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What We Offer Our Members

More Than a Buying Group.
A Real Partner.

Better pricing. Better programs. More of what you earned, kept.

Do it Best puts $3 billion in LBM buying power behind your purchases so you negotiate from a position of strength.

Build the Team Behind the Business

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.

Marketing, Media, and the Brand Power to Grow

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.

Eleven categories. 400 vendor programs. One membership.

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.

Manage Risk Before It Hits 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.

Our Team

The People Behind the Programs

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.

The LBM sales team averages 15 years of industry experience. The average tenure of an LBM team member is 9 years. When you call with a supply question, a bid problem, or a pricing challenge, you’re not starting from scratch. You’re talking to someone who already knows your market.
Nick Talarico
Do it Best, COO
Russ Kathrein
VP of Lumber and Building Materials
Eric Knox
Director of Sales, LBM Division Do it Best
Ryan Cooley
Strategic Business Development Manager, LBM Division Do it Best
Lauren Wilson
Purchasing Manager, LBM Division Do it Best
Scott Morrison
Operations Excellence Manager, LBM

LBM Podcast Features

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.

made just for our members

Events and Training That Make Your Business Stronger

Do it Best invests in your people the same way it invests in your programs. Here is what is coming up.

Fall Market 2026

September 25-28, 2026
Indianapolis, IN

Vendor conversations, buying opportunities, and education sessions to put your yard in a stronger position heading into the year ahead.

LBM Millwork Academy

January 25-28, 2027
Fort Wayne, IN

Limited to 50 attendees.

Most lumberyard teams are missing out on millwork revenue—not from lack of effort, but lack of training. Join a 4-day intensive, led by Stefanie Couch, Grit Blueprint, and top category vendors. Built for sales teams, emerging leaders, and owners ready to unlock a high-margin opportunity.

Kitchen & Bath Design School

June 14th - 17th, 2026
Chicago, IL

The Do it Best Kitchen and Bath Design School is a three-day immersive experience in Chicago built for designers and sales professionals who want to sell K&B with more confidence and more creativity. From hands-on 2020 software training to NeoCon showroom tours, attendees leave with sharper design skills, stronger client conversations, and a real edge in one of the highest-margin categories in the store.

Spring Market 2027

March 5th-7th, 2027
Orlando, FL

The Do it Best Spring Market is a 3-day industry event where independent dealers connect with vendors, buy product, learn new strategies, and find ways to grow sales and margins.

Ongoing Programs

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

Our products

The Products You Need. When You Need Them.

Every additional vendor is another relationship to manage, another invoice to reconcile, another rep to call when something goes wrong. Do it Best covers 11 categories, from dimensional lumber and engineered wood to kitchen cabinets and composite decking, under one membership. The category depth is real. The vendor lineup is best-in-class.

Real Yards. Real Results.

Independent Dealers Building Something That Lasts

"We built actual home structures inside our showroom so customers could see the difference in person."

Dave Ables | Tri-County Lumber
Dave transformed his showroom into an experience, bought a True Value store, and won a Beacon Award for best new hardware store. Expanding into underserved rural markets.

"Georgia-Pacific keeps our drywall program running without delays. Great support, great product."

Trent Wallace | Allied Lumber and Supply | Bandera, TX
Allied Lumber's experience with the Do it Best drywall program, a direct example of what $3B in buying power actually feels like at the yard level.

"Do it Best is one of those special companies. They're all about building your better brand."

Matt Spinks | Lumber King — Danville, KY

Matt rebuilt his family lumber business from the ground up after losing everything in the 2008 recession. Lumber King is now an award-winning independent yard.

Learn From Our Industry Experts

LBM Insights: What You Need to Know, When It Matters

When Leadership Sounds Like Three Simple Words
A frustrating 19-hour drive home turned into a leadership lesson when someone I respected told me, “Enjoy the ride.” That simple redirect shifted my mindset,...
What AI Search Means for Building Materials Companies Right Now
How buyers are using ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI tools to research products and suppliers in the context of AI search. What building materials companies need...
Dealers Can’t Afford to Ignore Millwork
Millwork has become one of the biggest untapped opportunities for independent dealers looking to improve margins and offer more complete solutions to customers. While many...

The Vendors Behind Your Margin

400 vendor programs.
11 categories.

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.

About Us

What Sets Do it Best LBM Apart From the Pack

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, $3 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.

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Everything Your Yard Needs to Compete and Grow

Membership is the starting line. What comes after it is where Do it Best earns your business every day.

Marketing Tools & Services

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.

Member Resources

Programs, tools, and support built specifically for independent dealers. Your membership opens the door to everything Do it Best has built for yards like yours.

Operational Excellence

Scott Morrison, Do it Best’s Operational Excellence Manager, works directly with member yards to tighten operations, sharpen processes, and find the gaps that are costing you time and money.

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meet our partners

Built for Independent Dealers. Chosen for a Reason.

Every partner in the Do it Best ecosystem was selected because they solve a real problem independent dealers face. Technology, marketing, leadership, and hiring. The gaps that slow yards down.

Toolbx

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

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.

Bradley Hartmann

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.

Career Plug

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.

Contact Us

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Phone

(260) 748-530

Email
(general inquiries)

[email protected]

Address

1626 Broadway Suite 100,
Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Mailing Address

PO Box 868,
Fort Wayne, IN 46801-0868

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