Your customers type what they need, misspell half of it, and get zero results. Then they call your counter — or worse, they call your competitor. Partsift fixes the search box so that stops happening.
Built for fastener, bearing, electrical, pipe, MRO, and safety distributors.
Partsift handles what your current search can't — typos, specs, competitor part numbers, and the many ways buyers describe what they need.
Your buyers type thread sizes, grades, materials, and finishes in every format imaginable. Partsift understands them — imperial, metric, fractions, trade slang.
"Galvenized," "carrage bolt," "stainles" — your buyers misspell parts terms that generic spellcheck doesn't know.
Upload your cross-reference tables or let us build them from your catalog automatically.
Results appear in under a fifth of a second. Repeat searches are even faster.
Promote in-stock items, bury discontinued SKUs, and pin seasonal products from the dashboard.
See which searches come up empty, add a synonym or cross-reference in one click, and fix it yourself — no tickets, no waiting on your IT team.
General-purpose search tools are built for everything — retail, media, SaaS. Partsift is built specifically for industrial parts catalogs.
| Capability | Partsift | Hosted search tools | Self-hosted search |
|---|---|---|---|
| Understands specs (bore, thread, grade…) | Automatic | You build it yourself | You build it yourself |
| Converts units (inches ↔ mm, fractions) | Automatic | You build it yourself | You build it yourself |
| Fixes typos & understands trade terms | Built for parts terminology | Generic spellcheck | Generic spellcheck |
| Cross-reference / competitor part numbers | Built in | You build it yourself | You build it yourself |
| Time to go live | 2–4 weeks, no IT project | Weeks to months (developers required) | Months (developers required) |
| Pricing | Flat monthly fee | Pay per search query | You host & manage it |
| Built for parts distributors | Yes — it's all we do | No — built for everyone | No — built for everyone |
Want to see how Partsift handles your toughest searches?
Book a demo — free pilot includedYour catalog data, search logs, and merchandising rules are kept separate from every other customer. We don't sell data or use it to train AI models. Here's how we've built it.
Each customer gets their own separate database and login. Daily backups, 30-day retention.
We use AI to understand search queries, but your data isn't used to train models. Our AI provider contracts prohibit it.
We only read what's already public on your website, at a pace that won't slow it down. We respect your site's crawl settings and only re-read changed pages.
No platform migration. No rebuild. Your web agency or in-house team pastes one line into your site, and search just works. Works with BigCommerce, Shopify, custom sites — anything with a website.
<!-- Add this one line to your website --> <script src="https://cdn.partsift.com/widget.js" data-api-key="ps_live_your_key_here" async></script> <!-- That's it. Search just works. --> <!-- Matches your site's colors automatically. --> <!-- Remove this line to turn it off. -->
No per-search fees. No surprise bills. You pay a flat monthly rate based on catalog size — unlimited searches included.
For distributors with a single catalog under 50k SKUs.
For distributors with multiple brands, crosses, and serious traffic.
For parent companies with multiple brands, locations, or specialized compliance needs.
Every plan starts with a free pilot on your real catalog. A 50,000-product catalog at $2,400/mo works out to less than 5 cents per product.
Typical setup takes two to four weeks. Week one we read your catalog. Week two you test it. Week three you set up merchandising rules. Week four your web team pastes one line of code and you're live.
Yes. Partsift works with BigCommerce, Shopify, custom-built sites, and most other platforms with a public-facing website. No platform migration needed.
No. We read the product pages that are already public on your website. You can also send us a spreadsheet or data feed if you prefer — whatever's easiest for you.
No. We use AI to understand search queries, but your product data and search logs aren't used to train models. Our contracts with AI providers explicitly prohibit it.
You can run Partsift alongside your current search during rollout. When you're confident, switch over fully. And if you ever want to go back, just remove the one line of code.
No. The install is something any web agency or in-house web person can handle. The dashboard is designed for merchandisers and ecommerce managers, not developers.
We read your catalog and build a live demo with your real products — free, no commitment. The pilot typically runs two to three weeks. If you like what you see, you pick a plan and we go live. If not, you walk away. No contracts, no cancellation fees. Paid plans are month-to-month.
Send us your website URL. We'll come back with a live demo running on your real products — plus a report showing every search that's returning zero results on your site today.
Every demo is personalized to your catalog.