Coronavirus and COVID-19. These two terms meant nothing to us a few weeks ago. Now, they're having an extraordinary effect on our country. Unprecedented is also becoming a more common word, due to restaurant and bar closings, working and schooling at home and rising unemployment rates. The current "shelter in place" that many of us are in poses a number of challenges for every business.

The Fortellis Marketplace connects automotive dealers with specific needs to software developers who are able to build new solutions for the automotive industry. The net result is an ecosystem where developers can profit by helping implement integrated technology solutions for their businesses. Developers can find a steady stream of creatively stimulating, innovative projects to monetize by bringing their APIs and Apps to market.

For dealerships, retaining new and used car buyers as regular service customers is more important than ever. Getting your hands on a larger piece of the service pie can pay off exponentially.

Due to the slump in new vehicle sales, more consumers are driving older cars that will need more and more maintenance as time goes on. The sooner you can establish service customer loyalty, the more profitable the relationship becomes.

The problem is that most customers aren’t bringing their cars to the dealership for service.