Become an AJ Shades Dealer in Multnomah County

Portland is the market, and Multnomah County's dealer story is scale. About 800,000 people -- the biggest county in Oregon by far -- in a city of west-side hills view homes, east-side bungalows, and infill glass boxes. The heat dome rewrote the shade conversation: Portland buyers who never thought about awnings now think about them every August.

The west-side hills are the premium lane. View homes above the city with walls of glass and decks facing the sunset: the vanishing screen preserves the panorama while killing the glare, and the cassette disappears into the architecture. Design-conscious buyers who choose on engineering, not price.

The east-side bungalows are the volume lane. Historic craftsman streets with the recover funnel on every block: aging frames, faded brackets, and homeowners who have watched their porches bake. Re-skin the canvas, prove the craftsmanship, and the full motorized sale follows -- in the densest neighborhoods in the state.

The heat dome is the urgency. Multi-day extreme heat events turned retractable shade into heat-wave insurance: the awning extends for the dome, the screens drop over the glass walls, and the house stays livable. The dealer who frames the line as the dome answer sells on urgency, not luxury.

The local incumbent sells direct -- awnings and canopies from a Portland shop listed since 2000. It is retail, not wholesale: no dealer program, no contractor supply line. A Multnomah County dealer buys at wholesale, sells under its own name, and hands every remodeler and patio builder in the city a supply line they have never had.