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# How much does an industrial catalog website cost?

The actual 1968 Labs supplier website starting price, included scope, project scenarios and questions to ask about running costs.

1968 Labs / Published 2 October 2026 / 4 min read

A focused supplier catalog website from 1968 Labs starts at $4,500 USD. That starting scope covers up to eight agreed pages and 50 supplied product records, a quote-request path, delivery to a sales inbox and a source-file handover. The stated timeline is four weeks; final scope, timing and price are agreed in writing.

**Budget from the workflow.**

Page count alone does not tell you how much work a catalog requires. Product-data cleanup, variants, selling units and the sales handoff can change the project more than another general information page.

## What the starting scope covers

Our [supplier website offer](https://1968labs.com/industries/industrial-suppliers) is built for a business whose team confirms specifications, price, availability and delivery before accepting an order. It helps the buyer find a product and send a useful inquiry. Live inventory, customer-specific prices, checkout and ERP connections require separate scope.

| Item | Starting scope | Confirm in the proposal |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Public pages | Up to eight agreed pages. | Which templates, categories and product views count toward the agreed scope. |
| Product records | Up to 50 supplied records. | Data format, variant handling, images and who approves missing information. |
| Quote request | A request path and sales-inbox delivery. | Single or multiple items, required fields, recipient and delivery-failure handling. |
| Handover | Source files and catalog-update guidance. | Who edits records, what access they receive and any ongoing support. |
| Payment | 50% at the start; 50% on completion. | Written completion and acceptance conditions. |

At the $4,500 starting price, that payment split is $2,250 at the start and $2,250 on completion. These figures describe our offer, not an average for the US market. UK projects use the same published USD starting price; any currency conversion or applicable tax is resolved in the proposal.

## Three scopes that need different conversations

**Prepared catalog, human quote.** You supply an approved product family, usable images and consistent units. Buyers select an item and send the context to sales. This is the closest fit to the focused starting package, subject to the final page and workflow agreement.

**PDFs with incomplete records.** You have scanned tables, conflicting descriptions or missing selling units. Before pricing the build, establish which records can be approved and who will prepare them. Converting a PDF does not automatically produce reliable product data. We scope any cleanup separately rather than attach an invented per-product fee.

**Live business-system connection.** You need stock, account prices or order status from an ERP. Identify the system, available API, test access, data owner and failure behavior. Integration discovery and implementation need an explicit quote; the starting price does not cover an unspecified connection.

## Separate build costs from running costs

Use the [website quote comparison tool](https://1968labs.com/resources/website-quote-comparison) for the known setup, monthly, annual and one-off costs. Ask about hosting, domain renewal, email delivery, editing tools, software subscriptions and support. Record who pays each provider and who owns each account.

A simple budget equation is: first-year cost = build + agreed one-off work + twelve months of monthly charges + annual charges due in that year. Enter zero only where no charge applies. If a fee is unknown, leave the comparison incomplete until it is confirmed. No fixed running-cost figure is promised by this guide.

## Agree what a finished catalog must do

Try the [worked catalog-to-RFQ example](https://1968labs.com/resources/catalog-to-rfq-worked-example) . Its part references and selling units stay in the brief. For your project, turn that into acceptance checks: the correct variant appears, quantity uses the right unit, required fields give useful errors, and a production test reaches the agreed inbox.

Also agree the redirect plan, mobile and keyboard checks, source ownership, update procedure and launch approval. The [website quote checklist](https://1968labs.com/blog/website-quote-checklist) helps compare those commitments between proposals.

## What to send for a useful estimate

Share your current website, one representative catalog file, the approximate number of records, the countries you serve and a redacted example of a normal quote request. Explain whether buyers choose one item or several, which details sales must confirm and who maintains product data.

If you need drawings, a CRM or live inventory, name those requirements at the start. Send a sample structure rather than confidential customer records. A clearer brief lets us agree a credible first release and identify the work that needs separate scope.

## Keep reading.

Websites

### What should a small business website quote include?

Compare website quotes using a practical checklist of scope, running costs, ownership, testing and handover.

Read the guide

[View What should a small business website quote include?](https://1968labs.com/blog/website-quote-checklist)

Website planning

### Catalog website vs ecommerce: which does your business need?

Compare a product catalog with a quote request against an online store. Choose around pricing, availability, product selection and order handling.

Read the guide

[View Catalog website vs ecommerce: which does your business need?](https://1968labs.com/blog/catalog-website-vs-ecommerce)

## Put this into practice.

[Catalog-to-RFQ worked example](https://1968labs.com/resources/catalog-to-rfq-worked-example) [Industrial suppliers](https://1968labs.com/industries/industrial-suppliers)

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