Promo distributor software on a budget
A working promo distributor stack on a budget is more capable in 2026 than the $300/month tools were a decade ago. The cost compression is real: free-tier software, $400/year SAGE Connect, $0/month Stripe (you only pay on transactions). The total fixed cost can be under $50 a month.
The minimum viable stack
DECADE.promo free tier: $0/month. SAGE Connect entry: $35/month. Stripe: $0 base fee plus per-transaction. Google Workspace: $6/month for a professional email. Domain registration: $1/month amortized. That is $42 a month all in.
What you give up
AI feature credits cap at the free-tier limits. Custom email templates require an upgrade. Storefront features (a public catalog with your branding) require a paid plan. Higher per-month transaction limits also live on paid plans.
When to upgrade
When the AI credit cap starts rate-limiting your workflow (usually around 50+ orders a month with significant art-services activity). When your storefront-as-a-marketing-channel becomes a real lead source. When team-plan features become genuinely needed because you hired someone.
What we built differently in DECADE.promo
Unlimited AI on the GOAT plan
AI mockups, Product Capture (browser-extension AI scraping of supplier sites), AI vectorization, and AI image upscale - all unlimited on one flat-price tier. No credit metering, no per-feature add-ons.
AI Product Capture extension
Browse any supplier website - SAGE, Hit Promo, Koozie Group, anywhere - click the browser extension, and our AI reads the page. SKUs, pricing tiers, setup fees, colors, lead times, and images are extracted in seconds and import directly to your products catalog.
Tightly integrated with SAGE
Bring your own SAGE Connect subscription. Search, adopt products, and pull pricing tiers without leaving DECADE.promo. Sales decks, quotes, and POs reuse the SAGE data automatically.
Transparent pricing
Free tier for solo distributors, flat per-distributor pricing for teams, and no per-seat tax. Customers always free. Suppliers always free.
One platform. Two free accounts. One public layer for everyone else.
The tool you’re using is one feature in a much bigger app. Here’s the rest, by which side of the order you’re on.
- Every public tool on this site
- 5 conversions a day per IP
- One file at a time
- Output dropped after the request
- No account, no nag
- Every public tool, no rate limit
- Batch 10 files at once
- 30-day download history
- AI vectorization (the $50-redraw replacement)
- AI mockup generator, white-label proofs
- SAGE catalog, 1M+ products
- Quotes, POs, invoices, projects
- Storefront under your brand
- Blind-ship POs to suppliers
- Saved thread palettes per customer
- Email automation for every status
- Every public tool, no rate limit
- Every order in one place
- Approve proofs without email tag
- Two-click reorder
- Saved shipping + tax-exempt files
- Real-time status pings
- See and pay invoices online
- Message your distributor inside the app
- Always free. No card.
See it in your workflow
Free tier, no credit card, no contract. Start with one project and decide from there.