Online portals

The team behind 2Covet has closed its events division, abandoning all plans to run fairs.

Dealer portals provide a handy online view of a selection of stock from a large number of traders. They offer a connection to dealers for both the buyer casually browsing from home and the buyer seeking a specific type of item.

Our special focus on the online marketplaces now available to support business

Keeping multiple sites up to date can be crucial for sales, but also very time consuming. Companies such as Ronati help dealers keep their online presence up to date.

The new art and antiques online marketplace portal The Bruno Effect (TBE) has launched this month with more than 30,000 items of antiques, vintage and contemporary design from hundreds of dealers across the US, UK and Europe.

Online dealer portal 1stDibs has launched a new way of selling via its website.

The online selling platform for dealers 2Covet.com has expanded dur ing the coronavirus pandemic and has increased its team to 13.

Organisers of TEFAF Maastricht have released the exhibitor line-up for its next digital edition.

Trading with EU member states has become more difficult and expensive since the UK left the European Union, but one dealer may have found a way to avoid the bureaucratic hurdles.

The Bruno Effect, a digital marketplace that will provide a platform for initially 650 dealers to sell their furniture and collectables online, has revealed new dealers ahead of its launch.

Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.

Online art and antiques portals for dealers have been growing this year – largely due to these websites being one of the few options when shops, centres, fairs and markets have been forced to close through the various lockdowns.