Insights for independent motor traders
Tips, guides and product updates to help you sell more vehicles, save time and grow your dealership.
Introducing the Customer Portal: My Garage for Every Buyer, on Your Own Website
Vehiso's customer portal gives buyers a My garage area on your website: follow their order, sign and pay, download documents, and track MOT and service dates.
Reconditioning Is Not Free Just Because You Did It Yourself
A dealer with a workshop has an advantage and a blind spot, and they are the same thing. The advantage is obvious. You bought the
What Checks to Run Before Buying Stock: History, MOT, Finance and Write-Off
The checks UK dealers should run before buying stock: outstanding finance, Cat S and N write-offs, stolen markers, MOT and mileage history, V5C and VIN, using gov.uk and DVLA.
Introducing Buy Online: Let Buyers Reserve a Car From Your Website in One Checkout
Vehiso's buy online checkout lets buyers go from the car page to a reserved car: cash or finance, part-exchange, extras, delivery, a handover date and a deposit.
The Part Arrived on Thursday and the Job Did Not Know
Here is a small, expensive thing that happens in workshops every week. A car comes in on Tuesday and needs a part you do not
Introducing the AI Website Assistant: Answer Buyers on Your Website, Even After You Have Gone Home
A chat assistant on your Vehiso website that finds matching cars in your live stock, answers only from your real details and turns call backs into enquiries.
Stop Pricing Parts in Your Head
Two identical cars, two weeks apart, same set of front pads. The first was written up by the advisor who has been there nine years
Introducing the AI Follow-up Agent: Keep Quiet Leads Warm Without Chasing Them
When a car lead goes quiet, the Vehiso AI follow-up agent sends a short, consent-first run of personal emails and texts, then hands back to your salesperson.
The Last Cambelt Kit: Why Two Advisors Sold the Same Part
Somebody is getting the phone call. On Monday an advisor books a cambelt for Tuesday morning, checks the shelf, sees the kit, promises the car
Introducing AI Lead Replies: Answer Every Enquiry While the Buyer Is Still Looking
Vehiso drafts a personalised reply to every new car enquiry using the real price, mileage and spec of the car asked about. Check it, then send by email or SMS.
Eleven on the System, Seven on the Shelf
The stock take is not the painful bit. The painful bit is the twenty minutes afterwards. Somebody counts bin A1-03 and finds seven oil
What a Part Costs Is Not What You Paid for It
You have six of the same filter on the shelf. You did not buy them at the same time and you did not pay the
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