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I reduced my "package" with Autotrader and rotated the stock I've tried motors but it isnt in the same league, a few sales per month at best.hopefully it will improve if they maintain their advertising budget and improve the boring adverts for something exciting with greater impact, Ive also tried AA which for me and other dealers around me has been a total waste of money and was tied in on a 12 month contract, Nothing from piston heads or Rac cars however I've had a fair response from the following, Ebay motors pro classifieds, Autotrader for non general cars, I will only advertise general cars if they either are the cheapest or lowest mileage as otherwise its wasting my capital, I changed my website from Autotrader which definatly made a difference for me as my website is well optimised and generates enquiries they also send my stock to platforms that I get sales from, spreading the net has definatley worked for me I see Autotraders latest trick for this years new price increase is to include everything under the Autotrader banner which can't be split out if you dont need all of the facilities, they wanted to offer me their non optimised site which is worthless as they are not found on google because they only want you found on Autotrader , they packaged it up as a whole value so you cant take out a cost for any part that you dont need , its a package, thats the price , if you dont need it (as I didn't) ,it's just tough, Autotrader is up for sale because its at its maximum potential with little room for further growth at these prices , currently there are only 19000 private cars on there a drop of 10,000 in the past 8 months, the remaining 400000 vehicles are us the trade at an average £14- £15 per car per week when you include the "stealth package system" the figure includes the unlimited "free" stock which ends at the end of January or December for those who "rolled over "

Guy's we have been away from AutoTrader since Nov 2012 and look we are still here, not only surviving but thriving :-) So there is life after AutoTrader, all the technology convinces you that you cannot do without them but guess what , THEY can't do without us! Motors.co.uk have adjusted their prices since we started with them however I feel that you can have a wider spread of advertising across a wider medium and selection of classified sites, save money on your advertising bill and still sell cars more importantly! All you have to do , is do the sums! Customers don't just look at your cars on the website they look at loads of different sites before selecting your car so what makes you think they only look on AutoTrader???? Make the move ...."it only works" Jim