Registering as a Dealer
If you’d like to create listings on Classic Driver as a Dealer, you must register your company’s details.
From the registration page, choose ‘Dealer’ and complete the registration form. You can then begin creating your listings.
After registering successfully, you can log in with your access data. Once you have entered your payment details, you can start creating listings.
Payment Information
To publish listings as a dealer on Classic Driver, you must first store your credit card information or the email address of your PayPal account in the payment data. Only after providing this and having the account approved can you publish listings.
This registration process is done exclusively through the Classic Driver website. If you are encountering problems, please email [email protected] and our market team will be able to assist you.
Adding images and/or videos to your listing
You can select up to 25 images (one image is mandatory) to display in your listing, as well as one video. By taking full advantage of this, you significantly increase your chances of selling; listings with numerous high-quality images are viewed and added to users’ Wishlists much more frequently than those without.
High-quality pictures and videos are a sure-fire way to grab the attention of a prospective buyer. Another is to highlight your listing with a larger picture at the top of relevant search results. Top Listings are available for a small additional fee.
Note: we can only process images up to 20MB and in the .png, .gif, .jpg or .jpeg formats. Videos are limited to 200MB (depending on the browser used), and must be in .avi, .mpeg, .mp4, .mov, .ogg, .oga, .ogv, .wmv or .m4v format. Only use images and videos which relate directly to the product (also ensure they’re not misleading or spoiled with third-party watermarks), and make catalogue images clearly identifiable. Violations will give us no choice but to delete your listing.
Uploading procedure
You can add photos and video either by individually selecting them, or by dragging and dropping into the browser window when prompted. Once you click ‘add files’, they are uploaded to the Classic Driver website, although this might take some time, depending on file size. When the upload is complete, the image and video files will be displayed in your listing.
Adding, changing or deleting assets
Normally, you’ll add photos or video when creating the listing. If you’d like to add/edit/remove assets at a later date, click the ‘Edit’ box in the listing.
Note: Only the first image or video will be displayed in the search results; all others will be seen when the user clicks on your listing from the results. To change to a new main picture, simply replace the first image uploaded.
My Listings
In this area, you can view your entire inventory, sort and edit your listings, and analyse numerical reports. This page is divided into three sections:
Browse Inventory
In the upper pane, you can browse your inventory according to different selection criteria, such as brand, model, and reference number.
Stocklist
Here you have the option to Edit or Delete. Deleting an advert is permanent and cannot be reversed.
Selection actions for the entire stocklist
You can assign an action to an individual advert, or all on the currently displayed page. Once selected, you can print, delete, promote to a Top Listing, or change its visibility.
Mark a listing as ‘Private’
With the ‘private’ option, if you have received an offer for one of your listings, you can prevent it being displayed in the search results. You can hold listings for your customers, or make your entire inventory invisible to customers, for example, if you’re away on vacation. You can toggle this listing option in the Stocklist.
Top Listings
With this option, your listing is promoted (in rotation with any other booked Top Listings) to the top of all relevant search results, thus increasing its exposure to potential buyers.
The Top Listing must be booked for a minimum of 14 days and is subject to a charge, as it is not a part of your dealer package.
Gross and Net Prices
You can list your offering under either a gross or net price, or alternatively as ‘Price on Request’. If you’d like to assign VAT, you can either select a predefined VAT percentage from the dropdown menu, or manually enter your own figure. After selecting the VAT percentage, the price is automatically recalculated and shown in the listing preview.
If you selected 'No' in the VAT section, you’ll only be able to specify a gross price for your listing. All listings with deductible VAT (i.e. with a VAT rate selected) will have both net and gross prices displayed to users of the dealer’s home market.
Statistics
In this area the following values for each of your listings will be displayed instantly: Price, initial listing date, clicks (to date), number of the times saved to Wishlist, and e-mail enquiries (to date). All other data fields are updated overnight, and are therefore up to a day old.
For a better overview, you can sort the offerings listed in the table by category (cars, motorcycles, etc.).
Note: In certain instances, mistakes in the data can occur due to trawling search bots, such as those used by Google. As there is no way for us to differentiate between these bots and actual customers, these visits can be included in the statistics.
Note: If a listing is created and deleted on the same day, it will not show up in the search results.
Please note:
- If you update your inventory using new reference numbers (for example with a data import through the interface), all values in the statistics will be reset.
· In certain instances, mistakes in the data can occur due to trawling search bots, such as those used by Google. As there is no way for us to differentiate between these bots and actual customers, these visits can be included in the statistics.
· If a listing is created and deleted on the same day, it will not show up in the search results.
Classic Driver Interface
The interface is a link between your computer and your inventory in the Classic Driver dealer area. It offers you two important functions:
Use the interface to save your entire inventory to your local hard drive, as well uploading adverts to Classic Driver.
You can use the interface yourself, or hire a data management company to manage your data for you. Detailed information relating to your listings can be found within the interface under Import/Export Interface.
Classic Driver Dealer Plugin
You can easily embed the inventory you list on Classic Driver on your own website, using our simple plugin. This means you only have to update your stock in one place.
Customer Data
This section allows you to see the data displayed about you on your listings. Please share any changes with us immediately.
Username & Password
In order to enter your private area on Classic Driver, you’ll need to enter your username and password. If you’ve forgotten the password, please click the link to request a new password and then follow the instructions.
If you are already logged in, you can change the password in the Accounts section.
Tip: Make sure the site you’re visiting is actually Classic Driver before entering your password; spammers and phishing sites often use lookalike sites to gain access to your password and other information. Should you have any doubts about the authenticity of a webpage or an email from us, please contact [email protected].
Termination
If you no longer want to list on Classic Driver, you can send us your cancellation by email to [email protected]. Your account will then be closed at the end of your contract period.