Solutions
Whether you're looking for our basic vendor management services to free up valuable time for you and your staff or looking for a more comprehensive digital solution, you've come to the right place. We partner with some of the best digital vendors and solutions providers to offer premium solutions for far less than you can get elsewhere. We've negotiated reduced fees and eliminated setup costs and passed it directly to you!
Vendor Management
We are NOT an agency. You won't pay us thousands of dollars in management and administration fees every month. At Vendor Benders, we pride ourselves on lowering dealership expenses and delivering exceptional value. We allow your management team to focus on critical aspects of running the dealership while we handle all aspects of vendor relationships. Key benefits of working with Vendor Benders include:
- Provide unbiased reporting on vendor performance.
- Save valuable time by handling vendor meetings, calls and relations
- Research and recommend the best vendors for your dealership
- Lower costs by eliminating vendor waste and increasing efficiency
Every vendor tells you they're going to help you sell more cars. We let you know which vendors are helping you, and which ones are full of BS. Our reporting gives you a clear view of vendor performance across a variety of digital advertising spaces and allows you to make educated decisions about where to spend your ad dollars in the most effective and efficient way possible. Vendor Benders makes sure our customers are running lean and effective!
Inventory Marketing
Dealer advertising expenses have increased by over 40% the last three years yet sales remain flat and profits are down. Many dealers spend thousands of dollars every month in paid search competing with third party listing sites, OEMs, local competitors and more. Our inventory marketing solutions help dealers to:
- Improve inventory turn rates
- Lower average cost to sell vehicles
- Drive low funnel shoppers to specific inventory
- Reduce reliance on third party sites
- Eliminate wasted ad spend
You owe it to yourself to become more efficient and effective in your ad spend. Let us show you how effective inventory strategies really work.
Service Marketing
strong service department is key to dealer profits. Most experts feel that service marketing will be a key area of growth for dealerships moving forward. Dozens of vendors are now popping up claiming to help dealers with this. An effective service marketing solution will:
- Increase customer pay ROs
- Improve service and sales retention
- Drive sales through service
- Conquest new service customers
Don't take a guess at who you should be using for this. Vendor Benders makes it our job to know which vendors are delivering the greatest value to dealerships and we'll make sure you know as well!
Vehicle Acquisition
Almost every dealer we speak to tells us the #1 issue they have is acquiring used inventory. You're either struggling to find the right vehicles for your market, or paying too much when you do find them. We help dealers focus on key elements of used car inventory:
- Lower average cost to acquire vehicles
- Reduce reliance on auctions and save time
- Obtain more vehicles through service department
- Acquire vehicles directly from consumers
- Improve average gross per sold vehicle
Working with us, dealers are able to improve their access to used inventory and lower acquisition costs. All of this results in a more profitable used car department.
Customer Engagement
Customer engagement is crucial in a competitive environment. The initial buying cycle can be short, so immediate engagement can be the deciding factor in a sale. Customer retention requires long term approach to engagement
- Highly engaged shoppers are significantly more likely to buy
- Improve customer engagement with unique products and services
- Ensure tools are being effectively used within the dealership
- Provide ongoing monitoring and coaching
Don't take a guess at who you should be using for this. Vendor Benders makes it our job to know which vendors are delivering the greatest value to dealerships and we'll make sure you know as well!