Just a quick shout out to the guy who I believe is the source of this approach, Jason West.any ChatGPT power users here will LOVE this hack (below). High performance ChatGPT requires a well constructed prompt (gives GPT context). The hack below asks ChatGPT to help construct and iterate the prompt. GrandPa Joe's#MindBlown. .
still likes the idea.
Missed the mark in my opinion: they are checking IP to see if in US. Not a good way of doing it and no way to tell if perhaps i have a property etc. in the US and I'm looking for a car. They immediately redirect to the attached. Cant see why you wouldn't at least tell them its a US based site, but give the option to click through.
Especially Canada -> US. Not unusual to buy US cars and visa versa. We've bought literally 100's just ourselves from US past couple years.
I agree, while I've never done a US to Canada consumer sale, I've been at dealerships that have stores in both countries and move vehicles around, or buy inventory from Canada import it to the states. I also didn't realize you were in Canada and that's how it looks for you. When I think about "who I would limit from viewing my dealership website", random countries like Somalia, Yemen and Moldova come to mind.
Joe Pistell, formerly of Cars.com, relaunches his 'Makeover Diary' series to share automotive digital merchandising experiments and strategy, inviting community challenge and debate. Discussions range from practical tips like showing CarPlay in vehicle photos, to AI-generated detailer imagery, to Carvana and CarMax's superior vehicle merchandising loops that focus on sales productivity metrics rather than lead volume. The key insight is that fragmented dealer website vendors lag far behind vertically integrated players like Carvana, whose tight engineering-to-sales-floor feedback loop enables rapid, conversion-focused iteration.
