#125 The payments nightmare hiding in dealerships, Shocking trends in down payments, Saving dealerships 20 hrs of work every week | Julie Douglas, CEO of Dealer Pay

Welcome to the Car Dealership Guy Podcast. In this episode, I'm speaking with Julie Douglas, CEO of Dealer Pay where we discuss: The accounting nightmare hiding in dealerships, Saving dealers 20 hrs of work per week, shocking trends in down payments for 2024 and much more!

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Topics:

(00:01:19) - Julie’s background and career

(00:03:28) - What problem did you identify in our industry and what are you solving for?

(00:08:48) - What are the key problems dealers want to solve when they talk to you?

(00:10:37) - How are you helping dealers?

(00:12:33) - What are you saving a dealer in terms of cost?

(00:13:28) - What patterns are you seeing in terms of dealers overpaying?

(00:15:18) - What is the average dealership paying for processing?

(00:16:53) - What crazy things have you seen at dealerships?

(00:18:25) - Where are dealers leaving money on the table?

(00:20:20) - Does anything keep you up at night?

(00:21:27) - What is the consumer experience like at DealerPay?

(00:22:29) - Julie’s shoe strategy

(00:24:33) - What does the future look like for your company?

(00:26:42) - What trends do the data tell you?

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