USAutoNews.com Announces a Strategic Internet and Distribution Agreement With ADP to Enable Automotive Dealers to Tap Into The 15 Million Car Private Party Market
12 December 2000
USAutoNews.com Announces a Strategic Internet and Distribution Agreement With ADP to Enable Automotive Dealers to Tap Into The 15 Million Car Private Party Market
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Dec. 12 USAutoNews.com expanded its
service by signing an Internet and Distribution agreement with ADP, the
largest provider of computer management systems to automotive dealers. These
new services will be distributed through ADP's Dealer-Suite.com(TM), the
Internet destination that improves operational efficiency for dealers by
linking them to online resources and services to help them be more competitive
and profitable and accessed through the dealer's website.
Through the agreement, USAutoNews.com (USAN) will provide a private label
version of its DealerWarranties.com (DW) market place to dealers. The DW
website will be branded to the individual dealer and accessed through the
dealer's website. Once e-commerce enabled, the dealer can quote and sell
vehicle service contracts (extended warranties) to consumers who purchase cars
from private parties. The dealer, through its traditional advertising, could
attract consumers to the dealer's website where the consumer could then access
the dealer's private label version of DW. This new program offers a dealer
more Internet traffic to their website, e-commerce enables their website and
provides incremental business to the dealership.
"DealerWarranties.com opens the private party market to the dealer and
gives them extra business," said James Kennedy, Vice President of Sales and
Marketing for USAN. "The opportunity for the dealer is to get profitable
vehicle service contracts along with future service and parts in a market that
currently sells about 15 million cars annually. Further, this offering gives
the dealer a first-in-line chance to sell the consumer his or her next car,"
said Kennedy.
About USAutoNews.com
USAutoNews.com is focused to utilize the Internet to assist dealers to
sell more cars, parts, service and warranties and to lower their operating
costs. The USAutoNews.com portal currently has links to over
23,000 automotive websites and aggregates news from over 60 news sources.
USAutoNews.com exchanges include the DealerWarranties.com site that
generates extended warranty prospects for the dealer, the MRO non-factory
product exchange and the Aftermarket exchange for accessories for dealer new
and used cars. For information regarding USAutoNews.com, visit the website at
http://www.USAutoNews.com. Catalyst Capital, a Newport Beach, California -- based
venture management firm that serves emerging growth Internet, software and
technology companies with management and capital, manages USAutoNews.com. The
Catalyst website can be found at http://www.catalystcapital.com.
About ADP
ADP Dealer Services Group provides integrated computing solutions to more
than 16,000 automotive and truck dealers throughout the United States, Canada
and Europe. ADP Dealer Services Group is the third largest business unit of
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. . ADP, with more than
$6 billion in revenues and more than 500,000 clients, is one of the largest
independent computer services firms in the world. More information on ADP and
ADP Dealer Services Group is available via the Internet at http://www.adp.com and
http://www.dealersuite.com.
Further Information
For further information, please contact Mr. Barry Webster at
USAutoNews.com at 949-955-4400 or fax at 949-955-4449.