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Month-End Numbers Every Small Car Dealer Should Track
Dealer Management System

Month-End Numbers Every Small Car Dealer Should Track

Eight month-end numbers for small UK car dealers, from days in stock and gross profit per vehicle to stock turn and cash tied up, with simple formulas.

· 7 min read
Build Your Own Dealer Website on Live Stock with the Vehiso API
Car dealer websites

Build Your Own Dealer Website on Live Stock with the Vehiso API

Build your own car dealer website or agency site on live Vehiso stock with a publishable key, on every plan including Free, with enquiries landing in the DMS.

· 5 min read
Introducing AI Search Visibility: Help AI Assistants Find Your Stock
Car dealer websites

Introducing AI Search Visibility: Help AI Assistants Find Your Stock

Every Vehiso dealer website is built to be read by ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and Claude: live stock, a summary of your dealership and buyer answers in your own words.

· 6 min read
Introducing the Vehiso API and Webhooks: Connect Your Own Systems to Your Dealership
Product update

Introducing the Vehiso API and Webhooks: Connect Your Own Systems to Your Dealership

The Vehiso API and webhooks connect your own website, systems and tools to your stock, enquiries, customers, sales, appointments and workshop, with scoped keys.

· 6 min read
Introducing Page Templates: The Pages Buyers Look For, Without the Blank Screen
Car dealer websites

Introducing Page Templates: The Pages Buyers Look For, Without the Blank Screen

Add a Why Buy From Us, How to Buy, Part Exchange or Delivery page to your dealer website from a ready-made template, plus disclosure pages for UK dealers.

· 6 min read
The Vehiso DMS App, Now on iPhone, iPad and Android: Run the Dealership From the Forecourt
Dealer Management System

The Vehiso DMS App, Now on iPhone, iPad and Android: Run the Dealership From the Forecourt

The Vehiso DMS app puts stock, enquiries, the diary, paperwork and payments on your phone. Free on the App Store and Google Play for dealers on a paid plan.

· 5 min read
Facebook and Instagram Ads for Your Stock: The New Meta Catalogue Feed
Stock management

Facebook and Instagram Ads for Your Stock: The New Meta Catalogue Feed

Run automotive inventory ads on Facebook and Instagram from your Vehiso stock. A Meta vehicle catalogue feed with price, year, mileage, photos and a link to your site.

· 5 min read
How to Price a Used Vehicle for a Fast Sale Without Giving Away Margin
Stock management

How to Price a Used Vehicle for a Fast Sale Without Giving Away Margin

Price used stock to sell quickly without losing margin: start from total cost, set a floor, compare the local market, use price bands and plan your cuts.

· 7 min read
Introducing Stock Feed Management: See Where Every Car Is Advertised, and Why It Is Not
Stock management

Introducing Stock Feed Management: See Where Every Car Is Advertised, and Why It Is Not

See every car's status on AutoTrader, CarGurus, Motors, Facebook & Instagram and your other channels in one place, with the reason whenever one is held back.

· 5 min read
Two Branches, One Shelf
Workshop management

Two Branches, One Shelf

The second site changes the question. With one workshop, parts is a stock problem: what is on the shelf, what is promised, what needs ordering.

· 4 min read
PayPal for Car Dealers: Take Deposits on Your Website With the Checkout Buyers Already Trust
Payments & Finance

PayPal for Car Dealers: Take Deposits on Your Website With the Checkout Buyers Already Trust

Connect your PayPal business account to Vehiso and buyers can pay deposits from your vehicle listings. The car reserves itself and the payment lands on the deal.

· 5 min read
The Money Sitting in Your Surcharge Box
Workshop management

The Money Sitting in Your Surcharge Box

There is a box somewhere in your workshop. Behind the racking, under a bench, or out in the yard under a sheet. In it are

· 4 min read

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