Free tools and guides for distributors
Practical help for quoting by email: pricing math, supplier RFQs, and how AI purchasing agents work. Free, no sign-up.
- Markup vs. margin calculatorPrice a line from cost with markup or a target margin, and convert between the two.
- Supplier RFQ email templateA copy-ready request-for-quote email with a filled-in fastener example and a checklist.
- What is an AI purchasing agent?What it does, how it differs from procurement software, and what to look for.
- Watch Otto work (40 seconds)One quote request from customer email to purchase order.
By industry and system
- AI quoting software for fastener distributorsTurn emailed RFQs for threaded rod, nuts, bolts and washers into priced quotes. Otto gets supplier pricing, applies your markup, and you send from your phone.
- RFQ and PO automation for pipe and harness rod suppliersOtto reads job-numbered RFQs and SAP purchase orders for harness rod, couplings and pipe hardware, then builds quotes and order acknowledgements you approve.
- Turn Gmail quote requests into QuickBooks Online estimatesConnect Gmail and QuickBooks Online. Customer RFQs become priced quotes you approve, sent from your Gmail and added to QuickBooks as estimates.
- RFQ automation software for distributorsAutomate supplier RFQs from the customer email they start in. Otto drafts supplier requests, reads price replies, compares them and prices your quote.