About Pryntbase | Marketing for print companies

Our Story

Why Pryntbase had to exist.

Print companies need help getting marketing work done, along with a way to see what is happening. Pryntbase combines hands-on execution with a custom client platform and DIY tools.

We spent years running an agency that worked with print companies. The pattern was always the same: print shops had the people in-house who knew the business better than anyone — owners, operators, sales reps who could quote a job, recommend the right substrate, and close a $50,000 commercial account in one conversation.

What they didn't have was the technical skill set to run modern online marketing — SEO, lead capture, autonomous social, AI-driven content. That gap was costing them real money. Customers were searching online and choosing competitors who showed up first.

Many print shops also lack the time to coordinate marketing work themselves. Pryntbase is built around doing that work with the shop, while giving clients visibility and a way to guide quality.

The industry needs marketing work done, with print-specific experience and a way for clients to review progress. Pryntbase combines hands-on execution with a custom client platform and tools for shops that prefer DIY.

Pryntbase combines print-focused marketing service with a custom platform clients can access to review activity and guide quality. Software tools are available for shops that want to run their own marketing.

The founders have over 12 years of experience doing this work specifically for printers. We've watched the industry consolidate, watched online channels eat the easy wins, and watched shop owners burn out trying to do everything themselves. Pryntbase is the answer we wish had existed five years ago.

Our Mission

What we're actually here to do.

Pryntbase Mission

To give print companies the knowledge and tools to grow their business online — generating more leads and more sales on their terms, with affordable software that actually delivers results.

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Proven strategy, built in

Our team applies print-focused experience to the agreed marketing work, while clients can review activity and give feedback through the platform.

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Simple but effective

We resist the urge to add more tabs and toggles. If a feature doesn't make a measurable difference to your shop, it doesn't ship.

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Affordable, on purpose

The listed $79–$299/month prices are for software subscriptions. Managed-service scope and pricing are discussed separately with our team.

Leadership

Real people. Real print experience.

The print industry runs on relationships. So does Pryntbase. The people running this company have been working with print shops for over a decade.

Alyssa Summers

Chief Executive Officer

Alyssa leads Pryntbase from the Iowa City office, drawing on years of work with print shops to shape what gets built and how. She's the operator who decides what makes the cut — and what gets cut — based on what actually moves the needle for a print company.

John Bracamontes

Chief Marketing Officer

John leads Pryntbase's marketing work from St. Louis. His experience informs the service approach and the print-focused tools clients can use to review the work.

How We Operate

Principles, not platitudes.

The things we actually believe about software, print, and how to treat customers.

Belief 01

Print is the marketer.

Print shops are marketers — they produce marketing for clients every day. Pryntbase doesn't teach them marketing; it gives them the time back. The cobbler's children get shoes, finally.

Belief 02

Software, not services.

Pryntbase is a hands-on marketing service supported by a custom platform. Clients can review activity, share feedback, and stay informed while our team handles agreed work.

Belief 03

Vertical beats horizontal.

Generic AI doesn't know what a 13-oz vinyl banner is. Pryntbase is trained specifically on commercial print — products, vocabulary, customer types, sales cycles — because that's the only way the output is actually useful.

Belief 04

Affordable on purpose.

We chose volume over premium pricing. Pryntbase is built to serve hundreds of print shops at fair prices, not a handful of enterprise accounts at huge ones. The industry has thin margins; we respect that.

Belief 05

Mechanism over magic.

We tell customers exactly how things work — no black boxes, no magic-AI hand-waving. If we can't explain the mechanism, we don't sell the feature.

Belief 06

Direct talk, no fluff.

Print shop owners don't have time for vague marketing-speak. Our copy, our support, our pricing pages — all written the way one operator would talk to another.

What Pryntbase Isn't

Being clear about what we're not.

It's just as important to know what Pryntbase isn't as what it is. Here's where we deliberately don't compete.

We're not chasing every business — we're built for a specific kind of print shop, and we say so up front. If we don't fit, we'll tell you.

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Hands-on marketing

We don't do done-for-you marketing services. Pryntbase is software that runs marketing on your behalf — not a team of humans you hire by the hour.

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Not a generic SaaS

We don't try to serve every industry. Pryntbase is print-only. If you make widgets, run a law firm, or sell shoes online, we're not your tool.

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Not venture-funded bloat

We don't have a 200-person team chasing the next funding round. Pryntbase is built to be a sustainable business serving print companies — that's it.

Where We Are

Two offices. One mission.

We're based in the American Midwest — close to the industries we serve, in time zones where most print companies operate.

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St. Louis

Missouri · Headquarters

724 N. 1st Street, Suite 200
St. Louis, MO 63102

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Iowa City

Iowa · Operations

136 S. Dubuque Street, Suite 17
Iowa City, IA 52240

Built for printers and the work they need done.