PSI® Omnichannel Fact-Based Mystery Shopping®
Recent Press - Internet Mystery Shopping (Page 2)
View all articles or select industry below:
Auto Remarketing
Infiniti dealers post record high score in study of responsiveness to online leads
Permalink >
March 2024
When it comes to responding to customers online, Infiniti dealers are No. 1, according to Pied Piper's latest research. The luxury brand topped Volkswagen, Cadillac, Subaru and Polestar in the 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Study, which measured responsiveness to customer Internet leads coming though dealership websites. Pied Piper submitted mystery-shopper customer inquiries through the individual websites of 3,957 ... Read More >
Rural Lifestyle Dealer
Mahindra Dealers Ranked Best in 2024 Internet Lead Effectiveness Study
February 2024
Mahindra dealerships ranked highest in the recently released 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Compact Tractor Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites. Following Mahindra were dealers selling Kubota, Kioti, TYM and John Deere. Pied Piper submitted customer inquiries through the individual websites of 607 dealerships representing all major compact tractor brands in the ... Read More >
OPE Business
Mahindra Dealers 1st in Internet Lead Effectiveness Study
February 2024
Mahindra dealerships ranked highest in the 2024 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Compact Tractor Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites. Following Mahindra were dealers selling Kubota, Kioti, TYM and John Deere. Pied Piper submitted customer inquiries through the individual websites of 607 dealerships representing all major compact tractor brands in the U.S.A., asking a ... Read More >
AG Daily
Mahindra dealers lead in compact tractor customer-service survey
February 2024
Mahindra achieved the highest-ever score for an agricultural brand in Pied Piper's annual compact tractor customer-service survey, which measures responsiveness to leads coming through dealership websites. Mahindra improved five points over the previous year and dethroned John Deere for the top spot. Kubota, KIOTI, and TYM all showed improvement in their Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) scores and took the next three spots after Mahindra, while ... Read More >
Wards Auto
Caught in the Web: Top dealership performers respond to web leads in 30 minutes or less.
Permalink >
October 2023
Mystery shoppers found large car dealership groups overall outperformed smaller counterpart stores in internet lead responsiveness, according to a new study. Napleton Auto Group ranked highest among 17 national groups evaluated in the 2023 Pied Piper Internet Lead Effectiveness Study. Drawing from mystery shopping data, the consultancy measures the handling of internet leads coming though dealership websites. Tied for second were Penske ... Read More >
Auto Remarketing
Study finds Napleton tops auto groups in responding to website customers
September 2023
Napleton Auto Group ranked as the dealer group most responsive to Internet leads, according to research by Pied Piper. The 2023 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness Study showed Napleton at the top of the list for the second consecutive year, ahead of Penske Automotive Group and Herb Chambers Auto Group, which tied for second. Napleton's average score of 83 out of 100 was a nine-point improvement over the 2022 study. The study of 17 ... Read More >
Automotive News
Dealerships improve response times to customer website inquiries
September 2023
Auto dealerships have made great strides in responding rapidly to customer inquiries on their websites, according to a new study from consulting firm Pied Piper Management Co. "What everyone has learned is that responding quickly to customer inquiries translates to higher web lead close rates," Pied Piper CEO Fran O'Hagan told Automotive News. "What that means is that out of every 10 people who contact a dealership through the website, more of ... Read More >
DealerNews
INDIAN DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN WEBSITE RESPONSE
May 2023
Indian Motorcycle dealerships ranked highest in the 2023 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Motorcycle/UTV Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites. Following Indian were Harley-Davidson, Polaris Inc's RZR dealers, BRP's Can-Am dealers, Kawasaki and Yamaha. Read More >
Powersports Business
Motorcycle dealers respond to website leads as quickly as car dealers: Pied Piper internet lead study shows Harley-Davidson dealership are top responders
May 2022
Harley-Davidson dealerships ranked highest in the 2022 Pied Piper PSI Internet Lead Effectiveness (ILE) Motorcycle/UTV Industry Study, which measured responsiveness to internet leads coming through dealership websites - behaviors tied directly to retail sales success. Dealers selling Indian motorcycles were ranked second, followed by Polaris side-by-side dealers. "Quick response to web customers is critical to selling, placing an order, or ... Read More >
DealerNews
HARLEY-DAVIDSON, INDIAN & POLARIS DEALERS RANKED HIGHEST IN RESPONSE TO WEBSITE CUSTOMERS
May 2022
Post-pandemic inventory issues still make it a sellers market... but for how long? Many dealers have been developing bad habits in the lack of new units... why bother responding to an Internet lead when the lead time is going to be six months or longer, right? WRONG! "Quick response to web customers is critical to selling, placing an order, or building the foundation for future sales," explains Fran O'Hagan, CEO of Pied Piper. "Dealers who ... Read More >
