FrontStream Payments Partners with AutoXplorer
to Provide Integrated Payment Solutions for Dealerships Nationwide.

RESTON, VA (PRWEB) March 26, 2012

FrontStream Payments is further strengthening its presence in the automotive industry by partnering with AutoXplorer, a dynamic provider of software and hardware systems to over 1,500 used car dealerships in 35 different states. To enhance their customer’s automated business services, AutoXplorer is now bundling FrontStream’s payment acceptance solutions into their proprietary dealership management software.

“As FrontStream Payments continues to carry forward the strategy of integrating our payment acceptance technologies with leading software partners in the automotive industry, we welcome relationships with companies like AutoXplorer,” states Nina Vellayan, Chief Executive Officer and President of FrontStream Payments, “We’re excited to help AutoXplorer’s clients grow their dealerships through the savings, efficiencies and revenue generating opportunities offered through our joint software alliance.”

AutoXplorer’s car dealer management system gives dealers access to nearly everything they need to track customer sales, help lower expenses and drive revenue to their dealership. By adding FrontStream Payments’ gateway platform and payment processing technologies into the AutoXplorer arsenal of capabilities, dealers now have direct access to affordable, secure and fully compliant solutions for accepting credit and debit card payments. Other dealer management benefits include reduced reconciliation time, recurring billing, the elimination of redundant data entry, and the ability to take payment by phone.

In addition, the integration of FrontStream’s proprietary gateway platform offers dealership users automated batch reporting and integrated financial tracking for one-stop accounting views. Running transactions through the new solution will also ensure cardholder data transferred between AutoXplorer and the consumer is completely secure and PCI compliant due to state-of-the-art encryption and tokenization code built into FrontStream’s integration model. This feature greatly lowers security risks and minimizes the compliance vulnerabilities associated with accepting cardholder payments.

“We take our dealers’ suggestions very seriously, so when they asked for credit card processing integration, we were happy to oblige,” said Mike Shahrestani, AutoXplorer’s Vice President of Marketing, “We know this integration with FrontStream Payments will make our clients more efficient in their payment processing and also save them time and money. Our “Buy Here, Pay Here” dealers can now spend less time on collections and more time on getting new accounts.”

Soon, AutoXplorer will be enhancing their dealership management system yet again by adding eCheck (ACH) acceptance to their bundled payment solution. With eCheck capabilities, dealers can accept payments by processing a customer’s checking account information electronically. With this new feature, dealerships can save substantially on fees and receive electronic funding within the next business day.

To learn more about AutoXplorer’s services, go to their website at http://www.autoxplorer.com. To learn more about FrontStream Payments go to http://frontstreampayments.com/.

About AutoXplorer

AutoXplorer was founded in 1996 to serve used car dealerships with their need in computer hardware & software products. They offer three levels of their proprietary software, as well as a recently developed online solution for promoting independent dealerships on the web.

About FrontStream Payments, Inc.

FrontStream Payments is a leading merchant solutions provider of integrated payment products. The company has well-established client relationships in virtually all business sectors and a strong partnership presence in the B2B, Non-Profit, Education, Automotive, Energy, and Hospitality industries. Offerings include turnkey solutions that enable clients to increase revenues through POS, mobile and web acceptance of ACH eChecks and credit/debit cards. All accounts and products are powered by FrontStream’s proprietary fasttransactTM payment platform, launched in 2011 as the first, single-source payment processing, data management and integrated ERP system of its kind. The company is headquartered in Reston, VA and has offices in Brentwood, TN and Lacey, WA.

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Michael Irwin and Lisa Frank Expand Automotive Remarketing Business

Altadena, CA (PRWEB) January 31, 2012

Michael Irwin and Lisa Frank have been working together in the Automotive Industry for over 14 years. Three years ago Michael and Lisa started Kars-R-Us, a Professional Fundraiser specializing in Car Donation Programs. Late in 2011 they started Wheels N Waves, a Licensed Auto Dealer, and expanded their remarketing business by buying cars online.

For more than 10 years Lisa has been traveling the country, meeting with Auto Auction Owners and Managers in over 40 States. She uses that network of auctions to handle donated cars nationwide. Lisa could see the potential to remarket other types of cars using those same contacts, so Wheels N Waves was born. Lisa says, “We’re starting with lower value cars, and as we grow and expand we’ll be looking at targeting a wider spectrum of vehicles. We’ll also explore options for buying and selling boats and other watercraft.”

Michael says “Not so many years ago the internet didn’t even exist. Now there are thousands of businesses that only exist on the web! When Lisa started talking about buying cars online, the first thing we had to do was come up with a website and a marketing plan. We applied what we learned from running “donate your car” websites and ads. We started small to test the waters…just one or two markets and only a few hours a day. We closely monitored the cost in each market and the results, and worked on fine tuning our message. In the middle of December we turned the volume up by going online 24/7 in a handful of major markets…the results were overwhelming! We actually had to turn some of the ads off for a few days so we could catch up and figure out how to handle the response!”

Michael and Lisa agree 2012 will be their best yet. “Starting this partnership three years ago was the best decision of my life!”, says Lisa. “Adding Wheels N Waves to our existing Kar-R-Us business is the perfect way to diversify and expand.”

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Digital Marketing Revs Up The Automotive Industry Driving Sustainability For US Economy

(PRWEB) November 28, 2011

Atlanta, GA: The marketing solutions of Fitzpatrick Advertising are now offering more effective ways for auto manufacturers, suppliers and dealers to stay ahead in a recovering economy. Dealerships can improve their sales performance by catering to an online consumer market steered by brand messages seen across multiple digital platforms. Cars will be researched and bought at a faster rate, leading to a jump in the automotive industry, the largest manufacturing sector in the US.

“We work to address the evolving demands of the auto industry” says Jim Fitzpatrick, CEO and President of Fitzpatrick Advertising, an Atlanta based automotive ad agency that was featured in Car Biz Today for their unique sales training tools. “Our goal is to teach dealers how to position their inventory to better engage their target markets while delivering the right vehicles to meet the car buyer’s needs.”

The automotive industry generates more retail business and employment than any other single industry within the US Economy. According to Auto Alliance, the industry supports 8 million American jobs, with 500 billion in annual compensation. As auto sales are viewed as a leading economic indicator, it’s becoming increasingly important to equip auto dealers with the resources to fuel their marketing campaigns, leading to further economic activity within the automotive supply chain.

According to the 2011 Automotive Shopping Behavior Study done by Think Insights with Google, nearly 1 in 3 car buyers visited the dealer’s websites with visitation peaking as much as 64% in the purchase month. The automotive news site Outsell, confirms that social media is where new customers seek out dealer and vehicle reviews with 2.4 million shoppers using Facebook as apart of their purchase decision.

Award winning dealership, Del Auto Group of http://www.delautogroup.com promotes their stock with a marketing mix that includes multimedia, social media, public relations and a website that makes it easy for users to search inventory. The dealer’s site has seen a steady increase in their web traffic since July 2011 due to the incorporation of strategic SEO practices that allows more online consumers to be exposed to the Del Auto Brand. With 40% of car buyers searching online 10 times or more, digital marketing may just be the new saving grace for the auto industry and a step in the right direction for the economy. For more information or to schedule a meeting please contact Jim Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick Advertising at 678.208.0670.

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I love the answers stating: How much they can screw you over…..Anyway, the car business, is simply that, a business. All in all, the automotive industry has some of the lowest markups on products. Where a TV may be marked up 50 percent, a car is generally only 6 to 10 percent. A little more depending on make. The sales person is generally always paid on the amount made over what the car is owned for. Commission percentages range from dealer to dealer. In some cases, salesmen aren’t paid a salary. Some others work on a draw structure, where they are paid a wage, but once a commission is made, the amount paid is deducted from that commission.

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