Why become an Indoff Partner?
Whether you're an owner looking to simplify your business or a sales professional looking to gain independence - this is where you belong. Please read about the advantages we offer below and then select from one of our four divisions at the bottom of the page for more details.
What is the Partner Program?
Our Partner Program is an opportunity for sales professionals and business owners to manage their own business while taking advantage of the benefits and support that Indoff provides. Our Partner Program consists of a nationwide network of hundreds of Sales Partners who combine their knowledge and expertise with our administrative, financial and technological support to provide the widest array of product solutions at competitive pricing backed up by local service. Become an Indoff Partner and focus on what you do best - sales, solutions and personalized service!
Why Join the Partner Program?
As an Indoff Partner you’re free to focus on sales, marketing and customer service - the keys to growing your customer base. Partners are not managed - they set their own schedule, pricing and customer discounts. Partners enjoy freedom, support and the advantages that come from being with a nationwide distributor. Indoff has been voted one of The Greatest Companies to Work For 2011 by Promotional Products Business (PPB) Magazine and One of the Best Places to Work 2011 by Counselor Magazine, the Promotional Products Industry’s two leading publications. To learn more, please click here.
Advantages for Sales Professionals and Business Owners
- Compensation: 50% commission rate (60% for Commercial Printing and Promotional Products) on gross profit of every sale (paid on invoice). Indoff Partners enjoy W2 employee status with access to our 401k. Use our compensation calculator to figure out how much more you will earn with Indoff.
- Freedom: Indoff Partners set their own hours, pricing and profit margins. There are no call reports, sales meetings, micromanagement, house accounts or non-competes. Indoff Partners have no restrictions on territory and Indoff protects your account base. Watch our video to see what real Indoff Partners have to say about the freedom Indoff offers.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: Indoff provides an annual marketing budget, monthly e-marketing pieces, custom brochures and catalogs, personal marketing/e-commerce websites and industry advertising to help our Partners achieve sales success. In addition, Indoff Partners enjoy our streamlined order management system and 24/7 access to online reports.
- Home Office Set Up: Indoff pays for your phone, fax, Internet or DSL lines; provides a copy/scanner/fax machine; business cards, letterhead and envelopes;consumable office supplies for Material Handling, Commercial Interiors and Business Products partners. For Promotional Products partners we provide ESP Web.
- National Sales Meeting: Every 18 months Indoff hosts a National Sales Meeting and Vendor Show in St. Louis, MO. This event includes a full scale vendor expo with over 100 vendors exhibiting exclusively to Indoff Partners. In addition, Indoff University classes and round table discussions allow Partners, vendors and corporate staff to share new information and ideas. The highlight of the weekend is the celebratory awards banquet and Partner Appreciation Dinner on Saturday evening. Read about our 2011 Sales Meeting!
Learn more about the advantages by division:
- Business Products Advantages
- Vendor Opportunities: First call status with with United Stationers and SP Richards; access to thousands of regional wholesalers and office product vendors, plus direct access to 200+ office furniture manufactures. Additionally, Indoff offers competitive pricing and discounts and the ability to add vendors to our vendor list.
- Delivery
- 3 options: Drop ship (UPS or FedEx), Local Courier, Delivered by the Partner
- Next Day delivery from United or SP Richards
- Indoff splits the delivery charges 50/50 with the Sales Partner
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual marketing budget of $500 to spend however you see fit, plus "unlimited" personalized catalogs from United and SP. Monthly e-marketing pieces to send to your customers, and the ability to create a personal marketing website. Additionally, Indoff offers an easy online ordering site customized for your customers - Supplies Direct and 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Material Handling Advantages
- Vendor Opportunities: Access to over 1000 manufacturers (see the short list) and the ability to add vendors to our vendor list. Additionally, you choose the vendor that fits your customers' needs and the product niches you wish to specialize in. With Indoff, you work with the local suppliers, installers, fabrication shops and engineers of your choice.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual marketing budget of $650 to spend however you see fit (purchase catalogs and promotional items). Marketing resources include monthly e-marketing pieces to send to your customers, personal marketing sites to take your business online, and customized SMO catalogs. Additionally, Indoff Partners enjoy 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system and a corporate maintained online catalog intended for lead generation.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Commercial Interiors Advantages
- Vendor Opportunities: Access to over 300 manufacturers (view the short list) and the ability to work with local suppliers, installers, fabrication shops and designers of your choice. We have no preferred vendors, quotas, commitments, or set pricing with any vendor. Each Partner is free to sell the lines that best meet the needs of their customers. Additionally, you have the ability to add vendors to our vendor list and the opportunity to choose the product niches you wish to specialize in. Indoff also provides an annual marketing budget to you to spend however you see fit.
- Markets Served
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Corporate Healthcare Education Government Hospitality Centers of Worship - Freedom: Indoff Partners set their own hours, set their own pricing and profit margins, and use the design and delivery services they choose. There are no sales meetings, call reports, micromanagement or house accounts. Indoff Partners manage their own business with no restrictions on territory.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: Indoff provides monthly e-marketing pieces, custom brochures, catalogs and e-commerce websites to help Partners gain more business. Additionally, a company wide intranet discussion board allows Partners across the country to communicate, strategize, and share valuable business ideas. Indoff Partners also enjoy 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system.
- Financial Strength: Most importantly, Indoff is financially strong. We've been in business for 40 years and have a proven track record for success. With Indoff, you'll never have to worry about credit issues.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Compensation: 60% commission on gross profit of every sale (paid on invoice). Indoff Partners enjoy W2 employee status with access to our 401k.
- Vendor Opportunities: Access to nationwide suppliers and the ability to work with local vendors, printers and graphic designers of your choice. You can fulfill any client’s needs because you have a multitude of vendor options.
- Freedom: Indoff Partners set their own hours, set their own pricing and profit margins, and use the design and delivery services they choose. There are no sales meetings, call reports, micromanagement or house accounts. Indoff Partners manage their own business with no restrictions on territory.
- Financial Strength: Most importantly, Indoff is financially strong. We've been in business for 40 years and have a proven track record for success. With Indoff, you'll never have to worry about credit issues. And Indoff splits job costs with you 50/50.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual marketing budget, 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system, plus monthly e-marketing and access to personal marketing websites and company store sites.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's wide-breadth of industry access and knowledge provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Promotional Products Advantages
- Supplier Opportunities: Access to thousands of suppliers (Preferred Suppliers List); End column pricing; ASI and PPAI membership; Overseas resources.
- ESP Web: Free yearly subscription to the industry's premier marketing tool; Ranked priority product search featuring Indoff Preferred Suppliers; Daily updates of every product in the industry from 3500+ of ASI's most respected suppliers and access to view over 3500+ supplier catalogs.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual sample budget, 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system, plus monthly e-marketing, personal marketing and company store sites and lead generation from Indoff's corporate logomall site.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Partner Program Qualifications
- 3 years outside sales experience in Material Handling, Commercial Interiors and Furniture, Office Supplies, Promotional Product, or Commercial Printing
- Transferable customer base
- Experience selling similar products to what Indoff markets
- Yearly sales of $350k or more in Material Handling, Office Interiors, Business Products, and Commercial Printing and $200k in Promotional Products
- Ability to work independently, outside of a dealership structure
- Back Office Support: Indoff handles payments, billings, sales taxes, vendor and customer collections; you spend your time on sales and customer service.
- Financial Strength: Indoff provides working capital to finance all sales and assumes the credit risk.
- Vendor Opportunities: Access to over 5,000 vendors nationwide, competitive pricing and discounting, and the ability to choose the right vendor for your customers' needs.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: Indoff provides an annual marketing budget, monthly e-marketing pieces, custom brochures and catalogs, personal marketing/e-commerce websites and industry advertising to help our Partners achieve sales success. In addition, Indoff Partners enjoy our order management system and 24/7 access to online reports.
- Compensation: 50% commission rate (60% for promo) on gross profit of every sale (paid on invoice). Indoff Partners enjoy W2 employee status with access to our 401k. Use our compensation calculator to figure out how much more you will earn with Indoff.
- Home Office Set Up: Indoff pays for your communications; provides a copy/scanner/fax machine; business cards, letterhead, envelops and consumable office supplies for Material Handling, Commercial Intriors and Business Products partners. For Promotional Products partners we provide ESP Web.
- National Sales Meeting: Every 18 months Indoff hosts a National Sales Meeting and Vendor Show in St. Louis, MO. This event consists of a full scale vendor expo with over 150 vendors exhibiting exclusively to Indoff Partners. In addition, Indoff University classes and round table discussions allow Partners, vendors and corporate staff to share new information and ideas. The show always wraps up with a celebratory awards banquet and Partner Appreciation Dinner. Read the 2009 Sales Meeting recap!
Learn more about the advantages by division:
- Business Products Advantages
- Vendor Opportunities: First call status with with United Stationers and SP Richards; access to thousands of regional wholesalers and office product vendors, plus direct access to 200+ office furniture manufactures. Additionally, Indoff offers competitive pricing and discounts and the ability to add vendors to our vendor list.
- Delivery
- 3 options: Drop ship (UPS or FedEx), Local Courier, Delivered by the Partner
- Next Day delivery from United or SP Richards
- Indoff splits the delivery charges 50/50 with the Sales Partner
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual marketing budget of $500 to spend however you see fit, plus "unlimited" personalized catalogs from United and SP. Monthly e-marketing pieces to send to your customers, and the abiltiy to create a personal marketing website. Additionally, Indoff offers an easy online ordering site customized for your customers - Supplies Direct and 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Material Handling Advantages
- Material Handling Advantages
- Vendor Opportunities: Access to over 1000 manufacturers (see the short list) and the ability to add vendors to our vendor list. Additionally, you choose the vendor that fits your customers' needs and the product niches you wish to specialize in. With Indoff, you work with the local suppliers, installers, fabrication shops and engineers of your choice.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual marketing budget of $650 to spend however you see fit (purchase catalogs and promotional items). Indoff also offers monthly e-marketing pieces to send to your customers, personal marketing sites to take your business online, and customized SMO catalogs. Additionally, Indoff Partners enjoy 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system and a corporate maintained online catalog intended for lead generation.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Commercial Interiors Advantages
- Vendor Opportunities: Access to over 300 manufacturers (view the short list) and the ability to work with local suppliers, installers, fabrication shops and designers of your choice. We have no preferred vendors, quotas, commitments, or set pricing with any vendor. Each Partner is free to sell the lines that best meet the needs of their customers. Additionally, you have the ability to add vendors to our vendor list and the opportunity to choose the product niches you wish to specialize in. Indoff also provides an annual marketing budget to you to spend however you see fit.
- Markets Served
-
Corporate Healthcare Education Government Hospitality Centers of Worship - Freedom: Indoff Partners set their own hours, set their own pricing and profit margins, and use the design and delivery services they choose. There are no sales meetings, call reports, micromanagement or house accounts. Indoff Partners manage their own business with no restrictions on territory.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: Indoff provides monthly e-marketing pieces, custom brochures, catalogs and e-commerce websites to help Partners gain more business. Additionally, a company wide intranet discussion board allows Partners across the country to communicate, strategize, and share valuable business ideas. Indoff Partners also enjoy 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system.
- Financial Strength: Most importantly, Indoff is financially strong. We've been in business for 40 years and have a proven track record for success. With Indoff, you'll never have to worry about credit issues.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Compensation: 60% commission on gross profit of every sale (paid on invoice). Indoff Partners enjoy W2 employee status with access to our 401k.
- Vendor Opportunities: Access to nationwide suppliers and the ability to work with local vendors, printers and graphic designers of your choice. You can fulfill any client’s needs because you have a multitude of vendor options.
- Freedom: Indoff Partners set their own hours, set their own pricing and profit margins, and use the design and delivery services they choose. There are no sales meetings, call reports, micromanagement or house accounts. Indoff Partners manage their own business with no restrictions on territory.
- Financial Strength: Most importantly, Indoff is financially strong. We've been in business for 40 years and have a proven track record for success. With Indoff, you'll never have to worry about credit issues. And Indoff splits job costs with you 50/50.
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual marketing budget, 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system, plus monthly e-marketing and access to personal marketing websites and company store sites.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's wide-breadth of industry access and knowledge provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Promotional Products Advantages
- Supplier Opportunities: Access to thousands of suppliers (Preferred Suppliers List); End column pricing; ASI and PPAI membership; Overseas resources.
- ESP Web: Free yearly subscription to the industry's premier marketing tool; Ranked priority product search featuring Indoff Preferred Suppliers; Daily updates of every product in the industry from 3500+ of ASI's most respected suppliers and access to view over 3500+ supplier catalogs
- Marketing and Technology Resources: An annual sample budget, 24/7 access to Indoff's online order management system, plus monthly e-marketing, personal marketing and company store sites and lead generation from Indoff's corporate logomall site.
- Cross Selling: Indoff's four divisions provide you a unique opportunity to expand offerings to your customers and network with fellow Indoff Sales Partners. Read more about Indoff's cross selling opportunities.
- Testimonials from former owners who have joined Indoff:
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Someone once told me that two of the most overrated things in life are natural childbirth and owning your own business. I can certainly relate to one of those. When I started my own business, I basically took my best salesperson (me) out of the field and put him in charge of things he does not do well. After five years of struggling with cash flow management, receivables, taxes and personnel, I got my life back by joining Indoff. Now I have the freedom to take care of my existing customers, grow my customer base and let Indoff handle everything else. I am 58 years old and my quality of life has never been better since joining Indoff."
- Tom Groves, Indoff Partner
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Joining Indoff was a gut-wrenching decision. Would I lose customers? Would I give up my relationships with customers I'd built over 15 years? What would my 'new way of doing business' really look like? My questions have been far outweighed by the rewards of the past year as an Indoff partner. The things I've given up - payroll, A/R, A/P, endless paperwork! I've been able to do what I liked in the first place - talk to customers everyday. Joining Indoff was the right decision for me."
- Kathleen Lawson, Indoff Partner -
"When I had to close down my company in 1993, one of our vendors told me about a company in St. Louis that had a Partner Program that paid a high commission with a support staff that included financial stability. That was exactly what I wanted. Having always been a straight commission salesman, I was up for the task. I have not been disappointed and have never looked back.
As a result of joining Indoff, our family life has improved and my wife and I spend more time with our children. I’ve also taken advantage of Indoff's 401K program."
- Bob Berry, Indoff Partner
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