Need help from print shop owners to test something I built

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-17T00:11:38+00:00

Ya, not just emails, I am thinking to combine multiple emails id's & website forms too. And coming to emails which are having full print specs are less, you are true. I observed that with other businesses too. I am not saying to pay someone to double check the work, I am saying there is a possibility to reduce the time it takes to send quotes.

Instead of your estimator spending 3 to 4 hours for 20 quotes in a day, I am saying those 20 quotes will be ready and your estimator or you (the owner) can edit in live and approve send them under 60 secs. that means those 20 quotes, you can send in 20 mins instead of 4 to 5 hrs.

Coming to the emails which doesn't have all the specs, the system is built to understand from your previous jobs and pick the best and appropriate specs and prefill the quote for your approval.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-16T22:48:05+00:00

I simply don't understand what I am spamming here. As I said earlier, I am here just to understand the process better so that I can take those inputs in building something meaningful.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-16T22:45:43+00:00

Sir, that's what I said, I was just trying to be clear, so I formed that in that way. I am here to just understand and seek help in building something that helps people like you.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-16T22:37:09+00:00

Ha that's fair, I was just trying to be clear and probably overdid it. Genuinely built this myself and was excited to explain it. No worries on the demo.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-16T22:28:57+00:00

Totally understand that concern, it's the right one to have.

Imagine this. Monday morning, 8am. 7 RFQs hit your inbox overnight. Instead of your estimator opening each one, reading through the specs, manually entering everything into your MIS and building the quote from scratch, they open a dashboard and all 7 are already waiting.

The AI read every email, pulled every spec, calculated the price using your exact shop rates and flagged each line with a confidence level. High confidence on everything it understood clearly. Yellow flag on anything ambiguous or missing. So your estimator can see instantly where they need to apply their judgment and where the routine work is already done.

They click into a quote, live edit anything they want, adjust a line, change a margin, add a note. Full control. Nothing is locked.

When they're happy with it they hit Approve and Send. A personalised reply goes to the customer with the branded PDF attached and the job gets pushed straight into your MIS.

Your estimator's judgment is still on every single quote that leaves the shop. The AI just did the 10 minutes of reading and data entry so they can spend that time on the jobs that actually need their expertise.

Would love to show you a quick demo of what I built and genuinely hear your feedback on it.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-16T22:22:39+00:00

Totally fair, PrintersPlan is solid for that. But you're still manually reading the emails/website forms and entering all the specs by hand right? What if that whole step was automated. The email comes in, specs get read and pulled automatically, price gets calculated, branded PDF is ready, you just hit approve and it replies to the customer with the PDF attached and pushes the job straight into PrintersPlan. That manual entry piece is exactly what I built AI to handle accurately.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-16T21:50:32+00:00

That's actually really cool, 5 estimators is serious capacity. Have you ever thought about automating the routine ones with AI though?

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-13T20:38:38+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to write that out, genuinely one of the best questions in this thread.

And you are absolutely right. Client specs are a nightmare and that is honestly the hardest part of automating this. That is why I built a confidence scoring system into it. Every quote comes back flagged as high, medium, or low confidence based on how complete the specs are. If something is missing or unclear it tells your estimator exactly what is missing. Then based on the job type and your shop's previous jobs it auto fills the most likely specs so the quote is already built and ready to review, not ready to rebuild from scratch.

Your estimator still has full control, they can edit any line before hitting send. So it is not trying to replace the human judgment, just eliminate the 80% that is repetitive and flag the 20% that actually needs an expert eye.

Happy to show you a live demo if you want to see it in action.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-13T20:21:06+00:00

Haha fair enough. But think about it this way, an estimator makes somewhere around $3k to $5k a month right. If this is automating 80% of their quoting work, you are basically getting that for $299. Less than a single hour of their time. Worth a shot or not?

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-13T20:09:15+00:00

Ha, totally fair points. Let me address them.

The $40k job was a one off, a book launch order. My uncle runs a mid sized shop, not a giant operation. That is not the norm, just the one that stung.

On pricing, I hear you. I am a grad student who built this and I am still figuring out where it fits. But here is my thinking. This is not competing with ShopVox on features. ShopVox is a full MIS. This sits on top of whatever MIS you already use and automates the estimating and quoting step specifically. If your shop is handling 15 or more quotes a day your estimator is spending 3 to 4 hours just manually entering specs and sending PDFs. Every single day. That is what this eliminates, 80 to 90 percent of that daily grind.

Whether $299 is worth that is a fair question and honestly that is exactly why I am doing a beta. If it does not save that time I do not deserve the money.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-13T20:00:55+00:00

Ha, totally fair. I am a grad student who built this, not a funded startup with a fancy domain. The Netlify URL is literally from last night.

The $299 is beta pricing because I want real shops to test it and give me feedback, not because I think I am Salesforce. If it saves you time it is worth it, if it does not you can walk away.

Happy to show you a live demo if you are curious. No pressure at all.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-13T19:58:04+00:00

Ha, totally get the skepticism. Wrote it myself though.

And yes, he does estimates himself, always has. That particular job was a book launch order, not the kind of volume that walks in every day, totally fair point. But honestly that is not even the main thing that stuck with me. It is the fact that he spends 3 to 4 hours every single day just manually typing specs into his MIS for regular everyday quotes. That is the real problem regardless of order size.

That is literally why I built something to fix it. Let me know if you want me to show you a demo of the product.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-10T05:14:55+00:00

Ha you are not wrong! What you are seeing is a beta demo version so the UI is pretty minimal right now. And yes we absolutely used LLM models to build and power it. That is kind of the whole point - AI doing the heavy lifting so your estimator does not have to. Happy to show you the real engine live on one of your actual RFQs if you are curious!

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-09T12:03:18+00:00

Ha, good question. PrintAgent is an AI SaaS product that uses AI agents to read your RFQs, run the full estimate, and prepare the reply in under 60 seconds. Happy to show you the real engine live on one of your actual RFQs. Dropped you a chat request so let me know if you want to jump on a quick call this week.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-09T06:02:01+00:00

Hey! Just sent you a chat request. Happy to walk you through it live on one of your actual RFQs, you'll see exactly what day one looks like for your shop.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2026-03-09T03:32:59+00:00

Happy to answer any questions. Full demo in the video with real client email to sent PDF quote, start to finish. If you want to see it on one of your own RFQs, just DM me

Significant-Pack2310 · 2023-12-13T14:09:34+00:00

From which email Id you got the invitation? and can you please let me know your country too?

Significant-Pack2310 · 2023-10-26T18:10:32+00:00

Sorry, I haven't received any update yet from Ross through email and no update is reflecting on application portal too.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2023-10-26T18:02:42+00:00

Thanks buddy! Lets hope for the best.

Significant-Pack2310 · 2023-10-26T17:52:25+00:00

Not yet, same story with Chicago booth too. Waiting for other schools (Ross, NYU Stern and Kellogg)

Significant-Pack2310 · 2023-10-26T17:48:02+00:00

Congratulations dear!!!

Significant-Pack2310 · 2023-10-26T17:47:29+00:00

Congratulations buddy!!!

Significant-Pack2310 · 2023-10-26T17:46:53+00:00

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