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Steel Company Website Development

Your Steel Site Loses Engineers Before They See a Single Spec Sheet

< 1.2s
Load Time
Even with 10K+ SKUs
3x
RFQ Submissions
vs. legacy sites
95+
Lighthouse Score
Performance target
100%
Mobile Optimized
Field-ready on any device
What Your Steel Site Actually Needs to Close Deals — And What Slows You Down

An engineer lands on your site at 11 PM looking for tensile strength on A572 Grade 50. Your catalog is a 14-page PDF. They hit back and order from your competitor whose specs load in a filterable table. Steel company website development fixes that gap. We build product catalogs with grade comparison tools, real-time inventory feeds from your ERP, authenticated portals for mill certificates, and RFQ forms that capture after-hours inquiries. Your buyers pull specs on-site from a phone, your sales team stops answering the same availability questions, and procurement finds your compliance docs without a phone call. A slow site with buried PDFs doesn't just lose traffic—it loses the engineer who's ready to spec your product into a $4M job tonight.

Wo Projekte scheitern

Your product catalog is a PDF buried three clicks deep Engineers leave your site and find a competitor with searchable specs in seconds.
No online RFQ system means buyers have to call or email You lose after-hours and international inquiries to competitors who offer instant quote forms.
Your site breaks on mobile Fabricators and project managers can't pull up specs on-site, so they reach for someone else's catalog instead.
Inventory data sits in an ERP that doesn't connect to your website Your sales team burns hours answering availability questions that a real-time feed could handle automatically.
Slow load times from unoptimized images and an aging CMS push you below smaller competitors in Google rankings Bounce rates climb past 60%.
No place to display certifications, mill certs, or compliance docs means procurement teams pass you over during vendor qualification before you even get a look. Procurement teams skip you during vendor qualification because trust signals are missing

Compliance

Searchable Product Catalog

Filter by grade, shape, size, finish, and certification. Algolia-powered search returns results in milliseconds across thousands of SKUs.

RFQ & Quote Engine

Multi-product RFQ forms with file upload for drawings. Submissions route directly to your sales team with full product context attached.

ERP & Inventory Integration

Real-time stock availability pulled from SAP, Oracle, or custom ERP systems. Buyers see what's in stock before they pick up the phone.

Technical Spec Sheets

Auto-generated spec pages for every product — mechanical properties, chemical composition, and downloadable mill cert templates included.

Certification & Compliance Display

ISO 9001, AS9100, ITAR, and other certifications displayed prominently with structured data markup so they surface in search results.

Multi-Location & Warehouse Pages

SEO-optimized location pages for each warehouse or service center, with local schema markup to drive regional search visibility.

Was wir bauen

Bury product specs in static PDFs that require three clicks and a download to view basic mechanical properties

Engineers compare yield strength and elongation across steel grades in a dynamic table without leaving your product page

Force engineers to call or email for quotes during business hours while competitors capture leads 24/7 through instant RFQ forms

Buyers calculate theoretical weight and plate dimensions with embedded tools that appear exactly where purchasing decisions happen

Serve a desktop-only site that breaks on mobile when fabricators try to pull up grade sheets on the shop floor

Procurement teams filter past projects by industry and application to verify your track record before initiating contact

Lock inventory data inside your ERP with no website connection so sales burns hours answering stock questions manually

Authenticated customers download mill test reports tied to their specific orders through a secure portal that updates automatically

Load image-heavy pages at dial-up speeds that push your site below nimbler competitors in search rankings and spike bounce rates past 60%

Your marketing team publishes new alloy specs and case studies through Sanity Studio without waiting on developers or touching a line of code

Hide certifications and compliance documentation so procurement teams skip you during vendor qualification before you get a meeting

International buyers see localized content, regional pricing, and product availability that matches their market without manual coordination

Unser Prozess

01

Discovery & Catalog Audit

We map your full product line, ERP data structure, and sales workflow. We identify which products drive the most revenue and build the information architecture around how buyers actually search and decide.
Week 1-2
02

Design & Prototype

Wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for catalog pages, RFQ flows, and the homepage. You get a clickable prototype before a single line of production code ships.
Week 3-4
03

Development & Integration

Next.js front-end with a headless CMS and ERP data feeds. Product pages are statically generated for speed, with ISR handling inventory updates. Search indexing runs in parallel.
Week 5-8
04

QA, Migration & Launch

Full cross-browser and device testing. Content migration from your existing site. 301 redirect mapping to protect your search rankings. Staged rollout on Vercel.
Week 9-10
05

Post-Launch Optimization

Thirty days of monitoring, performance tuning, and conversion tracking setup. We analyze RFQ funnel data and make targeted improvements to catalog navigation based on what we see.
Week 11-14
Next.jsSupabaseVercelSanity CMSAlgoliaCloudflare

Häufige Fragen

How do you handle large steel product catalogs with thousands of SKUs?

We use static site generation with incremental static regeneration so each product page is pre-built for speed but updates automatically when inventory or specs change. Algolia indexes every product attribute — grade, size, shape, finish — for sub-100ms search across your entire catalog.

Can you integrate our ERP system with the website?

Yes. We build middleware that pulls real-time inventory, pricing tiers, and product data from systems like SAP, Oracle, and Epicor. Data syncs on configurable intervals — every 15 minutes up to real-time webhooks — depending on your ERP's API capabilities and what your business needs.

How long does a steel company website take to build?

Most steel company websites launch in 10–14 weeks. Larger catalogs with complex ERP integrations and customer portals can push that to 16 weeks. We give you a detailed timeline during discovery and hit milestones on fixed dates so your team can plan accordingly.

Will our sales team be able to update products without a developer?

Absolutely. We set up Sanity CMS with custom schemas built around steel products. Your team can add grades, update dimensions, upload mill certs, and publish news through a visual editor — no code, no deployments. Changes go live within minutes.

How do you optimize a steel website for search engines?

Every product page gets unique metadata, structured data markup, and headings targeting the grade and specification terms engineers actually search. We build location pages with local schema for each warehouse, submit XML sitemaps, and make sure Core Web Vitals pass on every template.

Can customers request quotes for multiple products at once?

Yes. Buyers can add products from catalog pages into a multi-line quote cart, specify quantities and sizes, and upload drawings or specs. Submissions arrive with full product context and can route to specific sales reps by region or product line.

Steel Company Websites from $12,000
Fixed-fee. 30-day post-launch support included.
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