J.D. Power Value My Car Alternative for Car Dealerships

A value lookup tells an owner what a car is worth. LeadLocate brings you the owners who asked a dealership to buy it, and gives your team the texting, calling, trade capture and desking to close.

J.D. Power is widely known for consumer research and for vehicle valuation data, including the used vehicle guides many dealers first learned under the NADA Guides name. Its consumer facing value tool lets an owner enter a vehicle and see what it is worth, and valuation data of this kind shows up across the industry in trade conversations, lending and insurance. For a dealership, a trusted value source gives the owner and the appraiser a shared starting point.

How the tool is offered to dealers, what it costs and how its data is licensed vary by program and change over time. Confirm current pricing and terms with the vendor directly. This page keeps to the category in plain terms and spends its time on what a dealership actually needs after the number is on the screen.

A value lookup answers what a car is worth. The dealership still needs the owner to call, to come in, to agree on a number and to sign, and ideally to buy the next car on the same visit. Those steps are where LeadLocate lives.

The first gain is intent. An owner checking a value might be curious, weighing a trade somewhere, or getting ready to sell to whoever calls first. An opt in seller lead from LeadLocate is a local owner who filled out a vehicle offer request and asked a dealership to contact them about buying their car. That is a different conversation from the first ring, and it starts with your store.

The second gain is exclusivity. 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. You draw the zone in the Leads Manager zone editor, and our team builds and runs the campaigns on the webXintel Ads Network from your selections, including Custom Offers written in your store's own words.

The third gain is your brand on the page. Lead Pages, the landing page builder inside the CRM, publishes offer request pages with their own URL settings, and Inventory Link brand offer pages carry offers and lead forms in six offer card formats with one shared confirmation. The owner sees your dealership from the first click, not a third party value screen.

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Used car managers know the difference in their gut. A person who typed a VIN into a value tool has a number in mind and no relationship with anyone. A person who asked a dealership to make an offer has already decided to talk to a buyer. The second person is the one you want on your phone.

LeadLocate is built around that second person. Prescreening questions at capture let your store ask what matters before the first call, such as when the owner wants to sell, whether there is a loan on the car, and whether they plan to replace it. The answers arrive on the lead record with the vehicle, so the first conversation is about an appointment instead of about basics.

Each lead record carries up to five vehicles of interest plus trade-in lines, so when the owner mentions the car they want next, it goes on the same record. A seller lead often turns into a buyer, and the Buyers and Sellers Hybrid plan, from $1,599 a month, puts both kinds of lead in one account. The buyer and seller leads page explains how stores run both.

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

Owners who want to sell often call before they text, and the store that picks up wins. The phone system built into the CRM gives every lead source its own tracking number, so you know which campaign made the phone ring. Calls follow business hours routing, the IVR call flow builder sends a seller to the acquisition desk with a press of a key, and the Forward Calls To ring list rings the people your store chooses. The virtual receptionist and after hours coverage make sure a Sunday evening caller is handled, and caller ID name lookup shows who is calling before anyone answers.

Calls are recorded and transcribed, and Call Alerts flag transcribed calls that mention the words your managers pick, such as payoff, lien or trade in. A manager chooses All Calls or Alert Calls Only, so the calls that matter reach the right desk without anyone listening to every recording.

On the text side, Automated Templates answer the moment a lead lands, texting runs as RCS with automatic SMS fallback, and the AI writing assistant helps a rep write a clear reply fast. Trackable short links show whether the owner opened the appointment link you sent.

The appraisal appointment goes onto the shared calendar with round robin across the team and a reminder to the owner. When the owner arrives, In-Store Now flags them on the lot, and the identity scanner reads a driver license and insurance card straight into the customer record. The trade-in form captures photos and a VIN scan, and the Deal Jacket takes the title, registration and payoff paperwork from a phone camera through a QR code. The trade in capture and VIN scan page shows the flow.

If the owner is buying too, the SecureWebX worksheet decodes the deal vehicle with factory warranty and open recall data, and DealTracker desking builds cash, finance and lease structures with a fifty state tax matrix, trade credit caps and three lease tax methods. The customer deal page carries the numbers with PIN access and e-signature.

Credit applications come in through a SecureWebX apply link with co-applicant support and versioned consent, and the store shares the application with the lender it chooses through a secure, expiring Send to Lender share.

Buying the car is half the job. Inventory Link puts the unit in front of shoppers the day it lands: it ingests your feed or imports your units from your own website, decodes the VIN against an automotive database with government safety and efficiency data, and adds promo photos or stock imagery for units still waiting on photography. The inventory website builder, the embeddable widget and every salesperson's own site all show the car.

Inbound buyer leads bring exclusive local shoppers into the same CRM, starting from $799 a month, and the vehicle insert button drops a unit card with photo and price into any text or email in one tap. Follow Up Processes keep every shopper hearing from your store until a rep takes over. An inventory feed and DMS access are not required to run LeadLocate.

Your account is set up for you, usually the same day you sign. Draw your zone, choose your prescreening questions and Custom Offers, publish an offer request page, and set up your tracking numbers and ring list. Seller lead plans start from $999 a month, and every plan with leads includes the CRM. Details are on the pricing page.

After a month, look at four numbers in your reports: seller leads received, appraisals set, cars bought and landed cost per unit against the same car bought at auction with fees and transport included. Those numbers decide the mix for your store.

We cannot guarantee how many owners will request an offer, how many cars you will buy or what they will sell for, because that depends on your market, your appraisal and how quickly your team responds. What LeadLocate delivers is exclusive supply, the tools to work it and the tracking to see the result. Plans are month to month with no long term contract. Call 844-376-2274 or use contact us to map your territory.

How is a seller lead different from a value lookup?

A value lookup shows an owner a number. A LeadLocate seller lead is a local owner who filled out a vehicle offer request and asked a dealership to contact them about buying their car, delivered only to your store.

Can owners call us directly from our campaigns?

Yes. Each source can have its own tracking number, and calls follow your business hours routing, IVR and ring list. Every call is recorded and transcribed on the lead record.

Can we put our own offer on the page?

Yes. Custom Offers in Leads Manager carry your offer language to local owners, and Lead Pages and brand offer pages publish offer request pages under your own dealership.

Do we need a DMS connection or an inventory feed?

Neither is required. Inventory Link can import inventory from your website, and the CRM, texting, calling and desking run from day one. If you have a feed, it connects and your real units appear everywhere.

What does LeadLocate cost?

Seller lead plans start from $999 a month, inbound buyer lead plans from $799, the Buyers and Sellers Hybrid plan from $1,599 and CRM Only from $199. Every plan with leads includes the CRM, month to month.

We will map your territory, set up your offer pages and tracking numbers, and show the calling, trade capture and desking working on a live seller lead. Month to month, no long term contract.

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