A better way to acquire used vehicle inventory
Acquire the inventory you need
Connect with transaction-ready customers ready to sell the cars you need.
Lower acquisition costs
Save typical fees, transportation costs and time spent at the auction.
Provide a better consumer experience
Take the friction out of the trade-in discussion with a trusted, transparent trade-in value backed by Kelley Blue Book. Provide sight-unseen appraisals you and your customers feel confident about.
How Instant Cash Offer works
Step 1: Consumers visit the Instant Cash Offer tool online
Car owners fill out a detailed description of the vehicle they’d like to sell or trade on Autotrader, KBB.com or your dealership website. Your dealership staff can also guide them through this process in your showroom.
Step 2: Instant Cash Offer tool generates the offer
The car owner receives an Instant Cash Offer to be used for trade-in or outright sale. The offer is valid for seven days.
Step 3: The customer brings you the offer
Once you have agreed on a price based on your assessment of the vehicle, the customer can apply the offer as a trade-in amount toward the purchase of one of your other vehicles. Or, they can walk away with the cash.
Step 4: You decide what to do with the vehicle
After you’ve acquired the vehicle, you have seven days to decide whether to resell it on your lot or sell it to Cox Automotive for the full trade-in amount. You choose!
Integrations and insights to give you a competitive edge
Integrations that align the solutions you use every day
Streamline workflows throughout your business by integrating Instant Cash Offer with the tools you use every day. When it comes to acquiring inventory, you can’t beat the combination of Instant Cash Offer integrated with vAuto’s Provision®. These powerful tools integrate seamlessly to help you find and win the right cars.
Unlock the true potential of your offers
A solution for every dealer
From a best-in-class website and showroom trade-in process to an inventory acquisition machine, Instant Cash Offer has a solution to meet your needs.
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Best practices for Instant Cash Offer
- Best Practice #1
Generate new trade-in opportunities during service and sales visits
Whether you’re talking with a prospective buyer on the lot or looking to turn a service visit into a sale, Instant Cash Offer can help you make the most of every customer interaction.
- Introduce Instant Cash Offer to the customer and explain what they can expect
- Conduct the interactive walk-around with the customer
- Run the Instant Cash Offer
- Present the Instant Cash Offer highlighting the Kelley Blue Book Fair Market Range
- Best Practice #2
Run every trade through the Instant Cash Offer process
Using the trust and transparency that Kelley Blue Book provides, you can deliver a better customer experience by ensuring you and your customer are on the same page. Improve your win rates on inventory when you include an Instant Cash Offer with every appraisal.
- Best Practice #3
Leverage the Kelley Blue Book brand
Latest innovations
Continuously improving the Instant Cash Offer experience for consumers
Consumers can easily scan their VIN when completing an Instant Cash Offer eliminating the need to type in the 17-digit number and eliminating typing errors making the process even faster and easier.
- Easily scan from any mobile device or tablet
- VIN Scanning also available to participating Instant Cash Offer dealers in the Dealer Admin Tool
With the new Image Capture feature within the Instant Cash Offer experience, consumers can easily upload up to 6 images of their vehicle. With these images dealers can quickly identify highly engaged customers, prioritize leads for follow-up and use uploaded photos to inform their grounding decision earlier in the process.
We’re here to help make Instant Cash Offer work for you
Personalized onboarding
We provide upfront, personalized training for your staff so your entire team gets started right.
Performance management
All clients receive a dedicated performance manager, an experienced retail automotive expert who will help guide your team to maximize success with Instant Cash Offer.
Ongoing training
Our award-winning interactive video training program offers everything you need to onboard new staff members and refresh best practices to ensure your team provide a best-in-class trade-in experience.