Trade Accounts

[Roamer]

Hi

Just a quick question to you fellow tilers, do any of you have trade accounts and how did you go about getting them.......Did you walk in straight off the street or did you make a few phone calls first........are there any requirements that you need before opening a trade account.....
Thanks
Kev

 

[Varley]

I have a few trade accounts, how to open them varies from store to store. Some just need a business card, some want to see reciepts to conform you are a tiler and some want to see your portfolio. Best option is just to go into some stores and ask how to open a trade account and get to know the people in the stores.

 

[Concept PHT]

Tile retailers will snap you up for trade, as it brings custom to their place of sale.

Most stores will not bother with proof of work etc as they will just stick your cards into the rack and advise the customer that they have nothing to do with trades and that the cards are just an 'intro' to a tradesman.

The ones that require work evidence are the ones that push tradesmen onto customers. You tend to find here that you have to work for peanuts as the 'pool' of tilers the shop has are very competetive with each other when it comes to quoting. Not worth the hassle to be honest.

 

[Roamer]

thanks for the advice fellas ...........I was thinking of doing the bung trick just to get ahead of the competition....

 

[howard]

hi

i have just opened an account today with topps tilles all i had to do was to show my business card and a receipt from tile traders i thought it was a good deal 20% off tiles and about 60% off adhesive

 

[Varley]

Why not, it often works, £20 here and there to one of the retailers just to hand out some of your cards...money well spent. :wink_smile:

 

[Roamer]

Cheers Varley