Research Study

TRADER Study Shows Major Shifts in Vehicle Purchase Intent Due To COVID-19

In order to build a sound business approach and strategy, given the current operational limitations posed by COVID-19, it’s crucial for automotive dealers to understand the present-day intentions of Canadian car buyers. As Canada’s leading digital automotive solutions provider, we commissioned the team at DIG Insights to survey 2,800 Canadians and focus in on those

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AutoTrader.ca Traffic & Engagement (week of March 30 2020)

Week by week we continue to analyze the trends on the AutoTrader.ca marketplace with our Director of Marketing Intelligence, Baris Akyurek. “In the past week, interestingly, we saw about a 6% increase in visits while unique visitors maintained consistent with the previous week. VDP’s increased by approximately 12%. A very slight decrease in leads indicate

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Car Ownership More Attractive in a Post COVID-19 World, AutoTrader.ca Study Finds

It’s no surprise that COVID-19 has had an impact on the automotive market. While many expect car sales in the short term may be lower than usual, there are strong signals that buyers are still very much in market and doing research. For example, on the AutoTrader.ca marketplace during the week of Mar. 23, 2020,

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From Digital to On the Lot: Navigating the Winding Road of Attribution

Originally published to Auto Remarketing Canada by Ian MacDonald When it comes to selling vehicles, trying to fully understand where and how online marketing translates into actual sales on the lot can be a frustrating exercise. Intuitively, most dealers get that they need to be doing some level of digital marketing, since 83% of car

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Automotive Marketplaces Rank Top Source for Canadian Car Buyers

Studying the behaviours and actions of car buyers enables us to optimize the AutoTrader.ca consumer experience and to provide our dealer partners with effective tools to engage with consumers online. Research is an important driver of our ability to create evermore value for both our advertisers and Canadian car buyers. While online studies tell us

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