What used to only happen in person is now occurring online at a fast pace. Over the past few years, car dealerships have experienced an increase in online transactions, with 30% of U.S. new car sales taking place digitally in 2020.
This shift towards online purchases correlates with consumers’ recent shopping habits. Studies suggest that 59% of car buyers spend time researching vehicles online, likely a reason automotive executives expect online car sales to reign in the near future.
According to a poll conducted by Automotive News, 46% of automotive executives predict a significant increase in direct-to-consumer sales by automakers, pushing typical franchised dealerships to the side. The poll also suggests that 78% of executives think most new car sales will occur online by 2030.
If you’re like other dealers, you’re either prepared or preparing for this major shift towards online car shopping, especially if you want to maintain a successful business. Maybe you’re creating digital ads instead of traditional ones, sprucing up your website instead of buying a new lot, and hiring a social media manager instead of another salesperson. All these steps are great and necessary if you want to compete with other car dealers online, but there’s another step in your sales process that should be digital: your DMV strategy.
Handle Your DMV Needs Digitally
Once you complete a car sales transaction, what happens next? You have to do the paperwork for the DMV to ensure your buyers get their tags, license plates, registration, and more. Finding the applications for these materials and filling everything out is always a hassle, and failing to do so quickly can slow down your ability to finalize transactions.
That’s why you need to consider moving your DMV process online. Instead of compiling all of the necessary paperwork, filling it out by hand, and submitting it in person, you should make this step entirely digital. Doing so will provide multiple benefits, including the following.
1. Improves the customer experience
There are many reasons consumers are shopping for vehicles online. One of the biggest is that it offers a better experience. Shopping for cars online means people don’t have to plan a trip to the dealership, experience long wait times, deal with pushy salespeople, or get flustered by large crowds. Searching for cars digitally also provides a quick and easy way to look at different options, find the best prices, and customize vehicles.
But this excellent customer experience can come toppling down if buyers have to wait a while for their tags, license plates, and registration because you’re doing things the traditional way. Handling DMV needs online ensures buyers get what they need quickly to continue having a great customer experience.
2. Provides convenience
Another benefit of doing DMV paperwork online is that it’s convenient for you. Taking the digital route means you no longer have to suffer through long lines at the DMV, experience constant back-and-forth with representatives, or try to stay organized as you manage tons of documents. An online DMV process is smooth and hassle-free if you approach it correctly.
3. Boosts productivity
Do you want to increase your productivity to have more time to close deals? If so, handling DMV paperwork online can help. You can significantly cut the time it takes to gather material for the DMV by doing everything digitally. What used to take weeks could now take days. And having more time on your calendar will allow you to focus on other important tasks like finding creative ways to increase sales online.
How to handle DMV paperwork online
If addressing your DMV needs digitally is the next step you must take as car sales shift online, it’s not hard to make this happen. In fact, all you need to do is work with a private DMV services company like Barry Risk Management.
We handle dealers’ DMV paperwork, so they don’t have to worry about this task. And we do everything digitally. From gathering the paperwork to filling it out, everything we do happens online to ensure dealerships give their customers what they need in a timely manner and maintain a high level of productivity.
Tons of dealerships across the nation have outsourced their DMV tasks to our team. We have over 30 years of experience in the industry and understand the DMV rules in every state. Because of that, we have the knowledge to ensure any and every dealer provides the proper material to their customers.
So if you want to join the league of dealers who trust us with their DMV needs, reach out to our team. One of our representatives will walk you through our online process and answer any questions you may have. Afterward, we’ll start taking care of your DMV paperwork digitally so that every step of your car sales process is online, leading to a better experience for you and your customers.
Contact us at 1-888-995-TAGS(8247) to start shifting your DMV strategy online!
