Pipedrive is a powerful CRM and sales pipeline management platform designed to help businesses track and optimize their sales processes. The platform offers automation tools, AI-powered sales insights, and real-time reporting to help businesses close deals faster and more effectively. With customizable workflows, integrations with a wide range of apps, and an intuitive interface, Pipedrive supports sales teams of all sizes in managing leads, automating repetitive tasks, and monitoring performance for smarter, data-driven decisions.
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Vehicle Acquisition Network (VAN) is private-party vehicle acquisition software for franchise and independent auto dealerships. It helps dealers buy used cars directly from consumers in their local market, alongside trade-ins and instead of paying up at auction.
VAN pulls for-sale-by-owner listings from 25+ online marketplaces into one dashboard, filters out dealer and scam listings and Do-Not-Call numbers, and adds VIN decoding and market valuation to each vehicle. Buyers call, text, and email sellers from inside VAN, and every conversation stays attached to the car it is about. On VAN Accelerate™, outreach and follow-up run automatically, KBB ICO leads get a text back within minutes, and AccuTrade leads get an automatic response.
For dealers without a buyer on staff, VAN Managed Buyer™ supplies a full-time buyer who is hired, trained, and managed by VAN. The dealership still makes the final buy decision and signs the check. Every plan includes an Acquisition Coach™, and VAN works with vAuto, VINCUE, CARFAX, AutoCheck, and most dealer CRMs.
VAN was founded in 2013 and serves dealers in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Plans start at $1,695 per month. To see VAN on your market, call 855-952-4949.
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Backlist
Backlist is an innovative software solution designed for car dealers to acquire vehicles from private sellers in real time. It monitors platforms such as Facebook Marketplace, Craigslist, Autotrader, Cars.com, and eBay, efficiently filtering out duplicate listings and those disguised by dealers, while promptly notifying buyers when a private seller lists a vehicle that fits their specified criteria, including make, model, year, price, mileage, and location. Each listing is evaluated against both wholesale and retail market values, providing buyers with essential margin information prior to making any calls. The integrated CRM system meticulously tracks every lead from initial outreach to final sale, incorporating features like team pipelines, seller phone detection, and SMS/email communication tools. Backlist is favored by independent dealers, franchise used-car departments, multi-rooftop groups, and wholesalers as a means to secure inventory directly from owners instead of relying on auctions. The pricing is flexible with month-to-month options starting at $775, without requiring an annual commitment, plus a complimentary trial period. Users can access the service through a web dashboard as well as an iOS application, ensuring convenience and efficiency in their vehicle acquisition process.
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CDK Global
CDK provides a unified, SOC 2-compliant dealership software solutions designed to simplify dealership operations, improve profitability and create a better customer experience across every department. Instead of relying on disconnected tools for Sales, Service, Inventory and Accounting, CDK brings everything together in one place through the CDK Dealership Xperience Platform.
CDK offers six connected suites inside the Dealership Xperience Platform, each one solving for a specific area of dealership operations:
• Foundations Suite: Ideal for enterprise and multistore dealers, this suite delivers advanced Accounting, DMS functionality, centralized management and CDK SimplePay for smooth deal workflows.
• Fundamentals Suite: Created for independent dealerships and smaller franchise operations, the Fundamentals Suite offers streamlined core tools with the same data connectivity as the Foundations Suite.
• Vehicle Inventory Suite: Uses AI and real-time market insights to help dealers source, price and manage inventory more effectively and profitably.
• Modern Retail Suite: Combines CRM, Digital Retailing and F&I workflows so customers can start buying online and complete the process in the dealership without rework.
• Fixed Operations Suite: Supports Service and Parts departments with communication tools like video and texting, accurate estimates and to-the-penny Service pricing.
• Intelligence Suite: Brings advanced analytics, forecasting and performance visibility across departments so decision-making is faster and more data-driven.
Dealers choose CDK for its ability to connect once-separate systems, support day-to-day operations, and provide measurable improvements in efficiency, profitability and customer satisfaction.
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