In March, we rolled out some exciting upgrades to Samtec.com, including adding part numbers in bulk more easily, a major improvement to our keyword search, an easier way to find packaging alternatives, and a few new pieces of content. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for March 2021. An Easier Way to Find Different Packaging Options Recently we rolled out an upgrade to the Product Detail Page, and the Pricing and Delivery sections of our website to make choosing different … [Read more...]

Recently we rolled out an upgrade to the Product Detail Page, and the Pricing and Delivery sections of our website to make choosing different packaging types easier. With Samtec products, the part number you choose often determines the type of packaging you get. Since packaging often plays a role in automation, such as tape & reel or tube packaging, it's important that you are able to get access to the correct part number in order to get the right type of packaging for your … [Read more...]

Recently we rolled out an upgrade to our keyword search on the website that brings several major improvements to the way users can search for products on Samtec.com. Prior to this upgrade, most keyword searches resulted in directing users to a list of matching series. With this upgrade, we've partnered with Octopart to deliver the ability to match to specific part numbers, and integrate their intelligent parametric filtering within the search as well. Starting with a keyword search of … [Read more...]

It has never been easier to add a part to your shopping cart across Samtec.com. Users can now copy and paste up to 25 part numbers and quantities from a spreadsheet using the “Add to Cart” tool at the top of the website. The easiest way to do this is to create a spreadsheet with two columns. The first column would be the Samtec Part Number. The second column would be the quantity. Then simply copy the contents of your spreadsheet, click into the first part number box that pops up, and paste … [Read more...]

In February, we continued to build out the content on the website, released a new hierarchy for RF products, and added ways to find Samtec "Reserve" products. Here are the major web updates to Samtec.com for February 2021. Edge Card Content Page Samtec offers a full line of edge card connectivity solutions for industries and applications including datacom, industrial, high-performance computing, and the PCI Express® market, along with a product roadmap to support 56 Gbps speeds and … [Read more...]

January 2021 was a busy month for us on the web. We released a couple new features for the Cart, added some cool new marketing content pages for popular products, improved the user experience on our Pricing page, and made a few mobile experience updates. Here are the major updates to Samtec.com for January 2021. Bulk Add to Cart Tool Our updates to the Cart on Samtec.com continue. Users can now copy and paste up to 25 part numbers and quantities from a spreadsheet using the "Add to … [Read more...]

We first released our new Cart in the summer of 2020. That release replaced a legacy system that we'd been running on since 2011. It was a major upgrade that users are very much enjoying. Since then we've continued to enhance the experience of the new cart. Here is what we've added in the past few months, and a couple of things that are upcoming. Adding End Customer for Certain Customer Types For certain user types such as contract manufacturers (and soon distributors), we have added … [Read more...]

In December, we rolled out a few content updates, and continued some of the back-end performance tweaks to the architecture of the website. Here are the major web updates to Samtec.com for December 2020. New Concept for Rugged Contact Systems Products Tiger Eye™, Samtec’s most rugged contact system rated to 1,000+ mating cycles, features multiple points of contact for high-reliability in board-to-board, discrete wire and IDC cable assemblies with a variety of ruggedizing … [Read more...]