Online Flooring Retailer Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

BuildDirect.com, an online flooring manufacturer and wholesaler, has been in business since 1999.

Vancouver, Canada (PRWEB) January 24, 2010

For the past ten years, BuildDirect.com has shown the world that it's possible for a flooring company to act as the manufacturer and the wholesaler. This Canadian-based Internet company offers a wide selection of flooring with the ability to ship directly to the customer at affordable rates.

"Traditionally in the flooring industry, products went through a variety of steps before it made it into your home," said Jeff Booth, CEO of BuildDirect. "The manufacturer sold it to the wholesaler, who sold it to the distributor, who sold it to the retailer. Only then, at a much higher price than what the flooring originally cost, could the real customer -- the contractor or homeowner -- buy the product."

BuildDirect is different because it enables the customer to buy directly from the manufacturer. Because of this, customers get the flooring they need at the same low prices the distributor would be paying.

"Every time a product changes hands, from wholesaler to distributor and distributor to retailer, the price goes up," Booth said. "With the traditional model, you have at least three unnecessary steps, three companies trying to make money off of doing nothing but moving product around."

On their website, BuildDirect.com, the company sells a wide variety of flooring. From laminate flooring and engineered flooring -- a type of hardwood flooring that is made up of layers with just the very top layer being a thin piece of wood -- to stone and tile flooring, BuildDirect has a large selection for the contractor or homeowner to choose from. In addition to using an easy-to-navigate website to market their product, they remove the need for the distributor and retailer by shipping the flooring directly to the customer.

In an amazing feat of entrepreneurship, BuildDirect has not only managed to cut out the middlemen in the flooring and building materials industry, they have also successfully been doing so for the past decade. The company was launched in 1999, and Booth and his business partner Rob Banks is now celebrating ten years of changing the status quo.

To discover how BuildDirect can save you money on flooring, or to browse the company's impressive catalog, please visit http://www.BuildDirect.com.

About BuildDirect
Launched in 1999 as a way to make flooring available to customers at wholesaler prices, BuildDirect.com has enabled contractors and homeowners to save money on flooring projects. The online manufacturer-wholesaler offers a wide selection of hardwood flooring, laminate floors, stone, and tile, as well as the ability to ship directly to the customer at affordable rates. For more information, please visit http://www.BuildDirect.com.

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