Discover how the allocation protocol works and why it’s the smart way to stay in control of your trade-ins. This way, you make sure cars meant for your showroom don’t end up in the wholesale market.
Want to stay in control of your trade-in vehicles? With CarCollect’s Destination Protocol, you decide what happens. Set your own rules based on brand, fuel type or mileage and keep the cars that fit your showroom strategy. The vehicles that match your criteria will automatically appear in an internal status on CarCollect. Only your team can see them, so they’re not accessible to other traders.
Benefits of the destination protocol
Using CarCollect’s Destination Protocol comes with multiple advantages. By setting your rules upfront, vehicles are automatically processed within your own organization. The internal offering process is fully automated, so you don’t have to go through every step on CarCollect. As soon as a vehicle arrives, you can close the case directly. Other traders won’t bid, your own team determines the purchase price. That means you set the price for your own brand and keep full control over your margins. Fewer surprises, more control.
Another benefit: you create a list of vehicles that have already been traded in but haven’t arrived yet. From this list, you can pick out the cars a new customer is looking for, even if they’re not physically in your showroom yet. In other words, you can sell cars before they’ve even arrived.
Finally, the Destination Protocol helps you build a strong trading reputation. You only list vehicles you actually intend to sell to the trade. This keeps your offer clean and makes it more attractive for traders to place bids with you. After all, the chance of being granted a car is relatively high!
Insight for management
The destination protocol also offers great advantages for management. You gain more insight into what is happening within your company. If the destination protocol is set up correctly, CarCollect Analytics will measure the trade-in conversion for you. This is measured separately on both internal vehicles and commercial vehicles. You can manage this within your organization. So you see the trade-in conversion of vehicles at both destinations. A destination protocol can be set up for multiple branches. This way you keep track of which vehicles are traded in and how many of them are kept internally. This gives you more insight into your inventory management and you can therefore see per branch which vehicles are still coming in to put in the showroom. You keep full control and prevent valuable stock from being given away at purchase prices.
Clarity for buyers
For buyers outside your organization, the destination protocol provides transparency. They only see vehicles that are actually available for bidding. This prevents frustration and ensures a reliable platform.
The first step to more control
Want to take control of your trade-in process? Discover how to set up a destination protocol in CarCollect and stay in charge of your vehicles. Get started today and experience the difference.
