Point of sale for custom framers

FrameReady is gone.
Where your shop goes next is still your call.

FrameForge is cloud point of sale built for the frame shop counter: united-inch pricing off current supplier files, a live preview the customer can see, and a work order that texts them when the piece is ready to hang.

No credit card. If it's not for you, the trial just ends.

Wheat Field with Cypresses by Vincent van Gogh, framed in walnut with a conservation mat
Wheat Field with Cypresses
Vincent van Gogh, 1889. Oil on canvas, 28¾ × 36¾ in. Walnut scoop, 8-ply conservation mat, Museum Glass.
73 UI · IMAGE: THE MET, PUBLIC DOMAIN (CC0)
The whole point, in one job

Follow one order through your shop.

Everything below is the actual software — the same ticket, the same texts, the same cut list your workshop would print. This is Mrs. Chen's watercolor, from counter to wall.

ORDER FF-2026-0412 · 16 × 20 WATERCOLOR · DUE SEP 4
At the counter

Price it while they're still holding it.

Artwork size, mats, moulding, glazing — the engine works in united inches, with sliding-scale markup off your live supplier costs. Every clerk quotes the same price, and the customer watches the framed piece assemble on screen while you talk it through.

16 × 20 art → 22⅛ × 26⅛ frame · 50 united inches

Work ticket · counter copy
Moulding LJ-100, walnut scoop (11¼ ft)$202.50
Top mat C9502, antique white$30.50
Conservation Clear glazing$66.23
Hinge mount$30.50
Fitting & assembly$26.00
Total$355.73
Priced from your rates. Change a rate once — every ticket follows.
That evening

She approves from her kitchen table.

The quote lands in her email with an approval link. One tap says yes; the deposit is collected on the spot and the order moves itself into your production queue. No phone tag, no "let me talk to my husband and call you back."

Customer's phone · 7:42 pm

Your framing quote FF-2026-0412 from Demo Frame & Gallery — $355.73

Approve this quote — $177.87 deposit
Deposit paid online lands on the order automatically.
On the bench

The ticket knows the rail lengths.

The workshop copy prints with the cut list worked out — rails, face width, stick footage — and checkboxes for every stage from chop to QA. When a supplier's moulding goes on the purchase order, the whole batch moves to Materials Ordered together.

Work ticket · workshop copy
CUT LIST — LJ-100
2 rails @ 26⅛″  ·  2 rails @ 30⅛″
2″ face · 11¼ ft stick · 20% waste allowed
☑ Cut☑ Joined☑ Mat cut ☐ Glazing☐ Fitted☐ QA
Nine days later

The software makes the call you never get to.

Mark the piece Ready and she's texted before it's on the rack. If a finished order sits ten days, you get the nudge — because racks full of finished, unpaid work are money standing against the wall.

Demo Frame & Gallery: great news — your custom framing order FF-2026-0412 is ready for pickup!
SENT AUTOMATICALLY · BALANCE AT PICKUP $177.86
End of month

Prices current. Books clean. Artists paid.

Supplier price files carry a visible freshness date — import the file they email you, or subscribe to the shared catalog and updates land on their own. Sales export straight to QuickBooks, and consignment payouts stop living in a spreadsheet.

Supplier price files
Larson-JuhlUPDATED TODAY
Roma MouldingUPDATED 2 DAYS AGO
Studio MouldingAUTO · SHARED CATALOG
Omega MouldingUPDATED 48 DAYS AGO
You'll never wonder whose list you quoted from.
See it in action

Take the counter for a spin.

A narrated walk through a real shop's screens — quoting a piece, the work ticket, the price files, the consignment ledger. Two minutes, no signup.

Play the narrated walkthrough Two minutes · opens full screen · no signup

Prefer full screen? Open the walkthrough in a new tab →

Limited to ten shops · then withdrawn

The Founding Framer deal

Here's the deal I'm making, and I'm only making it once. The first ten shops get the Shop plan locked at $39 a month for as long as you stay subscribed. Not a first-year teaser. If you're shop number seven, that's your price in 2030.

  • Shop plan at $39/mo, locked while you're subscribed (regular price $59)
  • We move your FrameReady data for you — you hand us the file, we do the import
  • A direct line to me during setup. Not a ticket queue. Me.

Why only ten? I'm a small business, same as you. I'd rather set ten shops up right and build around what your counter actually needs than sign five hundred and answer no one's email. Why now? You already know — FrameReady shut down August 1, and thousands of shops are picking new software whether they wanted to or not.

No pressure. Start the trial, run real orders through it, decide for yourself. There's no card on file and I'm not going to chase you.

When the tenth shop claims their spot, this offer expires and never returns.
Switching from FrameReady

"You have to pick something. You don't have to get married on the first date."

Your customers come with you

FrameForge imports your FrameReady customer list. Twenty years of names and numbers doesn't stay behind in a dead program.

You pay monthly and decide monthly

No annual contract, no "sign for a year to see the price." If FrameForge stops earning its keep, you stop paying. That's the whole agreement.

Your data walks out with you

Customers, orders, and catalog export as CSV whenever you like. You just watched what happens when your records live inside someone else's software. Never twice.

Test it with real work first

The 14-day trial doesn't ask for a card. Import your list, price a few real jobs, print a work ticket, and see how it feels at your counter.

Read the honest comparison of all four options →

Price list

Monthly. No contract. On the page.

Starter
75 orders a month, 3 team members. The one-bench shop.
$39/mo
Shop · most popular
300 orders, 8 team members, order-ready texting. The busy counter.
$59/mo
Gallery
Unlimited orders, 25 seats, consignment & artist payouts.
$89/mo
Every plan: 14 days free, no card, cancel anytime, data exports included.
Fair questions

Is the founding price really locked?

Locked. First ten shops pay $39/month for the Shop plan for as long as they stay subscribed. It doesn't step up after year one and doesn't move when regular prices do.

Is there a contract?

No. Month to month, cancel from your account — no phone call, no "retention specialist." You just watched an annual-billing pitch follow the FrameReady shutdown. We're deliberately the opposite.

Can I get my data out if I leave?

Yes, anytime, free. Customers, orders, and catalog export as standard CSV. Your records are your shop's property — we hold them for you, not over you.

How do supplier price updates work?

Import the file your supplier emails you — columns detect themselves — or subscribe to the shared catalog and updates land automatically. Either way the freshness date is printed right on the vendor.

What do the order-ready texts cost?

Nothing extra. They're part of every plan — no per-message meter running while your customers get told their piece is ready.

Who built this?

Someone who spent years delivering framing supplies, in and out of shops like yours week after week — and kept watching good framers fight dead software and paper tickets. FrameForge is the fix nobody who actually knew the trade was building.