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AutoXloo offers services to facilitate selling vehicles in international markets:
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Online vehicle listings on international sites |
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Full language translation for dealer website |
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Phone and email support for leads from Internet vehicle listings |
Are you the car dealer resigned to the fact that you are going to make less money this year compared to last year? Or are you the dealer who recognizes a shifting market and changing economic conditions offers opportunities as well as challenges?
The media paints a dismal view of the automotive market for 2010. And certainly, there are challenging realities facing everyone when contemplating the US automotive market.
How about leveraging the realities of our current economic situation and rethinking what it means to sell cars today. If you are the opportunistic dealer and are looking for ways to separate yourself from your competition, then talk to AutoXloo.
So, how about instead of limiting your potential market to your local city or the US, have you thought about selling your cars internationally? Due to the current economic conditions, Europeans are taking advantage of the weak dollar and spending their hard earned Euros snatching all types of vehicles for sale here in the United States and shipping them abroad. Selling internationally in many ways is easier than selling a car locally (in most cases there is less paperwork). See for yourself what so many of our customers already know, that advertising cars, trucks and SUV’s overseas is just as important and in some cases more important than advertising locally.
Consider the potential:
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International Commerce Increases Year to Year |
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Favorable Exchange Rates |
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Technology Simplifies Transactions |
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Favorable Demand for Certain Make/Models in Other Markets |
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Disposable Income Increasing in Developing Countries |
Consider the untapped market of new consumers purchasing vehicles as the less developed countries continue to develop. In the US market, you are selling replacement cars to people who already own a car, which translates to slow growth on a year to year basis. In many countries, you are selling a car to a person for the first time. The current rate of ownership in different countries are shown below:
| Rate of Ownership in Different Countries |
| Ukraine |
120 cars/1000 people |
| Russia |
200 cars/1000 people |
| Europe |
500 cars/1000 people |
| US |
800 cars/1000 people |
What it means to be an automobile dealership will undoubtedly change in the next 5 to 10 years. Certainly dealership Internet sales will become more and more important as dealerships work to stay relevant in the future. And international sales may increasingly be important. More and more car buyers are comfortable with buying a car online from one location and having it shipped to them.
The Internet makes it easier to broker an international deal:
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Email and instant messaging make communication much simpler and immediate |
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Digital photos and video reinforce consumer confidence |
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International financial transactions are easier than ever before |
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Consumers throughout the world are more comfortable with using the Internet |
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Freight forwarders manage shipping, customs paperwork |
It's just a different audience. An audience that offers growth potential and with the current exchange rates, many times a better price.
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