Do it Best puts $2.5 billion in LBM buying power behind your purchases so you negotiate from a position of strength.
A stronger team runs a stronger yard.
LBM Academy, Pro Sales School, and the Leadership Development Institute give every level of your team the skills to sell more, lead better, and stay longer. From the sales counter to the corner office.
Your yard has a great story. We help you tell it.
Do it Best members get access to an eCommerce platform, co-op advertising support, signage programs, and promotional materials built for independents. Through the Grit Blueprint media partnership, real member yards get featured, vendor partners get spotlighted, and independent dealers get in front of an audience they could not reach alone.
Most dealers manage four or five vendor relationships to cover what Do it Best handles under one roof. Dimensional lumber, engineered wood, doors, millwork, decking, cabinets, and more. Simplify your sourcing and spend that time running your yard.
When the market moves, you are already covered.
Lumber markets do not warn you first. Futures pricing up to a year out, reserved inventory, and 10 reload centers with 20 million board feet on the ground mean you are positioned before the shift, not reacting after it.
91.6% of Do it Best Lumber and Building Materials leadership was promoted from within. The category specialists who answer your call on panels, SYP, SPF, Western species, drywall, and millwork average 26 years of experience in their specific area, with a median of 33 years. This isn’t a call center. It’s 880 combined years of people who have been in your exact situation.
Do it Best sponsors The Grit Blueprint Podcast, bringing conversations from the Market floor to the lumberyard and everywhere in between. Real dealers, real stories, recorded where the work actually happens.
January 25-28, 2027
Fort Wayne, IN
Limited to 50 attendees.
March 5th-7th, 2027
Orlando, FL
LBM Academy | Pro Sales School | Leadership Development Institute | Millwork Group Onsite | Door Shop Group Onsite | Roundtables (virtual and in-person) | Operational Excellence Consulting with Scott Morrison
Stillwater Building Center
Owner, Mohler Lumber and Building Materials
Owner, Big Rapids Lumber & Hardware
Buyer at Lumber King
President, Hartville Hardware & Lumber
Stillwater Lumber
Do it Best does not just list vendors. The team that manages these relationships averages 26 years of category experience. That means when pricing moves, when supply gets tight, or when you need a program built around your yard’s specific volume, you have people who know exactly how to use these relationships in your favor.
West Fraser, Weyerhaeuser, Georgia-Pacific, Masonite, JELD-WEN, Boise Cascade Millwork, Cornerstone Building Brands, Weather Shield, Simonton, Harvey, GAF, Owens Corning, Trex, TimberTech, Shaw, Mohawk, MasterBrand. These names carry weight in your market. They carry more weight when thousands of independent locations are buying together.
Your competitors source from some of the same vendors. What they do not have is this team, this buying power, and these programs working for them.
Independent dealers do not need another vendor. They need a partner who understands the lumber business, knows their market, and brings real buying power to the table.
Do it Best is the world's largest member-owned hardware, lumber, and building materials cooperative: thousands of members strong, with 80 dedicated LBM experts, $2.5 billion in LBM buying power, and a team that averages 15 years of industry experience. When you join, you are not just a customer. You are an owner.
we have a staff of over 80 experts ready to help you grow
your lumber and building materials business.
Membership is the starting line. What comes after it is where Do it Best earns your business every day.
An E-Commerce platform, co-op advertising support, signage programs, promotional materials, and the Grit Blueprint media partnership. The tools to make your yard visible, competitive, and easy to buy from.
Getting paid shouldn’t require a phone call. Toolbx gives Do it Best members a faster, simpler way to collect payments, send a secure link, get paid, and stop chasing checks or processing cards at the counter. Plus, a full e-commerce storefront built for building supply, ERP synced, online quoting ready, and designed for today’s pro customers. No IT team needed. The big boxes have the digital edge. Toolbx helps you close the gap.
Grit Blueprint is a brand, go-to-market, and practical AI strategy partner for Do it Best LBM members. Built for the building materials industry, we help owners and leaders sharpen their message, strengthen their visibility, attract the right customers, and use AI in practical ways that save time, support sales, and drive growth.
The best yards in the country are run by strong leaders. Bradley Hartmann's programs in construction sales, leadership, and communication give your managers the skills, confidence, and clarity to build teams that perform and customers that stay.
Finding and keeping good people is one of the hardest parts of running a yard. CareerPlug gives Do it Best members simple, effective recruiting tools built for growing independent businesses so you spend less time searching and more time running your operation.
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Address
1626 Broadway Suite 100,
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
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PO Box 868,
Fort Wayne, IN 46801-0868
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