C.E.A Smith · The system

You asked whata customer costs.Here is the answer.

The next ten screens show the machine we run for high-ticket dealers: the ads, the site, the assistant that answers at 9pm, and the scoreboard that reports it all in dollars. No jargon. Just watch it work.

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Why good stock sits

Your buyers are on their phones at 9pm. Your yard is closed.

Invisible

Your stock is not in their feed, so they never think of you. They buy from whoever showed up while they were scrolling.

Unanswered

An enquiry at night waits until morning. By then they have messaged two other yards, and one of them replied.

Unmeasured

Money goes out to ads, a boosted post, a listing site. Nobody can say what a customer actually cost.

The costEvery one of these is a buyer you could have met and never did.
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One system, five parts

From a scroll to a sale, on the record.

1
The ads run

Facebook, Instagram and Google put your actual stock in front of local buyers.

2
They land somewhere fast

A site that loads before they lose interest and makes the next step obvious.

3
The assistant answers

Every enquiry gets a reply in seconds, day or night. It qualifies and books the visit.

4
Follow-up keeps them warm

Nobody slips away because someone forgot to reply on Tuesday.

5
The scoreboard keeps score

Spend, conversations, leads and sales, reported weekly in plain dollars.

What comes nextThe next screens show each part working. The ads are examples. The results at the end are real.
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Example ad 1 of 3 · Facebook and Marketplace

Your stock, in every local feed.

Example ad
Your DealershipSponsored · 🌐

Priced to move this month. Every unit serviced and ready to view. Tap a unit for details.

This ad works. Flick through it.

A carousel of your actual units, refreshed as stock arrives and sells. One campaign covers the feed, Marketplace and stories. Buyers flick through it the way they flick through everything else, except this one is yours.

This ad is an example. Yours is built from your real stock, your real prices and your real photos.

Your town + 50 kmIn-market buyersRefreshed with your stockSpend paid direct to Meta
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Example ad 2 of 3 · Google Search

Own the moment they type what you sell.

Illustrative example, not a live search result
used caravans blenheim
Sponsored
Your Dealership
yourdealership.co.nz

Used Caravans Blenheim | Serviced, Warranted, Ready

Every unit photographed, priced and listed. Check availability and book a yard visit in under a minute.

Your real Google rating appears here once your profile is connected.

Caravans for sale | classifieds site

Page after page of listings from everywhere. Sorted by whoever paid for a bump.

When someone searches used caravans blenheim they are not browsing, they are shopping. This ad puts you at the top of that page. In most local categories nobody else is even bidding.

High-intent searches onlyTop of the pagePay per click, capped
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Example ad 3 of 3 · Instagram

The buyers who never walk past your yard.

Example ad
yourdealershipSponsored
Photo 1 of 3
Learn more

yourdealership Serviced, warranted and ready for summer. Book a look before the weekend.

Tap the photo to change the angle.

Half your market has not driven past in years. They are on Instagram at night, planning trips they have not booked yet. Different photos, different words, same stock.

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What happens when someone taps

A name and a booked visit, while you were at dinner.

Example conversation
Your Dealership● Typically replies instantly
Tuesday · 9:04 PM
Hi, is the Family Tourer 650 on your site still available?
It is. On the yard now, fully serviced with a new electrical warrant.
What are you asking? Could I view it Saturday?
Listed at $42,990. Saturday works. I have 10:00 or 1:30 free, which suits?
10am. I'm Dave, 021 555 0100.
Booked, Dave. Saturday at 10. You will get a reminder the night before.
Example conversation. This is how the assistant answers.

Every ad leads somewhere that answers. The assistant replies in seconds, answers the real questions, and books the visit. You open your phone in the morning to a name, a number and a time.

The pointThe yard was closed. The sale started anyway.
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No black box

Every dollar reported in plain English, every week.

You get one report a week: what was spent, how many conversations started, how many leads came in, and what each one cost. The numbers below are from a real client’s six months.

$5,393
Total ad spend, six months
3,886
Messenger conversations, at $1.28 each
330+
Leads captured
~$270
Of ads per unit sold online
The standardIf we cannot show you the number, we do not ask you to pay for it.
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The proof, measured · February to July 2026

$5,400 of ads. $550,000 of sales.

Grovetown Caravans, Blenheim. Six months, measured from the ad account and the sales register. The online channel produced about 40% of the dealership’s total sales, including a $105,000 motorhome sold to a buyer who found it in his feed.

$550,480
Online-channel sales, incl. in-progress
40%
Of total dealership sales
24
Units sold or in progress through the channel
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Three sizes, same machine

Flat fee. No commission. You own everything.

You own the ad account, the pixel and the site. Ad spend goes direct to the platforms, not through us. Cancel with a month’s notice and everything stays yours.

Tier A

Starter Channel

Your ads running, without the full partnership.

$1,995/mo
+ GST · $1,500 setup · ad spend from $750/mo
  • One always-on conversation campaign
  • Fortnightly optimisation
  • Monthly report
  • Enquiries straight to your inbox
  • You own the ad account and pay Meta directly
Tier C

Market Leader

For businesses that want to own their market.

$6,995/mo
+ GST · $2,500 setup · ad spend from $2,500/mo
  • Everything in Marketing Partner
  • Google Ads added alongside Meta
  • Fresh creative every week
  • Same-day changes, priority access
  • Quarterly strategy session in person
  • Covers up to three locations or brands
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Your first 30 days

Live in a fortnight. Reporting by week four.

Week 1 · Foundations

Ad account, pixel and tracking set up in your name. Stock photographed and listed.

Week 2 · Live

The first campaigns go live. The assistant starts answering.

Week 3 · Leads flow

Conversations and bookings land in your inbox. We tune what the numbers tell us.

Week 4 · First report

Your first scoreboard: spend, conversations, leads, cost per lead, in dollars.

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Where to from here

Start with the free Acquisition Review.

We study your market, your stock and your current numbers, and write you a plain-English plan for what a customer should cost. Free, written against your numbers, no pitch at the end.

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