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A vendor (Carvia) promotes their VDP enhancement product designed to keep customers on dealership websites by answering common car-buying questions directly, rather than forcing them to seek answers elsewhere. A moderator calls out the promotional post for lacking genuine community engagement and offers to remove it unless the vendor pursues official sponsorship. The thread highlights the community's expectation that vendors contribute meaningfully before self-promoting, and underscores an ongoing dealership pain point: VDPs that lack customer-education features.

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Hey folks, right now VDP's are just lists of features. Not answers or insights for a customer.

They're forced to go to reddit, their friends, even ChatGPT to ask "Should I buy this car?", "Is this a good deal?", "Should I be worried about this history report?"

When they do that, you lose: them, control of the narrative, and which competitors they stack you up against.

We answer these questions on your VDP's without stealing your traffic like 3rd parties do today. More time on your site, more questions answered, more store room visits/phone ops.

Would love for you to check us out: Move the Cars Carfax Can't | Carvia Dealer Widgets | Carvia

We keep it simple. No b.s.

Have a great EOW to those at NADA!
 
Hey folks, right now VDP's are just lists of features. Not answers or insights for a customer.

They're forced to go to reddit, their friends, even ChatGPT to ask "Should I buy this car?", "Is this a good deal?", "Should I be worried about this history report?"

When they do that, you lose: them, control of the narrative, and which competitors they stack you up against.

We answer these questions on your VDP's without stealing your traffic like 3rd parties do today. More time on your site, more questions answered, more store room visits/phone ops.

Would love for you to check us out: Move the Cars Carfax Can't | Carvia Dealer Widgets | Carvia

We keep it simple. No b.s.

Have a great EOW to those at NADA!

I don't know Carson. This comes off very promotional. It's not like you've ever been part of the community or taken time to join in any discussions. Your first and last comment was back November when you posted a question and @DjSec loaded ya up with some valuable feedback.

What I tell ya @Landing Garage? - thank you for asking first.

Not sure I can allow this to stick around long Carson. Not unless you're interested in our sponsorship opportunities. Sorry.
 
I don't know Carson. This comes off very promotional. It's not like you've ever been part of the community or taken time to join in any discussions. Your first and last comment was back November when you posted a question and @DjSec loaded ya up with some valuable feedback.

What I tell ya @Landing Garage? - at least thank you for asking first.

Not sure I can allow this to stick around long Carson. Not unless you're interested in our sponsorship opportunities. Sorry.
No worries Jeff, it's your community! Didn't realize I was breaking a rule. Take down if you must.
 

✨ AI Highlights

A vendor (Carvia) promotes their VDP enhancement product designed to keep customers on dealership websites by answering common car-buying questions directly, rather than forcing them to seek answers elsewhere. A moderator calls out the promotional post for lacking genuine community engagement and offers to remove it unless the vendor pursues official sponsorship. The thread highlights the community's expectation that vendors contribute meaningfully before self-promoting, and underscores an ongoing dealership pain point: VDPs that lack customer-education features.

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