Auto dealers and manufacturers already have to compete with aftermarket part sellers in the lucrative auto parts eCommerce market. The last thing dealerships and manufacturers want to worry about is being responsible for the correct calculation, collection, and...
You hit a double home run when cars in your local market come through your dealership’s service drive. You sell the labor and the parts to go along with that repair at a respectable profit margin. Both combined are a huge moneymaker for the Fixed Ops department,...
We knew the day was coming when the automotive industry would move online, but we never thought it would happen with such urgency. As businesses, plenty of dealerships might have had plans to slowly ease themselves into the digital world. But as Mike Tyson once said:...
Increasing revenue in the parts department is simple: sell more parts. One of the more constant streams of business comes from your wholesale customers, so optimizing the wholesale buying experience is a great place to start. Growing your wholesale parts business is a...
When You Need to Get a Part to Your Service Lane Faster… A customer is in your service lane with their car, and your guys need a part — they need it now. When you don’t have it in inventory, there needs to be a way that you can get that part to them fast. Local...
Like most businesses, dealerships aren’t immune to the effects of a suffering economy. If your parts department is hurting right now, it’s not because customers don’t need auto parts. As long as there are cars and auto enthusiasts in the world, there will always...
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