Dealer Specialties - About Us
Dealer Specialties, a division of Dominion Dealer Solutions, is the nation's leading provider of data, photo and video collection services, descriptive used-vehicle window stickers and Internet data distribution services.
Dealer Specialties employs over 800 field technicians located in 48 states to service over 8,000 automobile dealerships. Each month, their technicians physically view and collect data on more than 700,000 used vehicles. The detailed vehicle data, photographs and videos are sent electronically to dealers' own websites and partner destination sites including Cars.com, eBay, Craigslist, AutoTrader.com and many others.
Dealer Specialties has built relationships with some of the most powerful and well-known services on the Web, such as Cars.com, Overstock.com, GetAuto.com, XIGroup, Dealerskins as well as most manufacturer web sites.
About Dominion Dealer Solutions
Dominion Dealer Solutions helps car dealers attract, retain, and service customers for life. Dominion Dealer Solutions products include: lead generation through IFMG; customer relationship management tools through AVV, Autobase, and @utoRevenue; Web sites through Dealerskins and XIGroup; and specialized data aggregation, management, and reporting services through Dealer Specialties, Cross-Sell, The DataCube, and DataOne Software. These businesses serve more than 60 percent of auto dealers nationwide.
Dominion Dealer Solutions is a division of Dominion Enterprises. Learn more at http://www.DominionDealerSolutions.com. Dominion Enterprises is a leading marketing services company serving the automotive, enthusiast and commercial vehicle, real estate, apartment rental, and employment industries. For more information, http://www.DominionEnterprises.com.
The Beginning of an Era
It began as Thanksgiving dinner conversation in 1989. Since then, brothers Mike, Jack and George Nenni have plenty to be thankful for. The co-founders of Dealer Specialties Inc., of Monroe, Ohio, have built a powerful marketing program for pre-owned vehicles on a very simple idea: window stickers.
"If new cars come equipped with professional window stickers detailing features and options, why shouldn't used cars and trucks get the same treatment?" said Mike Nenni. "Windshield soapwriting did not help the used car industry in its effort to upgrade the professionalism of the entire buying process."
Mike and Jack had the vision, determination and entrepreneurial spirit to start a business and develop a software program that would store detailed vehicle data - make, model, mileage, engine specs, sale price, features and options - into a laptop computer. Mike capitalized on his industry experience and began running a window sticker route in the Raleigh, N.C. area. He proved the idea worked, and envisioned taking it national by selling franchises in every major market in the country - that's exactly what happened. And then some.
Dealer Specialties' industry leadership has continued to grow dramatically since it was acquired by Dominion Enterprises in January 2000.
Today, Dealer Specialties has more than 800 representatives in 48 states, nearly 10,000 dealership customers, and over 700,000 vehicles with window stickers produced monthly.