Electrician
Burlington, ON
FOR TRADES SUPPLIERS AND BRANDS
Get your brand in front of the trades who’ll buy from you for the next thirty years.
Apprentices entering the trades today are choosing the brands they’ll use for a whole career. Founding Brands & Suppliers get in front of them first.
Limited to one partner per product category.
TRUSTED BY ONTARIO TRADES
THE OPPORTUNITY
A generational shift is happening right now.
Tens of thousands of apprentices are entering the workforce. They are forming the habits, preferences and brand loyalties they will carry for a whole career — which tools they reach for, which suppliers they drive to, which reps they call.
As a Founding Supplier you are not just advertising to them. You are backing them at the start of their career, and they’ll remember you for it.
Become a partnerReach them where they are
A network built only for the trades. No noise from other industries.
Be useful, don’t be an ad
Tool packages, spotlights, training. Support the trades read as support.
One partner per category
Your category is yours. When it’s taken, it’s taken.
Get in before it scales
Ontario first, North America next. Founding rates hold either way.
what you receive
Nine ways we put your brand to work.
01
Launch Campaign
We write, design and publish your announcement across our channels and to the member base. You approve it, we run it.
02
Showcase Video
A professionally produced company video — who you are, what you sell, what you stand for. Yours to use anywhere.
03
Featured Profile
Your profile built out properly, with Featured Supplier placement in your category.
04
Apprentice Tool Package
A starter tool program built from your products, promoted to apprentices as they enter the trade.
05
Trade Spotlight Sponsorship
Sponsor one Trade Spotlight Month a year — social promotion, community recognition, your name on it.
06
Referral Revenue
A referral code that earns you recurring revenue on every Premium Member you bring in.
07
In-Store QR Program
QR codes and print materials for your locations, turning foot traffic into members.
08
Staff Education Kit
A simple package that gets your own team up to speed on the network and the partnership.
09
Onboarding Session
A working session with Ian or Dave to set priorities and get your team going.
WHAT IS COSTS
$199
/mo
GUARANTEED RATE FOR 3 YEARS
One rate, locked while the network grows around you.
Everything on presented here is included. Your rate does not move for three years, however large the network gets in that time.
GETTING STARTED
How it works.
01
Get in touch
Email either of us or send the form. Tell us your category and what you are hoping to get out of it.
02
We talk it through
We walk you through the network, show you where your brand would sit, and confirm your category is open.
03
Agree on the plan
We put in writing what you receive and in what order, so both sides know what has been agreed.
04
We start building
Launch campaign, video, profile and tool package all get underway. Your category is locked from this point.
THE FULL PROPOSAL
Founding Supplier Partner Program
Four pages covering the opportunity, all nine benefits in detail, why founding partners are limited by category, and how to reach us. Take it to your team.
PDF · 4 PAGES · LETTER SIZE
TALK TO US
We can’t wait to work on this project together.
No sales team, no handoff. Email either of us directly, or send the form and we’ll come back to you.
Tell us about your company and your ambitions
We’ll check your category is available and come back with next steps.
PARTNER SPOTLIGHT
“We’re able to engage future clients in a way that’s not possible anywhere else.”
Turkstra Lumber • Hamilton, ON
Kevin Martin
Sales Director
QUESTIONS FROM TRADES BRANDS AND SUPPLIERS
What partners usually ask.
Didn’t find all the answers here?
Ask us directly at info@projektnetwork.com
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Each product category holds a single Founding Supplier. If you are a power tool brand, no other power tool brand can take the founding position while you hold it. Categories are defined together when you sign on, so both sides know exactly what is covered.
Everything listed on this page is included for that monthly rate, and the rate is guaranteed for three years. If anything falls outside it we will tell you before you commit, not after.
Yes. Founding Suppliers include building supply retailers, manufacturers, equipment dealers, trade schools and associations. If you sell to or train the trades, there is a category for you.
Your logo and brand assets, product information for the tool package, and someone we can reach. The onboarding session covers the rest.
Follow the trades, share your work.Hire the best talent.
Free for everyone.
Ontario now, North America next.