All Carsforsale.com Reviews
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Colleen
Automotive, 1 employee
Used less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
Reviewed October 2022
Extremely User Friendly
Mercedes
Verified reviewer
Automotive, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2023
Love the Service!
Love the service! Easy to use and very affordable
PROSThe website and integration of third party services is great quality and included!
CONSWould like to be able to include more BHPH reports and payment history
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
Cost and services offered
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
Cost and the use of the services I need are included in price
Pete
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2024
Carsforsale is best platform for dealer website and search engine
Superb I have had a great experience...been with carsforsale for about 15 years
PROSYou can't beat the price ! What your get for the price is an easy simplified website which is easy to manage
CONSI really don't have an answer for that I like everything about it
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
Price and simplicity . So easy to manage
Rich
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2024
Good price for a product that helps
Great. I use it every day, but they dont update me on new features
PROSIt is easy to use! We love it for website integration
CONSI feel like they don't keep up with technology
Vendor Response
Rich, Thank you for your review. Our team would love to speak to you about any product updates. Please give us a call at (866) 388-9778.
Replied March 2024
Matthew
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2023
Honest Opinion
Customer service is responsive, the program itself is easy to use & has what you need for small dealers
PROSAccess to inventory, paperwork such as buyer guides etc within seconds compared to other programs is great
CONSNo real cons for the price point, nothing but good things to say
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
We use both of the programs in tandum, both have good points
Gary
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2024
Used Car Dealership
Carsforsale.com helps market our used car inventory to anyone in the area. It is fast and easy to add or remove inventory from the website. It also allows communication between us and potential customers. The price is reasonable for the features provided. Good customer service throughout the years.
CONSCarsforsale.com doesn't have the option to automatically share a vehicle onto craigslist, though there is a way that you can manually post it onto craigslist and other platforms.
Taylor
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2024
A Great Service for Auto Dealers
In my role, I work with CFS support on a biweekly basis to update content on our website include our customized webpages for our other business departments.
PROSCFS works for our business to help us manage inventory, market our inventory and attract leads.
CONSWorking with CFS to develop the webpages for our additional departments has been difficult at times. They do not have predetermined templates to work with, so you do have to put in some effort to get the pages where you would like them.
Chris
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2024
Great tool and great people!
From day one they have been very helpful in getting setup and any changes I need made.
PROSVery easy to use and awesome customer service.
CONSI have no cons for Carsforsale. They have been great to work with.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
Recommended by a fellow dealer that had good experience.
Anthony
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed March 2024
Cheap Effective and Works
Cheap and Effective it just works no frills for a website with inventory. Best value in auto
CONSThere isn't much to dislike. You know exactly what you're getting, and if that's what you're after, then it's perfect.
DAVID
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed March 2024
Lepage's Review
Easy to use, customer support and value.
CONSWhen a car is advertised as a "Base" when it has leather and roof but no navigation. Why does it have to say anything? I've brought this up multiple times.
bryan
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed March 2024
Great service
Easy of use, simple layout, budget friendly and gets the job done
CONSwould like to have the text options back and more options to adjust website with out calling
Susan
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed October 2021
Control your inventory with a few clicks
The ability to display the current inventory to the public is a great benefit and a must have in these COVID Pandemic times.
PROSThe software allows you to complete the task of adding new inventory, or editing existing inventory simple. The step by step process assures that you don't forget any of the important details. The ability to scan the VIN barcode and automatically display vehicle specifics is a real time saver.
CONSThe need to input mileage and price for each vehicle when you are displaying "email for price" or "email for mileage is a waste of time. Although the ability to display videos of inventory is available, you have to first publish the video elsewhere and input the URL into CarsForSale, which is too much trouble and time consuming. Being able to instantly take video and upload directly would be very helpful. Additionally I have been unable to find a way to bring a "SOLD" vehicle back into inventory, except to completely reenter everything. If this feature is available it is not clear how to use it.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
The company has been using Carsforsale.com for many years. We have recently been looking at other software just to gain knowledge of other options.
Stephanie
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2022
The best 3rd party partner we have
We get a great product and great service.
PROSThe back end product for listing our cars is far superior in everyway to any other we have used. They are also the easiest to get ahold of when we need help and every person who answers the phone is knowledgeable.
CONSThe only thing we don't like is that when Carsforsale converted over to a new system we lost 2 very helpful functions. The first was that we had the ability on our website to print off a vehicle fact sheet which our customers loved and found very helpful. The 2nd thing we lost was that previously on our website the stock number was on the search page. This was extremely helpful to us because we carry 20-30 identical vans (same year, make, model) It was extremely helpful to us when a customer inquired about these vans we could easily decipher which van they were looking at. It is very difficult now to tell them apart without clicking into each individual van.
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
We had used Carsforsale before and without a doubt Carsforsale was the better product in everyway.
STEVE
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
3
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed November 2019
Great Tool
whenever I call in for help, I am able to resolve my issue. Usually is just user error!
PROSEasy to add inventory and check on VINs. Great for uploading pictures as they are formatted as the best format needed for the website.
CONSintegration with Craigslist and Marketplace could use some work
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
Better exposure on the internet
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
Dealer Car Search is not as well known so when searching the internet, my stuff didn't show up as readily as Cars for Sale
Vendor Response
Hi Steve, our customer service team tried reaching out to you but, unfortunately, we weren't able to catch you. If you get a chance, please give us a call back to discuss some of our tools to help you leverage them for the maximum amount of leads possible. Give us a call at (866) 388-9778 and we'll walk you through next steps with our integrations.
Replied November 2019
Amy
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2020
Helps my business grow
Customer service is top tier. We always get a happy person (no automated responses) willing to help, quick on follow up and answers our questions. We've been extremely satisfied with how Carsforsale was one of the first to integrate with Facebook and has continued to add the latest and greatest technology to help our business grow -- like chat/text responses, COVID messages and social media.
PROSThe software is easy to use, mobile friendly, and stays up to date with the latest advancements and features you are seeing out there.
CONSLeads must be answered in the software instead of in the CRM. Doesn't not automatically automate with our inventory management software -- which I admit is very old. You have found a work around for us, which I appreciate tremendously, just wish the updates were a little more frequent.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
best bang for the buck. Pricing was perfect for a small independent dealer like us who can't afford to spend hundreds of dollars a month to get our inventory on the web. It was simple, effective and affordable.
Connor
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2021
Cars For Sale Overview
Overall, I love CFS. It is very easy to use and navigate. All the features are great and can be very helpful to anybody especially those who are just starting out in this business. Anybody new here I would definitely recommend this software. I don't see us switching to anybody else. Why would we?
PROSCars for sale does a lot of things right. It is very easy to use and navigate. I haven't really found myself "stuck" or looking for something for 10 minutes. Lead tracking and inventory management are probably used daily. We love them here and will not switch to any other provider.
CONSThe only thing that I would like to see CFS do different would be website customization. Not a huge deal but it would be nice to make changes myself rather than email in and have them do it.
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
V12 was nice but very expensive. I did find myself at times struggling to find things as the page layout in my opinion was kind of cluttered and everything was small.
Dan
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed September 2020
Great option for used dealership startups
Overall great experience. For $99 the service is a bargain. US based company with domestic support. A great value.
PROSVery easy to use. It gets the job done for small dealerships starting out. Very easy to post vehicles and software is relatively glitch free.
CONSAll of it's features are as basic as they come. When adding a vehicle, you are only able to log 1 cost for the vehicle and doesn't give you the option to add more. Just 1 cost line. CRM is very basic and does not have the ability to distinguish where the leads are coming from.
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
Dealercenter is a lot more powerful than Carsforsale and is adding way more necessary features at super fast speed. I am still with carsforsale as well as you can't beat their value.
Alicia
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2020
Can't Be Beat
The value carsforsale offers can't be beat! They stay up to date on the latest trends and have a great customer support. The easy to use software makes it fast to make changes to your website, vehicles and print multiple forms as well.
PROSQuick and easy to make changes, great customer service, quality product for a fantastic price. There isn't anything I don't like!
CONSWhen trying to print the window sticker the margins are not set correctly so they get cut off. In order to use I have to transfer them to a word doc and edit them.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
I found it to be the best value and were the nicest. I felt like what they were telling me was true and they were not just pressuring me for a sale.
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
Very small private company that was slow and didn't offer much
Danielle
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed October 2020
I'm really considering switching to Carfax
When I started here five years ago, I had never sold cars before. This is the first and only software I've ever used and it's comfortable and familiar. Over the last five years the software has grown and changed in many positive and efficient ways. CFS customer service is top notch. There's never been an issue they couldn't solve for me quickly. But as your competitors grow and change, I can't help but notice there's a lot they can offer this company too. I do hope that I see more leads generated from CFS.com and more marketing campaigns in the near future. I'm rooting for you guys :)
PROSI love the website and the customer service for the website. Very professional, easy to use and simple to update. One phone call and customer service did the rest. The recent updates and addons in response to the pandemic are exceptional. Text Leads - Brilliant. Works great, just wish customers utilized it more. Mobile App - I use it all the time, especially when importing vehicles into inventory.
CONSLead generation is non-existent. I cannot recall the last time I got a lead from CFS.com. I never see TV commercials, social media ads, or SEO targeted ads from CFS. I don't see CFS advertise in the same capacity and frequency as competitors such as Carfax, Cars.com. If you're not consistently pulling new clients to your site to see my merchandise then what am I paying for? What is keeping me from going to Cars.com or Carfax for CRM? I feel as if I'm relying solely on my social media presence and website SEO when it was my understanding that customers could and would find our merchandise on CFS.com. Conclusion, brand recognition; get with it or get lost. Your competition is beating you and winning me over more and more everyday, especially CarFax. Not only is Carfax THE authority on car history reports, but they have impressive CRM software, awesome lead generation, top notch free marketing materials and the price is directly competing with CFS. The recent security updates. Texting a code every time I want to review an application is tedious to say the least. Now I find myself printing applications, just so I can review them later. I never used to print, I would just open the doc in CFS. Now I'm wasting paper, which is wasting money and resources. Don't get me wrong, I appreciate how serious you take protecting sensitive info, I wish there was a more efficient way to do so.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
I'm happy with CFS and I really love my website. I don't want to have to re-design one myself or worse pay someone else to do it.
Daniel
Automotive, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2019
Feedback
Speed, Easy of Use, Economical. The platform gives you a lot for the price.
CONSSEO tools could improve or even been offered as a premium service. I feel SEO could be more powerful.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
Platform was the overall best option.
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
Affordability
leo
Automotive, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2020
easy to use
i like it.
PROSmake sure my product is price accordingly in my market.
CONSgetting the on line videos to work and online paperwork.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
easy to learn and master.
Reasons for switching to Carsforsale.com
more exposure and less expensive.
Mike
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed November 2022
Excellent CRM
My experience with Carsforsale over the past 3+ years Overall has been fantastic I would not use a different CRM and have recommeded It to other colleagues in the auto industry
PROSCars for sale CRM is very easy to use very user friendly ith a lot of tools at your disposal From inventory reports to designing your website And many other helpful tools too many to list but they really do have it all figured out I've been using the CRM for over 3 years now and I've been in the car industry for 30 plus years and it is truly one of the best I've ever worked with. And most importantly customer support is spot on.
CONSOff the top of my head there are only a couple of things that are a little glitchy like the photo overlay doesn't apply sometimes The Facebook interface is a little tricky And I would like to be able to go in and edit a Vin number when you 1st enter it if there is an incorrect digit you have to Delete that vehicle and start over other than that As I said everything is pretty spot on
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
It was recommended to me by another colleague in the industry
Aubrie
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
1
EASE OF USE
1
VALUE FOR MONEY
1
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
1
FUNCTIONALITY
1
Reviewed April 2022
Bad business
I have been using cars for sale through various dealers over the past few years. I finally started my own account and ended up getting canceled “shut down” My entire website I work so hard to build. I lost a lot of customers in the process trying to find a new company to support my needs and be honest. I was extremely upset how I was handled by the company it’s unfortunate Carsforsale.com has always been my number one recommendation for any dealer starting up until l lost everything actually Carsforsale.com took my payment for the month and then canceled me not allowing me to retrieve any of my information from the website At the time... I have set up multiple accounts with carsforsale.com that are still open to this day, so your welcome however I would never refer anyone to you guys ever again.
PROSIt was very user friendly easy to navigate
CONSI feel like there could have been a appointment scheduler or tracker. Something quick & easy to book clients from page. Text templates
Vendor Response
Hi, Aubrie. It appears your account may have been proactively canceled due to inactivity. Our team would love to speak with you about your experience and discuss your website. Please give us a call at (866) 388-9778.
Replied May 2022
William
Automotive, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2023
Easy to use & Inexpensive for start-ups
We mainly use it for the website, inventory & finance applications. Great support teams in every Dept, depending on what your issue is.
PROSDealer Website & the support team that set it up. Price is the best we've seen.
CONSNo real CRM capabilities at all; it's more of a Hub for leads & finance applications.
Reason for choosing Carsforsale.com
Pricing
Scott
Automotive, 11-50 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2020
Carsforsale.com is Amazing For Any Small Used Car Dealership
Overall, we have been very satisfied with our experience over the years with Carsforsale.com and would highly recommend them to other dealers. So far from using other services related to car sales, Carsforsale.com is by far the best value.
PROSThe software was very easy to use and came with quite a few useful features such as exporting to different websites, including our company's Facebook page. The lead system that is included with the software is also very useful and makes it easy to respond to leads or assign the leads to individual salespeople. The adding inventory system is very easy to add information to, upload pictures from a phone, or even allows the user to decode the VIN to autofill most of the information for the vehicle.
CONSThere were some problems with our website but the customer service representatives were very quick to help resolve our issues. It would also be nice if it was easier to change more things with our website without having to contact customer service.