PaintSource has been dedicated to serving independent paint stores for more than a decade.

Below are descriptions, links, and examples of the services, resources, and benefits available to independent paint stores who join The PaintSource Network.

These and other PaintSource Resources can greatly assist you and your staff in serving your clients. We encourage you and your staff to utilize and evaluate the resources available here.

We are continually developing new ways to utilize our resources to assist you in serving your clients. We hope you will join us in developing this network, dedicated to supporting and strengthening local independent paint stores, and their experienced expert staff.

The examples presented here are for your evaluation and input. We constantly strive to give you new tools to compete in today's highly competitive paint and wood coatings market. Please contact us with any ideas as to how we can assist you and your staff in growing and strengthening your store.

Internet Sales continue to grow and manufacturers are increasingly selling direct, or through a variety of online sources. We are the only Independent Online Paint Store Network committed to keeping sales of painting, decorating, and wood care products in your local store.

We hope you will become a member of the PaintSource Network. PaintSource is dedicated and committed to strengthening the Independent Paint Dealer in an increasingly competitive marketplace.

About PaintSource

Our Team has been identifying Common Problems and providing Better Solutions for Painting and Wood Coatings projects to homeowners, builders, architects, companies, institutions, and contractors for over twenty years. During this time, we have recognized many challenges independent paint store owners face when trying to attract new customers, retain customers, and provide the highest level of service to their customers in an extremely competitive, busy, and confusing market.

Brand consolidation and new market channels have continued to marginalize the market for numerous painting supplies and wood coatings. The paint and coatings market today is rapidly changing as the national chains and brands continue to consolidate, and the mass merchandisers are increasingly gaining market share in practically every product category that the independent dealer relies on for his survival. The promotion of cheap solutions for paint and wood care by the national chains and mass merchandisers has further frustrated customers with costly preventable maintenance when these products fail.

These market forces challenged The Paintsource Network to provide independent dealers with
our tools to help you serve your customers and bring new business to your store.

This is the very core of our network - to provide the best solutions to clients by networking with local stocking dealers.

We strongly believe that market share for independent paint stores can be preserved through educating customers as to the benefits of using premium products, and proven procedures. We believe that a tremendous opportunity exists in the marketing of paint, wood coatings, and related products to customers searching for the best products and tools to do a job.

We have video project guides available to your clients or staff for a variety of painting and wood care projects. We provide direct email and phone tech support to you, your staff, or your clients for all PaintSource.net and TimberCoatings.net featured products and project solutions.

Our online presence and captive audience (currently over 10000 unique clients per month) assures your store continued growth in direct and online marketing of paint products and supplies in your market. We are the only internet presence dedicated solely to the independent paint store. Clients seeking premium solutions are the backbone of the independent paint dealer. We will help you serve those clients through our resources.

We provide solid premium solutions to your clients to create a customer for life utilizing our resources combined with yours to best serve our clients. PaintSource can serve as a "virtual employee" to assist your clients or staff with any project.

We will forward to you any correspondence or project advice we have given the client, and in most cases, they will simply come to your store to pick up products that we have recommended.

Example 2

Market Trend Continues:

Customer product research on the internet continues to grow. Numerous manufacturers are increasing their online and direct sales presence, continually shrinking available market share for the independent dealer. Most product labeling and literature leads clients to the manufacturer's website exposing them to numerous online and direct channels. If your website presently links your customers to a manufacturer's website, you expose your customers to a variety of online sales channels including direct sales from the manufacturer, and manufacturer site links to online low price e-tailers. let us show you how we can help you compete against the following :

See example 1 Online paint sales are stealing your business.
See example 2 Online paint sales are stealing your business.
See example 3 Online Sundry sales are stealing your business.

Many manufacturers are also direct selling to large commercial accounts, again eliminating the need for mid level distribution. PaintSource counters this by presenting a variety of products direct through your website, not through a link to the manufacturers direct -sell website.

PaintSource is YOUR connection to internet clients who are researching better solutions for common painting and wood care projects. PaintSource will keep internet customers in YOUR store. We will assist you by being your internet presence. We will send customers into your store for the products you carry. Network Stores are listed on our dealer locator for all products they carry. All customer inquiries to PaintSource by phone or email are referred to a local store where available.

We can provide all levels of service including internet streaming project guides direct to your clients. We are here to help you help your clients at home or in-store with a level of service and benefits that are unsurpassed in the industry.

We believe our sales and service efforts with network stores will create a loyal customer to the dealer, immune from the marketing efforts of the mass merchandisers and online wholesalers. We acquire potential customers for independent dealers through the presentation of a variety of paint and coatings solutions on our websites. The manufacturers we feature are committed to their business solely with the independent paint dealer. We feature organized presentations of their products. We serve as your link to those manufacturers. We are your point of contact for any needed support for those featured products.

This Store Landing Page is a great example example of how most stores link their staff and clients to our resources. Each Network Member will have a custom landing page for their store.

• Monthly and Yearly Subscriptions to exclusive content ,services, and resources are available.
  
  
• Contact us here for more information about joining The PaintSource Network.
  
  Feel free to call David Gunn or Doug Wilson to discuss this program. 1-866-278-9831

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