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Material is only part of cost
Ink, labor, finishing, waste, setup time and overhead can disappear when a shop prices from substrate cost alone.
Print Shop Pricing Software
Price print jobs from your costs, not from memory.
ShopStart pricing gives a shop a repeatable way to turn materials, labor, finishing, overhead and profit requirements into selling prices before the work reaches production.
30-day eligible monthly trial · 10 shop users included · unlimited customer portal users
Actual ShopStart interface
Example shop data
Direct answer
What is print shop pricing software?
Print shop pricing software helps calculate a selling price from the real economics of the job. ShopStart can combine material, labor, finishing and business-cost inputs with minimums and profit guardrails so pricing is easier to repeat and review.
Why shops use it
The job should stay connected as it moves through the business.
ShopStart is built around the real operating path of custom print and sign work rather than treating every department as a separate island.
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Margin math gets misunderstood
Markup and margin are not the same calculation. Pricing should make the target economics visible.
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Minimums protect small work
Tiny orders can consume disproportionate setup, communication and production time if minimum selling rules are ignored.
Inside ShopStart
Pricing stays visible where the sale is built.
The quote workflow can show products, quantities, selling prices, deposits and owner-level profitability in one place.
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Use repeatable product pricing.
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Protect profit before approval.
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Carry the final sold numbers into the order.
Actual ShopStart interface
Example shop data
Connected workflow
Pricing decisions connect to actual results.
Good pricing is not useful if the owner cannot later see sales, profitability and operating health.
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Compare work against business outcomes.
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See low-margin problems sooner.
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Keep pricing tied to the shop's operating system.
Actual ShopStart interface
Example shop data
The operating path
Simple enough to understand. Connected enough to run the shop.
The goal is not more software screens. The goal is a repeatable path that keeps customer, work and money aligned.
Build cost logic
Set material, labor, finishing and business-cost assumptions.
Apply selling rules
Use margins, minimums, quantities and product-specific rules.
Quote consistently
Use the resulting price in the customer quote and downstream job.
Who it fits
Built around print and sign shop work.
This is for shops that have outgrown guessing, copying competitor prices or maintaining a maze of spreadsheets that only one person understands.
Wide-format pricing
Signs and rigid substrates
Decals and graphics
Labor and finishing services
ShopStart pricing
Run real work before deciding.
The standard monthly ShopStart plan starts with an eligible 30-day trial and then continues at $149 per month unless canceled. The current prepaid offer is $1,490 for 14 months, starts immediately, has no free trial and does not automatically renew.
10 total shop users: 1 Owner + 9 staff
Unlimited customer portal users
Monthly or current 14-month prepaid option
Questions answered
Common questions about print shop pricing software.
Can ShopStart calculate margin-based selling prices?
ShopStart's pricing system is designed around cost-aware selling rules and profitability guardrails rather than treating price as an isolated number.
Can pricing include labor?
Yes. Labor and production assumptions can be part of the shop's product and pricing setup.
Can I keep my own pricing rules?
Yes. ShopStart provides starting points but is intended to use the shop's own costs, minimums and selling logic.
Does pricing flow into quotes?
Yes. Pricing and quoting are connected so the customer-facing quote does not need to be rebuilt from a separate calculator.
Explore the system
See the other parts of ShopStart.
Each page covers a different part of the same connected operating system.
Put the business side of the shop on one operating path.
Price it. Sell it. Produce it. Get paid. Know what you made.