Overview of Nissan's Adaptive Retail Platform - Buy@Home

Nissan’s Adaptive Retail Platform, Buy@Home, is designed to empower Nissan dealerships by offering an integrated, seamless online-to-offline retail experience tailored specifically to Nissan’s brand and dealer network. Built on over 16 automotive technology patents, Buy@Home eliminates the need for dealers to pay for and manage multiple third-party technology solutions that often bifurcate the customer experience, leading to frustration. This platform streamlines the vehicle purchase journey, enabling customers to explore, customize, and complete the purchase of new, used, or certified pre-owned vehicles from the comfort of their homes. With Buy@Home, Nissan dealers can drive more sales across various product categories, including vehicles, accessories, and F&I products, while enhancing overall customer satisfaction.

The Buy@Home platform provides your dealership team with invaluable business intelligence and insights into your customer journey, enabling sales teams to engage in more productive, personalized in-person conversations. By offering full transparency and real-time data, Buy@Home allows dealerships to spend less time and money while boosting efficiency. This adaptive tool ensures your team can meet the evolving needs of today’s customers, creating a more efficient, unified, and profitable retail environment.

Nissan Buy@Home Technology – Exclusively Designed for Nissan Dealers

Packed with over 40 all-new, exclusive, and proprietary features, Nissan Buy@Home Retail Technology is crafted specifically for Nissan dealers, by Nissan dealers. This platform empowers your dealership with the tools and insights needed to stay ahead in the competitive automotive market. With the guidance of a dedicated Performance Manager, your team will be thoroughly trained on the features and benefits they will have access to, ensuring a seamless transition and maximum utilization of the platform.

Many of these features are strategically designed to reduce operational costs while improving customer experience. By streamlining processes and automating key tasks, Buy@Home helps your team engage in more productive, relevant interactions that lead to higher sales conversions. Whether it’s increasing customer satisfaction, improving efficiency, or enhancing inventory management, Buy@Home equips your dealership with the right tools to drive better results.

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Benefits

Comprehensive Customer Insights

  • Attribution Across Channels: Enterprise Reporting will allow the Nissan dealership to track and analyze customer activity both online (website visits, ad clicks, etc.) and offline (in-store visits, test drives, phone calls). This helps identify which marketing efforts (e.g., digital ads, social media campaigns, TV spots, etc.) are influencing potential buyers.
  • Customer Journey Tracking: By capturing all touchpoints in the customer's journey, the dealership can see how a customer moves from interest to purchase. This information helps identify the most effective channels and tactics for lead generation and conversion.

Maximize Marketing ROI

  • Optimize Ad Spend: By understanding which marketing activities drive the most value, the dealership can allocate its marketing budget more effectively. For example, if online ads drive higher test drive bookings, but TV ads help close deals, they can fine-tune their strategy.
  • Data-Driven Decisions: The attribution model will give the dealership clearer insights into the ROI of each marketing initiative, ensuring they are investing in the right places and improving cost-efficiency.

Personalized Marketing

  • Tailored Customer Experiences: With detailed data on customer preferences, behaviors, and past interactions, the dealership can personalize follow-up communications and offers to boost conversion rates. If a customer has shown interest in a specific Nissan model, targeted promotions or test drive invitations can be sent.
  • Segmentation: Understanding which types of customers respond to different marketing efforts allows the dealership to segment their audience more effectively for more relevant and effective campaigns.

Improve Sales and Conversion Tracking

  • Attribution to In-Store Visits: For Nissan dealerships, understanding how digital efforts (e.g., social media, search ads, email marketing) drive in-store activity (e.g., test drives, dealership visits) is crucial. Accurate attribution helps pinpoint which online strategies lead to in-person sales.
  • Sales Funnel Visibility: By seeing the entire customer journey, from online research to in-person visits, sales teams can better engage with leads at the right stage of the buying process, improving conversion rates.

Enhanced Reporting and Analytics

  • Real-Time Data: With detailed reporting, the Nissan dealership can track key performance indicators (KPIs) in real-time. This allows for quick adjustments to marketing campaigns and sales strategies, based on actual performance data.
  • Customizable Dashboards: Dealers can create tailored dashboards that focus on metrics that matter most to them, whether that's lead generation, test drive bookings, sales performance, or customer satisfaction.

Improved Customer Retention

  • Follow-Up Strategy: By understanding what works in bringing customers back (e.g., after a test drive), dealerships can implement retention strategies. For example, if a customer showed interest in a particular Nissan model but didn’t purchase, targeted promotions or reminders can help close the sale.
  • Loyalty Program Insights: The attribution system can also help track the effectiveness of loyalty programs, suggesting ways to encourage repeat visits and repeat buyers.

Competitive Advantage

  • Market Benchmarking: By comparing their attribution data against industry benchmarks, the Nissan dealership can better understand its competitive position in the market. It can also spot trends earlier and react faster to market changes.

In summary, Nissan’s Buy@Home Enterprise Adaptive Retail Platform with full retail attribution enables the Nissan dealer to understand exactly how their marketing and customer interactions translate into sales. This leads to better decision-making, more efficient use of marketing spend, and the ability to create more personalized experiences for customers, which ultimately boosts sales and customer satisfaction.