Trade Accounts for Wall and Floor Tilers

[Ambercat]

I send customers to outlets where I have a trade account and get them to choose their tiles and get a retail quote. Then I get a discounted quote which they can pay to the store direct. I arrange delivery for the day of the job to ensure I have the work: happy customers, decent tiles and I don't have to worry about the vat threshold

 

[Martino]

Very interesting points - that VAT one had never occurred to me before, but is pretty critical.
We supply listellos, decorated tiles, mosaics etc, mostly to distributors & retailers. In view of your comments, maybe we should offer a tile fixer referral account. You point your customer/client to us (online), we supply them direct then pay you a commission equivalent to a trade discount?

What your thinking of doing I all ready do that with a small family run business called Annandale's in Hull..Make's more sense sending the customer to a reccmmended Seller. They make what they want and either give you jobs or free addy etc.

 

[ishi69]

can someone tell me were a tiler can earn 75k please :drool5:

77K is business turnover, not actual earnings.

 

[Mak]

i have been using italia tiles for a few years now and they give great prices for trade

 

[Protiler999]

Good point

 

[ianflem]

I Only use trade cash accounts:

Tile -It ltd
Tile Giant
Tile Star

No much £ difference between them all

 

[Lee@emctiles]

We offer our fixers a Trade Referral card. We print there business cards, on the back will be a 25% off voucher, They send there customers not one our showrooms, withe the Trade Card, customer purchases tiles, 10% then gets rebated onto tilers account, when he comes in for his/her adhesive he is in credit.

No brainer.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Cash trade account only.
Yorkshire Tile Company- Sheffield - Tiles & materials ([Bal] good on silicon prices but pricey on rest)
Tile depot- Sheffield - Tiles & materials ([Webber] good on price throughout)

CTI - Ipswich - Tiles & Materials ([Bal,Ardex,Profix] good on prices throughout, hold regular deals on cementitious addy's)
I use CTI for Tile & material delivery when working anywhere south of Cambridge (Inc London, Cornwall etc)