Car Dealers: “No Sales” Bring More Money Online
Dealers ship their cars off to auction only to find that 50% go unsold. We even have a special name for this; it's called a “No Sale” or NS for short. So what’s next for [...]
Why Are So Many Dealers Holding Their Own Auto Auctions? Video
It has been said that, more than 10% of dealers are holding some sort of private wholesale auction, from pen and paper bid sales to full dealer lane sale auctions. Why? To make more money. [...]
#1 Problem Facing Independent Dealers Today = Finding Cars
DealerSocket surveyed over 2,000 car dealers asking questions like, “What are your goals?” and “What is the number one problem you face?” The interesting thing that came out of the study, is just how far Indy’s [...]
What’s Up With The Crazy Fees At Auto Auctions?
Feeling the pinch of consolidation. For 17 years I had the pleasure of being part of an expanding dealer group from Buffalo, NY. During my tenor there it grew from six locations to 22 [...]
Tax Season: Early Start, A Big Deal For Used Car Dealers
Winter... the new spring market The spring market can represent as much as 50% of an independent used car dealer's business for the year. Why? Because it's the time that consumers receive tax returns which help [...]
Company achieves important growth milestone and announces accelerated traction with wholesale buyers
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Sept. 3, 2015 - PRLog -- Dealer Simplified LLC, a Buffalo-based provider of a vehicle bid sale auctioning system for automotive dealers, announced today the company has posted its first million-dollar month [...]
Digital Marketing for Wholesale (DMW) It’s About Time
There is a growing trend among dealers: "Hold in-house auctions." This topic is somewhat controversial because it has become main stream to take your wholesale cars to auction and that it. Most dealers (more than [...]
5 Ways Attract Millennials to Your Dealer Auction
When Ben Lima went looking for used cars for his single point used car lot in Southern New York, he did what any good Millennial would do - He went online. As a 26-year-old, Lima [...]