#Build India

How e-commerce sites for construction material work in India?

Ecommerce construction materials startups generally work on a B2B model - business to business. Builders and real estate developers being the customers. We are the aggregators in the business and to explain in the most simplest of terms - we trade. The customer wants 100 bags of cement of Ultra-tech, we buy from Ultratech at a rate that the builder can't obtain in the open market and sell it with a low margin.

How does one get such low rates from manufacturing companies? So it's all a volume game. The rate of buying 1000 bags of cement is way too economical than buying 100 bags of cement. As intermediaries we have demand from many builders or real estate developers, and thus our volumes go high. Another aspect of this is the relationship of the aggregator and the OEMs.

Reasons:

1. We cut supply chain - thereby reducing the cost by more than 30% in many products.

2. Transparency - Suppose you are the owner and you want to make sure your contractor is not cheating you, make him buy all his products from us. We will send you the invoice directly.

3. We buy in bulk and cater to a larger size of mid-ranged buyers and so we get the materials at lowest rates possible.

4. Hassle free and the builder can concentrate on his construction instead of worrying about material delivery.

5. We have experts on our team whom the builder can talk to over the phone before buying any material and after sales.

6. For a startup it's branding is very important and thus start-ups try their level best to deliver the best quality products and services.

7. Breaking the barriers of demographics (when its e-commerce, this one is obvious isn't it?)

8. ONE STOP SOLUTION!! - What more can you ask for? We have more than 22000 products listed on the website - from an elevator (lift) to sand, you name it you get it.