At a time when more of the shopping, buying, and relationship building is taking place online, dealers are taking stock of their digital technology portfolio. Cox Automotive forecasts that half of all car buyers…
Drive Efficiency with Simple Dealership Best Practices
In the quest to stay compliant, competitive, and profitable, dealerships are investing heavily in technology to increase efficiency. But technology alone won’t build a more efficient business. Your managers, frontline employees, sales staff, and…
Improve Your Dealership’s Digital DNA
This might be a familiar scene in your dealership: your customers have just test-driven their dream car, checked all the cool features, and are living on cloud 9. Then, out come the piles of…
Do you Have What it Takes to be a Forward-Thinking Dealer?
Forward-Thinkers Know How to Increase Dealership Efficiency Modern dealerships work hard to stay competitive. Driving efficiency in your auto dealership is a long game, however, and many business owners struggle to embrace the right…
Six Ways it Pays to Go Paperless
When Earth Day comes around, it’s a good time to think about saving paper. But saving trees and doing good for the planet aren’t the only benefits of using less paper at your dealership.…
5 Things You Can Do To Speed Up Your Deals
Compared to manual F&I processes that involve paper forms and pens, digital deals are lightning fast. But there are things you can do to help ensure that you get more of your deals done…
5 Tips to Reduce Contracts in Transit
As dealerships seek ways to maximize efficiency and cash flow, many are taking a close look at their contracts in transit (CIT). Traditional paper contract packages spend an average of five days in transit…
An Easier Lease Process with eContracting
Leasing can be an attractive option for car buyers who enjoy the bells-and-whistles of a late model car but seek to keep their payments in check. Cox Automotive forecasts an overall lease penetration rate…
14 Reasons to Start eContracting Now
As more and more dealerships adopt eContracting, you might be wondering if now is the time for your dealership to look into getting or using an eContracting solution. The fact is, there’s no good…
Why eContracting and Digital Retailing Go Hand-in-Hand
More and more dealerships are seeing the value of digital retailing for bringing in customers from a variety of online sources to help counter declining retail profit margins. Consumers are definitely shopping for vehicles…
How eContracting Works with Aftermarket Products
Aftermarket sales are an important part of the deal process, but sometimes there is confusion about how eContracting figures in. For each aftermarket product, there are two types of contracts: one with the aftermarket…
eContracting and Data Security
Dealerships collect a significant amount of personally identifiable information (PII) about their customers in the process of selling them a vehicle and arranging financing. Information including the customer’s name, date of birth, place of…
