Built for Minnesota flooring stores
FloorConnect is a B2B flooring marketplace operated by Trade Install, LLC (HQ Scottsdale, AZ). Minnesota stores post install, prep, demo-only tear-out, and haul-away work once. Eligible installers get private offers in ranked waves — no public bidding. See your matching fee before you post. Stores are charged that matching fee only after the job is completed and verified. High-volume stores can add optional Store Pro or Store Pro+ software subscriptions (separate from the matching fee; can lower per-job cost).
Built for independent Minnesota installers
Set skills (carpet, LVP, hardwood, laminate, tile, demo/haul), service areas, and pay minimums. Review full scope, photos, timing, and pay in a private offer window. 0% commission on installer pay — no lead fees to receive offers. Optional Installer Pro for priority matching and Pro badge. Optional licensing/insurance docs are tracked during onboarding — they are not eligibility gates; verified GL/license can add at most a small legitimacy ranking boost.
Licensing, insurance, and verification in MN
Requirements depend on the work and jurisdiction. FloorConnect tracks licensing and insurance docs during onboarding and sends expiration reminders. Stores remain responsible for confirming job-fit; installers remain independent businesses. FloorConnect does not sell flooring and does not pay installers — stores settle installers independently off-platform.
Public Minnesota references (verify your own situation with DLI / counsel):
Where FloorConnect is onboarding in Minnesota
Priority onboarding focus: Detroit Lakes / lakes country (Detroit Lakes–Perham–Fergus Falls corridor) and Fargo–Moorhead (Moorhead, MN + Fargo, ND — ND is onboarding too; no separate ND location pages). Read the local stories: Detroit Lakes area stores, Fargo–Moorhead matching, and northern Minnesota installer jobs. Additional coverage pages (keep these; they are not the lead story): Minneapolis (Twin Cities metro), St. Paul / East Metro, and Rochester. Installers set their own service regions (including Duluth or St. Cloud when they choose to cover them — no separate thin city pages). Stores set the job pin. FloorConnect does not install floors and does not employ installers. Arizona is live (Arizona hub); Minnesota and North Dakota are expanding as onboarding markets — not a live-statewide claim. Marketplace HQ remains Scottsdale, AZ (Trade Install, LLC).
How matching works (no bidding)
Eligible installers receive private offers in waves based on distance, experience, reliability activity, and pay fit. First to accept within the window gets the job. Optional verified docs may add a small legitimacy ranking boost — they do not gate offers and do not “unlock” a percentage of jobs. Marketplace HQ: Scottsdale, AZ (Trade Install, LLC).
FAQs for Minnesota stores and installers
Is FloorConnect live everywhere in Minnesota?
Minnesota is an onboarding / expanding market — not a claim of live statewide coverage. Priority onboarding focus is the Detroit Lakes corridor (lakes country) and Fargo–Moorhead (ND onboarding too). Twin Cities and Rochester remain additional coverage pages. Installers set service areas; stores set the job pin. Marketplace HQ remains Scottsdale, AZ.
Does FloorConnect take a cut of installer pay?
No. Installers keep their agreed pay — 0% commission on installer pay. Stores pay FloorConnect’s matching fee after verified completion. Optional Store Pro / Store Pro+ are separate software subscriptions that can lower per-job cost.
Is there bidding?
No. Matching uses private offers in ranked waves — not a public bid board.
Do installers need Minnesota licensing/insurance?
Requirements depend on the work and jurisdiction. FloorConnect tracks licensing/insurance docs during onboarding; installers must meet applicable MN rules for jobs they accept. Start with DLI residential contractor licensing.
Who pays the installer?
The store pays the installer directly off-platform. FloorConnect collects its store matching fee after the job is completed and verified. FloorConnect is not merchant of record for installer labor pay.