Advertising on TheCarPlace is FREE for any valued VMG DMS customer in good standing
Instead of charging your dealership to advertise, TheCarPlace only charges a small “Introduction Commission” – aka “spotters fee” upon the successful conclusion of a sale of a vehicle generated to TheCarPlace.co.za Customer.
See fees below
Only VMG DMS Customers in good standing will be permitted to advertise their vehicles on TheCarPlace.co.za.
Any South African dealership who meets the stringent qualification criteria may advertise their vehicles on the Capitec Finance Channel Showroom.
The Capitec Finance Channel Showroom is a stand-alone product, independent of TheCarPlace.co.za general showroom pages.
VMG DMS Customers are required to pass a DMS health check score of 60% in random quality control checks conducted by our partner VMG Software.
See below for Health Check criteria.
Listing vehicles on TheCarPlace.co.za is FREE OF CHARGE for qualifying dealerships.
Thereafter, an “Introduction Commission” is charged upon the successful sale of a vehicle to a customer that was achieved via TheCarPlace.co.za.
All prices displayed are inclusive of VAT and the breakdown is as follows.
R 575 per vehicle sold up to R 100 000.00
R 865 per vehicle sold between R 100 000.01 and R 150 000.00
R 1 150 per vehicle sold between R 150 000.01 and R 225 000.00
R 1 725 per vehicle sold between R 225 000.00 and R 400 000.00
R 2 300 per vehicle sold for R 400 000.01 and higher.
TheCarPlace.co.za is a VMG Software developed product and integrates seamlessly into the VMG DMS eco system.
Vehicles are exclusively uploaded to TheCarPlace.co.za via the VMG Webmaster platform. Each vehicle is provided with a unique Stock ID.
Customer enquiries are sent to your dealership via email or to your VMG CRM module. Customers are also given a unique Customer ID, which is then linked to the relevant Stock ID.
When the Customer is invoiced, the system links the two ID’s and TheCarPlace bills your dealership as per the pricing schedule displayed above.
The total units sold are calculated from the 23rd to the 22nd of each month.
Invoicing for successful transactions takes place on the 27th of each month or nearest preceding working day.
Invoices are due for payment within 3 working days from date of invoice.
Advertising is Free and the Introduction Commission is small and is only applicable if a customer buys a vehicle from your dealership.
If invoices are not paid, TheCarPlace.co.za reserves the right to remove that Dealers vehicles from TheCarPlace.co.za until billing challenges are resolved.
Yes. Whilst it is free to list your vehicles, the platform does rely on quality data and integrity. See the reasons below
Listings of poor quality are removed from the platform to protect everyone’s best interests.
If your dealership losing it’s bank codes
Scoring less than 3 out of 5 in a VMG DMS database health check and not rectifying the issues (Poor admin quality generally indicates a lack of attention to detail).
Having a CSI score below 7 out of 10. The Customer Satisfaction Index is a randomly created survey sent to TheCarPlace.co.za customers. In this survey we ask questions related to their buying experience and quality of service.
If it is confirmed that dishonest or illegal activity is present, listing access for the offending dealership is revoked permanently.
The health check is a quality control tool to protect the Dealership owners’ best interests.
The health check alerts your dealership to inconsistencies in admin processing.
Inconsistencies in admin processing expose the owners to possible fraudulent activity, substandard admin processing and incorrect reporting.
Owners with perfect health checks scored can rest assured that the administration processing in their multi-million-rand organization is being expertly maintained. It gives the owner peace of mind.
The health check is a quick subjective view of 5 reports. The reports assessed are…