The trust layer
for American
metal fabrication.
Verified domestic shops. AI-assisted matching to your RFQ. Anonymous quotes, protected data room, and direct milestone payments — connecting U.S. buyers with credentialed fabrication shops.
American manufacturing has a trust and speed problem.
Three structural gaps prevent buyers and shops from finding each other and transacting with confidence.
Findability
Buyers can't locate verified shops with the right capability and capacity. Directories are stale. Search is guesswork.
Trust
There's no standard for shop verification. Quality, equipment, and capacity claims go unchecked until a job goes wrong.
Speed
Manual RFQ-to-quote cycles take weeks. Email threads, phone tag, and re-keyed specs cost both sides money.
From RFQ to delivery, in five steps.
An AI-assisted workflow that keeps both sides protected — buyers stay anonymous until acceptance, shops only see jobs they can actually run.
Post your RFQ
Use our structured intake — material, thickness, tolerance, quantity, drawings, lead time.
AI matches verified shops
We surface shops with the right capability, capacity, and verification tier.
Receive anonymous quotes
Shop identities stay hidden until you accept. Compare price, lead time, and badges.
Accept + 10% engagement fee
Pay via Stripe. Identities reveal. Drawings move into the encrypted data room under NDA.
Final quote & milestones
Direct contracting with the shop. Milestone payments. You stay in control of the data room.
Five disciplines. Real capacity. Verified equipment.
At launch, Fabmaster covers the core of American sheet metal and structural fabrication.
Every shop passes an 8-step verification before going live.
Verification is the moat. No listing on Fabmaster reaches a buyer without manual admin approval. Three tiers — Basic, Verified, and Premium Certified — give buyers a transparent quality signal.
- 01Business Registration
Validated EIN, state filing, and operating address.
- 02Equipment Profile
Shop-provided equipment list, parsed by AI into a structured capability graph.
- 03AI Fraud Score
Internal model flags inconsistencies across registration, equipment, and digital footprint.
- 04Street View Confirmation
Operator confirms facility exists at the listed address via satellite + street imagery.
- 05Signage & Facility Photos
Date-stamped photo of the shop floor and exterior signage.
- 06Phone & Video Verification
Live call and short walk-through with a credentialed staff member.
- 07Virtual Shop Inspection
Guided remote inspection of equipment in operation.
- 08Paid Consultant Review
Premium Certified tier — independent review by an industry consultant.
Pricing built around verification, not seats.
Plus a flat 10% engagement fee on accepted quotes — the rest of the transaction goes directly between buyer and shop.
Get listed. Basic profile, limited lead visibility.
- Public profile
- Capability tags
- Manual quote requests
Most shops. Full AI matching, verified badge, priority placement.
- 8-step verification
- AI-matched RFQs
- Anonymous quoting
- Capacity-limit protection
- Data room access
For shops that want the strongest trust signal in the market.
- Everything in Verified
- Paid consultant review
- Premium badge
- Featured placement
- Free $5k website builder
Stop chasing shops.
Start receiving quotes.
Verified domestic capacity, AI matching, and anonymity until you accept. Your data, your data room, your terms.
- Structured RFQ in minutes
- NDA-protected drawings
- Faster than email-the-shop
Own a laser?
You qualify to get listed.
Get verified, set your capacity limits, and only see jobs you can actually run. We even build your website — free, on Premium Certified.
- 8-step verification = trust signal
- Capacity limits prevent overload
- Free $5k-value website builder