Pricing, Listing and Getting Paid: Setting Up to Sell on Solène Haus
19 October 2026 · 8 min read
Setting a piece up to sell on Solène Haus comes down to four dashboard decisions: your base price, whether you offer it as an original, a print, or both, how you price any frame options, and connecting Stripe so payment reaches you directly. Get these four right once per piece and the listing does the rest of the work - get them wrong and even a strong piece sits unsold for reasons that have nothing to do with the art.
Setting your base price
Your base price is the anchor every other price on the listing is built from - print prices, frame add-ons, and any variant pricing all sit relative to it. The goal is a number you can apply consistently across your whole body of work using one method, not a figure negotiated piece by piece from memory. A buyer comparing two similarly-sized works at wildly different prices with no obvious reason loses trust in both.
Originals vs. prints: setting up variants
Offering a piece as both an original and a print isn't just "more options" - it's two different buyers. Someone who wants a one-of-one piece and someone who wants the image at an accessible price point are rarely the same person, and setting up both variants properly means you're not leaving either buyer without an option that fits them. The dashboard handles this as variants on a single listing, so you set it up once per piece rather than creating duplicate listings.
Pricing your frame options
Frame pricing is one of the most commonly under-thought fields on a listing. Priced too low and you're absorbing a real cost on every framed sale; priced too high relative to the unframed price and you push buyers toward the cheaper unframed option even when they'd have preferred framed. Price it to reflect the actual cost and margin you need, not as an afterthought tacked onto the base price.
Getting paid: Stripe Connect and zero commission
Once a piece sells, payment goes through your own connected Stripe account, not through the platform's account first. That distinction matters: on a platform that takes commission, the platform receives the full payment and pays you your share afterward. On Solène Haus, you connect Stripe yourself during setup, and the buyer's payment goes straight to your account. The platform charges a flat membership rather than taking a cut of the sale, so the amount that reaches you is the sale price minus only standard Stripe processing, not a 30-45% marketplace commission on top.
Why this order matters
Connecting Stripe and going live is deliberately one of the first things to do, before worrying about growth tools or promotion, because a piece that sells with no working payment connection isn't actually sellable yet. Base price, variants and frame pricing can all be refined later as you learn what sells; the payment connection is the one piece of setup that has to be right from the very first listing.
Frequently asked questions
How do I price my art on Solène Haus?
Set a consistent base price per piece using one method - price-per-size, a tiered system, or whatever logic you choose - and apply it consistently so your prices make sense relative to each other. Frame and print pricing then build on top of that base price as variants.
Can I sell both originals and prints of the same piece?
Yes, set up as variants on one listing, which means you can offer a one-of-one original and an accessible print of the same image without creating duplicate listings or confusing two different kinds of buyers.
How does payment actually work - does Solène Haus take a cut?
You connect your own Stripe account, and buyer payments go directly to you. Solène Haus charges a flat membership fee rather than a commission on sales, so what you keep is the sale price minus standard Stripe processing, not a marketplace cut on top.
What should I set up first when listing my first piece?
Connect Stripe before anything else - a listing with no working payment connection isn't actually sellable. After that, set your base price and decide whether to offer original, print, or both variants.
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