If you’ve been following Credit One, you’re probably familiar with our car sales website, Cartopia.
The Cartopia website was officially launched in January 2021 as an online marketplace for buying and selling cars. Since its launch, Cartopia has grown quickly and is now visited by thousands of car buyers around Australia every month.
But Cartopia was just the first step in a larger plan to revolutionise the vehicle sales industry in Australia..
Earlier this year, we launched our next website Only Trucks. Onlytrucks.com.au is an online destination for truck buyers and sellers. With some of Australia’s top truck dealerships on Only Trucks, the website is quickly growing in popularity.
If you’re in regional Queensland, you might have seen Only Trucks advertised on the WIN TV network recently. Or you might have driven past one of our Only Trucks billboards. Others may have heard Only Trucks mentioned on one of Australia’s most popular trucking podcasts, On The Road.
With this nationwide exposure, more and more truck buyers and sellers are visiting the Only Trucks website every day.
Over the next twelve months, we will launch further online vehicle and equipment marketplaces, including Only Cars and Only Earthmoving. Ultimately, these websites will form the Only Sales Group.
The Only Sales vision is to provide Australians with an improved vehicle buying and selling experience. We believe Australians deserve more choice when buying a vehicle and should be empowered with the knowledge to find a vehicle that fits their lifestyle. Without the hassle and high costs.
Credit One will continue to support the Only Sales group, ensuring that all buyers have access to market-leading, competitive financing options.
We recently caught up with Only Trucks manager, Jordan Clements to ask him a few questions about Only Sales.
Q. The Only Trucks website was launched in May, how has the response to the website been since then?
Jordan: We’ve had a very encouraging response from dealerships throughout the country wanting to come on board with Only Trucks. There is also a growing interest in the platform from the public and we’ve had a huge surge in visitors to the website and truck enquiries over the past few months.
Q. What’s in it for dealerships thinking of listing their stock on Only Trucks or other Only Sales websites?
Jordan: Websites like Only Trucks and Cartopia offer dealerships the opportunity to get their vehicles in front of more buyers. Thanks to our innovative marketing strategies, our websites are attracting people who want to buy!
A big part of the motivation to start Only Sales was to offer dealerships a fairer alternative to other classified websites in the market. Credit One has worked closely with dealers for over 20 years and continually heard about the frustrations that dealers have with other platforms.
We know that dealers are tired of paying high prices to list their stock on other sites. Our business model doesn’t rely on making money from our dealerships so we can offer them a fair deal.
Q. Is it easy for dealers to join Only Trucks or Cartopia?
Jordan: Yes, dealerships can get started on our websites quickly and without a lot of hassle. Our websites integrate with major DMS systems, which allows dealers to simply import their vehicles into the website.
Truck dealers can get started on Only Trucks here and car dealerships can get started on Cartopia here. Our team will reach out to help dealers get set up. We also offer free trials to get started.
Q. Why should buyers visit the Only Sales Group websites?
Jordan: Our goal when creating Cartopia and Only Trucks was to develop a seamless and enjoyable user experience for buyers searching for their next vehicle.
We believe that buying a vehicle should be a simple and straightforward process. That’s why we allow buyers to directly contact sellers to ask questions or book a test drive.
Buyers should be able to find a vehicle that perfectly suits their needs and lifestyle regardless of their knowledge and experience buying vehicles. And that’s why our websites feature an extensive range of vehicle reviews, comparison articles and vehicle-buying tips.
We’re continuing to invest in new technology that creates a better experience for our buyers. And we will continue to partner with more dealers to give buyers more choice on our websites.
Q. Can private sellers list their vehicles on Only Sales Group websites?
Yes! Both Cartopia and Only Trucks allow private sellers to list their vehicles for a small fee. Creating a private sale listing is simple and can be done in less than 15 minutes.
