7,633 supplier items loaded into a contractor's Bolster price book, 7,528 with photos
A kitchen and countertop contractor in North Carolina wanted customers to pick faucets, sinks, tubs and cabinets right inside their Bolster proposals. None of their suppliers were in Bolster's built-in catalog, so every item would have had to be typed in by hand.
7,633items in the price book
7,528items with a product photo
5supplier brands
0mismatches in the final ID check
Where the data came from
Each supplier publishes its catalog differently, so each one needed its own collection method.
Brand
Source and what it took
Items
L&C Cabinetry
Two separate warehouse stores with different catalogs, merged and de-duplicated into one list with door styles and sizes
2,997
Kohler
Manufacturer website. About 70% of the site's product pages were discontinued items, filtered out so only orderable products went in
2,730
Delta
Protected manufacturer website, collected with finishes and specs
801
Brizo
Protected manufacturer website, collected with finishes and specs
774
Sterling
Manufacturer website
331
Total
7,633
What the contractor got
Every item sorted into the contractor's own category tree, ready to drop into kitchen and bath assemblies.
Clean customer-facing names and descriptions without supplier codes or links, with the SKU kept in its own field.
Missing sizes filled in from product data, for example bar length on towel bars.
A product photo on 7,528 items. Bolster has no bulk photo linking, so photos were attached item by item with an automated, checked process.
A final reconciliation of every item against Bolster IDs and a price spot-check, with zero mismatches, plus a spreadsheet of everything loaded.
How it works for your business
Tell me the suppliers and categories you use.Website, dealer portal, PDF catalog or price sheet all work.
Free sample first.I load about 100 items from one supplier so you can see the result in your own system.
Full load.Items, photos, costs and your categories, imported into your system and checked item by item.
Monthly price updates (optional).Supplier prices get re-checked and changes are pushed in, so proposals never go out with old costs.
Need your supplier catalogs in your estimating system?
Fixed price per supplier, agreed before the work starts. I also work white label for pricebook consultants and implementation partners.