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Online automotive marketplace connecting car shoppers with dealership inventory via search, pricing analysis, and dealer reviews.
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CarGurus has 143 mentions across 20+ years of DealerRefresh dealer discussion — rated 26% · Criticized. The community includes 18 positive and 52 negative takes.
143 mentions · 18 positive · 52 negative · Scored from 20+ years of candid DealerRefresh discussion. Scores shift as new conversations happen.
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"CarGurus below $40/lead and Cars.com below $50/lead—based on data from dealers using a tracking service"
Cost per lead on CarGurus? →
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"superior UX design could disrupt a stale market dominated by CarGurus and Autotrader"
New car listing site? →
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"incoming calls generated through Carfax and Cargurus listings in their Vinsolutions CRM, since these leads aren't differentiated from web leads and disrupt their round-robin assignment process"
Carfax & Cargurus listings initiated incoming calls (converting to a lead) →
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"switching chat vendors will eliminate incoming chat leads from third-party listing sites like Cars.com, AutoTrader, and CarGurus"
Free Third-Party Chat →
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"Their buddies at CarGurus say Retail IMV is $16,300. But, their private seller cash offer on CarGurus.com is $12,700-$13,500 from guess who? Their buddies at Carvana."
A day in the life of Carvana. →
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"whether third-party inventory sites like TrueCar, CarGurus, Carfax, and Autotrader are worth the investment for retail sales"
Advertising →
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"with listings managed through AutoTrader and planned expansion to Cars.com, CarGurus, Carfax, and KBB"
Are you hearing of Ford's new CPO program, certifying non-Ford vehicles? →
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"allowing dealers to measure showroom visits from organic search, Facebook, CarGurus, and other channels"
Google Store Visits Attribution Now Available in Google ANALYTICS! →
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"classified sites like Cars.com and CarGurus taking over dealer positions"
Google Confirms Panda 3.3 Update →
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"broader discussion about AutoTrader's declining performance over the past two years (attributed to competition from CarGurus)"
Did anyone else see AutoTrader Referral traffic tank in GA? →
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"using pricing tools like CarGurus and inventory management platforms"
New Internet Manager looking for resources →
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"adding listings to CarGurus, and pursuing PPC advertising for faster results than organic SEO alone"
New Dealership Suggestions →
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"retarget shoppers from third-party automotive sites like Autotrader and CarGurus onto Facebook and Instagram"
ASFResults - Anyone familiar with their HYPER TARGETED SOCIAL MARKETING service? →
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"Currently with Cargurus, car.com, post a little craigslist."
Anyone using Gravitational Marketing as a marketing company?? →
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"dealers question whether this growth is genuine platform performance or artificially inflated by Cars.com's practice of syndicating their inventory to competing sites like TrueCar and CarGurus"
Cars.com Rate Increases... →
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"The thread explores various options including TrueCar, CarGurus, Dealix, Car Direct, and LotLinx"
Lead Sources currently looking for a good one →
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"cost per VDP view with both AutoTrader and Cars.com (CarGurus is"
Classified Listings and Cost Per VDP - Relevant still or meh? →
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"they get referral traffic from CarGurus.com and others who are secure sites"
Drop in Referral traffic from Ford.com to DDC Websites? →
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"I know Cars.com and CarGurus serve banner ads on VPD's too, but there's a big difference - the dealership contact information"
Autotrader - Screwing Dealers and Helping Competing OEM's →
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"You should be able to push / import this same feed into most 3rd party systems (just like what's pushed to places like AutoTrader, Cars.com, CarGurus, Edmunds, etc.)"
Inventory Export Technology →
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"Haven't used it yet, had our CG rep's manager offer it to me today, when asking why we cancelled."
Anyone Use CarOffer? →
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