Dealers are still always struggling to find a reliable solution to pickup and even deliver stock to customers, finding the stock can be easy. Once the auction purchase is made or the customer wants delivery can you always get that covered at a reasonable rate?
Collection can appear straightforward, but the true cost is often greater than the fuel receipt. Your time and the shop floor staff time is valuable and best used selling vehicles to customers! If you structured your approach to vehicle movements and protecting that margin you can free up teams to concentrate on customers.
Account for staff time
Sending staff to an auction house or picking up a customer return can in some cases take up an entire day and add fuel costs just to hit harder, wages continue whilst you are team members down, it is much more cost effective to hire professional transport firms or trade plate drivers.
Inefficient return journeys
Public transport can make the entire situation even worse, unless you are dropping them off to drive the car back which is even more time taken from your day. Traffic or a late handover may disrupt the entire journey. Vehicle transporters can often get you on a return journey and save you money.
Offering customer delivery
Since the previous lockdown consumers have changed their typical buying habits, no longer do they turn up to the show room – They view remote videos, pictures and appraisals taking your business by its online reviews and your trust. Most cars are now sold remotely and offering a delivery direct to the customers door can boost sales by double! Having transporters on hand to deliver cars directly to customers doors can really help the cash flow and boost sales.
The Solution
DeliverMyMotor is a platform designed to save you the stress of finding Transporters or delivery drivers, ringing around or checking multiple businesses and all their reviews. Then you have to wonder if the same driver or transporter will be reliable or available everytime you need them. With DeliverMyMotor you can post your request as and when you need them and get quotes in an average of 38 minutes, or even just for a quote for a potential delivery to a customer.
Whilst saving money is also the aim, cheap is not always the most reliable. Dealers should always consider insurance, customer feedback, collection timing, communication and the type of transport offered. For prestige or high-value vehicles you can also secure quotes for enclosed moves into Europe or even collections from abroad.
Platforms like this can be particularly useful when sourcing vehicles outside the usual local area or arranging auction collections from places like BCA, co-part.
The typical cost for transported collection or delivery sits at around £1.50-£2.40 per mile (depending on the fuel situation in the UK) and trade plate driven moves can be even cheaper at an average of £1.51 per mile for short and longer distance moves, with the longer moves being even cheaper especially when it is considered a back haul.
Cost calculator
DeliverMyMotor also sampled various historic jobs from their platform to generate an average accurate price range for moving a vehicle, it covers vans, cars and motorhomes. Try their ‘Transport cost calculator’ and see if you can potentially save money on future moves.
