December has arrived, and just like that, 2021 is just over the horizon. 2020 has been a rollercoaster but over the past year, the overall automotive industry […]
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Posts archive for 2020
Retail Vehicle Price Heat Mapping
In an industry-first, DealersLink has just released its nationwide retail pricing heat map. A heat map is a graphical representation of data where values are depicted by […]
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Wholesaling Used Cars In Today’s Market
We hear this a lot from dealers we talk to, “I can’t make money wholesaling units.” Wholesaling has often been a necessary evil for retail dealers managing […]
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Dealer-to-dealer sales are more important now than ever
This year has been like no other. Despite a global pandemic, dealerships sold millions of used vehicles this summer, posting four straight months of year-over-year sales gains. […]
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URGENT ALERT – NADA Changes September Valuations
NADA delivered a quick change to September NADA book values due to Hurricane Laura. DealersLink is using the most current NADA book values updated on August 28th […]
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Turn Wholesale Losses Into Profits
For the first time in a long time, there’s some positive news out there: In late August the majority of our dealers are reporting their sales and […]
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How dealers are setting themselves up for success in a COVID-19 environment
Hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in early March, used car sales started to rebound in May and have been seeing continuous improvement since. While sales will […]
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FastBook Cheat Sheet; Refining Your Appraisal Process
With the current uncertainty and a lot of craziness in today’s markets, we are excited to see that so many of our dealer members are doing well. […]
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Differentiating Between Digital Auto Marketplaces
As Covid19 forced closures at auto auctions across the United States many dealers dipped their toes into a digital auto marketplace for the very first time. With […]
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Are You Fishing in a Crowd?
Growing up in Wyoming, I learned many lessons about the value of being in a secluded place and not being surrounded by a crowd. One memory that […]
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