BuilderDepot Home Improvement Center Opens For Business.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2001 BuilderDepot, Inc. announced today that its Home Improvement Center www.builderdepot.com is now open for business serving the US and Canada. "We are excited to be able to serve the industry with our new concept in merchandising merchandising Element of marketing concerned especially with the sale of goods and services to customers. One aspect of merchandising is advertising, which aims to capture the interest of the segment of the population most likely to buy the product. . The store is operational and taking orders, and we continue to add new products as more manufacturers learn about the store and our business model," said Zak Zakhariya, chief executive officer of BuilderDepot, Inc. The store operates on the established and proven model but at the speed of the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Orders received by BuilderDepot are electronically transmitted to the manufacturers who get paid in advance, and then dispatch A dispatch or dispatches can refer to:
tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. . The manufacturers also have the option to ship to the customers directly. BuilderDepot does not charge the manufacturers setup See BIOS setup and install program. fees, or any ongoing fees, as the service is commission-based. Manufacturers partnering with BuilderDepot.com to sell their products will maximize the utilization of their distribution network, eliminate numerous expenses, coupled with total control over their product display choices, pricing, shipping, and even liquidating products. "Shortly after we put up the BuilderDepot links on our web site we had sales, even before the August 13th opening! Zak and the rest of the crew have really taken the pain out of creating a shopping cart, it is what they do best and we were happy to let someone else take control. This is the NEW dot-com (1) Refers to the period (dot) followed by the abbreviation of the commercial domain (.com) at the end of an Internet address. Since the .com domain is so widely used, the Internet became known as the "dot-com" world, and dot-com companies are those formed to offer services or paradigm, no up front expense, a lot of value and RESULTS!" said Reid C. Sellgren, Vice President at ClearMirror. "The concept of BuilderDepot looks very promising to increase product sales. It is an excellent way for our company to expose our products to a large segment of customers," said Donna-Marie President of ACT, Inc. Metlund Systems "We are similar to The Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box , ACE Hardware, or Lowe's but we plan to offer a larger selection of products, deliver to the project site, and we leverage the distribution network of our partners so their dealers and distributors remain in the loop, making more money," added Mr. Zakhariya. "I will certainly shop your store in the future because of the prompt attention I received. One of the divisions under my charge is customer service. They will do well to take care of the customer as well as you did," said Gus Hergert. Manufacturers can open their account online at www.builderdepot.com or contact us at merchantservice@builderdepot.com. About BuilderDepot, Inc. Builderdepot.com is a home improvement center online with a mission to help the builders and manufacturers accelerate the sales process A sales process is a systematic approach for performing product or service sales. The reasons for having a sales process include seller and buyer risk management, achieving standardized customer interaction in sales and scalable revenue generation. , strengthen the relationship, and offer the largest domestic and international product selection. Founded in 1999, BuilderDepot, Inc. is a privately held and funded California Corporation. The company is located in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . www.BuilderDepot.com |
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