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DN Score: 7.2 /10
Your Score: 7.2 /10 (14 Reviews)
AutoTrader: AutoTrader claims that 47% of people online research a Brand/Vehicle after seeing an advertisement and that auto ads can be helpful in the decision making process. They also claim that 67% of shoppers interact with their website before purchasing a new or used car. So if you’re looking for leads, they are the ones to deal with.
About AutoTrader: AutoTrader is a Cox automotive subsidiary based out of Atlanta, Georgia. It’s an online marketplace for car purchasers and sellers founded in 1997. he site also provides users with automotive reviews, shopping advice, and comparison tools for car financing and insurance information.
DN Score: 6.1 /10
Your Score: 6.1 /10 (7 Reviews)
CarFax: CarFax reaches millions of informed, ready-to-buy shoppers on CARFAX’s used car listings.. Their famous claim is that you can “Know Before You Buy” with their vehicle history reports, so it removes the biggest barrier to a sale, which is doubt. They do this with their CARFAX Report. Listing your car with them brings you interested leads because they can see your vehicles’ history which lends credibility to your dealership.
About Car Fax: Initially founded in 1984 to combat odometer fraud, CarFax developed a database of 10,000 cars that could be distributed via Fax Machine. By the end of 1993, Carfax obtained title information from nearly all 50 states. In December 1996, the company’s website was launched to offer consumers the same vehicle history reports already available to businesses.
DN Score: 7.5 /10
Your Score: 7.4 /10 (18 Reviews)
CarGurus: CarGurus offers dealers a variety of listing and online advertising options including:
Inventory Listings – List your inventory on CarGurus.com to connect with shoppers and access premium dealer tools
Dealer Display Solutions – Engage with high-value shoppers by running display ads on CarGurus.com and beyond
Search Marketing – Run a high-efficiency search and retargeting program using CarGurus expert technology and data
About CarGurus: Founded in 2006, CarGurus is an online automotive marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of new and used cars. The company uses proprietary technology, search algorithms and data analytics to bring trust and transparency to the automotive search experience and help users find great deals from top rated dealers. CarGurus is now the #1 most visited car shopping site among the major third-party shopping sites in the US.
DN Score: 0 /10
Your Score: 5.8 /10 (9 Reviews)
Cars.com: Cars.com empowers consumers by connecting them to the resources they need to make better automotive decisions about product, price, which in turn enable dealers by connecting them to the in-market audience and intelligence they need to increase turn and gain market share.
About Cars.com: Cars.com is a leading digital marketplace and solutions provider for the automotive industry that connects car shoppers with sellers. Launched in 1998 and headquartered in Chicago, the Company empowers shoppers with the data, resources and digital tools needed to make informed buying decisions and seamlessly connect with automotive retailers. In a rapidly changing market, Cars.com enables dealerships and OEMs with innovative technical solutions and data-driven intelligence to better reach and influence ready-to-buy shoppers, increase inventory turn and gain market share. In 2018, Cars.com acquired Dealer Inspire®, an innovative technology company building solutions that future-proof dealerships with more efficient operations, a faster and easier car buying process, and connected digital experiences that sell and service more vehicles.
Cars.com properties include DealerRater®, Dealer Inspire®, Auto.com™, PickupTrucks.com® and NewCars.com®.
DN Score: 0 /10
Your Score: 6.7 /10 (3 Reviews)
Edmunds.com: Edmunds is a well known, long standing name in the car marketing arena. Their name recognition helps them provide users with car research. They provide new and used cars, pricing, incentives, dealer inventory listings, comparisons, reviews and even car buying advice.
About Edmunds.com: Edmunds.com, Inc. is a privately held company that operates an online resource for automotive information. The company started out in 1966 as a publisher of printed booklets consolidating automotive specifications to help car shoppers make buying decisions
DN Score: 6 /10
Your Score: 5.1 /10 (8 Reviews)
Kelley Blue Book®: Each week the company provides market-reflective values on its website, including its famous Blue Book® Trade-In Values. The Kelley Blue Book® Price Advisor tool, provides a range for what consumers can reasonably expect to pay for a vehicle in their area. You can display your inventory quickly and easily on KBB and Autotrader and get in front of actively-engaged shoppers. KBB offers:
Tremendous Reach:
73% of ALL online car buyers use Kelley Blue Book or Autotrader during their car shopping experience.
Actively In-Market:
Together, Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader impact 60% of dealer sales.KBB is the most used third-party site among new car shoppers.
Over 660 million vehicle values were generated on KBB.com in 2015.
About Kelley Blue Book®: Founded in 1926, Kelley Blue Book®, The Trusted Resource®, is the vehicle valuation and information source trusted and relied upon by both consumers and the automotive industry. The company also provides vehicle pricing and values through various products and services available to car dealers, auto manufacturers, finance and insurance companies, and governmental agencies. Kelley Blue Book is a Cox Automotive brand.
DN Score: 7.3 /10
Your Score: 6.6 /10 (7 Reviews)
LotLinx: LotLinx is unique because it offers LotLinx-VIN Specific™ Digital Advertising that advertises cars with marketing campaigns powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
Through a combination of shopper scoring, algorithmic bidding, and cross-channel display advertising, LotLinx digital advertising campaigns turn VINs up to 78% faster than control groups, through 5 major channels.
About LotLinx: LotLinx is the leading inventory marketing technology company for the automotive industry. Our proprietary /AI/ platform helps dealerships Sell Cars Smarter™ by aligning sales objectives to marketing strategies with unparalleled efficiency and precision.
DN Score: 8 /10
Your Score: 7.8 /10 (9 Reviews)
TrueCar: True Car allows you to reach more customers, drive more sales and increase efficiency for your dealership with TrueCar Trade. With TrueCar Trade they claim you can Reach exclusive audiences and buyers who close within a week, close highly qualified consumers at a fraction of the cost and maximize your success through onsite and interactive training, analytics and tools.
About True Car: TrueCar, Inc. is a digital automotive marketplace dedicated to being the most transparent brand in the industry. TrueCar shows consumers what others paid for the car they want, so they can recognize a fair price. Users receive upfront pricing information when they connect with TrueCar Certified Dealers, allowing them to enjoy a more confident buying experience. TrueCar operates its own site and powers car-buying programs for over 500 companies, including some of the most trusted brands in the world such as USAA, AARP and American Express. TrueCar has a network of over 16,000 Certified Dealers and currently, over one third of all new car buyers engage with the TrueCar network during their purchasing process.
DN Score: 8.7 /10
Your Score: 7.6 /10 (6 Reviews)
DealerLeads: DealerLeads delivers traffic and 1st Generation leads (leads that are not shared with a client’s competitors) via its massive array of, literally thousands, of classified ad sites. Their claim is that they are the highest converting lead generation provider in the industry and they can prove it with transparent reporting from Google Analytics. Once your vehicle’s information is ingested in their system, it literally shoots to the top of Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS) in a matter of minutes. They also back up their organic ranking (usually within the 1st two search results pages in the major search engines) with Pay Per Click campaigns, at no extra cost to the dealer.
About DealerLeads: DealerLeads was founded by Steve Tackett who had many years in the car dealership industry. He wanted a company that simply does what it says it’s going to do – drive more traffic to dealer websites and over deliver on that promise.
DN Score: 0 /10
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Aggregate leads from all your online sites into one centralized view for quicker response and easier management. Our ILM automates your lead processes through customizable routing capabilities for instant, short-term, and long-term follow-up. With complete access to new and pre-owned inventory within the ILM tool, you can quickly send vehicle details and photos to give customers the exact information they need to make informed decisions.
With ELEAD1ONE’s award-winning automotive ILM, you have the latest technology to catch online leads automatically, track duplicates to save you money, and respond quickly, providing an exceptional experience for you and the customer.
About ELead1One
As a trusted software and business consultant to more than 9,300 clients across the U.S. and Canada, ELEAD1ONE captures the intimate relationships and experiences automotive retailers and consumers have with one another and with their environment. ELEAD1ONE stands ahead of the curve in its commitment to reinvigorate today’s challenging automotive retail environment. Our ongoing, open platform represents an unwavering commitment to the automotive industry, its growth, and providing a strategic business advantage for our clients. ELEAD1ONE drives you forward with one platform and unlimited possibilities.
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DealerCAR Search Using their Mobile Phone or Tablet Salespeople can quickly add Floor UPs, Phone UPs, and Internet UPs into the UP Tracking System. BDCs and Receptionists can quickly add UPs utilizing our advanced Round Robin Lead Assignment with available Text and Email Notification. Our Driver’s License Scanning Technology makes it fun and easy for any Dealership Employee to quickly add an UP. These UPs automatically become Leads and can then be converted to Electronic Worksheets.
About DealerCAR Search: DealerCAR Search won the Driving Sales Satisfaction Award for “Top CRM Sales Department” in 2018
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Dealer.com: Dealer.com’s complete network coverage allows you to reach shoppers early in their purchasing journey everywhere they go. Dealer.com has elite partnerships across all major search engines and resulting is the industry’s largest collection of advertising inventory. Dealer.com’s digital strategy tools help create targeted campaigns that deliver impactful ads to potential buyers. With Dealer.com Audience Targeting, reaches Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader shoppers and directs them back to your website through Dealer.com’s industry-leading machine learning and real-time bidding automation. It’s the most powerful way to reach a critical audience never-before accessible — and to capitalize on existing demand in your market.
About Dealer.com Dealer.com is the industry’s leading provider of integrated digital marketing software and services. We help retailers and OEMs create personalized online shopping and buying experiences through a connected platform of websites, digital retailing, digital advertising and managed services, all backed by strategic advisory and support teams
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Vin Solutions: Vin Solutions offers Connect Inventory Management, to help you market your inventory.
Drive more traffic to your showroom using customer data to automate your online listings. Connect Inventory Management polls your DMS nightly to update ALL online listings — from your website to Internet classifieds — to match your lot, and generates new window stickers and brochures automatically.
Create a stocking strategy with integrated vAuto data that puts the right vehicles on your lot – all from your own customer base.
About VinSolutions: VinSolutions has the leading “Dealership Marketing System” that helps retailers attract, sell and retain more customers profitably. VinSolutions.com was recognized as the 33rd fastest growing software company on the Inc 500 and the company has received multiple accolades in the industry including the Automotive Website Award for best digital marketing platform and the Driving Sales Innovation Cup. VinSolutions’ “all-in-one” sales and service marketing system includes digital marketing, search marketing, online advertising, social media marketing tools, mobile marketing, websites, internet lead management, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Sales force automation, Sales Management and Desking, Appraisal, Finance, Used Vehicle Marketing and Market Pricing, Inventory Management and Distribution, Hand held inventory marketing tools, window stickers, automated video tours, Loyalty Management and Targeted marketing with email, text, direct mail and telemarketing services. VinSolutions Dealership Marketing System is installed by their strategic consulting team who specializes in retail strategy and process training for large dealer groups and individual dealerships.
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DealerSocket: DealerSocket’s bundle of software tools goes under the name DealerFire. The DealerFire suite includes:
Responsive Websites – A cross-platform compatible site ensures your customers have the same experience regardless if they’re browsing on their desktop, tablet, or mobile device.
Precise Price – Empower your customer to start a purchase from home and finalize it at your dealership.
Content Marketing – Content tailored to your dealership’s marketing strategy. making it easier for your customers to discover your site.
Paid Search Marketing – As a Google Partner, our staff is certified in AdWords and Analytics, helping you to increase clicks, leads, and sales with customized search campaigns.
Social Media Marketing – Build brand loyalty, promote sales, and drive website clicks with a custom social media campaign.
About DealerSocket: DealerSocket is a provider of software for the automotive industry. Its products include customer relationship management, digital marketing and websites, vehicle inventory management, analytics reporting, and solutions to streamline dealer operations such as desking, credit reporting, compliance, and a dealer management system
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Conversica: Used by more than 1,200 companies worldwide, Conversica’s sales AI Assistants are built on a proven AI platform integrating natural language processing (NLP), natural language generation (NLG), and machine learning (ML) capabilities.
About Conversica: Recognized by Gartner as a “Cool Vendor”, Conversica is a portfolio company of Providence Strategic Growth, Kennet Partners and Toba Capital and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
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Callsource: Callsource’s Digital Management offers complete offline & online digital attribution and employee performance in a real-time dashboard called EveryLead® It has everything you need in one real-time dashboard.
EveryLead® is CallSource’s digital marketing platform. We pull together all your online and offline attribution in an easy-to-use platform, so you can see all your traditional and digital (both paid and organic) marketing campaigns at a glance. No one else can do what EveryLead® does!
About Callsource: Callsource provides provides call tracking and lead management solutions for businesses. The Company offers customized solutions, including call tracking, call recording, vanity numbers, and telephone performance analytics. CallSource operates in the United States.
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Your Score: 4 /10 (8 Reviews)
AutoWeb: AutoWeb provides leads for new and used cars with iControl®. iControl, allows you to configure multiple territories by lead source group and model, or a combination from their network of sites. Data from these sites help you make intelligent, fact-based decisions about your lead mix. Plus, it validates leads for you with a lead scrubbing platform. Along with IControl AutoWeb offers supporting components, such as Email Manager Deluxe, and Custom Messaging.
About AutoWeb Inc.: Originally going to be called AdTarget, Auto-by-Tel acquired a 2.5 million stake in the company and suggested the name AutoWeb. Later in October 2017 Autobytel Inc, changed it’s name to AutoWeb Inc.
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Your Score: 3 /10 (1 Review)
KSL.com – KSL Classifieds is a classified advertisements website covering northern Utah and nearby parts of Idaho and Wyoming. It is one of the largest classifieds sites in the U.S. and the only one to draw more users than Craigslist within its local market. So if your dealership is in that area, you probably want to advertise in their Car Classified section.
About KSL.com KSL Classifieds is operated by Deseret Digital Media, a subsidiary of Deseret Management Corp., a holding company owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).
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Your Score: 6.5 /10 (4 Reviews)
Costco Auto Program: Known for being a bulk retailer and wholesale outlet Costco is also the 2nd Largest Dealership behind AutoNation. Costco offers low, prearranged new car prices for Costco members. All available national manufacturer incentives apply and they have more than 3,000 dealerships nationwide, with specially trained employees to assist Costco members.
About Costco Auto Program: As of September 2015, Costco was the second largest auto seller in the US, just behind AutoNation. Costco regularly teams up with various automobile manufacturers like General Motors and Polaris (Motor Sport Vehicles) to offer special deals to customers.
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Your Score: 5.1 /10 (8 Reviews)
Facebook Marketplace: Facebook Marketplace partnered with a handful of auto dealers such as Edmunds, Cars.com, Auction123, CDK Global and SocialDealer to expand the selection of vehicles available to U.S. shoppers on Marketplace
Facebook users in the U.S. will be able to filter search results by year, make, model, mileage, transmission and vehicle type. Marketplace will also show cars’ estimated value according to Kelley Blue Book, and will enable users to chat directly with a dealership employee via Messenger
Facebook hasn’t disclosed how many people actively use Marketplace however, the company continues to give the feature prime visibility on its mobile app and site. Facebook said search volume on Marketplace has grown three times globally since Jan 1 2017, and that 550 million people visit formal “buy and sell” groups on Facebook each month.
About Facebook Marketplace: In 2007, Facebook introduced the Facebook Marketplace, allowing users to post classified ads within sale, housing, and jobs categories. However, the feature never gained traction, and in 2009, control was transferred to Oodle, the platform powering the functionality. The feature was then eventually shut down in 2014. In October 2016, Facebook announced a new Marketplace, citing the growth of organized “buy and sell” Facebook Groups, and gave the new version a higher prominence in the main Facebook app, taking the navigation position previously held by Facebook Messenger
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