Case Study: TradePlumbing grows from one-man operation to projected £15M revenue with Shift4Shop

UK Plumbing Supplies Distributor Grows from One-Man Band to Projected £15 Million Revenue in 2012

TradePlumbing, an Essex-based distributor of bathroom and kitchen plumbing products, moved online about eight years ago to expand beyond ad-hoc third-party sales and drop-shipping. Owner Peter Clayton needed a shopping cart with flexible shipping, scalability and support for complex international tax rules to handle growing traffic and a growing portfolio of niche sites.

They adopted 3dcart’s customizable platform and 24/7 support, using custom modules and in-house development to optimize operations and reporting. The result: TradePlumbing scaled from a one‑man spare‑room venture to a 12‑person business, topped £2M revenue in a year, manages nearly 100 sites, opened physical stores in 2007, and projected £15M in revenue for 2012.

TradePlumbing

Peter Clayton

Owner