The complete story of your sales and defections.

TrafficView delivers first-ever insights into your dealership’s traffic by matching your CRM data with industry-wide sales* data from the Urban Science® DataHub™. TrafficView empowers you to make data-driven decisions by breaking down these findings by lead source, model, salesperson, and geography to help you pinpoint what is driving defections to your competitors.


*Sales refers to vehicle unit sales and does not represent vehicle price or revenue.

RESULTS

11.4% average improvement in buyer share

20% decrease in defections

The 5 key challenges to finding clarity.

We’ll show you how the same data that obscures your problems can reveal the solutions. While it may seem like you can never truly identify what costs you a lead, it is actually possible to uncover your weak spots and take action to improve your performance.

LEAD SOURCES
LEAD SOURCES

Laser focus your marketing spend and effort on the sources that work

Improve your visibility into sales and defections by lead source to identify low opportunity sources and potential treatment issues.

FOLLOW-UP PROCESSES
FOLLOW-UP PROCESSES

Expose weaknesses in your lead follow-up process

Track your daily sales and show clearly when your competitors are conquering your sales efforts and causing defections.

SALESPERSON PERFORMANCE
SALESPERSON PERFORMANCE

Identify opportunities for improvement by salesperson

Illuminate the impact of mix and volume on performance as well as which salespeople are losing sales to defections.

INVENTORY MIX
INVENTORY MIX

Inform the models and trims you’re stocking

Reveal the models and trims that your leads bought from other dealers to identify potential mix issues.

GEOGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITY
GEOGRAPHIC OPPORTUNITY

Target your marketing efforts to acquire more traffic and buyers

Drive customers in instead of watching them drive by. You’ll see where there are “holes” in your primary market areas where you’re consistently losing sales to other dealers.

CONTACT US

Knowing what your competitors sold yesterday informs your strategies today.

The Urban Science® DataHub™ is the power behind our solutions. It’s the only near real-time source of industry-wide sales* fueled directly from the automakers and not on modeled or delayed vehicle registrations. This exclusive data enables you to make informed business decisions based on yesterday’s insights, not last month’s or last quarter’s.

Source: Urban Science® DataHub™ | New Sales and Urban Science® DataHub™ | Certified Pre-Owned Sales
*Sales refers to vehicle unit sales and does not represent vehicle price or revenue.
COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE

With access to over 95% of all new vehicle sales and 89% of Certified Pre-Owned sales in the U.S., our industry-exclusive data hub gives you the most complete picture of the automotive market.

NEAR REAL-TIME

Our OEM data is updated as frequently as daily, making our solutions the only ones in the industry fueled by near real-time sales.

HYPER-GRANULAR INSIGHTS

Urban Science statistics provide specifics into all transactions, including date of sale, ZIP code, make/model/trim, previous purchase, and selling dealer.

UNIVERSAL CONNECTIVITY

This powerful data can also be delivered to any platform, extending your ability to make near real-time decisions for their other investments.

DATA PROTECTION

Since data is our foundation, we ensure that it is protected, including strict adherence to consumer-level privacy regulations, as well as stringent partitioning of dealer and brand data.

Delete defections. Grab sales. Real dealers tell you how we help.

JIM HENNE

General Manager of Performance Toyota
and Performance Volvo

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July 17th, 2023

Urban Science launches daily CPO lead-defection alerts, additional SalesAlert enhancements

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Competition for Sales Is Back — But Is Your Sales Staff Ready to Sell Again?

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Scientifically Optimize Your Current Footprint and Plan for the Future

A number of forces are disrupting the automotive landscape, making this an especially pivotal time for dealership groups.

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November 16th, 2022

In an Ever-Changing Marketplace, You Need Timely and Actionable Defection Data on Your Side.

There are a number of factors contributing to the roller coaster-like ride of the automotive marketplace. Macro-economic conditions are slowing demand and moderating prices at the same time as production and inventory levels are rebounding off their pandemic-related lows.

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November 3rd, 2022

Urban Science launches SalesAlert™, the only technology that notifies dealers when a customer buys a car at a same- or competitive-brand dealership.

Urban Science® today announced the launch of SalesAlert™, an industry first solution that notifies car dealers when a sales lead has purchased a vehicle from another dealership.

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Even Though You’re Moving Nearly All Your Inventory, You Could Still Be Losing Customers. Here’s what to do about it.

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