Free tools for Canadian car dealers

Small tools for jobs a dealership does every week. They run in your browser, they do not ask you to sign up, and nothing you type is sent anywhere. The figures in each one are examples: put in your own.

• Aged inventory holding cost calculator

  Work out what an unsold vehicle costs per day, and what 30, 60 and 90 more days cost, from what it cost you, your floorplan rate and your daily running costs.

• Salesperson commission calculator

  Estimate a car salesperson's monthly pay from front and back gross, commission percentages, a minimum per deal and a volume bonus.

• Slow lead response cost estimator

  Estimate the sales and gross a dealership may lose when some online leads are answered late, using your own close rates and lead volume.

• Lead source ROI calculator

  Compare what AutoTrader, CarGurus, Kijiji and your website cost per lead and per sale, and what each earns after its cost, from your own monthly figures.

• Trade-in maximum offer calculator

  Work backwards from the expected retail price to the most a dealership can pay for a trade-in and still make its target profit.

• Dealership break-even calculator

  How many vehicles a month does a dealership need to sell to cover its fixed costs and reach a profit target? Enter your costs and average gross.

• First-reply text templates for car dealers

  Fourteen copy-and-paste text messages for car dealers: first reply, price, trade-in, after hours, appointments, follow-ups and delivery.

• CASL consent wording kit for car dealers

  Sample consent wording for a web form, a phone call and a paper form, the first-text footer, a STOP reply and a checklist of what to record.