibilities stay connected throughout the entire estimating process, keeping every party aligned.

Turn shipping activity into actionable insight. Track supplier performance, audit your organization's carbon footprint, monitor budgets and spend, and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Specialist service partners

Trusted network

Designed to support your business, never compete with it

Discretion and trust form the bedrock of fine art logistics, and Palette is built to protect both.

As an independent software provider, Palette is commercially neutral: not a shipper, not a broker, and never a party to the commercial transaction.

It simply connects stakeholders across the art shipping market through one shared workflow, helping you work more efficiently, strengthen client service, and create greater value while preserving the relationships and expertise at the heart of your business.

Commercial independence

Palette never takes commission, never marks up shipping rates, and never intermediates the agreements you hold directly with your clients, which means that your pricing, commercial terms, and client relationships always remain yours.

Confidential by design

Palette is not a price comparison marketplace designed to drive prices down. Your estimates remain private, your competitors never see your pricing, and every commercial conversation stays strictly between you and your client.

Integrated ecosystem

Extend your service offering with specialist services available directly through the platform. Offer clients access to fine art transit insurance, live environmental and GPS tracking, and sustainable crating, all without leaving the platform and as part of one connected shipping experience.

Enterprise-grade security

Your business data is protected through encrypted data storage and role based access controls, meeting the security and compliance standards expected of enterprise software. Your commercial documentation, pricing, and communication stay confidential.

Integrated ecosystem

Extend your service offering with specialist services available directly through the platform. Offer clients access to fine art transit insurance, live environmental and GPS tracking, and sustainable crating, all without leaving the platform and as part of one connected shipping experience.

Confidential by design

Palette is not a price comparison marketplace designed to drive prices down. Your estimates remain private, your competitors never see your pricing, and every commercial conversation stays strictly between you and your client.

Commercial independence

Palette never takes commission, never marks up shipping rates, and never intermediates the agreements you hold directly with your clients, which means that your pricing, commercial terms, and client relationships always remain yours.

Enterprise-grade security

Your business data is protected through encrypted data storage and role based access controls, meeting the security and compliance standards expected of enterprise software. Your commercial documentation, pricing, and communication stay confidential.

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of logistics providers is Palette designed for?

Can other shippers see my client lists or active pricing data?

How does the platform pricing model work for shippers?

Can we coordinate with partners and other agents through the platform?

Can we choose which opportunities to respond to?

What kind of operational and financial insights does Palette provide?

What types of logistics providers is Palette designed for?

Can other shippers see my client lists or active pricing data?

How does the platform pricing model work for shippers?

Can we coordinate with partners and other agents through the platform?

Can we choose which opportunities to respond to?

What kind of operational and financial insights does Palette provide?

Manage art shipping with greater clarity, confidence, and control.

See how Palette helps galleries, auction houses, and art logistics providers eliminate administrative friction, improve decision-making, and accelerate transport velocity.

Manage art shipping with greater clarity, confidence, and control.

See how Palette helps galleries, auction houses, and art logistics providers eliminate administrative friction, improve decision-making, and accelerate transport velocity.

Manage art shipping with greater clarity, confidence, and control.

See how Palette helps galleries, auction houses, and art logistics providers eliminate administrative friction, improve decision-making, and accelerate transport velocity.