Today we have also launched our beta version of Market Stats. This tool will allow dealers to view information on vehicle pricing and views based on specific geographic locations. This will help dealers compare their vehicles to others in the same areas as they are in. Like the wholesale tool, Market Stats will remain in beta [...] [...more]
We have just launched our beta version of our Wholesale Vehicle section. For some time, I have seen many wholesale membership websites come online where a dealer can somehow list a vehicle for wholesale. Not a whole lot of traffic comes to many of these sites because they either aren’t properly funded for marketing, and [...] [...more]
As many automotive sites know, speed is very important in terms of shoppers searching through inventory. The longer it takes for a person to look through inventory, the less likely they are going to stay and purchase a vehicle. We have made some significant improvements recently in this area. Shortly, we will be updating the AWE [...] [...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]
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]
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]
We just launched Google Base functionality to the admin for dealers, and using it is just as simple as ever. AWE dealers do need to have a free account with Google in order to use the functions. Dealers can send as many vehicles as they want to Google Base. [...more]
