Menards® vs BuildTrader

Save BIG Money® anywhere you go! Download the Menards® Mobile App today to shop, access your account, and take advantage of helpful and convenient tools! KEY FEATURES
 • Create and edit your MENARDS.COM® personal or business account easily; switch from a personal account to a business account right in the app • Add and edit your payment methods securely • Apply for, view, or make payments on your Menards® BIG Card® account in the Credit Center • Quickly check your Menards® gift card balances • Find all the information you need and shop smart with Buying Guides • Scan barcodes and QR codes to see product details fast 
 MY LISTS Keep all your project, wish, and shopping lists organized. Create and edit lists to help make your projects and shopping experience faster, easier, and more convenient. 
 ORDER TRACKER Keep an eye on the shipping progress of your store and online orders. 
 STORE DETAILS Find all store information to plan your trip to any Menards® store location. 
 WEEKLY ADS View Menards® flyers full-screen and shop our deals with ease. It's as easy as browsing the weekly specials in your local newspaper. 
 PRODUCT CALCULATORS Estimate the amount of a variety of products you will need for your project with handy product calculators. 
 RAY’S LIST Browse Ray’s List to score the best bargain deals for unclaimed special orders, store display models, slightly dinged and dented products, and clearance merchandise. 
 AUGMENTED REALITY Augmented Reality is an innovative feature allowing you to visualize a wide variety of Menards® products in your home before you buy. You can save and compare your options until you find the perfect product to complement your home’s existing décor. DESIGN & BUY™ Design and modify a number of custom projects for your home easily and efficiently. You can even pick up where you left off in the store! Simply use your design number or sign in to your account and continue the design process.
 GIFT REGISTRY Take advantage of the Gift Registry Center to easily find or manage registries. 
 PUSH NOTIFICATIONS Stay in the know with notifications pushed directly to your device. You can receive notifications on order statuses, new weekly flyers and flash sales, and events happening online and in-store. 
 HOW-TO VIDEOS Learn how to complete a variety of projects with our large archive of How-To Videos.

Building materials, tools and equipment parts, and the local trades who put them in. Buy and sell direct: pick it up nearby, or have it shipped anywhere in the US. One app instead of a marketplace, a contractor directory, a parts catalog and four tabs of price research. ONE APP, THE WHOLE JOB Materials. Every job ends with material nobody needs. Half a pallet of pavers, twelve bags of insulation, three hundred feet of romex, headed for a dumpster because finding the person who needs it is harder than replacing it. Post it and it shows up for contractors and DIYers nearby. Browse lumber, flooring, tile, drywall, insulation, roofing, doors and fixtures, filtered by category, condition, price and distance from your zip. Tools and parts. A national exchange for used tools and equipment parts, shipped anywhere in the US. Sell the drill that sits idle: 10% of the order total plus 50 cents when it sells, and that's everything. Buyers pay through the site and the money is held until tracking shows delivery. Parts are searched by what they fit, not just what they're called. Services. Hire a local pro, or list yourself and get hired. Plumbers, electricians, carpenters, HVAC, roofers, masonry crews, haulers, cleaners, demo crews and handymen, from a licensed construction company to someone with a truck on a Saturday. PHOTOS FILL THE FORM Upload photos of what you're selling and the listing fills itself in. Title, category, condition, quantity and brand on materials. Brand, model number and category on tools. Part number, OEM or aftermarket, and what it fits on parts. You check it and publish. It never guesses to fill a box. What it can't read it leaves for you: a missing field costs you one entry, a wrong one costs a return. NEED IT GONE, OR NEED IT PLOWED Junk pickup that prices in both directions: haulers bid to take it, and good material gets another life instead of a landfill. Snow removal for the months nobody remodels. Conduct ratings on jobs, never star ratings on goods. LEARN IT, THEN BUILD IT Step-by-step DIY guides written for a driveway and a weekend, with the material list and what it costs. WHAT MATERIALS COST RIGHT NOW A live commodity tracker for what a job is built from: lumber, copper, aluminum, zinc, iron ore, gas and crude, plus scrap metal and price indexes for gypsum board, roofing, ready-mix, pipe, insulation and siding. Ten years of history on each. When copper scrap runs, that box of leftover wire in the garage is worth real money. Sourced from the IMF and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via the St. Louis Fed. Every figure names the month it covers. KNOW THE COST BEFORE YOU CALL A cost guide for 98 common projects across 18 categories. Set the size, condition, finish and access, add your zip, and get a localized planning range with the assumptions shown. Turn the material side into a shopping list, then send a private quote request to local pros. PROJECT TOOLS Twenty material calculators: concrete, drywall, flooring, tile, insulation, siding, paint, board feet, studs, decking, fence and roofing. Work out what you need, check whether a listing nearby covers it, and estimate weight and trips before you borrow the truck. HOW IT WORKS Materials are local pickup: message the seller, agree a time and place, and handle payment between yourselves. BuildTrader never takes a cut of a materials sale and never sits between you and your money. Tools and parts are the opposite, on purpose: they ship nationwide, buyers pay through the site, and the seller is paid after delivery. One flat 10% + 50c fee when it sells, nothing else. Listings show an approximate area, never a street address. Exact pickup details stay private. Every listing shows when the seller last confirmed it, and stale listings pause themselves. FOUNDING TRADERS Founding Traders get BT Materials & Services features free for life. Post a listing to claim a spot. Built for merchants, not corporations. Reconnecting merchants and traders.