Lane activity might still be way down, but Black Book offered a robust amount of information through its latest installment of Market Insights on Monday. While noting no-sale rates remain high, analysts touched on 10 other data points while Black Book’s representatives still collected observations from the virtual sales happening during the coronavirus pandemic. To […] [Read More]

When it comes to website domain name extensions, we're all aware of ones like dot-com, dot-org, dot-gov and dot-edu that can be applied to various sectors like commercial, government, education and so forth. But what about something specific for car dealers? That's where former Dealer.com executive Andy Macleay and his new company, .dealer Domains, come […] [Read More]

Auto/Mate Dealership Systems knows how important online reputation is to a dealership. The company says its integration with Bluejay Reviews means auto dealerships can monitor and improve their online reputation. That happens through automatic sending of personalized emails and texts to customers after they visit the dealership. Auto/Mate Dealership Systems has completed all dealership management […] [Read More]

The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association is seeking clarity from federal officials to help one of the most crucial parts of a buy-here, pay-here operator’s business — their related finance company. According to a news release distributed on Monday, NIADA is calling on Congress and the Small Business Administration to open up the SBA’s Paycheck […] [Read More]

Two F&I product providers began the workweek with offers to help cash-strapped dealerships with finance office resources for little to no cost. In separate announcements made on Monday morning, JM&A Group said it is bringing the Virtual F&I playbook, model and strategy to all of its existing dealer customers across the country. Meanwhile, Darwin Automotive […] [Read More]

With more business happening in the “cloud” nowadays, Repay Holdings Corp. and TurnKey Lender recently finalized a partnership as a result. REPAY, a provider of vertically-integrated payment solutions, announced its partnership with TurnKey Lender, a cloud-based lending software for evaluating borrowers, decision-making support and online-lending process automation. REPAY and TurnKey Lender both serve clients in the […] [Read More]

Fueled in part by the financial resources the fintech firm landed back in February, Digital Motors is now offering waived fees for its product that can turn any dealership website into an online store, empowering salespeople to sell remotely, while allowing customers to pre-desk their vehicle purchase from the safety of their own home. And […] [Read More]

Manheim president Grace Huang joined the Auto Remarketing Podcast on Friday and walked us through the days leading up to the auction company shifting to Simulcast-only sales and how that process was implemented.   Plus, Huang shares how dealer behavior has shifted digitally these past four weeks and how Cox Automotive is helping dealers navigate through […] [Read More]

In a nutshell, the vehicles are in the wholesale auction supply pipeline, but there isn't a big appetite for buying (or maybe even selling) right now.  That is one takeaways from Auto Remarketing's ongoing analysis of wholesale and retail used-vehicle data and COVID-19 impacts being tracked by the likes of J.D. Power, Cox Automotive, KAR Global […] [Read More]

In the midst of this history-making global pandemic, the auto industry is reeling. Each day, each hour, we’re learning new updates and trying to adjust accordingly. With varying rules and laws from state to state and even county to county, it’s understandably an overwhelming state of the industry. In fact, it can be easy to […] [Read More]