Why Partsift exists

The search bar on most distributor websites is the single biggest reason buyers leave for the bigger catalog sites. We replace just that one box, on the site you already have. Partsift — we sift through your parts so your customers don't have to.

The problem

Industrial distributors carry tens of thousands of SKUs across hundreds of categories. Their customers — engineers, maintenance leads, purchasing clerks — already know what they want, but the on-site search can't read a query like "1/2 NPT brass elbow for high pressure" or "M8 socket head 25mm grade 8.8 stainless." So they see nothing. Or worse, they see the wrong part. They give up and call your counter, or they buy from a competitor and don't come back.

The shortest path from "lost order" to "won order" is a search box that understands how customers actually talk — typos, abbreviations, units, brand names, all of it.

What we do

Partsift is an embeddable search widget for industrial distributors. It understands part numbers, units, dimensions, materials, applications, and the synonyms specific to your vertical. It runs on your real catalog — we read it, build a structured index, and serve search through a single line of code on your existing site.

We don't replace your storefront. We replace the search box. Hosted platforms, custom-built sites, in-house PHP — if your site has a search bar today, we can replace it.

Who we are

Partsift is a small team based in the United States. We built Partsift after watching distributors lose orders the same way every week to broken search.

We answer our own email. There's no offshore tier, no chatbot, no ticket loop. The same person who replies to your first message is the one who'll install Partsift on your site.

How we work

Get in touch

Demos, pilots, or just questions: send your site URL through the form — a real person replies, usually within one business day.

Partsift · About page reviewed April 27, 2026.