Inventory Management Software for Independent Dealerships
With roughly 60,000 independent dealers across the U.S., independent dealers are the foundation of the used-vehicle market. More than half of retail used-vehicle sales and almost 70% of wholesale auction purchases are by independent dealers.
Dealerslink is proud to support these entrepreneurial businesses providing insights to help them make more informed decisions in stocking, appraising, pricing, and marketing inventory more competitively and efficiently. Dealerslink is delivering solutions to reduce independent dealers’ pain points and help them thrive in any environment.
What can Dealerslink help you do?
The used car industry looks noticeably different today than it did in the past. Operating as an independent dealer used to involve a great deal of manual processes, research, analysis, and time to ensure smooth operations, profitability, and high customer satisfaction.
Nowadays, independent dealers can utilize powerful software features from Dealerslink to streamline and automate various parts of their inventory process, and ensure everything runs smoothly, efficiently, and in a cost-effective manner.
Join the thousands of independent car dealers who are capitalizing on the advantages of Dealerslink to stay competitive and even beat out the competition.
Stocking Recommendations
Historic store performance, profit, regional data and consumer trends allow independent dealers to identify the highest-grossing new or used vehicles with high-demand trim levels and options.
- Stocking Report
- Velocity Report
- DMS Profit Analytics
- Group Velocity Analytics
Sourcing
Dealerslink makes it easy to buy quality inventory that their market demands. Source clean, retail-ready units directly from other Dealerslink members without paying buy or sell fees.
Appraising
With the FastBook Mobile VIN Scanner and the Google Chrome browser extension, independent dealership and their teams can book out any vehicle anywhere, in person or online, and compare all book values side by side using the most accurate used vehicle pricing data available. Appraisal reports allow managers to monitor booking performance across all sources.
Additional features include:
- Trade Justification
- OEM Build Data
- Auction Run Lists
- Vehicle Grade
- Vehicle History Reports
Competitive Pricing
With Dealerslink Competition View and True Market Analytics, it’s easy to see how competing cars in your market are priced and how quickly they’ll turn.
Competition View compares real-time prices of exact trim and equipment vehicles currently available in your retail market. By scanning every dealership website daily and heat maps instantly display used-car retail pricing data. See how other dealers are pricing similar vehicles regionally or nationwide.
Advanced Merchandising
The ability to learn about cars, look through photos, watch videos, and read reviews from your computer or mobile device isn’t exactly new. Many car buyers, even if they make their final decision and purchase in person on a car lot, will use digital tools at some point during the process to gather information, compare vehicles, or take a virtual tour or test drive.
Top independent dealers leverage advanced merchandising tools from Dealerslink to drive more traffic and advertising ROI from their website and third-party sites.
- Enhanced OEM Data
- Photo Management
- VDP Metrics
- Impel Partnership
Advertising
Advertising Solutions from Dealerslink give you the power to place inventory in front of the customer at the right time and place.
Keep your inventory availability consistent, current and out front on:
- Google Business Profile
- Ebay Motors
- Craigslist
Compete in Any Market
Request a live demo today to compare your current management software to Dealerslink.