INSTRUCTIONHow Selling on Pressinspection works

PressInspection is a professional B2B marketplace created for the printing, packaging, prepress, finishing, and equipment service industries.

It is designed not only for traditional suppliers, but for many different types of companies and specialists working in print.

A seller on PressInspection may be:

• a specialized service company

• a printing house offering its own services

• a supplier of consumables

• a company selling upgrade kits or retrofit solutions

• a workshop offering refurbishment or rebuilding services

• a company with unused spare parts in stock after selling equipment

• a business selling used machinery or components

• a freelancer working in graphic design, publishing, or print-related creative services

For example, if a company has spare Heidelberg components, a compressor, an Image Control console, unused tooling, or specialized parts left after a machine sale, these items can be offered on the marketplace instead of remaining idle in storage.

1. Your seller account and public profile

Every seller receives a free vendor account and can set up their own professional profile.

This profile helps buyers understand who you are and what kind of work you do.

During registration and profile setup, the seller provides important business information, including:

• company name

• country

• languages spoken

• categories of activity

• contact and store details

• business description

Your country is displayed on your marketplace offers.
Your languages are also displayed in the listing, which is especially important for services that require direct communication, such as:

• phone consultations

• technical consultations

• courses

• training

• remote support

• design services

This helps buyers quickly understand whether communication will be easy and practical.

2. One account for many types of offers

PressInspection is not limited to one kind of product.

With one seller account, you can offer:

• physical goods

• new or used equipment

• spare parts

• consumables

• digital products

• consultations

• remote services

• on-site services

• training

• repair and refurbishment work

• dismantling and installation services

• upgrade kits

• design and publishing services

This means one company can sell both products and services in the same ecosystem.

3. Smart listing forms adapted to the type of offer

PressInspection uses a special listing system designed for the print industry.

The offer form is not static.
It changes depending on the type of product or service you want to publish.

This makes it easier to create listings for very different business cases, such as:

• a spare part

• a service visit

• a consultation

• a digital course

• a used machine

• a custom-made die

• a roller refurbishment service

• an equipment upgrade package

Instead of using one generic product form for everything, the platform adapts the card to the nature of the offer.

4. Open price or hidden price

Sellers can decide how pricing should work.

Open price

If your offer has a fixed or standard price, you can display it directly in the marketplace.

Hidden price

If the price cannot be fixed in advance, or if you do not want to display it publicly, you can hide the price.

This is useful when:

• the service depends on the condition of the machine

• the scope must be discussed first

• the product is custom-made

• the seller wants to negotiate before confirming the final amount

In that case, the individual offer is sent through private chat after the terms are agreed.

This makes the platform suitable both for standard offers and for more complex industrial transactions.

5. Booking calendar for scheduled services

PressInspection includes a booking module with a calendar.

This is useful for services that require scheduling, for example:

• on-site engineer visits

• consultations

• training sessions

• courses

• technical service appointments

A buyer can choose an available time directly in the calendar and reserve the service in a structured way.

This reduces unnecessary coordination and makes service sales more professional and predictable.

6. Private offers and negotiated deals

Some sales begin with a ready listing but still require private negotiation.

In such cases, the seller can issue a Private Offer directly through private chat.

This is useful for:

• hidden-price products

• custom service scope

• negotiated machine service

• staged payments

• large or technically complex deals

The buyer can then:

• review the offer

• accept it

• decline it

• continue negotiating in chat

This allows the seller to keep the buyer inside the platform while still handling flexible commercial terms.

7. Split payments and staged payments

For some products and services, payment may need to be divided into stages.

For example:

• 20% now and 80% later

• 30% / 50% / 20%

• another agreed structure depending on the project

This is useful for:

• repairs

• custom-made products

• machine rebuilding

• engineering projects

• installation and dismantling work

• longer technical assignments

The seller can define the payment structure inside the offer, and the buyer sees clearly what is due and when.

8. Minimum price

The minimum service price on the platform is EUR 50.

This helps maintain a professional marketplace standard and avoids extremely low-value cases that are not suitable for a specialized industrial platform.

9. Earnings and service commission

PressInspection works on a direct sale principle, but with platform-controlled payment flow.

The process is simple:

1. the buyer pays through the platform

2. the payment is held until the transaction reaches the agreed approval stage

3. the seller issues the invoice to the buyer directly in the name of the seller’s own company

4. the marketplace charges the seller a service commission

5. the commission is retained from the seller’s earned amount

This means:

• the buyer pays through the platform

• the seller remains the actual provider of the goods or services

• the marketplace retains its commission from the seller’s revenue

Most importantly, when the seller prepares the offer, they can already see:

• the total price

• the commission amount

• the amount the seller will actually receive

So pricing is transparent from the start.

10. Promotion and visibility tools

PressInspection gives sellers more than just a listing page.

You can also improve visibility through features such as:

• reviews

• highlighted offers

• additional promotion

• subscriptions

• blog publications

• featured placement

• content exposure for your services or products

This helps sellers attract more attention and build trust on the platform.

11. FOR VENDORS: help with preparing your offer cards

Not every seller has time, staff, or materials to create professional listings.

That is why PressInspection includes a dedicated FOR VENDORS section.

There, platform-authorized service providers can help prepare your sales materials, including:

• offer cards

• product descriptions

• service descriptions

• visual materials

• illustrations

• publication-ready listing content

Packages are available for:

• 1 card

• 5 cards

• 10 cards

This is especially useful for companies that have strong technical skills but no internal marketing team.

12. A free seller cabinet that can replace the need for a separate website

Every seller receives a structured account and public marketplace presence.

You manage your own listings, profile, offers, and activity from one place.

For many companies, this means the platform can become their main online sales presence.
In many cases, a separate standalone website may no longer be necessary.

Your offers become visible to buyers through the platform, and your business is easier to discover.

13. Reports and seller tools

PressInspection uses its own reporting and seller management system, built in a way that is familiar to users of modern online platforms, but adapted to the needs of printing-industry companies.

The seller environment includes practical tools such as:

• dashboard overview

• product and service management

• order visibility

• booking visibility

• private offers

• service support

• announcements

• vendor alerts

• settings and profile management

This makes it easier to work from one control panel instead of handling everything by email or spreadsheets.

14. Customer Support

PressInspection also includes Customer Support for platform-related assistance.

Support helps with matters such as:

• marketplace use

• offer flow

• private offers

• booking issues

• transaction-related questions

• technical platform guidance

This gives both sellers and buyers a structured support channel instead of leaving them alone in case of a problem.

15. Important marketplace safety rule

Direct exchange of contact details between seller and buyer may be treated as suspicious behavior or fraud risk. In such cases, the marketplace cannot protect the safety of funds and cannot take responsibility for the result of the transaction if the parties continue outside the platform.

Both accounts — the seller’s and the buyer’s — may be blocked in accordance with the platform rules if they attempt to bypass the marketplace workflow.

This rule exists to protect both sides and to ensure that payment, approval, support, and transaction history remain inside the platform.

16. Marketplace + Requests work together

The Marketplace is intended for ready offers.
But if a buyer cannot find the right product, service, or specialist, they can use the Requests section.

That means the seller benefits in two ways:

• by publishing ready listings in the Marketplace

• by responding to custom opportunities through Requests

So even if the exact solution is not already listed, the platform still creates additional business opportunities.

In short

PressInspection allows sellers to:

• create a professional public profile

• display country and language information

• publish products, services, digital goods, and technical offers

• use open or hidden pricing

• send private offers through chat

• define split payments

• receive bookings in the calendar

• promote listings and services

• get help preparing professional sales cards

• manage business activity from one seller dashboard

• see clearly how much they earn after commission

It is a marketplace designed for the real commercial and technical needs of the printing industry.