Vendor FAQs

Complete and submit the questionnaire found on our Become a Vendor page.

IWDC Member Distributors assure you and all customers of quality products, dedicated local service, product expertise, and vast inventories to supply every need. What’s more, all IWDC Member Distributors are locally owned independent businesses that are involved in your communities – ensuring that local dollars are kept local. 

Approved Vendors are those who, in the estimation of our Purchasing and Marketing Committees, are able to provide the superior products, services, and capabilities the IWDC and its Members both need and want.

After you become an Approved Vendor, you’ll have many opportunities to prove yourself worthy of further being designated a Recommended Vendor. Recommended Vendors are defined as those who go “above and beyond” in service to the IWDC and our Members. We’re confident that our Members have the best overall Recommended Vendor program in the entire industry. In addition to their exemplary services, our Recommended Vendors also support all IWDC functions and work with us as one North American entity representing $2 billion in retail sales. 

No, it is not mandatory, but IWDC Members are encouraged to do so. 

The Vendor Alliance program draws together a select group of Expense Control Vendors with whom the IWDC has negotiated agreements designed to help lower your cost of doing business. This is just one example of how the IWDC seeks to reduce your costs by forming true business partnerships.

IWDC Members each own a voting share, and the cooperative is governed by bylaws filed in the State of California. In addition to having a staff that manages day-to-day operations, a Board of Directors made up of Member principals provides oversight and stewardship.