Software Solutions for Hand Tool Sellers
Hand tools are many small items that differ by size, drive and finish: a spanner from eight to thirty-two millimetres, a screwdriver by tip and length. Sellers online list hundreds of near-identical items, sell singles and sets, and serve workshops that reorder the same lines.
Sell spanners, pliers and hammers singly and in sets, in every size.
A spanner range is not one product but thirty. The catalogue has to hold every size without making the page unreadable.
General tool shops
A shop sells tools of all sorts to homes and workshops, with sets as its main sellers.
Trade suppliers to workshops
A supplier sells hand tools to garages and fabricators, who reorder the same sizes often.
The workflow for hand tools.
- 1
Size and drive chosen
Size range, drive size or tip type is picked, and the page shows only the matching items.
- 2
Single or set
A set is sold at a set price and held in stock as a unit, while its pieces can also be sold alone.
- 3
Trade reorder
A workshop reorders its usual sizes from a saved list at its agreed rate.
- 4
Weighed for freight
Steel tools are heavy for their size, so parcels are weighed and priced by the carrier.
The challenges, and what they cost.
What is specific to this trade.
These are requirements we would confirm in discovery. They describe what the solution may need to handle. They are not features that already exist.
- A size and drive grid under one product
- Sets that draw down the stock of the pieces inside them
- Shipping charges based on weight
What we would build for hand tools.
Chosen from the commerce capabilities this business needs, not a list of everything.
Who works in the system, and what each can do.
What it would connect to.
An integration is confirmed only after its API, access and scope are checked. A connection that updates on a schedule is described as scheduled, not real-time.
- Shop stock and billing, linked through an export
- Carrier rate tables by weight, imported once and refreshed on a stated schedule
- Price lists from the maker, entered from sheets
How the work runs, and what we need from you.
What you provide
- Your ranges with every size and drive
- Set definitions and set prices
- Parcel weights for your common items
Load one family
A single family, such as spanners, is loaded to see how the grid reads.
Check set stock
Sample orders confirm that sets and singles draw down the same counts.
What you receive.
- A size and drive grid
- Set and piece stock logic
- Saved lists for trade buyers
How progress is judged.
Measures are agreed against your own baseline. We do not promise a result in advance.
- Orders where set and piece stock disagreed
- Shipping charge against carrier cost
Selling at home and abroad.
Metric and imperial sizes are used in different proportions in different markets, and a tool bought abroad may need both. Steel parcels are heavy, and freight rates vary by carrier and country.
The wider requirements for tools are on the Tools page.
Related subcategories.
Tools E-commerce & Trade Ordering Software
Configured implementation
A ready-made commerce system is selected during scoping and configured to your catalogue and trade rules. Quotations and specification search are added where it lacks them. No GullySystem product is named.
Size grids, set stock and weight-based shipping are catalogue and fulfilment settings that the category solution already provides.
Read about the softwareExisting GullySystem products that apply
Related services
Questions about hand tools e-commerce.
Can a set and its pieces be sold at once?
Yes. The set takes pieces from the same stock as single sales, and the count stays right.
Can sizes be shown in both metric and imperial?
Yes, as fields that the buyer can switch between.
Can workshops see their usual sizes?
Yes, in a saved list on their login, at their rates.
Talk through your commerce requirement.
Describe what you sell, where you sell it and what is slowing you down. An engineer will reply within one business day.
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