vAutoStock

19/06/2025

10 Years of vAutoStock 🥳

To celebrate, we finally got Chris on camera.
He’s built a product that’s helped hundreds of dealerships.
Saved thousands of hours.
Transformed workflows across the UK.
Accelerated vehicle preparation.
Reduced preparation costs.
But has he cracked a smile? Almost.😁
We’re counting it as progress, and by year 20, who knows, we might even get a fist pump!
Here is a video, thank you, from Chris himself:

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From spreadsheets to streamlined systems, VAutoStock has spent the past decade transforming how dealerships operate—saving time, improving visibility, and powering smarter workflows. We’ve shared our biggest lessons from 10 years of driving change in the industry.

01/03/2024

Our founder and MD features in Automotive Management today

Chris Barrett , managing director of vAutoStock, explains why it is so important that dealers focus on turning over stock quickly

21/02/2024

We have a feature in Car Dealer Magazine (Page 19) this week. A little bit about us and some preparation tips from working with the best dealerships.

Our MD Chris Barrett will also be attending Car Dealer Magazine Live on 7th March if you are going and would like to arrange a chat.

On Thursday 7th March our MD and Founder Chris Barrett will be at The Car Dealer Magazine show should you wish to catch up with him about anything and everything stock management and vehicle preparation.

04/02/2024

Delighted and proud to share our achievements last year.
66% growth in clients and now over 20,000 vehicles managed through vAutoStock each month.

Thank you to all our clients, always a pleasure getting to know each business. It is the most fun part of the job!

This year looks to be even bigger with the launch of vAutoBots and adding Bluetooth to our vAutoTrack solution.

More about our growth here https://www.vautostock.co.uk/blog/vautostock-celebrates-a-remarkable-66-client-growth-in-2023/

To find out more about us or book a demo/chat then please click here

www.vAutoStock.co.uk

08/12/2023

*December Best Practice - Fastest Prep
So who is the best?

We have a vast range of clients. From small independents, dealer groups and prep centres. Depending on the scale staffing levels often differ. Some have more resources than others, but typically dealers often feel like they are understaffed.

One site that always impresses me is a Franchise Dealership. Often Franchise Dealers can be the slowest to prepare vehicles due to the distractions from other parts of the business. However, this business understands that to be successful they need to operate their used business in a silo to ensure it can compete with dedicated used car businesses.

This particular franchise dealer has prepared 150 vehicles over the past 15 days, with an impressive average of 5.63 days turnaround per vehicle. This means that all their vehicles are on display, advertised and ready for the customer to drive away quicker than their competitors.

How do they do it?

Read how here.. 👇

https://www.vautostock.co.uk/blog/best-practice-december-fastest-prep/

06/12/2023

*December Preparation Best Practice – Ensure you get the vehicle you have paid for*

Today’s example of ‘best practice’ is about how dealers ensure that vehicles they buy are as described at the outset.

Regardless of whether you are a small independent, dealer group or large preparation centre the best retailers ensure all money owed to them is claimed.

You could be missing out on a sizeable amount of money. Depending on how many cars you buy per year this could be between £24K and £150K (based on a low estimate of £25 per car). Independents and preparation centres often have the best process for this. Their key steps are as follows:

1 - Don't wait for your vehicle to turn up once paid for.
2 - Ensure what you have bought is as described.
3 - Ensure a mechanical check within 48 hours
4 - Put in place a Robust claims procedure
5 - Track claim requests and pay-outs

For the detail behind this click on the below link for full explanation

https://www.vautostock.co.uk/blog/december-preparation-best-practice-ensure-you-get-the-vehicle-you-have-paid-for/

If you are finding it challenging to put these steps in place, then do speak to us and we can help you

04/12/2023

*December Vehicle Preparation Best Practice*
We work with some of the best car businesses in the UK and worldwide. These range from small independents, dealer groups to large preparation centres.

Over 10,000 vehicles are prepared each month using vAutoPrep and we see excellent results.

This is partly due to the system but also due to the dedication and leadership of the people we work with. Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday we will share some of this best practice.

This Wednesday we will explain how sites claim everything they should from vendors. On average just £25 per car claimed back adds up to £600,000 for a large prep site or dealer group!

20/11/2023

In this animation find out how vAutoTrack uses RFID technology to track new and used vehicles around the dealership as well as automate preparation.

Find out more at: www.vautostock.co.uk

16/11/2023

Our latest animation explains what we do.
Keep following for more videos and snippets.
www.vautostock.co.uk

05/11/2021

We will be running through live demonstrations of vAutoStock and vAutoTrack next week at the NEC. If you are coming drop by stand C23 or book to see us
https://meetings.hubspot.com/amanda-veness
We are pleased to be on the stand this year with Autofinity as one of their data partners for the excellent ViHub hub.