Works with DealerCenter

You don't have to replace your DMS to start. Move your website first.

Keep DealerCenter running exactly as it is. Put your website on CarDealerTool and the two work together — your inventory keeps arriving from DealerCenter, and the leads your site captures land back in it. Nothing to migrate, nobody to retrain.

No contracts · Your old links redirect · Ready in days
Stays in DealerCenter
Your DMS & dealsunchanged
Your customer recordsunchanged
Listing your carsunchanged
Your leads inboxunchanged
Your team's routineunchanged
Moves to CarDealerTool
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Your website — on your own domain
Website + SEOVehicle pagesSmart searchWebsite Chat Lead formsInventory syncYour domainLeads into DealerCenter
Website first Leads → DealerCenter

Your DMS stays where it is. Only the website moves.

The first step

You don't have to give anything up to start

Replacing a DMS means retraining your staff, migrating your deals and putting your payroll on the line. Moving a website is something you do on a Tuesday. Here is what runs today.

Your inventory still comes from DealerCenter

You keep listing cars where you list them now. DealerCenter sends the inventory file, and your CarDealerTool site picks it up and stays current on its own. No double entry, no second place to update a price.

Your leads go back where you already watch

A shopper who fills in a form on your site arrives as a lead in DealerCenter, in the same inbox your team checks every morning. Nothing new to monitor, and nobody has to learn a second CRM to answer a customer.

Nothing to migrate, nobody to retrain

Your deals, your customer records and your day-to-day stay exactly where they are. The website is the only thing that moves — and your URLs move with it, so the pages that rank keep ranking.

When you want more

The rest of the platform, on its way

Live today: the website, inventory from DealerCenter, every lead back into it, and website chat. CRM, deals, BHPH and analytics are coming to the same plan; DealerCenter stays your DMS.

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Website & SEO

Your site, ranking on Google

A fast, self-updating dealer website with SEO and schema markup built in — no separate web service, no upsell.

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CRM & Leads · Coming

Every lead in one pipeline

Capture, assign, and follow up on every prospect. Automated tasks so a hot lead never slips through the cracks.

Sale price$28,750
60 mo · 8.9%$4,000 down
Monthly$512
Deals & Desking · Coming

Structure and close in minutes

Cash, finance, BHPH, and wholesale deals with a built-in calculator and instant, compliant document generation.

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Payment 15Paid
Payment 16Due Fri
BHPH · Coming

Run your own paper

Payment schedules, account tracking, automated late notices, and collections — the full in-house financing module.

Inventory

Your whole lot, live

VIN decoding, cost tracking, unlimited photos, window stickers, and one-click syndication to your site.

Analytics · Coming

Know your real numbers

Gross per unit, days on lot, lead sources, and sales trends — reporting that would be a paid add-on elsewhere.

Website chat
Is the 2022 RAV4 still available?
Yes! It's $28,750. Want to schedule a test drive?
Website Chat

Catches leads while you sleep

Shoppers can write to you from any page and see matching cars, and you can reply live; their details land as a lead in DealerCenter — included.

One plan

Start with the website. The rest ships into the same plan.

The website, inventory sync, lead capture and website chat are live today; CRM, deals, BHPH and analytics ship into the same plan. DealerCenter stays your DMS, and nothing changes on day one.

Honest about the edges

What stays with you — and your existing providers

CarDealerTool runs your dealership software. It doesn't resell the regulated services you already hold. We integrate with the providers you trust — you keep the relationships and the compliance.

Credit bureaus
Experian, TransUnion & Equifax pulls run on your own credentials.
CARFAX / vehicle history
We link the report on every VIN; your subscription stays yours.
Book values
KBB, Black Book & NADA feeds plug into pricing — licensed to you.
Licensed contracts
State & lender forms stay under your license; we auto-fill them.
Moving your website

We move your website. DealerCenter keeps running.

Your inventory keeps coming from DealerCenter and your old links redirect, so the rankings you have carry over. The site is ready in days; it goes live on your domain as soon as DealerCenter starts sending us your inventory — a request we make with them on day one.

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Kickoff call

We map your domain and the pages that rank, and ask DealerCenter to start sending your inventory to your new site.

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Build

We build your site on your existing URLs. Your inventory and photos arrive from DealerCenter's feed.

Within days
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Review & SEO check

You approve the new site. We verify redirects and schema so your Google rankings carry over intact.

Before launch
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Go live

We flip the switch. DealerCenter keeps running as before.

When your inventory arrives
Your old links redirect Inventory keeps coming from DealerCenter No contract to sign Hands-on onboarding

Keep DealerCenter. Change your website.

Become a founding dealer. We'll show you your inventory on a CarDealerTool website — with DealerCenter still running your dealership behind it.

No contract · Your old links redirect · Ready in days

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