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Company & branch profiles
Add your company, each branch, contact details and hours, and invite your team with branch-level roles.
Who it is for
- Independent local roofing supply yards
- Regional distributors with several branches
- Branch managers of national distributors
- Lumberyards and building centers with roofing lines
- Suppliers who want contractor order requests in one place
- Teams who want a simple supplier website (optional)
What you get
Labels show what works in the supplier portal today versus what needs a setup review.
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Service areas
Set the delivery and pickup areas each branch serves so the right contractors find the right branch.
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Catalog & inventory entry
Upload a CSV or Excel file (rows are previewed and checked first) or edit products by hand. Pricing stays private to your company.
On request · subject to setup
Inventory / API feeds
Automated feeds from your ERP or inventory system are reviewed case by case. Until connected, inventory is manually maintained.
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Contractor visibility
Approved contractors browse your branch catalog inside StormBuddy, filtered to your branch and products.
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Material order requests
Contractors send order or quote requests to a branch. Your team confirms availability and price before fulfilling.
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Order status & delivery coordination
Move orders through statuses from New Order to Delivered, and see authorized delivery destinations on a map. No live truck tracking.
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Team access
Owners and branch staff get their own sign-ins, scoped to the branches they work at.
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Optional supplier website
Publish a simple branded site built from your published catalog, or ask Buddy Build for a full custom site.
Example workflow
- 1
Contractor picks your branch
A roofer planning a job browses your branch catalog in StormBuddy.
- 2
Order request arrives
Your branch sees the request with job and delivery details.
- 3
You confirm
Check stock, confirm price and set Confirmed or Quote Requested.
- 4
Deliver & close
Update to Out for Delivery, Delivered and Completed. Invoice the contractor your usual way.
How joining works
- 1
Create an account
Use the supplier sign-in page to create your login.
- 2
Set up your company
The supplier onboarding guides you through company, branches and service areas.
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Accept the agreement
Review and accept the Vendor Network Agreement before your listing goes live.
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Approval & catalog
StormBuddy reviews your listing, then you add your catalog and start receiving requests.
Read the Vendor Network Agreement (draft) · Sell services instead of materials? Service vendors
FAQs
Request information
Ready now? Create your supplier account and start onboarding directly.
Go to supplier portalWant a custom website for your yard? See Buddy Build.