Comments on: Spice up your Vehicle Inventory Photos.

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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:18:39 +0000

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Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:55:07 +0000

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By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:14:00 +0000

Thanks I love this software tool for my inventory pics!

By: Matt Watson

Matt Watson — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:00:23 +0000

They key is to add dealer branding to your photos so they stand out amongst the crowd on classified websites. Get your logo and phone number in front of the consumer.

Here are some good examples of photo branding:
http://www.vinsolutions.com/PhotoBranding.aspx

By: Andrew Salamone

Andrew Salamone — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:28:03 +0000

I agree regarding the importance of image water marking.

Users of our CarSpot Pro+Solo can automatically name photos, resize, create thumbnails, watermark, etc. Users can even automatically insert extra photos (such as of the sales person or a last photo about why to buy from a particular dealer).

The system is rules-based so for example a car with less than 10,000 miles can automatically be branded as “Low Miles!” or a vehicle that is manufacturer certified can be listed as such automatically.

You can also send a different version to different vendors–i.e. you can use one toll-free tracking number on your AutoTrader ads, and another tracking number on your Cars.com ads.

I think the link Jeff sent is great for a free solution, but if someone is truly looking to automate these processes, our system may be worth checking out at: http://www.carsgofaster.com

By: Jake Wirth

Jake Wirth — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:05:41 +0000

GREAT Product!!! Can’t Believe it’s FREE for Home Users.

The Batch Rename Utility is handy when you have to FTP or Batch Upload Photos of Inventory to different Used Classifieds Services (AutoTrader, Cars.com, VEHIX) using different filenames. You can change them all at once!!!

By: Farooq

Farooq — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:11:37 +0000

It’s a really a nice tool. One can always do this by creating a droplet in adobe image ready. As far as inventory management goes our product AutoJini.com has this feature.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 22 May 2006 23:49:07 +0000

Jeff,

That is a good find. I never thought about watermarking pictures before uploading them. This would really help get your URL and dealership name out there when using third party listing sites. Sometimes accessing the dealership URL or phone number is not so easy on some sites.

This would be a good feature to add to an online inventory management system. I’ll have to keep that in mind.