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ON DTC AND HOME IMPROVEMENT
Something like 20% of homeowners are digital natives, and yet the one store we still go to is Home Depot. This is something that it’s not obvious you can bring online, but you can.
Sacra • Q&A with Dan Spinosa and Drew Stanley from Fixable on building a managed marketplace for DIYers
Home improvement is...almost a $500 billion market. $250 billion of that is home center sales...About half of that is probably pros or semi-pros directly. The other half is homeowners, small business owners, and folks that would be in our market... the scope of what we can do there—with 20% of homeowners being digital natives now—is probably a $10 ... See more
Sacra • Q&A with Dan Spinosa and Drew Stanley from Fixable on building a managed marketplace for DIYers

[Home Depot] should have built this five years ago, honestly...I think there could be a cool opportunity to partner with them, where you could go on their site and get in touch with an actual skilled tradesperson who knows what they're talking about instead of customer service.