Auto-online
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Auto-Online is a software development company which created the 'Fleet to Street' channel, enabling fleet disposers to e-Retail their ex-fleet vehicles direct to the retail public over the internet. They now make the majority of their cars available through Carsite
[edit] Business Model and History
Auto-online was launched in 1998 as a B2C offering. The new B2C (Fleet to Street) channel was initially tested with Hertz in 2003, then Inchcape and finally with The Bank of Scotland. Following the pilot, a number of major fleet disposers now utiliste the channel.
It has developed at a steady pace and describes its vision as allowing the retail public to safely buy used cars online. This is now widely praised in the testimonial section of Carsite.[1]
Auto-Online is a fully eBay compatible application. In 2007 ukautosite, Carsite's eBay shop, was awarded the eBay motor seller of the year award.
Auto-online have a team of in house programmers who have specifically designed a fleet disposal system, enabling the process to be carried out electronically. This process is fully auotmated.
[edit] Press and External Comments
CAP, an independent body which values used cars said that Auto-online is "one of the most innovative and successful fleet disposals solutions launched in recent times."[2]
Fleet News, a publication which deals exclusively with fleets and their disposal, described auto-online as a company "which provides web-based remarketing for fleets, remarketers, dealers, and manufacturers to sell cars to the public via fixed-price or interactive-bid auctions."[3]
