Fix American manufacturing.
Fabmaster exists because American metal fabrication is full of capable shops nobody can find — and full of buyers willing to onshore but with no trustworthy way to source. We're building the trust and transaction layer that fixes both.
Domestic capacity, surfaced.
There are tens of thousands of credentialed metal-fab shops across the U.S. Most of them are invisible. Buyers default to whoever they used last, or whoever shows up in a stale directory. Fabmaster surfaces that capacity through verification, AI matching, and a transaction layer designed for the realities of the shop floor.
Made in the USA — again.
Reshoring is happening. Tariffs, supply-chain risk, and a generational rebuild of American industry mean buyers are looking domestic. They need a layer that makes domestic sourcing as fast as overseas sourcing — without losing the trust signal. We're building it.
How Fabmaster compares.
The market has directories, brokers, and offshore catalogs. None of them are a verified domestic marketplace.
| CAPABILITY | FABMASTER | THOMASNET | XOMETRY | MFG.COM | ALIBABA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S.-only verified shops | |||||
| 8-step manual verification | |||||
| AI capability matching | |||||
| Anonymous quoting (handles only) | |||||
| NDA-protected Data Room | |||||
| Direct buyer-shop payments | |||||
| Independent of brokering markup | |||||
| Capacity-limit protection for shops |
Static directory. No verification, no AI, no transaction.
Instant-quote broker. Not a marketplace — buyer never picks the shop or sees who quoted.
Aging RFQ portal. No structured verification, no AI capability profile.
Offshore-default sourcing. The exact pattern domestic onshoring is moving away from.
The trust stack nobody else ships.
Other platforms ship a directory or a quoting widget. Fabmaster ships a full trust-and-transaction layer — verification, anonymity, escrowed engagement, protected drawings, direct settlement, and a reputation system that compounds.
- 018-STEP VERIFICATION BEFORE LISTING
- 02ANONYMOUS QUOTING UNTIL ACCEPTANCE
- 0310% ENGAGEMENT FEE AT ACCEPTANCE (STRIPE)
- 04NDA-PROTECTED DATA ROOM FOR DRAWINGS
- 05DIRECT BUYER ↔ VENDOR MILESTONE PAYMENTS
- 06CAPACITY-LIMIT PROTECTION FOR EVERY VENDOR
- 07PERMANENT, COMPOUNDING SHOP REPUTATION
What we won't compromise on.
Verification before listing
No shop reaches a buyer without manual admin approval at the end of an 8-step stack.
AI assists, never decides
AI structures profiles and RFQs. It never reads drawings, generates quotes, or makes the final call.
Anonymity protects price
Handles only until a buyer accepts. Quotes compete on capability — not brand or sales theatrics.
Drawings stay in the Data Room
DXF, STEP, and prints are shared only inside an NDA-protected Data Room after acceptance.
Direct, not custodial
Job payments move buyer↔vendor. Fabmaster collects only a 10% engagement fee at acceptance.
Reputation is the asset
Ratings, on-time performance, and verification status follow the shop. It compounds and never resets.
Operated by RH Held Trust.
Fabmaster is operated by RH Held Trust — long-term capital with a single mandate: build the infrastructure layer American manufacturing has been missing.
Onshoring needs infrastructure.
Whether you're sourcing parts or running a shop floor, you're closer to verified, transparent, domestic capacity than you think.