When do you release your dealers inventory?

[Rob Ernst]

Robin,

Are you using homenet to push your photos? Who takes them? You or do you use a college or high school punk? I considering dumping Dealer Specialties. Not that they don't do a good job, its just too expensive and they're not consistent. I think I could do better with more control.

What software do you use for comments?

What do you show on the gas cap on HUGE SUV's? "Poor Gas Mileage" or "Wow, look how much it takes to fill me up" ???

Thanks!

 

[jlfechner]

I have been toying with the idea of checking into Homenet, instead of using Diamond lot, does anyone have any first hand experience, or pro's or cons?
Thanks
J

 

[Jeff Kershner]

Jeff, I have been using Homenet for several years now and have no complaints. The system is very robust and does one of the best jobs of returning accurate VIN data.

The question is; are you bringing your photo process in-house?

There are other companies out there to consider as well and I believe you should look at several before making a decision. Other to possibly consider - Autorevo, ebizauto, ecarlist, auction123. I'm sure there are others I'm missing so do your homework.

Once you have the right tool and assuming you are bringing your inventory photos and data process in house, when will you release your inventory?

Will you release your inventory to the web before you have all the data and photos OR will you wait until you have all the correct data, pricing and photos?

 

[Stan Sher (blog)]

Jeff,

I have used Homenet before and was very impressd. At my last store used dealer specialties with Homenet and it worked well. We later switched to Auction123 and they worked great with Homenet. I believe that Auction123 does a better job taking inventory photos then Dealerspecialties. However, I think it all depends on the person that takes your picture and how detailed they are. Anyone can take a picture but the importance is quality of the picture. There are other companies like vauto which I am starting to see come around.

My compliment to Auction123 is that they have one of the best support staff team members that I have ever worked with and the same goes for Homenet.

I do agree with Jeff that you need to consider what your plan is when it comes to releasing inventory.