Promo software for side-hustle distributors
A side-hustle promo distributor has roughly 8 to 12 hours a week to run the business. That is enough for 10 to 20 active customers and 5 to 10 orders a month. The constraint is not selling. It is keeping every order on the rails without dedicating the hours.
Automate aggressively
A side hustle cannot afford to handle "where is my order" emails. A side hustle cannot afford to manually email tracking numbers, send reorder reminders, or manually compose proof-ready emails. The free tier of DECADE.promo plus a customer portal is built to make every one of those automatic.
Pick customers who tolerate async
Some customers want a phone call before quoting. Avoid those. Customers who can transact via portal (a small business owner, an HR coordinator, a marketing manager) are the right fit for a side hustle. They send a request, you quote within 24 hours, they approve, the order runs.
Block your hours
Most side hustle distributors do best with one weeknight evening and a Saturday morning. Tuesday 7-10 PM for new quotes and customer comms; Saturday 9 AM - noon for production, supplier POs, and the week's administrative work. Use the rest of the week to let the system run.
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.