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Drive Chat

Live chat service for automotive dealerships in Australia and New Zealand, with self-manag

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Drive Chat is a live chat service for car dealerships in Australia and New Zealand, designed to capture website enquiries in real time and route them to the dealership's sales team. It addresses the challenge of responding to online visitors outside business hours, with options for the dealership's own staff, Drive Chat's agents, or a combination of both to keep chat coverage running around the clock.

Features include customised scripting and widget design, Facebook Messenger integration, CRM and DMS integrations (including Autogate Pro, Sales Highway, e-goodmanners, and Salesforce), SMS-to-Chat, monthly tracking and reporting, and a cloud-based chat portal requiring no software installation. Direct Connect converts chat leads into inbound phone calls for immediate follow-up.

Drive Chat is aimed at automotive dealerships and OEM websites. Plans are packaged as Self Managed, Co-Managed, and Fully Managed, with Co-Managed and Fully Managed tiers priced by expected monthly lead volume; Self Managed is billed monthly by credit card. An initial 90-day period applies before the service continues as a flexible monthly subscription, and plans can be upgraded or cancelled. Additional agent accounts can be added to the Self Managed plan, and custom pricing is available for higher lead volumes.

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