Manufacturing sites are often built once and left, which means the pages that bring RFQs are old and buried. A redesign can improve them, but it can also remove the one process page an engineer bookmarked. Walk this list before anyone changes a thing.
Know where your RFQs come from
Gather the last year of quote requests, and note for each: the part, the process and how they found you. Check your form submissions and your email. If you cannot tell, ask your sales contact or add a "how did you find us" field to the new form.
List the pages you know are used: process pages, a materials page, a PDF capability sheet that gets sent around. Those addresses are what you preserve.
Keep, rework or retire
- ✓Keep — process pages that bring requests, downloadable capability sheets, quality statements you can document
- ✓Rework — capability lists without limits, RFQ forms without file upload, outdated equipment
- ✓Retire — pages about machines you sold, news from years ago, stock photos
- ✓Add — industries served, materials detail, clearer confidentiality note
Rebuild for how buyers qualify you
Rework navigation around what a buyer wants to check: processes, materials, industries, quality, then RFQ. Put the request path in the menu and at the end of each capability page.
Test the RFQ end to end. Upload a drawing, check the size limit, check the confirmation, check that the right person receives it. Try it on a mobile screen, since engineers do look at suppliers between meetings.
Before launch
- ✓Address map — old process and part pages point to their new versions
- ✓Documents verified — certifications and statements current and yours to display
- ✓Equipment list reviewed — nothing you no longer own
- ✓RFQ tested — file upload, notification and confirmation
- ✓Backup of the old site
Measure after
Count RFQs per month and the share arriving with a drawing, before and after. Quote volume swings with your customers’ own cycles, so compare like periods. We make no promise about rankings, but a clearer path is something you can observe.
What to expect, honestly
- ✓We rebuild on our hosting — no editing inside your old system
- ✓Old files only if supplied — we do not guarantee recovery
- ✓Quote volume depends on your market — no outcome is promised
One example of what your site could look like
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What it costs
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Optional add-ons, billed separately
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How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
Keep reading
Redesign without losing traffic · Website redesign · Manufacturing RFQ websites · Mistakes to avoid
