Builders merchants face unique challenges with ecommerce, often they want local customers, just about everything the sell is massively heavy and bulky requiring a HIAB truck to deliver, and while they are well set up to supply the local trades, often consumers today are wanting to order their own supplies. That’s where the Plane & Simple DIY marketplace has stepped in to bridge the gap.
Plane & Simple was born out of a desire to make online selling simple for builders merchants and provide an incremental revenue stream from higher margin retail (DIY) customers.They understand the marketing as well as the challenges of delivering to consumers!
Glen Stocco, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Plane & Simple will be speaking at ChannelX World on the 9th of October. To hear more from Glen, and a stellar list of other channel experts, register for your free conference ticket here.
Over 60% of global ecommerce spend is now through marketplaces, the growth of which has been driven by specialist marketplaces. Coupled with the rise of marketplaces, almost half (48%) of tradespeople are seeing homeowners buy materials and supplies themselves
Plane & Simple are a specialist marketplace dedicated to independent builders merchants and have been trading since 2020. They currently operate in Central Scotland, Devon and Cornwall, South East England and Central London. Interest from builders merchants has been really strong and we’re advancing our growth strategy across the UK
For merchants who don’t currently offer online sales, Plane & Simple provide an instant ecommerce offering. For merchants who already sell online, the marketplace offers a route to attract a new customer set and bring incremental sales from higher-margin retail DIY customers
Key to the Plane & Simple offering is that merchants specify the regions in which they wish to sell, this is particularly important for big and bulky building materials.
There’s no risk to join as Plane & Simple only charge a commission on orders they bring, and they make it easy to join and do all the heavy lifting to get our merchant partners set up.
Plane & Simple grew from within the building materials sector as part of the Donaldson Group – Currently led by the sixth generation of Donaldson, the 163-year-old Group comprises a total of 17 specialist timber and building product businesses and brands, operating throughout the UK from 45 locations employing over 1,500 people.
