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Create a website to sell your building supplies and materials online

EKM is the perfect online solution for builders' merchants and those who sell to DIY home improvers. Sell more online with unrivalled UK support and an easy-to-use, feature-rich platform to build and grow a successful website for your business.

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Sell more with a successful website for your business

Whether you are new to selling online or an established seller, EKM is the perfect solution for you. Create your website using our easy to use platform, unrivalled UK based ecommerce support and everything you need to sell online:

  • Your own Account Manager to help you get setup and selling*
  • Everything you need to build, manage and grow your website
  • Your shop will be continuously optimised and improved at no extra cost with our own exclusive Evolution Mode service**
  • All payments taken care of with EKMPay
Sell Supplies & Materials To The Trade Industry

Trusted by DIY retailers and builders' merchants

Since 2002 we’ve helped over 80,000 businesses sell their products online. Trusted by builders' merchants and retailers who sell products for DIY, such as kitchens, bathrooms, gardens, flooring, lighting and so much more. Here are some great examples:

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“If we have any issues we’ve got an account manager on hand to talk to that can talk us through it, but from day one we’ve been able to do everything ourselves with ease.”Kevin Mitchell - Keith Builders Merchants

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Everything you need to sell online

Excellent features for selling home DIY and building supplies and materials online

  • Provide product amount calculators when selling tiles, flooring etc.
  • Upload products in bulk using powerful inventory features
  • Reward your returning customers with loyalty points
  • Offer exclusive discounts to trade customers***

Setting up your website is stress free with powerful tools to speed up the process

  • Choose from a wide selection of ready-made themes
  • Accept debit and credit card payments easily and securely
  • Select from multiple major payment gateway options
  • Sync product inventory with Ebay and Etsy

Drive traffic to your website and sell more with all the marketing tools you’ll ever need

  • Reach more customers with Ads on Google
  • Promote your products to customers using email newsletter
  • Get found on search engines with built-in SEO features
  • Allow customers to leave reviews for your products

Manage everything from customer orders to discounts with one easy to use platform

  • Save time with powerful tools for processing orders
  • Set up discounts, sales banners and promo codes
  • See how well your products are performing using reports
  • Sync order activity with your offline business using EPOS

Receive ongoing updates to your website with our unique Evolution Mode service

Completely unique to EKM, Evolution Mode ensures your website will always be up to date. From design and user experience to features and performance, your website will be continuously optimised and improved at no extra cost by our team of experts, without you lifting a finger.

Working with the best partners to provide the best solution for you:

“Ekm has raised our profile on the internet and we get a much bigger footfall than we did. We always get great feedback regarding how good our web page looks and how easy it is to navigate.”Tony Jones - Millennium Supplies

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Get started with your 14 day free trial today or request a callback from one of our friendly advisors. No credit card required up front, cancel at any time.

*Account Manager support is only available on our Standard, Advanced and Pro plans. Basic customers will however gain access to a 30 minute welcome call when they sign up to help them get started on the platform. Learn more about Account Manager support.

** Evolution Mode is only available on our Basic, Standard, Advanced and Pro plans. Learn more about how Evolution Mode differs on each plan.

*** Our trade discounts feature is only available to EKM Advanced and Pro customers.