We will be at the web.20 expo in San Francisco during April 22-25. We won’t have a booth or anything, but if anyone is going to be there, feel free to drop a line and perhaps we can meet up and discuss any issues, questions, or future plans with us, in person. The web2.0 expo [...] [...more]
We have begun a cycle of rolling out some new, and updating some old, options to give a user more control over the types of vehicles posted and displayed. Starting today, we are making small changes to the system to include the options of listing boats, motorcycles, and ATVs. Though this initial change is small, [...] [...more]
I have read about a few social sites targeting auto dealers, but I can’t really see this taking off. Of all the industries I have worked with, automotive is by far the most “selfish.” When I say this, I mean that they really don’t want to share with a dealership what is working [...] [...more]
We were recently reviewed in KillerStartups.com and so far have had a great response. KillerStartups.com is a service that showcases new startup companies and lets users review them. Though we have been around for sometime under our older company name, DealerPix, Auto Web Engine Inc was just recently established. We’d like to hear your [...] [...more]
As more and more third parties jump on board with a Broker account, the need for information on website design becomes more important. Though most of our users do an excellent job of developing and designing their dealer websites, we still want to help out and see if we can provide more information. We’ll be [...] [...more]
In an effort to continue our goal of providing an incredible user experience for both dealers and dealer service providers, we have cut the DMS polling fees from $99 a month per dealer to $49 a month per dealer. Our DMS service enables us to dial into a dealers Dealer Management System (DMS) via [...] [...more]
In an effort to expand and help more dealers save some money and get on with some great design companies, we have made our third party licenses, or Broker accounts as we call them, open and free. Now companies can get a Broker account with us at no charge, and get on as [...] [...more]
Many companies using AWE and other systems for their dealer services make their money by designing the dealer sites, hosting the sites, and a few other ways. No one seems to have ever really looked at the large, possible cash cow sitting right in front of them - the inventory. If you service [...] [...more]
More and more I hear about search sites and why or why not dealers use certain ones over others. Cars.com and Autotrader.com, I understand why a dealer would use them - they have a ton of traffic. Other sites like Automart.com have their magazine as well, but other sites, is it really worth [...] [...more]
We have just released a new function for Brokers (third party companies using AWE) so that you can now pull in a feed of your dealer clients and their inventory into your website. Simply plug in the unique token ID into our new broker script and bam, you are displaying all of your dealers [...] [...more]
