good credit customers : 30 - 50%why dealers adding craigslist sell cars now than ever? past...
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Dealers started realizing that of all the 1 g
marketing channels ( see table on right) Craigslist is beating in marketing cost paid/car sold, because media is FREE.
Finance managers make the best gross profit margins from sub‐prime customers2
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Good Credit Customers : 30 - 50%
Less Margins – but more volume
Average Credit Customers : 15-40%
Craigslist costs only 1/5th of average cost paid /compared to pay per click on search engines3
Average Margins and volume sold
Bad Credit Customers : 5 - 25%
Less Volume but Excellent Gross Click to Start
Vehicles Views Clicks Leads Calls Total Cost/Lead Cost/Click Cost/View
60 25,000 2000 70 120 190 $2 ‐ $4 0.40 cents 0.02 cents
Craigslist costs only 1/5th of average cost paid /compared to pay‐per‐click on search engines, and 1/7th of $20/lead paid to 3rd party lead providers and paid media sites.3
A successful GM said, “Craigslist has added a cushion
Month’s Cars Sales Tip!
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for ups & downs in our used car
sales with higher back-end gross
profits from slow/average credit
customers”
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