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What Exactly Do Dealers Need to Track in Their Recon Process?
Staying ahead of the competition means embracing innovation and efficiency at every level. One critical aspect that often gets overlooked is the reconditioning process for used vehicles. This behind-the-scenes operation can make or break a dealership's success,...
Dealerslink Launches ReconCloud The Next Level in Reconditioning
Dealerslink, a leading innovator in automotive software, announced the launch of ReconCloud, an app that empowers dealers to efficiently manage used vehicle reconditioning. It enables dealers to track vehicle status, location and time to front line, with a...
Revolutionizing Car Sales: The Success Story of Bill McRae Ford and Dealerslink
Clay Coleman, an experienced sales manager with a true passion for the automotive industry. With almost two decades of experience and seven and a half years at Bill McRae Ford in Jacksonville, Texas, Clay shares how Dealerslink has completely transformed their...
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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 color. Heat maps make it easy to visualize complex data and understand it at a glance. The...
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 inventory. Liquidating trade-ins or aged units, so they aren’t tying up funds or lot space. With the goal of...
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. Now a recent softening in retail demand is causing dealers to be selective with their...
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 for September 2020 monthly values. Dealerslink was nimble enough to incorporate these updates immediately....
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 service levels to be the same or higher as this time last year. While many are seeing their businesses bounce back,...
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 probably not return to normal anytime quickly, many dealers we have spoken with have found ways to shift...
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. Top dealer groups are putting a greater emphasis on perfecting their appraisal process to capture more trade-ins and...
Differences Between Online Dealer Marketplaces
Covid19 forced closures at auto auctions across the United States. This brought many dealers to dip their toes into online dealer marketplaces for the very first time. Through it all, dealers' wholesale demand and auto auction pricing held strong....
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 standouts in my mind, was when I was in Yellowstone National Park. There is a terrific tourist bridge on the north end of...
Top 10 Dealerslink Features
Dealerslink continues to be the fastest-growing dealership inventory management company in the nation because our products are easy to use and quick to implement. Thousands of dealers use Dealerslink to source, appraise, price, market, manage, and exit inventory with...
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