New business every week, from buyers you wouldn’t normally reach.
Quote the enquiries you want, on the terms you set. You pay only when you win the order, and onboarding takes hours rather than months.
Merchants hold the product knowledge, the local relationships and the willingness to sort a problem out. What they have not had is the reach of the national chains.
BuyMaterials is a quote-based marketplace built to close that gap. Thousands of trade and retail buyers post what they need, and our partner merchants bid for the work that suits their branch, their stock and their delivery patch.
Three steps to your first quote
Our partner team runs the setup with you. There is no duplication of effort and no long integration project.
Create your branch
Add contact details, the users who need access, and the products you can supply.
Configure your setup
Set branch locations, supply methods, the types of quote you want to see, and whether you bid on part quotes.
Quote and win
Import from your own system or fill in the quote sheet for the lines you can supply, then wait for the order.
Built around how a branch actually trades
What you get as a partner
No listing fees, no public price war, no obligation to quote anything you do not want.
Lords Builders Merchants
The trade is changing. Younger tradespeople are more digitally confident than any generation before them, and they expect to find, compare and buy materials online. For an established merchant, staying visible to that buyer is a real challenge.
Lords have served tradespeople across England for over 40 years, with 17 branches and a centralised inventory system. BuyMaterials is one of the ways they are making sure the next 40 years look just as strong.
The decision came from Jamie, their Lead Handler, who had seen the platform working at a previous merchant. Onboarding took a single sit-down, and a three-month trial with clear goals hit every one of them.
Since joining, Lords have reached buyers outside their usual geography and those comparing suppliers quickly online, and have used the platform to move significant stock volumes when demand outpaced supply elsewhere. Two team members handle all of it, and the trial is now a permanent part of how Lords goes to market.
“BuyMaterials has worked really well for us. If you make a good effort to provide customers with quick, competitive quotes and good service, it’ll really be worthwhile.”
Tell us about your branch and we will take it from there.
Send us your details and someone from the partner team will be in touch to walk you through setup. Free to try, and you can turn enquiries off at any point.
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