DealerOn is a leading provider of automotive dealership websites, SEO, SEM, and digital marketing technology, serving over 7,000 car dealers and dealer groups across North America. Founded in 2004, the company offers a data-driven platform combining website CMS, local SEO, digital advertising, and online retailing tools designed to increase leads and sales. In September 2024, DealerOn expanded its platform by acquiring Sincro from Ansira, adding enhanced vehicle inventory, advertising, and retailing capabilities.
What you do with it
deploy and manage a dealership website with flexible CMS, strong SEO, and conversion optimization, so they can convert more site visitors into leads and appointments
When a dealer needs a high-converting website that can be customized and updated without friction
execute and optimize SEM, display, and local search campaigns tied to their inventory, so they can generate more qualified traffic and measurable lead volume from paid and organic channels
When a dealer is running digital advertising and needs to maximize return on ad spend
access education, strategy, and vendor partnerships through webinars and coaching, so they can make better-informed decisions about digital marketing, BDC process, and platform ROI
When a dealer or their team lacks in-house digital marketing expertise
Community evidence
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The DealerRefresh community broadly positions DealerOn as a consensus-favorite website and digital marketing provider, citing superior customization, responsive customer service, and ease of content updates as recurring differentiators. One dealer reported strong performance over five years, and DealerOn is frequently recommended alongside DealerFire as a go-to for conversion testing and support. However, experienced industry professionals caution that head-to-head site comparisons—such as one dealer's claim of DealerOn outperforming Dealer.com—are difficult to validate due to uncontrolled variables, injecting a note of analytical skepticism into otherwise positive sentiment. DealerOn's extensive webinar program featuring Google strategists, industry experts, and process coaches is acknowledged as a community resource, though these mentions are largely neutral in tone and reflect promotion rather than independent dealer validation.
Customer service and responsiveness5 mentions
Website customization and content management4 mentions
Lead and traffic generation4 mentions
Platform comparison methodology (validity of direct comparisons)2 mentions
Webinar-based education and thought leadership18 mentions
SEM and Google advertising strategy4 mentions
Mobile marketing awareness2 mentions
BDC and internet sales process improvement3 mentions
121 mentions · 48 positive · 13 negative · Scored from 20+ years of candid DealerRefresh discussion. Scores shift as new conversations happen.
POSITIVE
"Oscar Vanderkooij provide detailed endorsements of eCarList and DealerOn respectively, citing strong performance metrics and responsive customer service"
The usual suspects? →
POSITIVE
"DealerOn emerging as the consensus favorite due to superior customization, responsive customer service, and easy content updates"
Website provider recommendations →
POSITIVE
"Signup here: [URL="http://www.dealeron.com/webinar/events/fire-your-3rd-party-lead-provider/"]Fire Your 3rd Party Lead Provider & Start Generating Your Own Leads! | DealerOn Webinar Series[/URL]"
SHOCKING WEBINAR TOMORROW! →
POSITIVE
"Jeff Kershner promotes an upcoming DealerOn webinar featuring Ben and Justin discussing digital strategies to grow Fixed Operations revenue"
Grow Your Fixed Ops - Webinar →
POSITIVE
"specialized automotive vendor platforms (DealerOn, Dealer.com, Vin Solutions, Dealer Peak)"
new website →
NEGATIVE
"A dealer criticizes fusionZONE Automotive's website for excessive pop-ups, slide-ins, and vendor badges that clutter the user experience, slow page load times to over a minute, and bury the vehicle price"
Please Stop with the Website Add-Ons →
NEGATIVE
"DealerOn experienced significant website downtime on a Saturday, prompting debate about whether vendors should be held accountable through refunds or demands."
DealerOn is Off →
NEGATIVE
"A DealerON user identified a critical SEO bug in the Enterprise Specials Manager where canonical link elements point to non-existent URLs, potentially preventing special offer pages from ranking organically"
SEO Issue | DealerON | Enterprise Specials Manager →
NEGATIVE
"I very much want to track everything related to photo views, but, DealerOn support cant deliver this info."
No Google Analytics in 2018 →
NEGATIVE
"proprietary dealer CMS systems (CDK, Dealer.com, DealerOn), with advocates praising WordPress's creative freedom and ability to add custom code, while critics argue proprietary platforms offer better stability"
Is Wordpress better than the rest? →