CDK Vehicle Inventory Suite Alternative for Car Dealerships

Keep CDK for the dealer management system and the inventory records tied to it, and run LeadLocate beside it for exclusive leads, the CRM, merchandising, desking and credit applications.

CDK Global is one of the largest dealer management system providers in the country, and its vehicle inventory tools are built to work closely with that DMS. In public terms, the inventory side covers the jobs that sit next to the vehicle record in the DMS: keeping new and used units accurate from acquisition to sale, supporting pricing and aging decisions, and helping merchandise vehicles to the places shoppers look. For a store already running CDK, having inventory close to the deal file and the accounting is the main reason to use it.

Which modules are in the suite, how they are named and how they are packaged differ by store and change over time. Confirm current pricing, terms and the scope of your package with CDK directly. This page keeps to the category in public terms and focuses on what dealers add around it.

That addition is the customer side. Inventory records describe the car. Turning a shopper into an appointment, answering the phone well, sending the exact vehicle in a text, building the payment correctly and collecting the credit application are the jobs that decide whether a unit sells this week. Those are the jobs LeadLocate was built to run, beside the dealer management system you run today.

Your DMS keeps the accounting, the deal posting, the vehicle record, parts and service. Keep all of it exactly where it is. LeadLocate runs beside the DMS and handles everything that happens with the customer before the deal reaches the business office: leads, texting, calls, follow up, desking, credit applications and customer facing deal pages.

This split is how most stores already think about their building. The DMS is the system of record for the transaction; the CRM and lead layer is the system of work for the salesperson. Putting the salesperson's day in LeadLocate gives your team one inbox for every text, email and call, one customer timeline with recordings and transcripts, and one set of reports by source, without asking the DMS to do a job it was never designed around.

An inventory feed and DMS access are not required to start. Inventory Link can import your units from your own website on day one, and if your store publishes an inventory feed, it connects and your real vehicles appear everywhere LeadLocate puts them. Our switching from CDK Drive guide covers the broader move for stores rethinking the DMS itself.

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Supply first. LeadLocate plans with leads deliver exclusive local shoppers inside a territory you draw in the Leads Manager zone editor. Every lead in your zone is delivered to you and only you, prescreened at capture with the questions you choose, and backed by a replacement review, so a bad lead costs you nothing. Our team builds and runs the campaigns on the webXintel Ads Network from the selections you make in Leads Manager. The Marketplace Acquisitions plan adds opt in seller leads, local owners who asked a dealership to contact them about buying their car, which feed your used inventory without an auction lane.

Then the working day. Lead distribution runs by your rules with round robin, Automated Templates send the first text the moment a lead lands, and Follow Up Processes run multi step drips per lead type. Texting runs as RCS with automatic SMS fallback and delivery status on every bubble. Calls run through the browser softphone and the phone app with click to call, recording and call transcription, and Call Alerts flag transcribed calls that mention the words your managers choose.

Hygiene tools most stores have never had in house come standard: a phone validator and an email validator with results shown right on the lead, a DNC Blacklist with a live do not call lookup, and Manager Lead Copies so a sales manager sees every lead a feed delivers.

Features and packaging change on both sides. Verify every detail that matters to your decision with each vendor before you sign.

The DMS knows the car exists. Inventory Link makes sure shoppers know it too. It decodes every VIN against an automotive database with government safety and efficiency data, so listings show a real trim and real specifications, and stock number overrides keep the number on the windshield identical to the number in the DMS and in every text. Units that arrive without pictures get promo photos and stock imagery so they can be advertised the day they land.

From there, the inventory website builder publishes a site from a template with AI assisted copy and regenerates it whenever the lot changes, and every salesperson gets a site under their own name. The embeddable widget puts live inventory on any page. Locate, the vehicle finder, lets a shopper describe the car they want and sends the request to your team. The OEM incentives engine covers more than twenty makes and shows current programs in the Incentives Showroom, on brand offer pages and inside the deal view. Brand pages build themselves with six offer card formats and a lead form beside every offer.

Inside the CRM, the vehicle insert button in every text and email composer drops a card with photo, mileage, stock number and price into the message, and In Store Now marks the units physically on the lot. Our inventory feeds page explains how a feed connects, or how the store runs with none at all.

DealTracker desking builds cash, finance and lease structures in a multi pencil grid with a fifty state tax matrix, semimonthly payment frequency, trade credit caps and three lease tax methods. The trade-in form captures photos and a VIN scan, and the Deal Jacket takes documents from a phone camera by QR code. The customer deal page carries the numbers with PIN access, a revision view and e-signature, and deal chat keeps the customer and salesperson on one thread.

SecureWebX, the credit application side of the platform, collects a five step application through apply links your team can text or post anywhere, with co-applicant support, versioned consent and document uploads. OFAC screening, stipulations with upload to fulfill, state disclosures and adverse action notices live on the application record, and a secure, expiring Send to Lender share puts the file in front of the lender you choose.

When the deal moves to the business office, SecureWebX exports the application to your lender or DMS in the format it expects, including STAR XML, the DMS standard, over transports such as SFTP or a REST API. Our lender and DMS export formats page lists them all.

Your account is set up for you, usually the same day you sign. Your zone is drawn, tracking numbers are assigned to each lead source, and Inventory Link connects your feed or imports your units from your website. One login launches the CRM, Inventory Link and SecureWebX on the desktop and on the phone app, and user roles keep managers and salespeople in the right lanes.

In the first two weeks, the Lead Feeds Manager maps every source, your website forms are connected so each form fill becomes a lead with the fields mapped, and the IVR call flow builder sets routing and business hours. Automated Templates and Follow Up Processes are tuned to your store's voice, and training runs through the video library and Live Training sessions included with every plan.

Run it on one team for three to four weeks and measure time to first response, appointments set, shows and sold units by source. Set the pass mark before you start so the answer comes from your own numbers.

CRM Only starts at $199 a month for stores that already have their own lead flow. Inbound buyer lead plans start from $799 a month, Marketplace Acquisitions seller lead plans from $999, and the Buyers and Sellers Hybrid plan from $1,599. Every plan with leads includes the CRM, and every plan is month to month with no long term contract. Current details are on the pricing page.

We cannot guarantee lead counts, close rates or results, because those depend on your market, your pricing and how quickly your team works each opportunity. What LeadLocate gives you is exclusive supply, a faster working day and the reporting to see the difference in your own numbers.

Call 844-376-2274 or use contact us, and we will map your territory, connect your inventory and show the CRM running beside the DMS you already use.

Does LeadLocate replace the CDK Vehicle Inventory Suite?

LeadLocate runs beside it. Keep CDK for the dealer management system and the inventory records tied to it, and let LeadLocate handle exclusive leads, the CRM, texting, calling, merchandising, desking and credit applications.

Do we need to connect LeadLocate to our CDK DMS?

No connection is required to start. Inventory Link can import your units from your own website, or ingest your inventory feed if your store publishes one, and the CRM, texting, calling and desking run from day one.

Can credit applications move into the DMS?

SecureWebX exports an application to your lender or DMS in the format it expects, including STAR XML, over transports such as SFTP or a REST API.

Do OEM incentives show up in LeadLocate?

Yes. The Inventory Link incentives engine covers more than twenty makes and shows current programs in the Incentives Showroom on brand offer pages and inside the deal view.

Are the leads exclusive to our store?

Yes. Inside the zone you draw in the Leads Manager zone editor, every lead is delivered to you and only you, prescreened at capture with your questions and backed by a replacement review.

What does LeadLocate cost?

CRM Only starts at $199 a month and plans with leads start from $799 a month, CRM included. Every plan is month to month with no long term contract.

We will map your territory, connect your inventory and show exclusive leads, texting, calling and desking running beside CDK. Month to month, no long term contract.

Prefer to talk right now? Call or text 844-376-2274.