Our Dealerslink members know they have access to $1 billion in used inventory through our dealer-to-dealer Marketplace. But what happens after they make a purchase and need to transport their newly acquired vehicles? They are certainly welcome to arrange their own...
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One-Stop-Shop Solution Saves Time, Reduces Costs
by Dealerslink | May 1, 2018 | Appraising, Inventory Management, Merchandising, Used Car, Vehicle Pricing, Wholesale
It's not uncommon for auto dealers to use multiple resources from several vendors to do different things. Perhaps you use one program to source your vehicles, another to appraise vehicles, and yet another to merchandise your inventory. That's three different vendors,...
Dealerslink Helps Urness Motors, Supports OADA
by Dealerslink | Apr 16, 2018 | Dealerslink News, Used Car, Wholesale
Located in The Dalles, Oregon, a lovely town located on the banks of the Columbia River, Urness Motors is a family business that is more than 70 years old and now being run by the third generation of the Urness family. The dealership is the premier retailer of new and...
A Closer Look at our Dealer-to-Dealer Marketplace App
by Dealerslink | Mar 30, 2018 | Dealerslink News, Inventory Management, Remarketing, Used Car, Wholesale
Last September we introduced our new Marketplace app at the Digital Dealer Conference in Las Vegas. The app gives dealers mobile access to $1 billion in clean, retail-ready used-car inventory in our dealer-to-dealer network, and accelerates response times and...
Develop an Inventory Action Plan for Managing Age
by Dealerslink | Feb 21, 2018 | Dealerslink News, Inventory Management, Remarketing, Used Car, Wholesale
In a perfect world, used-car dealers would purchase the right cars at the right price for their market, and turn those vehicles around quickly to make a profit, limit depreciation, and clear space for the next used vehicle on the lot. If that were the case, dealers...
Three Tips for Purchasing Clean Used-Car Inventory Online
by Dealerslink | Feb 1, 2018 | Dealerslink News, Uncategorized, Used Car, Wholesale
Dealerslink recently expanded into five southern states and added more than 100 new dealer members. That means all of our members nationwide, regardless of where they are located, now have access to even more used-vehicle inventory. While many of our long-term members...
Sims Honda Finds Next Best Thing to “Used-Car Factory”
by Dealerslink | Jan 15, 2018 | Remarketing, Used Car, Wholesale
Bobby Maynard, general manager of Sims Honda in Burlington, Washington, has been with the dealership for nearly 20 years. Like other dealers nationwide, he's joked about the notion some customers have that every lot has that perfect hard-to-find model, or can easily...
Behind the Numbers: How Much Our Members Save
by Dealerslink | Jan 3, 2018 | Dealerslink News, Remarketing, Used Car, Wholesale
As the original creators of the dealer-to-dealer marketplace concept, we like to tout savings as one of the primary benefits of our platform. We have never charged auction fees, and we never will. And we continue to offer 24/7 access to an inventory of more than...
Sell More Cars Through Better Photography (Part One)
by Dealerslink | Mar 1, 2017 | Merchandising, New Car, Used Car
You have seconds to get a customer's attention online, and vehicle photos are often the first impressions of your dealership. You've spent hundreds on auction fees, transportation, and reconditioning your vehicles. So why would you use below-average photos to...