New Features Now Available

8/18/2011 12:00:00 AM

We are happy to announce several exciting new features that are now live in your Admin view.

1. Lead Management System: Our more robust Lead Tracking System now features Sales Person Assignment functionality and also allows you to convert your Leads to Deals.

Dear Dealer Car Search Dealer,

Photos are the biggest lead generator you have at your disposal. The more photos you take, the more leads you will generate, and the more sales you will make. Most Dealers grossly under estimate the power of what several high quality photos of each car will do for their business. Having several great photos of every car on your lot is the cheapest and most effective way to ...

Leads Can Now be Texted to Your Mobile Phone

6/8/2011 12:00:00 AM

We are happy to announce a new feature that will help your dealership increase the conversion rate of your website leads. You can now have all of the leads that your website and mobile website generate texted directly to your mobile phone. Just log into your Dealer Car Search Admin, go to Settings, then go to Mobile Settings and enter your mobile phone information. This new feature will allow you to respond to your leads faster than ever before, as a result, your sales will increase....

Craigslist Posting Tool Now Fixed

5/6/2011 12:00:00 AM

We are happy to announce that we have fixed our Craigslist Posting Tool to accommodate the changes that Craigslist made to their posting process. You will first need to reset your favorite cities before posting. We anticipate Craigslist making more changes in the near future so we are still working on a new posting tool that is guaranteed to blow your socks off. We apologize for any inconvenience that these Craigslist’s changes may have caused you and we very much appreciate your business.

Craigslist Posting Tool Changes

4/26/2011 12:00:00 AM

Craigslist has made several changes to their website that have temporarily changed the way our posting tool works. For the next few weeks you will need to use the Embed Feature to Copy and Paste your Ads into Craigslist. As a result, we are coming out with a new and improved posting tool that is guaranteed to blow your socks off!<...

You Can Now Customize Vehicle Data Fields

8/11/2010 12:00:00 AM

We have responded to multiple requests from dealers to add custom values to our tables for fields like Trim, Engine, Transmission, and Color, by opening up certain data fields. So, you can now type any value you wish into the Year, Make, Model, Trim, Engine, Cylinders, Transmission, and Drive train fields.

You can still use the default values, but if you do not like the values we have in our tables you can simply type in your own value. For example, if we have "White" and you want the color to be "Pearl White" you simp...

Engine Decoding Has Changed

7/24/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is pleased to announce that starting today when adding vehicles you will see an Engine field, as well as, a Cylinder field. The Engine field is now decoded by the VIN Decoder and will display the actual factory name for the engine. For example: 4.6L V8 DOHC 32V. This new Engine Field is also now displaying on your Dealership's website instead of Cylinders.

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Data Imports and Polling Now Available

7/23/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce that effective today we offer Third Party Data Imports, as well as, scheduled DMS Polling. These features allow you to import your inventory data into Dealer Car Search, saving valuable time and keystrokes. Call our customer service team today to schedule training.

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MPG on Vehicle Listing Page

6/17/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce that as of today all vehicles on your website will display the vehicle's Fuel Economy in MPG on the Vehicle Listing Page. This feature can be turned off in admin if you do not wish to use it....

Reorder Images

3/2/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce that starting today you can reorder your vehicle images before you upload them. This feature has been requested by many dealers and we listened....

Email a Friend

10/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce that today we rolled out a new feature called "Email a Friend". This new feature allows a website visitor to email a Vehicle Listing page from your dealership's website to anyone....

Dealer Car Search Launches Blog

9/22/2009 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce the launching of its new Blog written by CEO, Rick Wilson. In this Blog Rick touches on the 5 steps to successfully selling more cars on the Internet. Moreover, Rick shares first hand his experience and Internet knowledge on how he bought and sold 2500 cars in a five year period from a gravel lot outside the city of Louisville, Kentucky. His experiences lead to the formation and success of Dealer Car Search....

New Servers Deployed on Super Bowl Sunday

2/7/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce the deployment of our new servers. These new servers are the best that money can buy and they will give all customers more speed, reliability, availability, and redundancy, both when the Dealers use the Dealer Car Search admin site, as well as, when Consumers view the Dealership’s Website. Moreover, Alexa.com now rates the page speed of Dealer Car Search pages as "VERY FAST" with a speed rating of 1.04 seconds per page. 83% of all websites sites are slower than Dealer Car Search.com pages. This increased speed and horsepower is a determining factor in Google determining page rankings....

New National Sales Manager Appointed

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search has tapped Chris Wyndham to be its new National Sales Manager. Chris has worked with Rick Wilson, the CEO of Dealer Car Search, for almost ten years in numerous Sales and Management capacities. Chris is very Customer oriented and will be a great addition to our Management Team. Chris can be reached directly at 502-394-4242 or by email at chris.wyndham@dealercarsearch.com....

New Customer Service Manager Selected

1/4/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce the promotion of Brian Hasselback to Customer Service Manager. Brian has been a website designer for our company for several years and during his time with us has shown great initiative and knowledge but most importantly he has shown his willingness to go the extra mile to take care of customers. We are extremely lucky to have Brian on our Management Team. You can reach Brian directly at 502-394-4258 or email him at brian.hasselback@dealercarsearch.com....

New Customer Service Center

4/19/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is excited to announce that today we have opened our new Customer Service Center. The new CSC is twice as big as the old one and gives us space to grow our Customer Service Team as needed. We are very excited about being able to provide additional one-on-one training for our Dealer Customers. Likewise, we feel the new CSC will lend itself to a more exciting and educational environment for both the Dealers and the Customer Service Representatives....

Facebook and Twitter

4/28/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is pleased to announce that we are in the process of rolling out Facebook and Twitter to all dealers. Within the next two months all Dealer Car Search customers will have Facebook, Twitter, and a RSS feed in the upper right hand corner of their website. In addition, we are creating the Facebook and Twitter accounts for your dealership. The Dealer Car Search Inventory Management System will update your Facebook and Twitter accounts for you each time you add a car.

If you have any questions on how to get set up on this program please call our Customer Service Team at 502-326-8413.

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SEO Specialist joins Dealer Car Search

4/26/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is pleased to welcome Jerry Clark our new SEO Specialist to our staff. Jerry is very well versed in best SEO practices, and well as, best Social Media practices. We are certain that Jerry will deliver the value to all of our customers that wish to learn how to get better results through their SEO efforts. Please contact Jerry directly at 502-394-3816 or email jerry.clark@dealercarsearch.com...

New Developers now on Staff

5/17/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce that we have hired two new developers to help us drive our new feature growth at a faster pace. We are pleased to welcome both Matt Ingram and Dennis Fryzel. It is our hope that the addition of these two bright and talented developers will be a great investment and return new and exciting features for our dealer customers....

New Website Designs

5/6/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce the release of three new cutting edge website designs for both new and used car dealerships. Designs 13, 14, and 15 can be viewed here. All three of these designs have new functionality that makes it easier for consumers to locate the specific type of vehicle they are looking for. As a result, these new and used car dealer's websites will help our car dealers sell more on the internet....

News Page

6/7/2010 12:00:00 AM

Dealer Car Search is proud to announce the roll out of our News page. This page is designed to keep our customers informed about the new features and benefits that we continue to produce for our customers. This page is also searchable so you can easily find articles that interest you the most...

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