PRICE NEGOTIATION SERVICES

The experts at Inside Edge can negotiate a competitive price for all of your commercial flooring products. First, as industry insiders we are familiar with the cost of most materials and upgrades. Second, our innovative business model allows you to purchase direct from the manufacturer, receiving a low price. Third, because manufacturers clearly understand that Inside Edge will provide all services, they won't need to hedge pricing to cover service requests.

The Inside Edge Business Model vs. Traditional Business Models

Buying Direct from the Manufacturer
Many companies buy flooring directly from the manufacturer in an effort to eliminate dealer markup. Although this usually leads to a lower unit cost for the materials, two things happen. First, you receive a lower level of service, which may require you to perform these functions internally. Since traditional flooring contractors have always provided these services, most manufacturers are not set up to perform them efficiently. Second, many manufacturers actually add cost to compensate for time spent providing material management services such as quantity estimates and shipping coordination. This can occur even with customers who make significant annual purchases.

There are many other factors that can lead to paying more by purchasing direct. A nominal savings on unit cost can quite often lead to much higher overall costs for your commercial flooring. This includes additional cost for excessive quantities of materials ordered and shipped, increased freight costs, higher installation costs etc. The Inside Edge innovative business model allows us to focus on your entire flooring process to find ways to reduce your total costs.

Buying through Flooring Contractors
Traditional flooring dealers buy materials, then resell them to you, providing the necessary procurement and coordination services to get the materials from the manufacturer to your facilities. In order to cover the costs, risks and liabilities incurred when buying flooring materials for customers, as well as to cover their service costs, dealers must add significant markup to your material invoice. These markups are typically not disclosed to end users, leaving you to guess at your true product cost.

Buying through Inside Edge
We are an independent service company. Our focus is on providing management services needed to get the flooring materials from the manufacturer to your facility at the lowest cost. To do this, our business model is designed so you can buy directly from the manufacturer to reduce material costs, which in turn lowers our service fee. This model makes particular sense on a national level, where distributor fees can be high even though they never actually handle or warehouse your flooring materials.

As with all of our service offerings, we follow an open-book policy. Your service fees (whether as part of a management package or a la carte) will be clearly separated from your material invoices.

Alternative to Internet Auctions
Inside Edge offers an alternative to using Internet auction bids to obtain the lowest pricing for your commercial flooring products. With Internet auctions, the manufacturer's service responsibilities are often ill-defined, leaving end users to perform these services at additional cost. With our exclusive business model, we guarantee we will reduce your costs and improve your service or you don't pay our fees.

Service Type:
Management fee or hourly consulting