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SourceZen.ai - The world's first AI powered supplier pipeline

Hey everyone,

I'm an e-commerce reseller turned developer building my first Micro-SaaS in public. This started as a passion project and now I have a fully functioning prelaunch MVP!

My Story:
I recently sold my Amazon FBA wholesale business. One of the biggest challenges for new sellers is supplier outreach. For me, it was one of my biggest hurdles that prevented me from growing my company. The task required me to hire a full time assistant, build a custom CRM workflow, write out detailed SOPs, and hold meetings to make sure we were hitting weekly quotas.

I decided to build an AI tool to automate the whole process. It looks like it might be the world's first AI powered supplier pipeline. The tool is called SourceZen - and it automatically generates a website URL, product category, MOQ, dropship policy, and contact info with 1 click using just the supplier name.

The Build Struggle:
The biggest challenge I found with AI software is the AI credit usage. The project almost died last week because of an "AI Consultant Insights" feature that ate up too many credits on each supplier. I was able to get the credit usage from 55 credits down to 32 credits per run by removing this field and keeping the most valuable features. This move makes the project highly viable at a $49/month "Founder's Rate" (with a usage limit of 200 suppliers/mo). Since this is automating 90% of a full time job, the savings are $1,000+ every month for retailers & entrepreneurs.

I have a demo video on the website showcasing it in action. If anyone is interested in a tool like this, you can join the wait-list on the website too > www.sourcezenai.com

I would love to hear your feedback! TIA

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    This is awesome love seeing someone turn real pain points from their own business into a tool like this. The way you’ve automated supplier discovery and outreach feels like it could easily expand into a full workflow automation layer.

    I’m building something in a similar space with Simplita.ai, focused on visual full-stack automation for builders. Would love to swap notes sometime your approach to optimizing AI credit usage sounds super interesting. How did you decide which data points were worth keeping vs cutting?

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      Thanks for the reply. As far as deciding which data points were worth keeping, I had 1 very costly field in the table that was generating a "conversation" reply text. Most of the other fields were simple 1 word replies (URLs, policies, emails, etc) - My conversation level reply was supposed to be an "AI Consultant" that would give the user advice about the supplier, with 3 stages (Profile, Analysis, Action) - That alone took up about 15 AI credits per run. Once I removed that (which was a great feature) I got that down to 32 credits per run. I was a former seller myself and I know that although that feature would be great, the most important features are pulling the URL & contact info. I'm going to try to add it back in later at a higher price tier once I launch the product for premium users.

      Thanks for the question, checked out Simplita, let's stay connected!

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        Makes total sense trimming that “AI Consultant” to keep things lean was a smart move. Love how you’re thinking ahead about a premium tier. Appreciate you checking out Simplita! We’re building a visual automation layer for full-stack AI workflows would be awesome to have you on our waitlist so we can swap notes once both products are live. https://simplita.ai/